William Henley Rawlings
28 February 1848 — 5 August 1906
William Henley Rawlings (11‑51‑1)
William Henry Rawlings was born in Bristol, England on 28 February 1848 to William Rawlings and Margaret Eliza (née Edwards). Billy headed to sea, earning a master mariner's certificate before immigrating to Sydney in 1869. Billy's seafaring then turned to New Zealand's west coast until 1874 when he went mining in Parkes and Urana, New South Wales.
In 1883 Billy headed to the north Queensland gold rush in the Hodgkinson then Herberton regions. Billy represented Woothakata in the Queensland Parliament from May 1893 until April 1896. Billy spent less than one month in the Legislative Council before he died on Sunday 5 August 1906 at the Alexandra Private Hospital.