About Me
Full Name
Benjamin Herschel Babbage
Party
Pre-Party System
Electorate
Encounter Bay
House
House of Assembly
Date Elected
09 March 1857
Prior Employment
Engineer
Commissioner to issue gold licences 1852
Government Assayer 1853
First engineer of Port Adelaide Railway and superintendent of its construction
Supervisor of contractors for overland telegraph 1870-72
Chairman of Mitcham District Council
Commissioner to issue gold licences 1852
Government Assayer 1853
First engineer of Port Adelaide Railway and superintendent of its construction
Supervisor of contractors for overland telegraph 1870-72
Chairman of Mitcham District Council
Public Activities
Born circa 1815
Deceased
22 October 1878
Electoral History
Date
District
House
Party
Reason (if retired)
09 Mar 1857 - 17 Dec 1857
Encounter Bay
House of Assembly
Pre-Party System
Resigned