William Le Brun Brown (1861–1954)
Mr. William Le Brun Brown, 93, one of the first stipendiary magistrates appointed in N.S.W., died on Saturday morning at his home in Shirley Road, Roseville.
Mr. Brown joined the Public Service in 1878 and worked in the lands office. He joined the Attorney-General's department in 1882.
In 1904 he became a police magistrate and sat on the bench at Broken Hill, Penrith and Inverell.
Later he was appointed a stipendiary magistrate and served at Broken Hill, Newcastle and then Sydney.
He made the first award covering shop assistants in Broken Hill when sent there as a conciliation commissioner just after World War I.
In 1924 he became a member of the Licences Reduction Board, and was chairman from 1931 until he retired in 1933.
A service will be held at 3 p.m. to-day at St. Andrew's Church, Roseville, before cremation at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- birth notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 1861, p 7
- marriage notice, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 22 April 1886, p 1
- profile, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December 1922, p 8
- celebrates 67 years of marriage, Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), 16 April 1953, p 9
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Brown, John Dowling (father)
- Suttor, John Bligh (father-in-law)
- Brown, John Dowling (brother)
- Walsh, Elizabeth (aunt)
- Brown, Sigismunda (aunt)
- Brown, Edward George (uncle)
- Brown, Herbert Harrington (uncle)
- Brown, Nugent Wade (uncle)
- Brown, Walterus Le Brun (uncle)
- Davison, Eliza Maria (aunt by marriage)
- Suttor, Charlotte Augusta (aunt by marriage)
- Suttor, William Henry (uncle by marriage)
- Whitty, John Charles (uncle by marriage)
- Brown, Walter (uncle by marriage)
- Walsh, William Henry (uncle by marriage)
- Brown, John (grandfather)
- Whitty, Charles Dowling (cousin)
- Whitty, Henry Tarlton (cousin)
- Walsh, William Henry (cousin)
- Brown, Edward Charles (cousin)
- Brown, Arthur William (cousin)
- Brown, Percy (cousin)
- Brown, Arthur Henry (cousin)
- Brown, Edwin John (cousin)
- Brown, Fanny Louisa (cousin)
- Brown, Walter Sigismund (cousin)
- Walsh, Western (cousin)
- Brown, Effie Matilda (cousin)
- Brown, Herbert Lindeman (cousin)
- Dennis, Alexander Miller (acquaintance)
- Dalley, William Bede (employer)
Citation details
'Brown, William Le Brun (1861–1954)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-william-le-brun-14353/text25425, accessed 22 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
29 June,
1861
Paterson,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
21 August,
1954
(aged 93)
Roseville, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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