{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Oscar de Satge |image = Oscar John de Satge squatter and politician.jpg |caption =

| constituency_AM1 = Clermont | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 4 March 1869 | term_end1 = 4 April 1870 | predecessor1 = Robert Travers Atkin | successor1 = John Robinson Benson

| constituency_AM2 = Clermont | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 6 September 1870 | term_end2 = 9 April 1872 | predecessor2 = John Robinson Benson | successor2 = Charles James Graham

| constituency_AM3 = Normanby | assembly3 = Queensland Legislative | term_start3 = 4 November 1873 | term_end3 = 20 March 1877 | successor3 = George Fox

| constituency_AM4 = Mitchell | assembly4 = Queensland Legislative | term_start4 = 3 February 1881 | term_end4 = 5 April 1882 | predecessor4 = Boyd Dunlop Morehead | successor4 = John Govett

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1836|11|20|df=y}} |birth_place = Lausanne, Switzerland |death_date = {{death date and age|1906|9|26|1836|11|20|df=y}} |death_place = Folkestone, England |party = |spouse = Beatrice Elizabeth Fletcher | occupation = Squatter, Public servant, Sheep and cattle grazier | relations = }}

'''Oscar John de Satgé''' (1836–1906) was an Australian squatter and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

==Early life== Oscar John de Satgé was born on 20 November 1836 in Lausanne, Switzerland,<ref name=newsimages>[http://newsimages.worldvitalrecords.com/books%5C2009JUN14%5CCDAustraliaAU0103-1906_JohnsNotableAustralians1906%5C60.pdf JOHNS'S NOTABLE AUSTRALIANS] &mdash; World Vital Records.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.</ref><ref name=ancestry>[http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?uidh=000&rank=1&new=1&so=3&msT=1&gsln=Satghy&gss=angs-d&MSAV=1&cp=0&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&db=pubmembertrees&sbo=t&gsbco=Sweden&gl=&gst=&hc=20&fh=20&noredir=true All Public Member Trees results for Satghy] &mdash; Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.</ref><ref name=kent>[http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/FOLKESTONE%20ST%20MARY'S.pdf Folkestone St. Mary & St. Eanswythe Church] &mdash; Kent War Memorials Transcription Project. Retrieved 11 January 2015.</ref> the son of Ernest Valentine, first vicomte de Satgé de St Jean, and his wife Caroline (née Sparkes). He attended school at Rugby School from 1849 to 1952. In May 1853, he immigrated to Melbourne, Australia, on the ''Essex''.<ref name=adb>{{cite web|last=Waterson|first=D. B.|title=de Satgé, Oscar John (1836–1906)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-satge-oscar-john-3403|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre for Biography, Australian National University|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref>

==Politics== On 29 January 1869, Robert Travers Atkin, member for Clermont, resigned. On 4 March 1869, Oscar de Satge was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the resulting by-election, defeating Charles Hardie Buzacott, the proprietor of the local newspaper, the ''Peak Downs Telegram''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1316428 |title=The Courier. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=20 March 1869 |accessdate=28 January 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He held that seat only until he resigned on 4 April 1870. John Robinson Benson won the resulting by-election on 4 May 1870. However, only a few months later, at the next state election on 6 September 1870, Oscar de Satge was re-elected in the seat on 6 September 1870, which he held until he resigned again on 9 April 1872. Charles Graham won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1872.<ref name=qpmla>{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>

On 4 November 1873, he was elected again, this time in the electoral district of Normanby. He held this seat until he resigned on 20 March 1877. George Fox won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.<ref name=qpmla/>

On 30 December 1880, Boyd Dunlop Morehead, the member for Mitchell, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1881. He held this seat until he resigned on 5 April 1882. John Govett won the resulting by-election on 27 April 1882.<ref name=qpmla/>

==Later life== A noted pastoralist, he acquired the Augustus Downs Station in around 1881 along with Carandotta Station after selling Coreena Station for £70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-satge-oscar-john-3403|title=de Satgé, Oscar John (1836–1906)|author=D.B.Waterson|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>

In 1882, de Satge retired to England. On 3 August 1882, he married Beatrice Elizabeth Fletcher at Madehurst, Sussex, with whom he had one son and two daughters. In 1883, 1888 and 1893, he visited Australia to inspect his properties.

In 1901, he published a book of his experiences under the title ''Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter''; he dedicated his book to Robert Herbert, the first Queensland Premier.<ref>{{Citation | author1=De Satgé, Oscar | title=Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter | date=1901 | publisher=Hurst and Blackett | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12442246 | accessdate=24 January 2014 }}</ref> The book has been digitised and made available for public download by the Open Library.<ref name=ol>{{cite book|title=Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter|publisher=Open Library|ol=6916136M}}</ref>

He died on 26 September 1906 at his residence, ''Elysee'', Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone. His estate was valued at £443.<ref name=adb/>

==Publications== * {{Citation | author1=Oscar De Satge | title=Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter | date=1901 | publisher=London Hurst and Blackett, Limited | url=https://archive.org/details/pagesfromjournal00desa | accessdate=24 January 2014 }}

==See also== * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1868–1870; 1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1873–1878; 1878–1883

==References== {{reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Arthur Francis}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Clermont|years=1869 – 1870}} {{s-aft|after=John Robinson Benson}} {{s-bef|before=John Robinson Benson}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Clermont|years=1870 – 1872}} {{s-aft|after=Charles James Graham}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Normanby|years=1873 – 1877}} {{s-aft|after=George Fox}} {{s-bef|before=Boyd Dunlop Morehead}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Mitchell|years=1881 – 1882}} {{s-aft|after=John Govett}} {{s-end}}

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