Family background
James Conley lived on Eliza Street, Newtown. He was married to Jane, who died in 1882. He died on 9 June 1876.
Occupation & interests
James Conley kept the Kingston Lodge Hotel on Australia Street, Newtown.
Local government service
James Conley was an alderman on Newtown Council in 1864-75.
References
Biographies of the Early Aldermen’, Newtown Project website: http://newtownproject.com.au/local-council-info/biographies/4
‘Advertising’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 1875 p. 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13368290
‘Family Notices’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 1876 p. 16 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13375073
‘Family Notices’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 1882, p. 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13513059
‘Old Sydney’, Truth, 8 December 1912, p. 12 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168737465
James Conley Jnr: In Memorium’, The Methodist, 28 April 1923, p 13 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155261012
James Conley and family of Kingston, by Patricia Steane, in ‘Marrickville: a past worth preserving’, Marrickville Historical Society, 2011