OM92-31 William Eugene Finucane Cutting Book, 1897-1898.
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Finucane, William Eugene, 1845-1927.
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William Finucane was born on Corfu, and came to Queensland in 1864. He first lived at Ipswich where he was instrumental in setting up the Ipswich Punch, a manuscript literary magazine. He held a wide variety of posts in the civil service, including those of first Land Commissioner for the Normanton-Burketown district, and also commercial agent in Southern Europe, from where he succeeded in establishing trade relations between colony and Mediterranean countries. From the description o...
