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James Taylor (Victorian Politician)
James Allister Taylor (born 2 May 1934) is an Australian politician. He was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Bairnsdale to hotel-keeper James McKenzie Taylor and Isobel Alison Young. Educated at Bairnsdale, Sale, Victoria, Sale and Melbourne Grammar School, he was a stock salesman, and was also cycling champion of Victoria in 1952, 1957 and 1960. In 1970, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Gippsland South, Gippsland South, representing the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party. He was defeated in 1973 and became a car dealer and real estate agent, before returning to parliament via the Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council seat of Gippsland Province, Gippsland in 1976. He lost his seat in 1982 and returned to real estate. From 1985 to 1989, he was a City of Sale, Sale city councillor. On 22 February 1963, he married Elaine Margaret Martin, with whom he had four daughters. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bairnsdale, Victoria
Bairnsdale () ( Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia in a region traditionally owned by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated population of Bairnsdale urban area was 15,411 at June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. The city is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale and the commercial centre for the East Gippsland region and the seat of local government for the Shire of East Gippsland. Bairnsdale was first proclaimed a shire on 16 July 1868 and it was proclaimed as a city on 14 July 1990. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. The origin of the city's name is uncertain. It was possibly Bernisdale, with "Bernis-dale" originating from "Bjorn's dale, or glen", which indicates the Viking origins of the Skye Village. Legend has it that Macleod was so impressed by the large number of children on the run, the children of his stockmen, that he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil McInnes (politician)
Neil Malcolm McInnes (26 August 1924 – 2 April 2005) was an Australian politician. He was born at Loy Yang to farmer Norman Willie McInnes and Christina Elizabeth Pentland. Educated at Tinamba and Maffra, he subsequently studied at Dookie Agricultural College and Melbourne University. In 1941 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, and from 1943 to 1945 was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force. On his return he ran the family property at Tinamba and worked as a civil air pilot, being awarded the Royal Humane Society silver medal in 1947 for his role in an air rescue. He was also a company director, primarily in aviation companies, and in 1953 was the first pilot in the Citizen Air Force to break the sound barrier. It’s reported he was the first civilian pilot to break the sound barrier in 1953. The flight in an RAF Sabre Jet took place at North Luffenham in England when McInnes was a Flight Lieutenant in the City of Melbourne Squadron of the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Victorian Legislative Assembly
{{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1864–1865 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1866–1867 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1868–1871 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1871–1874 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1883 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1883–1886 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1886–1889 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia Members Of The Parliament Of Victoria
Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and media * ''El Liberal'', a Spanish newspaper published 1879–1936 * ''The Liberal'', a British political magazine published 2004–2012 * ''Liberalism'' (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises * "Liberal", a song by Band-Maid from the 2019 album '' Conqueror'' Places in the United States * Liberal, Indiana * Liberal, Kansas * Liberal, Missouri * Liberal, Oregon Religion * Religious liberalism * Liberal Christianity * Liberalism and progressivism within Islam * Liberal Judaism (other) See also * * * Liberal arts (other) * Neoliberalism, a political-economic philosophy * The Liberal Wars The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (), the War of the Two Brothers () or Miguelite War (), was a wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Murphy (politician)
Barry Alan Murphy (born 13 May 1939) is a former Australian politician. Murphy was born in Bairnsdale to labourer Alan George Murphy and Nancy Loisa Eastwood. He attended local state schools before becoming an apprentice butcher from 1953 to 1958. In 1960 he became a form setter with the State Electricity Commission at Morwell. On 11 February 1961 he married Denielle Hughes, with whom he had two children; that year he also joined the Morwell branch of the Labor Party. He served in the Citizen Military Forces from 1961 to 1966 and was branch vice-president of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association from 1964 to 1967. In 1970 he was appointed country organiser of the Victorian Labor Party, leaving in 1973 to become a contractor for Victorian Railways. He sat on Morwell Shire Council from 1968 to 1971 and was chairman of the McMillan federal electorate assembly in 1979. In 1982 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Gippsland Province. He resigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Long
Richard John Long (4 May 1924 – 28 July 2021) was an Australian politician. Long was born in Leongatha, Victoria, to John Adrian Long and Doris May. He served in World War II as an RAAF pilot from 1943 to 1946, after which he received his Bachelor of Law from Melbourne University and became a solicitor. From 1950, he worked for the firm of Gray, Friend & Long in Warragul. A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ... in 1973. He served until 1992, when he retired. He died on 28 July 2021 at the age of 97. References 1924 births 2021 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council People from Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Kent
Daniel Eric Kent (30 June 1919 – 26 April 2019) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in 1970. Early life Kent was born at Areegra near Warracknabeal to Daniel Kent, a wheat and wool grower, and Sophie Elizabeth, ''née'' Menzel. He attended Areegra State School and farmed on the family property until 1949, after which he farmed at Yannathan, first dairy and then beef from 1973. On 18 April 1949 he married Bette Myra Wallis, a journalist, with whom he had three children. Career Kent was active in various graziers' associations, including the Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers Association, the Victorian Dairy Farmers' Association, the Australian Primary Producers' Union and the Victorian Farmers' and Graziers' Association. He was a member of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland Synod, serving on the Social Responsibilities Committee for 30 years. He was co-author of the history of St John's Anglican Church, Lang Lang, Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Hyland
Sir Herbert John Thornhill Hyland (15 March 1884 – 18 March 1970), storekeeper, investor, and politician, was born in 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, second son of George Hyland, a Victorian-born painter, and his wife Mary, née Thornhill, from Ireland. Early life Herbert's grandfather was John Hyland, one of the first settlers of the South Yarra and Prahran regions. The Hyland family also participated in the 1 November 1837 land sale, purchasing an allotment between Bourke St and Little Bourke st, Melbourne (after Williamstown nomination of Melbourne's first Magistrate, and were the original owners of the Freemason's Tavern, South Yarra. Herbert attended Caulfield state school until the early deaths of his parents forced him to leave at the age of 12 and take a job in a grocery store in Glenhuntly. Hyland eventually moved to South Gippsland, establishing his own general store and mixed grocery business. On 8 May 1912 at her parents' home at Galaquil he married with Methodist fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sale, Victoria
Sale is a city situated in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria and the council seat of the Shire of Wellington. It had an estimated urban population of 15,682 according to the 2021 census. The total population including the immediate area around the town designated for the future development of Sale currently sits at approximately 19,000 according to shire website. History The Aboriginal name for the Sale area is Wayput. Two famous Gippsland explorers, Paul Strzelecki and Angus McMillan, passed through the immediate area around 1840. The first white settler was Archibald McIntosh who arrived in 1844 and established his 'Flooding Creek' property on the flood plain country which was duly inundated soon after his arrival. In the 1840s, drovers heading south to Port Albert crossed Flooding Creek and were confronted with the difficult marsh country around the Thomson and Latrobe rivers. A punt operated across the Latrobe River until a toll bridge was erected. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Sale
The City of Sale was a local government area located about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Sale was first incorporated as a borough on 10 August 1863, and was extended on 24 December 1873. It became a town on 17 September 1924, and was proclaimed a city on 31 May 1950. In 1966-1967, it annexed a small area to its east and north-east from the Shire of Avon. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 2 December 1994, the City of Sale was abolished, and along with the Shires of Alberton, Avon and Maffra, and parts of the Shire of Rosedale, was merged into the newly created Shire of Wellington. Wards The City of Sale was divided into three wards, each of which elected three councillors: * South Ward * North Ward * East Ward Towns and localities * Pearsondale * Sale* * Wurruk Wurruk is a town in the Shire of Wellington near Sale in Victoria Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
