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Marcus Saltau
Marcus Saltau (17 June 1869 – 21 July 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Warrnambool to German-born carrier Henry Saltau and Annie McKenzie. He attended state school and followed his father into the produce trade, eventually becoming manager of the family firm. On 4 April 1893 he married Jean Buick Anton, with whom he had two children; he would later marry Margaret Hilda Humphries in 1927. From 1899 to 1913 he served on Town of Warrnambool, Warrnambool Town Council, of which he was mayor from 1910 to 1912. In 1924 he won a by-election for Western Province (Victoria), Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Nationalist Party of Australia, Nationalist Party. He was a minister without portfolio from 1928 to 1929 and again for two months in 1935. Denied United Australia Party preselection in 1940, he was lost his seat running as an independent politician, independent. He was appointed a Commander of the Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrnambool, Victoria
Warrnambool (Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Allansford) marks the western end of the Great Ocean Road and the southern end of the Hopkins Highway. History Origin of name The name "Warrnambool" originated from Mount Warrnambool, a scoria cone volcano 25 kilometres northeast of the town. Warrnambool (or Warrnoobul) was the title of both the volcano and the clan of Aboriginal Australian people who lived there. In the local language, the prefix Warnn- designated home or hut, while the meaning of the suffix -ambool is now unknown. William Fowler Pickering, the colonial government surveyor who in 1845 was tasked with the initial planning of the township, chose to name the town Warrnambool. The traditional Indigenous owners of the land today are the Dhauwurd Wurrung people, also known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |