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Adolphus Taylor
Adolphus George Taylor (14 June 1857 – 18 January 1900) was an Australian journalist and populist politician, active in New South Wales the 1880s and 1890s. Early life Reputed the illegitimate son of a gentleman father, Taylor was born in Mudgee, New South Wales and was educated at the local Church of England School and became a teacher in Mudgee by 1875. He joined the New South Wales Permanent Artillery as a private, but was court-martialled for "insubordination" in 1878. He then joined or returned to the ''Mudgee Independent'' as a journalist. Political career Taylor - "a lanky youth, dressed in a torn coat that hang from his ears" - won a surprise victory in the seat Mudgee in 1882, pushing the longtime popular hero, Sir John Robertson, into second place. He became an expert in parliamentary procedure and constitutional law, and established that George Reid's appointment as a Minister for Public Instruction in 1883 was unconstitutional, forcing Reid to stand for a by-elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudgee
Mudgee is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council Local government in Australia, local government area as well as being the council seat. As at June 2021 its population was 12,563. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. The district lies across the edge of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, geological structure known as the Sydney Basin. History Wiradjuri people The Mudgee and Dabee clans of the Wiradjuri people lived at and around the site of what is now the town of Mudgee on the Cudgegong River. Some cultural and tool-making sites of these Aboriginal people remain, including the Hands on the Rocks, The Drip and Babyfoot Cave sites. Significance of local names Many place-names in the region are derived from the original Wiradjuri language, including Mudgee itself, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Buchanan (politician)
David Buchanan (1823 – 4 April 1890) was a barrister and politician in colonial New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and later, the New South Wales Legislative Council. Buchanan was born in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, the fifth son of William Buchanan, a barrister, and his wife Catherine, ''née'' Gregory. Buchanan was educated at the Edinburgh High School. Buchanan emigrated to Australia in 1852, and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Morpeth on 14 December 1860. In 1862 he unsuccessfully sued the Sydney Morning Herald for libel and was required to pay their legal costs. He was drunk in August 1862 and was involved in an altercation with Samuel Terry. In the assembly Buchanan described Terry as a coward, eventually withdrawing the remark. Buchanan continued to interrupt and held to be in contempt of parliament. He refused to leave the chamber, was arrested by the Sergeant-at-arms and forcibly removed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Kelly (Australian Politician)
Andrew Joseph Kelly (1 January 1854 – 3 September 1913) was a Labor Party politician who served as Member for Lachlan in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1891 to 1913. Background Andrew Kelly was born in Dublin in 1854 and went to sea at a young age. He worked for a period as a wharf labourer in Liverpool, England and also served in the United States Navy for 3 years. He settled in Sydney in 1881, where he worked again as a wharf labourer. He was active in the Wharf Labourers Union, and participated in the 1882 strike. He later worked as a drayman and helped to establish the Trolley and Draymen's Union. He served as president of the union during a strike in 1890. He was elected President of the Sydney Trades and Labour Council in 1889. He was also active in local government, serving as alderman on Sydney City Council from 1900 to 1906 and 1909 to 1913. From 1895 to 1899 he worked as publican of the Exchange Hotel in West Wyalong West Wyalong is the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Daniel FitzGerald
John Daniel FitzGerald (11 June 1862 – 4 July 1922) was a politician, union official, journalist and barrister in New South Wales, Australia. Early life Jack FitzGerald was born in Shellharbour to schoolteacher John Daniel FitzGerald and Mary Ann Cullen. He attended Shellharbour Public School, Fort Street Public School and St Mary's Cathedral School in Sydney before being apprenticed as a compositor in Bathurst. A founding member of the New South Wales Typographical Association, he served as its president from 1887 to 1888. He was elected to the executive of the Trades and Labor Council. He supported maritime workers in the 1890 strike, paying his own way to travel to England to raise support for the strikers. He returned to Sydney where he was one of the founders of the Labor Electoral League, which became the Labor party. He would later write a book about the origins and rise of the party. Legislative Assembly In 1891 FitzGerald stood for Legislative Assembly as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davis (Australian Politician)
Thomas Martin Davis (22 January 1856 – 14 July 1899) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Redditch in Worcestershire to fruit merchant Thomas Davis and Ann Martin. The family moved to Glasgow in 1859, where Thomas was educated. He moved to France at the age of thirteen, but was forced to return to England when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870. From 1871 to 1875 he was a sailor; he then worked as an interpreter in New Caledonia before settling in Sydney as a seaman in 1876. Closely involved in the union movement, he was secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union in 1886. In 1891 he was a foundation member of the Labor Party, and he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ... according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Black (Australian Politician)
George Mure Black (15 February 1854 – 18 July 1936) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Edinburgh to messenger-at-arms George Stevenson Black and Isabella Muir. He was educated at Leith and attended the University of Edinburgh, studying arts and medicine but never graduating. He emigrated to Victoria in 1877, moving to New South Wales in 1878. From 1877 he lived with Georgina Duggan; they were never married but had twelve children. Black undertook a variety of jobs, eventually becoming a journalist with the ''Bulletin'' from 1889 to 1891 and editor of the ''Australian Workman'' from 1891 to 1892. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney, one of the first group of Labour MLAs. In 1894 he was elected to Sydney-Gipps as an independent Labour member, having fallen out with the party over the introduction of the pledge, but he had rejoined by 1895 after changes were made to the pledge. On 21 June 1894 he had marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Playfair
John Thomas Playfair (1832 – 15 November 1893) was an English-born Australian butcher, ship's providore, politician and benefactor. Early life John Thomas Playfair, known as Thomas Playfair, the eldest son of tailor Thomas Playfair and Mary Anne, née Arnold, was baptised on 12 February 1832 in Essex, England. He went to sea at the age of twelve, becoming a captain's steward in the Royal Navy. In 1859 he settled in Sydney, entering into a partnership with wholesale butcher E. J. Baily, also operating a separate business as a shipping butcher at 103 George Street, The Rocks. On 7 November 1860 he married Ellen Matheson, with whom he had three sons. After her death in 1866, he married her sister, Georgina Hope, on 26 February 1867; they had a daughter and two sons. Career Following the death of E. J. Baily, Playfair continued the business partnership with his widow. The ship's providore venture grew into a prosperous enterprise. Playfair was a Sydney City Councillor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel O'Connor (politician)
Daniel O'Connor (13 September 1844 – 24 January 1914) was an Irish-born politician and businessman active in colonial-era New South Wales. Early life and education O'Connor was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, to Patrick and Margaret O'Connor. In 1854 he moved with his family to Sydney, sailing on the ''Lord Hungerford''. The younger O'Connor joined his father working in a butcher's shop after only a brief education. Eventually as a teenager he studied literature at the Sydney School of Arts and later at the City College. He was married in 1868 to Mary Carroll. They had seven children. Business By the early 1870s O'Connor had his own butchering business and had accumulated 14 houses and 7000 pounds. By 1872 he had lost his money and houses after speculating on goldmining shares. By the time the decade was out he had regained his fortune. Public life O'Connor was active in Sydney public life in the 1870s, being a member of the Catholic Association, chair of the Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Abigail
Francis Abigail (16 January 184023 July 1921) was politician and manufacturer from New South Wales, Australia. Early life Francis Abigail was the son of Hannah Coney and William Abigail. In 1860, he immigrated to Sydney and was married the following year. Politics and public service He served as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney from 1880 to June 1891. He served as Secretary for Mines in the fourth ministry of Sir Henry Parkes from 20 January 1887 to 10 January 1889. He was a Justice of the Peace for the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria. Abigail was a member of the New South Wales Commission for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. In 1890, he was a member of the Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, held at the Crystal Palace. That same year, he visited England and the various Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lamb (Australian Politician)
Alfred Lamb (28 May 1845 – 13 October 1890) was an Australian businessman, banker and politician. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for West Sydney. He served in this office until his death in Potts Point in 1890. A member of the Lamb banking family, he became a director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (now National Australia Bank) in 1860. His father Commander John Lamb was a Commercial Banking Company of Sydney director, as were his brothers Walter Lamb, Edward Lamb and John de Villiers Lamb. His sister-in-law by John de Villiers Lamb, Henrietta Lamb, was the sister of the deputy chairman of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Thomas Smith. His sister-in-law via Walter was Margaret Dangar, daughter of Australian politician and explorer Henry Dangar. Early life He was born in London to the banker and politician John Lamb and Emma (née Robinson). His mother Emma Lamb (née Robinson) was the daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haynes (journalist)
John Haynes (26 April 1850 – 15 August 1917) was a parliamentarian in New South Wales, Australia for five months short of thirty years, and co-founder (1880), with J. F. Archibald, of '' The Bulletin''. Early life Haynes was born in Singleton, New South Wales, son of John Haynes, a schoolteacher, and his wife Margaret, née Daly. He was apprenticed as a compositor with the Morpeth ''Leader'', and worked for several country newspapers. In 1871, he married Sarah Belford and they had five sons and one daughter. In 1873 he moved to Sydney. In 1880, he founded ''The Bulletin'' with Archibald, and in 18 months built its circulation in up to 15,000. He believed in serious provocative journalism, especially exposure articles. As the result of one article, written by William Henry Traill, they were sued by the owner of the Clontarf pleasure gardens. They refused to pay the costs of the resulting libel action and Haynes and Archibald were imprisoned for six weeks in 1882. The public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Black
Reginald James Black (19 March 1845 – 30 June 1928) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to cashier John Henry Black, later general manager of the Bank of New South Wales, and Louisa Skinner. He attended Sydney Grammar School, and worked for the Bank of New South Wales from 1863. After working at Penrith, Bathurst, Goulburn and Glen Innes, he was assistant inspector and then manager of the Bathurst branch from 1875 to 1880. From 1882 he was a stockbroker. On 26 February 1883 he married Eleanor Rouse, with whom he had six children. In 1887 Black was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Mudgee. Re-elected in 1889, he was defeated in 1891. In 1898 he became director of the Bank of New South Wales and also of the Australian Mutual Providence Society. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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