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James Baldwin (tennis)
James Baldwin (25 August 1858 – 21 July 1934), was British tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon Championships between 1889 and 1890. He was active from 1884 to 1891 and won 16 career singles titles. Career Jamest was born Aitken's Gap Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... on 25 August 1858. He played and won his first tournament at the Hayesland LTC Championship in Bath in 1884. He won the Tenby Open two times (1885–1886). He played and won his final singles title and tournament at the Burton-on-Trent Open in 1891. Family James Baldwin married Adelaide Dunbar Yescombe, the daughter of the late Reverend Morris Yescombe and Mrs Yescombe ée Mary Jane Crosbiein 1880 they had two sons and one daughter.Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aitken's Gap, Victoria
Buttlejorrk is a parish of the County of Bourke, Victoria, County of Bourke located to the west of Sunbury, Victoria, Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia and a neighbourhood within the locality of Diggers Rest, Victoria, Diggers Rest. It was named in 1839 by the surveying, surveyor William Darke. A township developed and was initially known as Aitken's Gap. By the 1890s it had commonly become known as Buttlejorrk. A Post Office opened on 5 September 1856 as The Gap, was renamed Buttlejork (sic) in 1875 and closed in 1919. One of the early settlers in the area was George Millett. George and his wife Suzanne established the Bald Hill Hotel, the first staging stop out of Melbourne on the road to the goldfields at Bendigo. The hotel was licensed in 1853 until 1907. The Aitken's Gap Gaol, now located in the forecourt of the Sunbury Police Station stood beside the hotel History It was reported in the Argus 21 October 1852- "Bushrangers at Aitken's Gap-Five armed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (state)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolitan area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
