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Delegate, New South Wales
Delegate is a small town in New South Wales, Australia in Snowy Monaro Regional Council, south of the state capital, Sydney. The township is situated on the Delegate River, just a few kilometres north of the state border between New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria. At the , Delegate had a population of 351 people. Location and features The place name, Delegate, may have derived from an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal word meaning "high mountains". The first village began in 1852 and was sited at Hayden's Bog, on the property now called "Bendolba". Mount Delegate, commonly known in the local area as "Delegate Hill", is situated across the border in Victoria, and stands at approximately above sea level. It is the only single mountain in the Great Divide and of an unusual shape. Because of its height, Mount Delegate now has several telecommunication towers serving both NSW & Victoria. Climate Delegate has an oceanic climate (''Cfb''), typical of the New South Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Monaro
Monaro, also known as Maneroo (1856–1858), Monara (1858–1879) and Manaro (1894–1904) is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Nichole Overall of the National Party of Australia – NSW, National Party. Monaro is a regional district in the south of the state. It encompasses the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Bungendore, New South Wales, Bungendore, Braidwood, New South Wales, Braidwood, Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, Bombala, New South Wales, Bombala, Captains Flat, New South Wales, Captains Flat, Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Nimmitabel, Delegate, New South Wales, Delegate, Bredbo, New South Wales, Bredbo, Michelago, New South Wales, Michelago, Berridale, New South Wales, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooma
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a population of 6,742. Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word ''Coombah'', meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'. Cooma is south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, desce ..., a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river. History The area now known as Cooma lies on the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people. Cooma was explored by Captain J. M. Currie in 1823. It was first su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Bashir
Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir (born 1 December 1930) is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positions, with a particular emphasis in psychiatry. In 1993 Bashir was appointed the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the Central Sydney Area Health Service, a position she held until appointed governor on 1 March 2001. She has also served as the Chancellor of the University of Sydney (2007–2012). Bashir retired on 1 October 2014 and was succeeded as governor by General David Hurley. Early life and education Marie Roslyn Bashir was born in 1930 in Narrandera, New South Wales, to Lebanese parents Michael Bashir and Victoria Melick.Clune & Turner (2009) p.614 Her father and her paternal uncle were both medical graduates from the American University of Beirut. Her maternal family had come to Australia in the 19th century. Bashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Landy
John Michael Landy OLY (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006. Early life and education Landy was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 12 April 1930, and attended Malvern Memorial Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School. He was initially more interested in nature, and Australian rules football, though in his final year won the 'All Public Schools Mile Championship". He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1954, receiving a Bachelor of Agricultural Science. Athletics During his school years, Landy enjoyed watching middle-distance track events. He became a serious runner during his university years, joining the Geelong Guild Athletic Club in 1949. He was coached by Percy Cerutty, who trained him to cut his time f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Banking Company Of Sydney
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, also known as the CBC, or CBC Bank, was a bank based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1834, and in 1982 merged with the National Bank of Australasia to form National Australia Bank. History On 8 September 1834 the '' Sydney Herald'' carried a notice titled "The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney" proposing the establishment of a new bank. It began operations on 1 November 1834 and in 1848 was incorporated by an Act of the New South Wales Parliament. Sir Edward Knox was the first bank manager and later a director. Thomas Barker, a manufacturer, engineer, politician, landowner and philanthropist, was a notable director and chairman. William Rutledge (born 1806 - died 1876 Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia), merchant, banker and early settler, also became a director of the bank in 1839. The CBC grew to service the expanding pastoral and farming industries of the then Colony of New South Wales. It absorbed the Bank of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. From 2017 to 2021, the network's slogan has been "We Are the One". Since 2021, the network has changed its slogan back to the iconic Golden Era slogan "Still the One". As of 2022, the Nine Network is the second-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network, and ahead of the ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS. History Origins The Nine Network's first broadcasting station was launched in Sydney, New South Wales, as TCN-9 on 16 September 1956 by ''The Daily Telegraph'' owner Frank Packer. John Godson introduced the station and former advertising executive Bruce Gyngell presented the first programme, ''This Is Television'' (so becoming the first person to appear on Australian television). Later that year, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Rix Nicholas
Hilda Rix Nicholas ( Rix, later Wright, 1 September 1884 – 3 August 1961) was an Australian artist. Born in the Victoria (Australia), Victorian city of Ballarat, she studied under a leading Australian Impressionism, Australian Impressionist, Frederick McCubbin, at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1902 to 1905 and was an early member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Following the death of her father in 1907, Rix, her only sibling Elsie and her mother travelled to Europe where she undertook further study, first in London and then Paris. Her teachers during the period included John Hassall (illustrator), John Hassall, Richard Emil Miller and Théophile Steinlen. After travelling to Tangier in 1912, Rix held several successful exhibitions of her work, with one drawing, ''Grande marché, Tanger'', purchased by the French government. She was one of the first Australians to paint Post-Impressionism, post-impressionist landscapes, was mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowball Marches
During World War I, recruitment marches or snowball marches to state capital cities were a feature of volunteer recruiting drives for the Australian Imperial Force in rural Australia. Between October 1915 and February 1916, nine marches were held starting from various points in the state; the most notable was the first march from Gilgandra, New South Wales, known as the Cooee march. The March of the Dungarees took place in south-eastern Queensland in November 1915. In 1918, in an effort to promote recruitment, another march was staged, but this was less spontaneous and the marchers in fact travelled by train. The marches were called "snowball marches" in the hope that like a snowball rolling down a hill will pick up more snow, gaining more mass and surface area, and picking up even more snow as it rolls along, the marchers would also collect more marchers as they progressed to the recruiting depot. Background The Australian Imperial Force was formed promptly on the declar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Campbell (1769-1846)
Robert, Bobby or Bob Campbell may refer to: Politics Canada * Robert Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) (1718–1775), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia * Robert Campbell (Canadian politician) (1818–1887), Canadian lumber merchant and politician * Robert Campbell (Alberta politician) (1871–1965), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Robert Adam Campbell (fl. 1894–1899), lumber merchant and politician from Ontario, Canada * Robert Campbell (Prince Edward Island politician) (1922–1992) U.K. * Robert Campbell (Scottish politician), MP for Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency), Argyllshire, 1766–1772 * Robert Campbell (MP), Robert James Roy Campbell (1813–1862), British Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * Robert Campbell (Liberal politician) (died 1887), MP for Helston 1866 * Robert Campbell (Northern Ireland politician), MPA for North Down, 1973–1974 U.S. * Robert B. Campbell (fl. 1809–1862), U.S. Representative from South C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy River March - Delegate Memorial
Snowy may refer to: People People with the given name or nickname Snowy include: * Snowy Baker (1884–1953), Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor * Snowy Evans (c. 1891–1925), Australian machine gunner credited with firing the shot that killed Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron") * Snowy Farr (1919–2007), English charity fundraiser for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association * Snowy Khoza, South African business executive * Snowy Rowles (died 1932), Australian perpetrator of the Murchison Murders * Snowy Shaw (born 1968), Swedish heavy metal musician * Snowy Svenson or Kenneth Svenson (1898–1955), New Zealand rugby union player Other uses * Snowy (character), a fictional dog in the comics series ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé * Snowy (military dog) Snowy RWP, also known as Commando Snowy (service number S/080), was a Golden Labrador Retriever who served as a tracking dog for the Sri Lanka Army during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Snowy was attached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
