John Coghill (Australian politician)

John Coghill

John Coghill (1785–1853) was an Australian politician and naval captain.

Main article: Bedervale § John and Jane Coghill

He was the master of the ship Mangles, which transported convicts to New South Wales from 1820 to 1826. After settling in New South Wales in 1826 he became a magistrate, and was based in Braidwood, where he built the Bedervale homestead. From 1843 to 1845 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1] During 1841, he was in command of the convict road gang that built The Wool Road.[2]

In Braidwood, there is a wall plaque to his memory, in Anglican Church of St Andrew.[3] Coghill Street is named after him.

  1. ^ "Mr John Coghill". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ Snedden, Robert Charles (1996). Sassafras : the story of the Post Town at Sassafras Mountain on the old Wool Road in the County of St. Vincent. Duffy, A.C.T.: R. C. Snedden. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 0646259822. OCLC 38411506.
  3. ^ Photograph: Memorial plaques - John and Jane Coghill (St Andrews Church, Braidwood, NSW)., 20 April 2021, retrieved 5 May 2021