{"id":4640,"date":"2021-07-23T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:46:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:46:45","slug":"malunnah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/history\/malunnah\/","title":{"rendered":"Malunnah"},"content":{"rendered":"
William Aikenhead was born in Launceston in 1842.\u00a0 As a young man he worked for an insurance company, before joining the Examiner<\/em> newspaper where his father was the proprietor. After spending time in Victoria he returned to Tasmania, purchasing his father\u2019s interest in the Examiner<\/em>, where he stayed for eighteen years.\u00a0 In 1887 ill-health caused him to leave the Examiner<\/em>. After building a home in Devonport he found improved health allowed him to pay an influential role in the town. Among other roles he was Chairman of the first Devonport Town Board, a member of the Fire Brigade, and on the Licensing Bench. He was also a coroner and a Justice of the Peace and was elected to the State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n