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Andrew Lynch (New South Wales Politician)
Andrew Lynch (1819 – 2 November 1884) was an Australian politician. He was a pastoralist at Carcoar before entering politics. In 1876 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Carcoar Carcoar is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2016, the town had a population of 200 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of ..., serving until his death in 1884. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Andrew 1819 births 1884 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcoar, New South Wales
Carcoar is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2016, the town had a population of 200 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of Sydney and 52 km south-west of Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst and is 720 m above sea level. It is located in a small green valley, with the township and buildings on both banks of the Belubula River. It is the third oldest settlement west of the Blue Mountains. Carcoar is a Gundungurra word meaning either ''frog'' or ''kookaburra''. Nearby towns are Blayney, New South Wales, Blayney, Millthorpe, New South Wales, Millthorpe, Mandurama, New South Wales, Mandurama, Neville, New South Wales, Neville, Lyndhurst, New South Wales, Lyndhurst and Barry, New South Wales, Barry It was once one of the most important government centres in Western New South Wales. The town has been classified by the National Trust of Australia, National Trust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Carcoar
Carcoar was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859 to the southwest of Bathurst and named after Carcoar. It replaced part of Western Boroughs and part of Bathurst (County). From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. It was abolished in 1894 and was partly replaced by Cowra Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the .... Members for Carcoar Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1859 Constituencies disestablished in 1894 1859 establishments in Australia 1894 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Meyer
Solomon Meyer (1823 – 25 February 1902) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London, the son of silk manufacturer Jacob Meyer. In 1841 he migrated to Tasmania, where he managed a business, before moving to Sydney around 1845. On 2 July 1844 he married Theophilia Faulder; they had one son. In 1851 he opened the Ophir goldfields' first general store, and he settled at Carcoar. He was an alderman at Goulburn and ran a grocery and ironmongery business. In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Carcoar Carcoar is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2016, the town had a population of 200 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of ..., but he resigned in 1876. Meyer died at Goulburn in 1902. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Solomon 1823 births 1902 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezekiel Baker (Australian Politician)
Ezekiel Alexander Baker (1 December 1823 – 28 January 1912) was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Baker was born in Middlesex, England, to Ezekiel John Baker and Elizabeth, . He trained in his father's business of manufacturing firearms and also studied mineralogy and mining. He emigrated to New South Wales in 1853 as mineralogist to a mining company. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Goldfields South at the 1869-70 election, and was also a member of the Goldfields Committee. In June 1870 he was appointed to a Royal Commission into the goldfields and water supply. His seat was declared vacant in November 1870 as he had accepted an office of profit under the crown. He comfortably regained it at the by-election in December 1870. He retained the seat at the elections in 1872, and 1875. When Thomas Garrett, the Secretary for Lands in the third Robertson Ministry, resigned his office, in February 1877, Baker was appointed to succeed him, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Campbell (New South Wales Politician)
George Campbell (13 June 1827 – 2 September 1890) was an Australian politician. He was born near Bathurst to pastoralist Archibald Campbell and Ellen Stoddart. He married Jessie Blackwood in Glasgow; they had nine children. A pastoralist, he owned property near Cowra. In 1881 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Carcoar, serving until 1885, when he retired. In 1888 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 of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ..., where he remained until his death at Jerula near Cowra in 1890. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, George 1827 births 1890 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. * February 2 – ''Dartmouth College v. Woodward'': The Supreme Court of the United States under John Marshall rules in favor of Dartmouth College, allowing Dartmouth to keep its charter and remain a private institution. * February 6 – A formal treaty, between Hussein Shah of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles, establishes a trading settlement in Singapore. * February 15 – The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment, barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise). * February 19 – Captain William Smith of British merchant brig ''Williams'' sights Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of 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 ...: * 1856–1858 * 1858–1859 * 1859–1860 * 1860–1864 * 1864–1869 * 1869–1872 * 1872–1874 * 1874–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * 1882–1885 * 1885–1887 * 1887–1889 * 1889–1891 * 1891–1894 * 1894–1895 * 1895–1898 * 1898–1901 * 1901–1904 * 1904–1907 * 1907–1910 * 1910–1913 * 1913–1917 * 1917–1920 * 1920–1922 * 1922–1925 * 1925–1927 * 1927–1930 * 1930–1932 * 1932–1935 * 1935–1938 * 1938–1941 * 1941–1944 * 1944–1947 * 1947–1950 * 1950–1953 * 1953–1956 * 1956–1959 * 1959–1962 * 1962–1965 * 1965–1968 * 1968–1971 * 1971–1973 * 1973–1976 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
