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Electoral District Of Maryborough (Queensland)
Maryborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities. History In 1864, the ''Additional Members Act'' created six additional electoral districts, each returning 1 member: * Clermont * Kennedy * Maryborough * Mitchell * Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ... * Warrego The first elections in these six electorates were held in 1865 (that is, during a parliamentary term and not as part of a general election across Queensland). The nomination date for the election in Maryborough was 30 January 1865 and the election was held on 1 February 1865. Between 1878 and 1912, the district elected two members, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Saunders
Bruce Mark Saunders is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Maryborough in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Saunders owns and operates a gelato Gelato (; ) is the common word in Italian for all kinds of ice cream. In English, it specifically refers to a frozen dessert of Italian origin. Artisanal gelato in Italy generally contains 6%–9% butterfat, which is lower than other styles o ... shop, Scoops on Bazaar, in the city of Maryborough, which opened in December 2013. Saunders was re-elected at the 2017 election, obtaining a 20.2% swing in his favour at an election in which the Labor vote stalled or went backwards in most country seats. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser
''The Queensland Times'' is an online newspaper serving Ipswich and surrounds in Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia. The circulation of ''The Queensland Times'' is 10,804 Monday to Friday and 14,153 on Saturday. ''The Queensland Times'' is circulated to the Ipswich city area (all residential suburbs including the new the suburbs Springfield, Springfield Lakes and Brookwater) and the Ipswich rural area including Harrisville, Rosewood, Queensland, Rosewood, Laidley, Queensland, Laidley, Forest Hill, Queensland, Forest Hill, Lowood, Queensland, Lowood, Boonah, Queensland, Boonah, Aratula, Queensland, Aratula, Gatton, Queensland, Gatton, Esk, Queensland, Esk and Toogoolawah, Queensland, Toogoolawah. ''The Queensland Times'' website is part of the APN Regional News Network. History ''The Queensland Times'' is the oldest surviving provincial paper in Queensland. Founded on 4 July 1859 as the ''Ipswich Herald'', it has continued ever since. Until a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Norman (Australian Politician)
John Norman (1855 - 11 July 1912) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Norman was born at Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of John Norman and his wife Margaret (née Wallace). He did his apprenticeship as a tailor in Scotland and when he arrived in Australia in 1883 he opened a tailor's shop in Maryborough. He was married to Maggie LaurieFamily history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 May 2016. and together had five sons and four daughters. Norman died in July 1912 and his funeral proceeded from his former residence in Thomas Street, |
Charles Hastings Barton
Charles Hastings Barton (1 January 1829 - 16 June 1902) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Barton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Charles Cutts Barton and his wife Emillia Ann Barton (née Middleton). His brother was Geoffrey Barton, who was to become a Major-general in the British Army. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1848 and graduated B.A. in 1852. In 1853 Barton emigrated to Adelaide, where he was a Bachelor of Arts tutor and took up sheep farming and winegrowing. He became editor and part-owner of the German-language weekly '' Süd-Australische Zeitung'', and when that was taken over in 1863 to become the ''Australische Zeitung'', co-founded the ''Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung'' with Friedrich Basedow, with assistance from Carl Muecke. In 1864 he took over the ''Northern Star'', which he re-launched as ''The Kapunda Herald''. Found insolvent, he fled his South Australian creditors, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bartholomew (Australian Politician)
John Bartholomew (31 October 1858 – 25 September 1928) was an Australian politician. He was the Ministerialist member for Maryborough in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembl ... from 1896 to 1902. References 1858 births 1928 deaths Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Place of birth missing Politicians from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian politicians People from Maryborough, Queensland {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Powers
Sir Charles Powers (3 March 1853 – 24 April 1939) was an Australian politician and judge who served as Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1929. Early life Powers was born in 1853 in Brisbane, Queensland. He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School captaining the Schools First XI. He was a talented sportsman, and at one point captained a state cricket team against a touring English side. After completing his articles of clerkship, Powers was admitted to practise law as a solicitor in 1876, after which he moved to Bundaberg to practise. In 1878, he married Kate Ann Thorburn, whose father was a solicitor from Victoria. Powers continued to work in Bundaberg until 1882. Politics In 1883 Powers became the mayor of Maryborough. In June 1888, Powers was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Burrum. On 19 November 1889, Powers became Postmaster-General and Minister for Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hyne
Richard Mathews Hyne was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the founder of the Hyne & Son timber milling company. In 1879 he was appointed one of the founding trustees of Maryborough Boys Grammar School Maryborough State High School (commonly abbreviated as 'MSHS') is an Independent Public School located in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. The school is run by the Queensland State Government, and is split on either side of Kent Street. The s .... References Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1839 births 1902 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Annear (politician)
John Thomas Annear (3 June 1842 – 28 May 1910) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Politics John Annear was the member for Maryborough in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1884 to 1902 and a member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1902 until his death in 1910. Later life John Annear died on 28 May 1910. He was buried in Toowong Cemetery Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1866 and formally opened in 1875. It is Queensland's largest cemet .... References 1842 births 1910 deaths Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Members of the Queensland Legislative Council Place of birth missing Burials at Toowong Cemetery {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bingham Sheridan
Richard Bingham Sheridan (1 August 1822 – 8 June 1897), was a Queensland public servant, liberal-oriented Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and government minister (minister without portfolio 1883–85 and later Post Master General in 1885). Early life Sheridan was born at Castlebar, County Mayo Ireland, the son of Henry S. Sheridan and his wife Margaret, ''née'' Martin. He arrived in New South Wales in 1842 and was initially employed near Twofold Bay, where he had the experience of being, on his own account, 'one of the first white men ever seen among the wild tribes'. Subsequently, he was until 1844 employed as a property manager for Captain William Oldrey of Broulee. He married on 18 November 1845, in Sydney, to Adele Eulalie Masse, a native of Mauritius. Public servant Sheridan subsequently joined the Customs Department in Sydney in February 1846 but his illness made him be eventually transferred to Moreton Bay (Brisbane) in February 1853, where on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurley (New South Wales Politician, Born 1844)
John Hurley (2 June 1844 – 10 December 1911) was a politician in colonial Australia, a member at different times of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Harley was born in Sydney, the son of Farrell Hurley and Catherine ( Critchley) Hurley was member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland 22 February 1872 to 28 November 1874; for Hartley 21 April 1876 to 9 November 1880, 12 February 1887 to 6 June 1891 and 3 July 1901 to 19 August 1907. He did not hold caucus, parliamentary or ministerial office. Hurley was also member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough 17 August 1883 to 8 July 1884. His brother William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... was also a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Palmer (Australian Politician)
Henry Palmer (September 1821 - 19 July 1916) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Palmer was born at Birr, King's County, Ireland. After he arrived in Australia he took up pastoral pursuits in Victoria and became a drover in Queensland. In 1856 he established a store and then was a director of the Maryborough Sugar Company. Palmer was married to Hannah Foster and together had three sons and three daughters. Palmer died in July 1916 and his funeral proceeded from his former residence in Kent Street to the Maryborough Cemetery. Palmer's younger brother John Palmer was the first mayor of Rockhampton. Their brother Richard Palmer had established the first general merchant store in Rockhampton in 1856, which John Palmer ultimately took over in 1858. Public career Palmer was a councillor on the Maryborough Shire Council and in 1861 was the town's Mayor. He then contested the seat of Maryborough at the 1873 Queensland colonial election but lost to Berk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edward King
Henry Edward King (9 June 1832 – 5 February 1910) was a politician in colonial Queensland, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 1876 to 1883. King was born in Mount Coote, Limerick, Ireland, son of John Wingfield King and his wife Alicia, ''née'' Coote. King was member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Wide Bay 12 August 1870 to 13 July 1871 and from 4 October 1871 to 12 November 1873; for Ravenswood from 9 December 1874 to 14 November 1878 and for Maryborough from 15 November 1878 to 17 August 1883. King was Secretary for Public Works and Mines in the Macalister Ministry from November 1874 to May 1876. Two months later he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly, and occupied the chair of the House till July 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Maryborough at the 1888 colonial election. King died in South Brisbane, Queensland, on 5 February 1910 and buried in Toowong Cemetery Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
