Retailer and politician who was a councillor in Burwood as well as a member of parliament and Mayor of Sydney in 1887.
Milestone
Born
Balmain
08 Jun 1844
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a successful businessman and an advocate of the Saturday half-holiday, draper AJ Riley became a free trade politician and all-round public man, until business troubles ended his career.
