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Angove
Angove is a Cornish surname. This surname originates from the Cornish language, a Celtic language, and is common in Cornwall. The name is a compound of the definite article "an" i.e. ''the'', plus the word "gov", meaning ''smith'', and is thus an equivalent of the English surname Smith. In the 1881 UK census the surname Angove was restricted to Cornwall and the proportion of people with the surname Smith was much lower in Cornwall than elsewhere the UK. The name was originally an occupational name and denoted a metal worker, it is the most common Cornish occupational surname. During the 16th century the surname was limited to the western half of Cornwall where Cornish was still spoken. The name may refer to People: * Damien Angove (born 18 December 1970), a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League * David Angove (born 7 March 1974), a former cricketer who played for Cornwall Cricket Club * Thomas Angove (1918 – 30 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Angove
Thomas William Carlyon Angove AM (191830 March 2010) was an Australian winemaker who is credited with the invention of the wine cask. Biography In 1947, Angove, grandson of the founder of Angove’s (Dr. William T. Angove) took over as Angove's Pty. Ltd. Managing Director. He held the position until 1983 when his son John Carlyon Angove succeeded him.Angove History , '' Angoves'', retrieved 2 April 2010 He was appointed a Member of the in 1994 for his service to wine making. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Angove
David Angove (born 7 March 1974) is an English former cricketer who played for Cornwall County Cricket Club. In his only List A appearance he scored 6 runs and took 4 wickets for 65 runs. against Warwickshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. This performance was noted by Warwickshire, who immediately picked Angove for their upcoming Second XI fixture against Middlesex. Angove went on to play 4 matches in the Second XI Championship, two for Warwickshire and two for Essex. The following season, Angove played one game for Worcestershire in the Second XI Limited Overs tournament. He played 26 Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ... games for Cornwall, and also 6 Minor counties trophy games for Cornwall. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Angove, David 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Angove
Damien Angove (born 18 December 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Angove was recruited from Old Paradians and played four senior AFL games for Sydney, all in the second half of the 1992 AFL season, 1992 season. Angove played in the SANFL with Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL), Port Adelaide after leaving Sydney. He played 51 senior games with Port Adelaide from 1993 to 1996. In 1997 he played for Port District Football Club in the SAAFL before being appointed coach in 1998. Angove was a playing coach for 3 years which included a premiership in his 1st year. References 1970 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sydney Swans players Old Paradians Amateur Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angove Conservation Park
Angove Conservation Park is a protected area located about north-east of the Adelaide city centre within the local government area of the City of Tea Tree Gully. The conservation park was proclaimed under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' in 1994 in order to protect a parcel of undeveloped land which contained remnant native vegetation. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. See also * List of protected areas in Adelaide List of protected areas in Adelaide refers to protected areas proclaimed by South Australian government which are located within the Adelaide metropolitan area. Northern Adelaide The following protected areas are located within the South ... References External linksAngove Conservation Park official webpage [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angove River
Angove River or Angove Creek is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia most of the river is found within Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. The stream was seen in 1898 by surveyor William Angove, and was named after him in 1913 by another surveyor, B. W. Ridley. The river rises in swamps north of the water supply reserve then enter the reserve where a pipehead dam is located to provide potable water to Albany. It then flows through a gauging weir then enters Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. It continues through a channel that is still on private land and was constructed to drain nearby farm land. The river eventually discharges into Angove Lake. The water is of excellent quality and is considered as fresh, potable water. only 5% of the catchment area had been cleared, mostly in the very upper reaches and around the lake. The catchment area is one of the few areas of Albany Blackbutt Woodland left in Australia and is considered to be an important b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Angove
Trevor Angove (born 15 January 1959) is a former English List A cricketer who played his only List A game for Cornwall Cricket Club, in which he scored 13 and did not bowl. He also played 71 Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ... games and 3 Minor counties trophy games for Cornwall. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Angove, Trevor 1959 births English cricketers Cornwall cricketers Living people Sportspeople from Troon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due east and is protected from the Southern Ocean by a headland formed by the granite massif of Mount Gardner. The nature reserve was established in 1967 to protect the threatened noisy scrub-bird and its habitat. It is known for being the site of the discovery and naming of Gilbert's potoroo, but in 2015 a huge fire destroyed 90% of the tiny marsupial's habitat, as well as killing three-quarters of the remaining small population. Little Beach is a popular tourist attraction. History The name "Two Peoples Bay" is from an incident in 1803 when an American whaling ship used the sheltered waters to lay anchor at the same time as a French vessel that was exploring the coastline east of Albany. John Gilbert, a naturalist, surveyed the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish Language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a living community language in Cornwall at the Last speaker of the Cornish language, end of the 18th century. However, knowledge of Cornish, including speaking ability to a certain extent, continued to be passed on within families and by individuals, and Cornish language revival, a revival began in the early 20th century. The language has a growing number of second language speakers, and a very small number of families now raise children to speak revived Cornish as a first language. Cornish is currently recognised under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and the language is often described as an important part of Cornish identity, culture and heritage. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith (surname)
Smith is an occupational surname originating in England, Scotland, and Ireland. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and the fifth most common surname in the Republic of Ireland. In the United States, the surname Smith is particularly prevalent among those of English, Scottish, and Irish descent, but is also a common surname among African-Americans, which can be attributed either to African slaves having been given the surname of their masters, or to being an occupational name, as some southern African-Americans took this surname to reflect their or their father's trade. 2,442,977 Americans shared the surname Smith at the time of the 2010 census, and more than 500,000 people shared it in the United Kingdom as of 2006. At the turn of the 20th century, the surname was sufficiently prevalent in England to have prompted the statement: "Common to every village in England, north, south, east, and west";Bardsley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish People
The Cornish people or Cornish ( kw, Kernowyon, ang, Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall: and a recognised national minority in the United Kingdom, which can trace its roots to the ancient Britons who inhabited southern and central Great Britain before the Roman conquest. Many in Cornwall today continue to assert a distinct identity separate from or in addition to English or British identities. Cornish identity has been adopted by migrants into Cornwall, as well as by emigrant and descendant communities from Cornwall, the latter sometimes referred to as the Cornish diaspora. Although not included as an tick-box option in the UK census, the numbers of those writing in a Cornish ethnic and national identity are officially recognised and recorded. Throughout classical antiquity, the ancient Britons formed a series of tribes, cultures and identities in Great Britain; the Dumnonii and Cornovii were the Celtic tribes who inhabited what w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
