Alfred Compigne


Alfred William Compigne was a settler and politician of Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Alfred Compigné acquired Nindooinbah Station on the Albert River and was the first pastoralist to take up land on the coast south of Coomera. He applied successfully for the leasehold of two properties to the south of Brisbane settlement being Dungogie and Murry Jerry runs in March 1852. Just five months later in August 1952 he transferred the coastal runs to William Duckett White of Beaudesert Station.
In his footnotes regarding Compigne, Longhurst accounts that while Compigne ran up to 7,000 sheep on Nindooinbah Station he eventually failed as a squatter, but led a varied career as a civil servant and one of the first members of the Queensland Legislative Council serving from 1 May 1850 to 23 April 1864.

Early life

Alfred William Compigné was born at Gosport, Hampshire, England on 2 February 1818. He immigrated to Sydney, Australia on 30 June 1839, coming to Queensland in 1846.

Politics

Compigne was appointed to be on the first Queensland Legislative Council on 1 May 1860. He served for four years before resigning on 23 April 1864.

Later life

Compigne died from senile decay at his residence, Richmond Villa, on Sunday 4 July 1909 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.