James Inglis (politician)
James Inglis (24 November 1845 – 15 October 1908) was a colonial tea planter, merchant, writer who worked in India before serving as a politician in colonial New South Wales.[1][2][3] He was involved in tea trade between India and Australia. He also wrote poetry, books on travel and sport hunting.
Biography
Inglis was the son of Rev. Robert Inglis, M.A. of the Free Church and Helen née Brand, born at Edzell,
"Waltzing Matilda"
His company James Inglis & Co marketed the brand Billy Tea, to advertise which Banjo Paterson's song Waltzing Matilda was adapted to words and music which were very popular and came to be known as Australia's "unofficial national anthem".[4][3][5]
Publications
Inglis wrote to the press under the signature "Maori," and, in 1879, served as editor of the
- "Tirhoot Rhymes" (1873)
- "Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier" (Macmillan & Co., London, 1880)
- "Our Australian Cousins" (Macmillan, 1882)
- "Our New Zealand Cousins" (Sampson Low & Co., London, 1886)
- "Tent Life in Tiger Land" (Sampson Low, 1888)
- "Oor Ain Folk" (1894)
- "The Humor of the Scot" (1894)
Private life
Inglis married Mary Nichol in Sydney in October 1879. She died in 1903.[3] On 13 December 1905 he married Ethel Kate Mason, née Macpherson, who survived him. There were no children from either marriage.[3]
Inglis died in Strathfield, Sydney, of kidney disease on 15 October 1908[6] and was buried in the Presbyterian section of Rookwood cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Mr James Inglis". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e
Rutledge, Martha. "Inglis, James (1845–1908)". ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Who'll Come A Waltzing Matilda With Me?". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Pemberton, Greg. "Waltzing Matilda's origins and chain of ownership murky." The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2018
- ^ "Mr. James Inglis, ex-M.L A." Evening News. No. 12, 902. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 30 August 2018 – via Trove.
External links
- Works by James Inglis at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about James Inglis at Internet Archive
- Works by James Inglis at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)