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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Massy-Greene" title="Walter Massy-Greene">Walter Massy-Greene</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Pratten" title="Herbert Pratten">Herbert Pratten</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade and Customs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 February 1923 – 26 May 1924</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Stanley Bruce</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rodgers" title="Arthur Rodgers">Arthur Rodgers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Herbert Pratten</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 July 1907 – 13 November 1908</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Australia">Postmaster-General of Australia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 July 1905 – 30 July 1907</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Alfred Deakin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Smith_(Australian_politician)" title="Sydney Smith (Australian politician)">Sydney Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mauger" title="Samuel Mauger">Samuel Mauger</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Dawson" title="Anderson Dawson">Anderson Dawson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Eden-Monaro" title="Division of Eden-Monaro">Eden-Monaro</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 March 1901 – 12 January 1926</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New seat</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Perkins_(Australian_politician)" title="John Perkins (Australian politician)">John Perkins</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Austen Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1864-07-10</span>)</span>10 July 1864<br /><a href="/wiki/Bong_Bong,_New_South_Wales" title="Bong Bong, New South Wales">Bong Bong</a>, Colony of <span class="nowrap">New South Wales</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 January 1926<span style="display:none">(1926-01-12)</span> (aged 61)<br />Sydney, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a> (1901–1909)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Liberal_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Liberal Party">Liberal</a> (1909–1917)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Party of Australia">Nationalist</a> (1917–1926)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Catherine O'Brien</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="23 October 1894">1894</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Chapman" title="Albert Chapman">Albert Chapman</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4, including <a href="/wiki/John_Chapman_(Australian_Army_officer)" title="John Chapman (Australian Army officer)">John</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Company director</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Austin Chapman</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a></span></span> (10 July 1864 – 12 January 1926) was an Australian politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from 1901 until his death in 1926. He held ministerial office in the governments of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deakin" title="Alfred Deakin">Alfred Deakin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a>, serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> (1903–1904), <a href="/wiki/Postmaster-General_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmaster-General of Australia">Postmaster-General</a> (1905–1907), <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade and Customs</a> (1907–1908, 1923–1924), and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Health_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Health (Australia)">Minister for Health</a> (1923–1924). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Chapman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chapman was born on 10 July 1864 in <a href="/wiki/Bong_Bong,_New_South_Wales" title="Bong Bong, New South Wales">Bong Bong, New South Wales</a>. He was the son of Monica (née Cain; also spelt Kean or Kein) and Richard Chapman, his father being a wheelwright and publican. His mother was born in Ireland. His given name was spelled "Austen" until 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chapman attended the state school in <a href="/wiki/Marulan" title="Marulan">Marulan</a> until the age of 14, when he was apprenticed to a <a href="/wiki/Saddle" title="Saddle">saddler</a> working in <a href="/wiki/Goulburn,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Goulburn, New South Wales">Goulburn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mudgee" title="Mudgee">Mudgee</a>. By 1885 he was operating Chapman's Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Bungendore" title="Bungendore">Bungendore</a>, close to the eventual site of Canberra. Chapman moved to Sydney in 1887 and went into partnership with <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_O%27Sullivan" title="Edward William O'Sullivan">Edward William O'Sullivan</a> in an auctioneering firm, of which he was managing partner. He was also the proprietor of the Emu Inn on <a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Street,_Sydney" title="Bathurst Street, Sydney">Bathurst Street</a>. His partnership with O'Sullivan was dissolved in 1889, and he subsequently established the Royal Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Braidwood,_New_South_Wales" title="Braidwood, New South Wales">Braidwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_South_Wales_politics">New South Wales politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Chapman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New South Wales politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1891 Chapman was elected to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly">New South Wales Legislative Assembly</a> as MLA for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Braidwood" title="Electoral district of Braidwood">Braidwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nsw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an active supporter of <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">federation of the Australian colonies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_politics">Federal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Chapman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman,_1907-1908_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Portrait_of_The_Hon._Austin_Chapman%2C_1907-1908_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2346" data-file-height="3286" /></a><figcaption>Chapman c. 1907/08</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1901_Australian_federal_election" title="1901 Australian federal election">1901</a> Chapman was elected to the first <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> as MP for the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Eden-Monaro" title="Division of Eden-Monaro">Division of Eden-Monaro</a> (his brother <a href="/wiki/Albert_Chapman" title="Albert Chapman">Albert</a> succeeded him as the member for Braidwood in the New South Wales Parliament). A <a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a>, he was <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> in the first ministry of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deakin" title="Alfred Deakin">Alfred Deakin</a> (1903–04), <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Australia)">Postmaster-General</a> in the second Deakin ministry (1905–08), and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade and Customs</a> from 1907 to 1908. After a long period on the backbench as a result of a stroke in 1909, which paralysed one of his arms, he was appointed Minister for Trade and Customs and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Minister_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Minister for Health">Minister for Health</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Bruce</a> <a href="/wiki/First_Bruce_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Bruce Ministry">government</a> in February 1923. He was criticised by both <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Party of Australia">Nationalists</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country Party</a> and he resigned in May 1924 on the grounds of ill health and was subsequently made a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chapman had a significant role during the selection of Australia's national capital site, <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>. A strong advocate for the rival site of <a href="/wiki/Dalgety,_New_South_Wales" title="Dalgety, New South Wales">Dalgety</a>—legislated as the capital site by the <a href="/wiki/Seat_of_Government_Act_1904" title="Seat of Government Act 1904">Seat of Government Act 1904</a>—he stated in August 1906 that, "I will defend Dalgety to the end. Any change from the selection already made can only be achieved over my political corpse."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1908, he conceded that Canberra was "the second best site, but Dalgety easily stands first."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the process finally reached its conclusion, later in 1908, Chapman was suffering ill health. In his absence, although he had been <a href="/wiki/Pair_(parliamentary_convention)" title="Pair (parliamentary convention)">paired</a> for the ballots so as not to prejudice the outcome, at the ninth ballot Dalgety went down to Yass-Canberra by 39 votes to 33.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, once Canberra had been selected, Chapman strenuously advocated the development of the site on the <a href="/wiki/Molonglo_River" title="Molonglo River">Molonglo River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Queanbeyan" title="Queanbeyan">Queanbeyan</a>, which like Dalgety was in his electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of his efforts benefited many of his friends who owned land in the area, and also greatly boosted trade in Queanbeyan, the nearest town to the site. He was still MP for Eden-Monaro at the time of his death in Sydney on 12 January 1926 of cerebro-vascular disease, before he could sit in the first <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House,_Canberra" title="Old Parliament House, Canberra">Parliament House</a> in Canberra, which opened in May 1927. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons, James Austin Chapman and <a href="/wiki/John_Chapman_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Chapman (general)">John Austin Chapman</a> who both became distinguished soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canberra suburb of <a href="/wiki/Chapman,_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Chapman, Australian Capital Territory">Chapman</a> was named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austin_Chapman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-adb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGibbney" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Gibbney, H. J. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chapman-sir-austin-5554">"Chapman, Sir Austin (1864–1926)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography" title="Australian Dictionary of Biography">Australian Dictionary of Biography</a></i>. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-522-84459-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-522-84459-7"><bdi>978-0-522-84459-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1833-7538">1833-7538</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/70677943">70677943</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> </b><br />1903–1904 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Dawson" title="Anderson Dawson">Anderson Dawson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Smith_(Australian_politician)" title="Sydney Smith (Australian politician)">Sydney Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Australia)">Postmaster-General</a> </b><br />1905–1907 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mauger" title="Samuel Mauger">Samuel Mauger</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Lyne" title="William Lyne">William Lyne</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade and Customs</a> </b><br />1907–1908 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tudor" title="Frank Tudor">Frank Tudor</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rodgers" title="Arthur Rodgers">Arthur Rodgers</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Trade_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Trade (Australia)">Minister for Trade and Customs</a> </b><br />1923–1924 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Littleton_Groom" title="Littleton Groom">Littleton Groom</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Massy-Greene" title="Walter Massy-Greene">Walter Massy-Greene</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Minister_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Minister for Health">Minister for Health</a> </b><br />1923–1924 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Pratten" title="Herbert Pratten">Herbert Pratten</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly" title="New South Wales 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