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John Palmer (mayor)
John Palmer (12 June 1825 – 24 November 1870) was an Australian businessman and politician. He is most notable for being the first mayor of the regional Australian city of Rockhampton Background Palmer was born in the Irish town of Birr, County Offaly, Birr in 1825, the youngest of ten children. He departed Plymouth, England on 24 November 1840, sailing to Australia and arriving on 11 March 1841. In 1856, his brother Richard Palmer established the first general store, general merchant store in Rockhampton, Queensland. The building, constructed of sawn timber, was built on the Fitzroy River (Queensland), riverbank at the bottom end of Fitzroy Street diaganally opposite the original Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton, Bush Inn. The site is now occupied with the southern span of the Fitzroy Bridge (opened 1952), Fitzroy Bridge, which was constructed prior to the bridge opening in 1952. Palmer's store and the Bush Inn were the first two dwellings in what is now the Rockhampton Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr, County Offaly
Birr (; ga, Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse. Birr is a designated Irish ''Heritage Town'' with a carefully preserved Georgian heritage. Birr itself has graceful wide streets and elegant buildings. Many of the houses in John's Place and Oxmantown Mall have exquisite fanlight windows of the Georgian period. The town is known for Birr Castle and gardens, home of the Parsons family, and also site of the Leviathan of Parsonstown, the largest telescope in the world for over 70 years, and a large modern radio telescope. Access and transport The town is situated near the meeting of the Camcor and Little Brosna rivers, the latter flowing on into the River Shannon near Victoria Lock. The Ormond Flying Club has been in operation at Birr Airfield for over 30 years. The area has been linked with aviation for some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
