Samuel Wensley Blackall was the second Governor of Queensland. Samuel was an Irish man born on the 1st of May 1809 in Dublin Ireland. He attended Trinity College at the age of 15 but he did not graduate. In 1833 he was the police high sheriff of the Country Longford. He represented Longford in the house of Commons between 1847 to 1851. Samuel was the Lieutenant Governor of Dominica between 1851to 1857. He was the Governor in chief at the West African Settlements in 1865. Samuel Blackall was also the high sheriff of Tyrone in 1861. He arrived in Brisbane on the 14th of August and in 1868 was the year when Samuel became the second Governor of Queensland. In 1870 Samuel Blackall's health started to fall rapidly then latter on the 2nd of January 1871 he died. Samuel is now buried in the highest sight in the Toowong Cemetery. Now there are many places named after him such as the town Blackall in Queensland, Blackall Range and Blackall Terrace in East Brisbane.
Morrison, A. (1969). Blackall, Samuel Wensley (1809 - 1871). Retrieved from Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030164b.htm
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