About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane, Alfred John Raymond, Campbell Newman, Lewis Nott, James Swan, Ron Clarke, William Pettigrew, John Petrie, Clem Jones, Charles Powers, John McMaster, Joshua Jeays, John Sinclair, List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane, George Edmondstone, John Daniel Heal, Thomas Blacket Stephens, Richard Ash Kingsford, Sallyanne Atkinson, William Henry Groom, John Hardgrave, Mayor of the Gold Coast, Jim Soorley, Bruce Small, Dan Gleeson, Fred Bamford, Tom Pyne, Albert John Hockings, Kevin Byrne, Thomas Proe, Robert Porter, John Beals Chandler, Abram Robertson Byram, Richard Symes Warry, Les Tyrell, William Jolly, Clive Berghofer, Alfred Hubbard, Di Thorley, Jack McCafferty, Frank Sleeman, Alfred James Jones, Charles Pakenham Buchanan, William Aplin, Edward Joseph Baines, Tim Quinn, Tony McGrady, Leslie Corrie, Val Schier, James Hipwood, Francis Murray, Roy Harvey, Reg Groom, James Douglas Annand, Gilbert Cory, Job Eagles Stone, Archibald Watson, Edwin Godsall, Lyn McLaughlin, Charles Moffatt Jenkinson, Henry King Alford, John William Greene, John Coxall, Brian Walsh, Frank Roberts. Excerpt: Alfred John Raymond (1 February 1856 - 14 October 1935) was mayor of Brisbane in 1912. Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol, England to parents Henry George Raymond and Mary Ann (nee Hewland), the fifth of eight children. The family lived at 16 Camden Terrace, Clifton. Alfred like his father was a carpenter and builder by trade and was probably apprenticed to his father. Apart from this, we know little of his early life, other than that his family were staunch supporters of the Hope Chapel, a Congregational Church a few streets from their home. Alfred was a deeply devout man throughout his life and an active lay worker in the Congregational Church. In 1878, Alfred married Elizabeth (Bessie) Paul and they had...
