John Gale (journalist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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About John Gale (journalist)
- John Gale (17 April 1831 – 15 July 1929) was an Australian newspaper proprietor, lay preacher and politician.
- He was the founder of The Queanbeyan Age, the first newspaper to serve the Queanbeyan district in New South Wales.
- He was also an advocate for the Queanbeyan-Canberra area as the best site of a future Australian national capital, for which he is sometimes called the "Father of Canberra" (although that epithet is also applied to Sir Austin Chapman).
- He served a single term as Member for Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
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