Patrick Perkins JP (1838 - 1901)

Born 10 Oct 1838 in Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland

Died 17 May 1901 at age 62 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

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Founded Perkins Brewery in Toowoomba.

Biography

Patrick Perkins JP was born in Ireland.

Patrick Perkins JP is Notable.

Patrick Perkins was born at Ireland in 1838, the son of Thomas Perkins and Ellen Gooley. His parents emigrated to Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, on board the Persian with their eight children, arriving on the 9th of April 1854.

Patrick wed Mary Ellen Hickey at Victoria in 1861.^[1]

They had six children.

1. Thomas Hector, b 1864, Vic.
2. Mary, b 1867,Wood's Point.
3. Edgar Colin Francis, b 1868, Kilmore.
4. Lilly Eleanor, b 1875, Hawthorne.
5. Patrick Howard, b 1878, Qld.
6. Helene Cicilia b 1880, Qld.

Patrick began the Perkins Brewery in Toowoomba, with his brother Thomas in 1867. They later purchased the City Brewery in Brisbane in 1872. Thomas Perkins was accidentally killed in 1876 and buried in Toowoomba. Among their brands were XXX Ale and XXX Stout, later XXXX.^[2][3][4]

The Perkins Breweries prospered until the 1920's when they were sold to Castlemaine Brewery.

Patrick was first elected to the seat of Aubigny in 1877 as a member of the Legislative Assembly.

In 1883, Patrick purchased a two story, Palatial "Queenslander" style home at North Quay in Brisbane, built in 1870, and named it Aubigny.

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The house itself is of plaster-faced brick, with a corrugated iron roof. Iti s two-storied, with a basement, and the principal part of it contains chiefly four main rooms, on all three floors, with veranda and balcony all round. There is also a wing to the left, of one story, and a basement, All the old walls are plastered, and the fittings are of cedar, also one of the mantel-pieces, which is carved. This fireplace is an open one, deep, and tiled in green and yellow. The rest of the mantelpieces, both upstairs and down, are of marble, and a hall runs right through the building on all three floors. In use is a one-storied brick house to the left of the garden. This was purchased by Mr. Perkins a little time after his buying of the two-storied home, and used as quarters for his sons and any of their young friends when staying there. A lattice fence separates the garden of this house from that of the larger one, and on the right-hand side of the latter is a considerable portion of ground, containing some beautiful shade trees, Soon this old historic home will be no more, but perhaps the historic little brick building will be preserved and put to yet another use.^[5]

The Honourable Patrick Perkins passed away in 1901, after a short illness,^[6] and buried in the Boroondara Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria BMD Marriage Index: Name: PERKINS, Patrick; Marriage; Name: HICKEY, Ellen; Year: 1861; Ref: 1639/1861
2. ↑ "Perkins & Co Ltd Poster – Australian Beer Posters". 2021. Australianbeerposters.Com.Au. XXX Ales & Stout poster
3. ↑ "Perkins Ale & Stout, Carbine Stout ‘Two Champions’ Poster – Australian Beer Posters". 2021. Australianbeerposters.Com.Au. Carbine
4. ↑ XXX Prize Pale Ale
5. ↑ "BRISBANE's HISTORIC HOMES. - XLII—Aubigny (Now Loretto.) (See Illustrations On Page 37.) - The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) - 11 Dec 1930". 2021. Trove. article
6. ↑ Victoria BMD Death Index-PERKINS, Patk; Death; , Ellen, GOOLEY; , Perkins Thos; Hawth; 62; 1901; 5896/1901

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images  : accessed 28 December 2020), memorial page for Patrick “Paddy” Perkins (10 Oct 1838–17 May 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #204684980, citing Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by F.P.McLoughlin (contributor 48316713) .
• Patrick Perkins
• Vic BMD