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Cecil Roberts (politician)
James Henry Cecil Roberts (1 June 1877 – 14 September 1961) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Roberts was born in London, England, the son of Dr Edwin Roberts and his wife Eliza (née Taylor). He was educated privately and also attended Toowoomba Grammar School and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. He was a farmer at ''Croxley'', Kingsthorpe on the Darling Downs in 1898 which by 1920 he had extended to 3500 acres. On 27 March 1901 he married Florence Alice Blackwell in Sydney and together had two sons. Roberts died at Toowoomba in September 1961. Public life Roberts, a member of the Country Party, won the seat of Pittsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1920 state election. Pittsworth was abolished before the 1923 state election and Roberts, by now an Independent Country Party member, contested the seat of Cunningham Cunningham is a surname of Scottish origin, see Clan Cunningham. Notable people sharing this surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Pittsworth
The electoral district of Pittsworth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. History Pittsworth was created in the 1910 redistribution, taking effect at the 1912 state election, and existed until the 1923 state election. Most of its area was based on the Cambooya which was abolished at the 1912 election. When Pittsworth was abolished in 1923, its area was incorporated into the district of Aubigny. Members The following people were elected in the seat of Pittsworth: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pittsworth Former electoral districts of Queensland 1912 establishments in Australia 1923 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1912 Constituencies disestablished in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham, the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling. The region has developed a strong and diverse agricultural industry largely due to the extensive areas of vertosols (cracking clay soils), particularly black vertosols, of moderate to high fertility and available water capacity. Manufacturing and mining, particularly coal mining are also important, and coal seam gas extraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Deaths
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876 – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. * March – ''The Nineteenth Century (periodical), The Nineteenth Century'' magazine is founded in London. * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by region Districts in Far North Queensland * Barron River * Cairns * Co ... {{Members of the Parliament of Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Cunningham
Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009. Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically it was centred on the town of Clifton. The eastern portion of Cunningham drew voters from the southern suburbs of Toowoomba. There were also a number of small rural towns in the electorate, including Pittsworth, Millmerran and Cambooya, but no major centres. It was solidly conservative for its entire existence, and was held by the National Party without interruption from 1920 until the Nationals merged into the Liberal National Party of Queensland. In 2008, Cunningham was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—following a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were split between the districts of Toowoomba South, Southern Downs and the new seat of Condamine. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Queensland State Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 May 1923 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fourth continuous term in office since the 1915 election; it would be Premier Ted Theodore's second election. Key dates Results : 475,957 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 2 Country Party seats ( Cooroora and Wide Bay), 1 United Party seat (Albert) and 1 Labor seat ( Barcoo) were unopposed. Seats changing party representation This table lists changes in party representation at the 1923 election. * Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. * The United party member for Bulimba, Walter Barnes instead contested the new seat of Wynnum and won. * The Country party member for the abolished seat of Drayton, William Bebbington instead contested the seat of Rosewood and lost. * The United party member for the Kennedy, John Jones instead contested the seat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Murarrie, in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory. History The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four mastheads. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' later became '' The Courier'', then the ''Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the Daily Mail in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Issue frequency increased steadily to bi-weekly in January 1858, tri-weekly in December 1859, then daily under the editorship of Theophilus Parsons Pugh from 14 May 1861. The recognised founder and first editor was Arthur Sidney Lyon (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Queensland State Election
Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor government was seeking its third term in office since the 1915 Queensland state election, 1915 election. It was Premier Ted Theodore's first election. During the previous term, the National Party of Australia – Queensland, Queensland Country Party, had re-emerged from the National bloc, taking half of the Country Party's parliamentary seats with it. A Labor member, Alfred Arthur James, Alfred James, switched to the party, and the 1919 Maranoa state by-election, Maranoa by-election in 1919 saw them gain a seat at the expense of Labor. An additional party, the Northern Country Party, also formed during this time to represent the interests of North Queensland farmers and canegrowers. To avoid three-cornered contests with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsthorpe, Queensland
Kingsthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kingsthorpe had a population of 2,159 people. Geography Kingsthorpe is on the Darling Downs, north-west of the Toowoomba CBD and west of the state capital, Brisbane. Kingsthorpe railway station on the Western railway line serves the town (). Kings railway station is a closed station on that line on the boundary between the localities of Kingsthorpe and Kings Siding (). History The town was named after pastoralist brothers Colonel Henry Venn King and George Beresford King, of the Gowrie pastoral property. St Gregory's Anglican Church in Meringandan was consecrated on Sunday 12 September 1886 by Bishop William Webber. It was located on a piece of land near the railway station, donated by Mr Foland. It was built by Mr Maag and was and could seat 150 people. In 1905 it was relocated to Kingsthorpe where it was re-consecrated at St Gregory's by Archbishop St C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Bayley
Percy Mollineux Bayley (21 December 1879Bayley,Percy Mollineux – Tasmanian Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 17 April 2016. – 16 August 1942) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the from 1915 to 1920. Bayley was born at , Tasmania, the son of James Mollineux Bayley and his wife Mary Alice (né ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Grammar School
, motto_translation = Faithful in All Things , city = Toowoomba , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Independent, day & boarding , denomination = Non-denominational , established = 1875 , headmaster = Dr John Kinniburgh , key_people = , enrolment = ~1150 , enrolment_as_of = , grades = P-12 , gender = Boys , colours = Blue and gold, formerly blue and white , slogan = A quality education designed for boys , fees = , website www.twgs.qld.edu.au, num_employ = Toowoomba Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding grammar school for boys, in East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. Toowoomba Grammar was established in 1875, the third school to be established under the ''Grammar Schools Act 1860''. It has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,150 students from Prep to Year 12, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
