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Ernie Bond (other)
Ernie or Ernest Bond may refer to: *Ernie Bond (bushman) (1891–1962), Tasmanian bushman who lived at Gordonvale *Ernest Ernie Bond (footballer) James Ernest Bond (born 4 May 1929) is an English former professional footballer who played as an outside left. Born in Preston, he played in the Football League for Manchester United and Carlisle United and in the Scottish League for Queen o ... (born 1929), English footballer *Ernest Ernie Bond (politician) (1897–1984), Australian politician * Ernest Radcliffe Bond (1919–2003), British police officer and soldier {{hndis, Bond, Ernie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Bond (bushman)
Ernie Bond, an osmiridium miner and bushman, who was sometimes called the Prince of Rasselas in reference to Samuel Johnson's book Rasselas, lived for 17 years at Gordonvale, his home in the Vale of Rasselas, Tasmania. Early life Ernest Bond was born in Hobart, Tasmania, on 26 July 1891 to Frank Bond (1856–1931) and his wife, Sarah Emma Cowburn. His father was a bark-mill owner, property developer, and a politician, first in the House of Assembly (1903–1906) and the Legislative Council (1909–1921). Adamsfield and the beginnings of Gordonvale In September 1927, Bond began working a mining lease at Adamsfield where he sought osmoridium. After seven years as a miner, in March 1934 he ventured into the Vale of Rasselas accompanied by Paddy Hartnett and eventually purchased 81 hectares of land at a place he named Gordonvale, 14 km north of Adamsfield. A homestead was built and part of the land was cleared for fruit and vegetable gardens. He grazed sheep (unsuccessfully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Bond (footballer)
James Ernest Bond (born 4 May 1929) is an English former professional footballer who played as an outside left. Born in Preston, he played in the Football League for Manchester United and Carlisle United and in the Scottish League for Queen of the South. Bond played for Leyland Motors Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and ... before transferring to Manchester United in December 1950, where he helped the club win the 1952 League title. In September 1952, he was transferred to Carlisle United, where he spent seven seasons before moving on to Queen of the South. References 1929 births Possibly living people Footballers from Preston, Lancashire English footballers Association football forwards Manchester United F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Queen o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Bond (politician)
Ernest Edward "Ernie" Bond (29 June 1897 – 25 July 1984) was an Australian politician. He was born in Heywood to rural worker Robert Bond and Sarah Jane Mullens. He attended Geelong High School and became a schoolteacher at Lavers Hill and Heywood, and then head teacher at Greenwald and Condah. On 20 July 1923 he married Ethel Thomas, with whom he had three children. A member of the Labor Party's Heywood branch from the age of seventeen, he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Glenelg in 1924; he transferred to Port Fairy and Glenelg in 1927. In 1932 he was expelled from the Labor Party over his support for the Premiers' Plan The Premiers' Plan was a deflationary economic policy agreed by a meeting of the Premiers of the Australian states in June 1931 to combat the Great Depression in Australia that sparked the 1931 Labor split. Background The Great Depression ...; he was re-elected as an independent and was readmitted to the Labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |