James Reid Scott

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James Reid Scott (1 April 1839 – 25 August 1877) was an explorer and colonial Tasmanian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later the Tasmanian Legislative Council, he was also Colonial Secretary of Tasmania.[1]

Scott was the elder son of Thomas Scott, a former Assistant Surveyor-General of Tasmania, and his wife Ann, née Reid. Scott was born in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland[2] or Gattonside, Melrose.[1] Scott was educated as a surveyor, but never practised his profession. Scott made many exploring expeditions in the western and north-east districts of Tasmania, and did valuable work in mapping the Western Highlands of the colony.[1][3] Accounts of some of his explorations appear in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tasmania for the years 1872 and 1875.[1]

Scott represented the district of Selby in the House of Assembly from October 1866 to November 1872.[1] On accepting office as Colonial Secretary in the Frederick Innes Ministry on 4 November 1872, he resigned his seat in the Assembly, and was elected to the Legislative Council for the . He held the office of Colonial Secretary until the retirement of the Innes Ministry on 4 August 1873. Scott died at Hobart on 25 August 1877.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Mennell, Philip (1892). "Scott, Hon. James Reid" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ Smith, Neil. "Scott, James Reid (1839–1877)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 August 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. ^ Baillie, Peter (2010). "The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (reprint ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania. 144: 1–13. doi:10.26749/rstpp.144.1. ISSN 0080-4703.
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