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During his time as mayor of Dundas Fullford resided at ‘The Retreat’, a ten-room homestead at Ermington with a six-acre orchard.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85651683 A Big Sale at Ermington], ”The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate” (Parramatta), 18 February 1893, page 2.</ref>

During his time as mayor of Dundas Fullford resided at ‘The Retreat’, a ten-room homestead at Ermington with a six-acre orchard.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85651683 A Big Sale at Ermington], ”The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate” (Parramatta), 18 February 1893, page 2.</ref>

Fullford retired as mayor of Dundas in February 1893. At the special meeting of the Dundas Borough Council Frederick C. Cox was elected to the position of mayor for the following year.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13897771 Dundas], ”Sydney Morning Herald”, 16 February 1893, page 4.</ref>

Death of wife in October 1895.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85653810 Obituary: Death of Mrs. Fullford], ”The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate” (Parramatta), 26 October 1895, page 8.</ref>

Death of wife in October 1895.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85653810 Obituary: Death of Mrs. Fullford], ”The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate” (Parramatta), 26 October 1895, page 8.</ref>

Australian politician

James Fullford (27 December 1841 – 6 September 1922) was an Australian politician.

James Fullford was born on 27 December 1841 at West Maitland, the son of James Fullford and Grace Sophia (née Hartley). His father was a publican.[1][2]

Young James was educated by Mr. Robinson at East Maitland and attended the Maitland Grammar School.[3]

Work and local government

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As a young man Fullford served on the administrative and clerical staff of the Maitland Mercury.[4][3]

James Fullford and Emily Jane Atkinson were married at East Maitland on 21 August 1861.[1]

At a meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council held on 2 January 1868 an election to fill the office of town clerk was carried out, with James Fullford (junior) being elected from a field of sixteen candidates.[5] It was later said of Fullford that during his six-year tenure as council clerk he was “always courteous and obliging to the ratepayers, and never failed to do his duty.”[6] He was succeeded by Thomas Hughes in late 1874.[7][8]

In December 1874 the publican’s license of Fullford’s Family Hotel in West Maitland was transferred from James Fullford (senior) to James Fullford (junior).[9][A]

In late January 1875 Fullford nominated for election as an alderman in the West Maitland Municipal Council.[10] At the election held on 5 February 1875, Fullford was successful as one of the four newly-elected aldermen.[11] Fullford served as an alderman on West Maitland Municipal Council for six years, from 1875 to 1880, and was elected to the position of mayor in the last two years of his service.[7] At the first meeting of West Maitland Municipal Council for 1879 Alderman Fullford was elected as mayor “without opposition”.[6] At a special meeting of the West Maitland Council in early February 1880, Fullford was unanimously re-elected as mayor for following year, “the aldermen generally paying a high tribute to his ability”.[12]

In late 1880 Fullford decided to contest the New South Wales elections for the West Maitland electorate. Two candidates were nominated for the electorate, Fullford and the sitting member Henry Emanuel Cohen.[13] Cohen had been elected for the previous two terms as the local member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and had served as Colonial Treasurer in the James Farnell ministry from December 1877 to December 1878.[14][15] At the election held in November 1880 Fullford was elected to represent the West Maitland electorate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, defeating the sitting member. Fullford topped the poll with 612 votes (or 58.6 percent).[13][16]

On 23 November 1882 a notice from Fullford, addressed to “the electors of West Maitland”, was published in The Maitland Mercury stating his intention to seek re-election “at the forthcoming election”.[17] However within a few days it was reported that Fullford “has announced his intention of not again seeking the suffrages of the electors”.[18]

Fullford did not re-contest in November 1882.[19][20]

Alderman James Fullford reigned from Waverley council in about May 1888. [1]

Fullford was an alderman of Waverley Council for three years.[7]

Fullford was the mayor of Dundas for thirteen years in the late 1880s and early 1890s, during which the Dundas Town Hall was built.[21]

In April 1889 Fullford declared himself to be a candidate to stand as an alderman for the Dundas Borough Council.[22] The election of the first mayor of the Dundas Municipality took place on 22 May 1889 at the Rydalmere Hall in Rydalmere. Alderman James Fullford was unanimously elected to the position.[23] At a meeting of Dundas Council in February 1890 Fullford was re-elected as mayor.[24]

During his time as mayor of Dundas Fullford resided at ‘The Retreat’, a ten-room homestead at Ermington with a six-acre orchard.[25]

Fullford retired as mayor of Dundas in February 1893. At the special meeting of the Dundas Borough Council Frederick C. Cox was elected to the position of mayor for the following year.[26]

Death of wife in October 1895.[27]

Fullford lived at ‘Garfield’ in Leichhardt Street in Waverley.[28]

James Fullford died on 6 September 1922, aged 80, at a private hospital at Marrickville.[28]

A.^ Fullford’s Family Hotel was later renamed Marshall’s Excelsior Hotel. In 1901 it was purchased by Thomas A. Dwyer, who renamed it the Royal Hotel.[29]
  1. ^ a b Fulford family, Free Settler or Felon: Convict and Colonial History website; accessed 20 October 2025.
  2. ^ Family records, Ancestry.com.
  3. ^ a b C. N. Connolly (1983), ‘Fullford, James’, Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901, Canberra: Australian National University Press, page 116; online version accessed 20 October 2025.
  4. ^ Death of Mr. James Fullford, The Maitland Daily Mercury, 6 September 1922, page 4.
  5. ^ West Maitland Municipal Council, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 4 January 1868, page 4.
  6. ^ a b Borough of West Maitland: Election of Mayor, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 11 February 1879, page 4.
  7. ^ a b c Maitland Native: Death in Sydney, The Newcastle Sun, 6 September 1922, page 5.
  8. ^ A Veteran Council Clerk, The Maitland Weekly Mercury, 25 May 1907, page 13.
  9. ^ Transfer of License, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 24 December 1874, page 3.
  10. ^ The Municipal Elections, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 28 January 1875, page 2.
  11. ^ The municipal elections…, The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate, 10 February 1875, page 4.
  12. ^ Election of Mayor of West Maitland, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, 11 February 1880, page 2.
  13. ^ a b West Maitland – 1880, ‘New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007’, Parliament of New South Wales website; accessed 20 October 2025.
  14. ^ G. F. J. Bergman (1969), Henry Emanuel Cohen (1840–1912), Australian Dictionary of Biography website, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University; accessed 20 October 2025.
  15. ^ West Maitland Nomination, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November 1880, page 3.
  16. ^ The Electorate of West Maitland, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 27 November 1880, page 3.
  17. ^ The Electors of West Maitland, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 23 November 1882, page 2.
  18. ^ West Maitland, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 November 1882, page 7.
  19. ^ “Mr James Fulford (1841-1922)”. Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  20. ^ West Maitland – 1882, ‘New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007’, Parliament of New South Wales website; accessed 20 October 2025.
  21. ^ Mr. James Fullford…, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta), 9 September 1922, page 6.
  22. ^ To the Electors of the Borough of Dundas, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta), 27 April 1889, page 5.
  23. ^ The election of the first Mayor…, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 23 May 1889, page 5.
  24. ^ Dundas, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta), 15 February 1890, page 7.
  25. ^ A Big Sale at Ermington, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta), 18 February 1893, page 2.
  26. ^ Dundas, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 February 1893, page 4.
  27. ^ Obituary: Death of Mrs. Fullford, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta), 26 October 1895, page 8.
  28. ^ a b Obituary: Mr. James Fullford, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 7 September 1922, page 6.
  29. ^ The Royal Hotel, The Maitland Daily Mercury, 14 December 1901, page 2.

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