Claudius Buchanan Whish
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Claudius Buchanan Whish was a prominent sugar-planter, civil servant and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Claudius Buchanan Whish
Portrait of his wife Anne Whish
Oaklands Sugar Mill
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Oaklands Sugar Mill is a heritage-listed remains of a former sugar cane mill at 68 Captain Whish Avenue, Morayfield, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1865. It is also known
Claudius Buchanan Whish
…remounts for the Indian army. He married Anne Whish, née Ker, in Bombay about 1858. Whish migrated to Queensland on the Young Australia and began the Oaklands sugar plantation in Caboolture on 15 August 1862. His crop did well and he became chairman of the local planters' association and hired Pacific islanders to work on the…
Oaklands looking east from Captain Whish Ave along northern boundary, 2010
Along the Caboolture River near the Whish sugar plantation, Oaklands, 1873