page_title: Joseph Mitchell (politician)
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Mitchell (politician)
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell (22 July 1840 – 22 October 1897) was an English-born Australian politician and businessman. This engraving is from a newspaper aticle published at the time of his death in 1897.
context_page_description: Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell was an English-born Australian politician and businessman.
  He was born in Cheshire to shipbuilder Richard Mitchell and Margaret Cherry. He was his father's apprentice when they arrived in New South Wales in 1859. He then established himself in Newtown as a coal merchant, subsequently becoming a successful figure in the coal industry.
  In 1866 he married Charlotte Harrison at Bowral; they had eight children. He was a Methodist.
  Mitchell was elected four times to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  He died at Bellambi in 1897 of cancer.
context_section_description: Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell (22 July 1840 – 22 October 1897) was an English-born Australian politician and businessman.
  He was born in Cheshire to shipbuilder Richard Mitchell and Margaret Cherry. He was his father's apprentice when they arrived in New South Wales in 1859. He then established himself in Newtown as a coal merchant, subsequently becoming a successful figure in the coal industry.
  In 1866 he married Charlotte Harrison at Bowral; they had eight children. He was a Methodist.
  Mitchell was elected four times to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  He died at Bellambi in 1897 of cancer.
caption: Joseph Mitchell (Unknown artist, Evening News (Sydney) on 23 October 1897, Page 6).[1]
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