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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 ...
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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, ...
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Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser
The ''Fraser Coast Chronicle'' is an online newspaper serving the Fraser Coast area in Queensland, Australia. It was started as the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. History Charles Hardie Buzacott first published the ''Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser'' in Maryborough as a four-page tabloid, in his slab hut in Lennox Street in November 1860. It sold for sixpence and was read from Gayndah in the west and Childers in the north to Gympie in the south. In 1863, Buzacott sold his interests to William Swain Roberts and Joseph Robinson, who set out to "reflect the community's wants and opinions while boldly and distinctly enunciating our own views". As the rough river town turned into a respectable city, its newspaper became a bi-weekly in 1864, a tri-weekly in 1868 and a daily in 1882. In 1867, Roberts became sole proprietor and managing editor. A Scot, Andrew Dunn from Toowoomba, joined the ''Chronicle'' in 1885, beginning a long assoc ...
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People From Birr, County Offaly
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ...
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Mayors Of Places In Queensland
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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1883 Queensland Colonial Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland between 10 August 1883 and 30 October 1883 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly. Key dates Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day. The elections were held in seven sets: # Nominations: 10 August. Polling: 17 August. Electorates: Aubigny, Blackall, Dalby, Logan, Mackay, Maryborough (2 members), Mulgrave, Normanby, Port Curtis, Rockhampton (2 members) # Nominations: 18 August. Polling: 21 August. Electorates: Bundamba, Enoggera (2 members), Fortitude Valley, Ipswich (2 members), North Brisbane (2 members), Oxley, Rosewood, South Brisbane (2 members) # Nominations: 16 August (10 August for Bowen). Polling: 23 August. Electorates: Bowen, Leichhardt (2 members), Stanley (2 members) # Nominations: 18 August. Polling: 21 August. Electorates: Bulimba, Clermont, Fassifern, Gympie, Maranoa, Moreton, Northern Downs, Townsville, Wide ...
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1880 Maryborough Colonial By-election
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Pertinax, Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa (Roman province), Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (queen), Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (Gongji), Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao (general), Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Pope Julian of Alexandria, Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or ...
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Berkeley Basil Moreton
Berkeley Basil Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (18 July 1834 – 7 August 1924), was a British peer and a politician and pastoralist in Australia. He was a Member of both the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Berkeley Basil Moreton was born on 18 July 1834 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England, the son of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Sherborne. He was educated at Rugby School and attended university at Magdalen College at Oxford. Australian years Berkeley Moreton arrived in Australia on 27 November 1855. Moreton became a grazier on Wetheron Station in the North Burnett Region of Queensland. He became known in the area as a good horseman and horsebreeder, for providing hospitality, and for being handy with his hands in a fight. In 1862 he married Emily Eleanor, daughter of John Kent, Esq., F.R.G.S. Commissioner of Crown Lands Mitchell District, and Late Assistant Commissary Gen ...
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1873 Queensland Colonial Election
Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland (now a State of Australia) between 4 November 1873 and 4 December 1873 to elect the members of 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 .... Key dates Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day. See also * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1873–1878 References {{Queensland elections Elections in Queensland 1873 elections in Australia 1870s in Queensland November 1873 events December 1873 events ...
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Maryborough Shire Council
Maryborough ( ) is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Maryborough had a population of 15,287. Geography Maryborough is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is served by the Bruce Highway. It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is approximately northeast. Together they form part of the area known as the Fraser Coast. The neighbourhood of Baddow is within the west of the suburb near the Mary River. It takes its name from Baddow House, a historic property in the area (). Baddow railway station () and Baddow Island () in the Mary River also take their names from the house. History Original inhabitants, language and culture Evidence of human inhabitation of the Maryborough region stretches back to at least 6,000 years ago. The Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) and Batjala (Butchulla) people were the original inhabitants of th ...
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The Moreton Bay 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 ...
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