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Matthew Battersby
Matthew Roberton Battersby (18 December 1841 – 15 May 1899) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. Early life Battersby was born in Perth, Scotland, the son of Andrew Battersby and Elizabeth Gloag. He immigrated from Scotland to Queensland 1865 where continued his trade as a blacksmith until he settled on a property in Caboolture. He had two sons and three daughters. Politics Battersby was a member of the Caboolture Divisional Board for 9 years. Battersby elected as a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electorate of Moreton on 17 May 1888 during the 1888 Queensland colonial election. He was re-elected unopposed in the 1893 election and won the 1896 election. However, he lost the seat on 18 March 1899 to John Dunmore Campbell in the 1899 election. Later life On 15 May 1899, Battersby died suddenly at his home in Eagle Junction, Brisbane, from a rupture of an artery to the brain. Although his death was sudden, he had been suffering a complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Moreton
The electoral district of Moreton was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1878 colonial election, and existed until the 1912 state election. Moreton replaced the former district of East Moreton, James Francis Garrick being the last member for East Moreton. Moreton was abolished in 1912, replaced by the Electoral district of Murrumba. Members for Moreton :Forsyth went on to represent Murrumba from April 1912 to March 1918. See also * 1909 Moreton state by-election * Electoral districts of Queensland * 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 div ... by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Queensland Colonial Elections
Elections were held in the Australian state The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing ... of Queensland between 1 March 1899 and 25 March 1899 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. Results See also * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1899–1902 References {{Queensland elections Elections in Queensland 1899 elections in Australia March 1899 events 1890s in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Deaths
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – ** Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Births
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – A fire ruins and destroys two-thirds of the villa (modern-day city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – First known reference to Groundhog Day in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed in Canada. * February 11 – The two colonies of the Canadas are merged, into the United Province of Canada. * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Queensland People
In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' (or "mother country"). This administrative colonial separation makes colonies neither incorporated territories nor client states. Some colonies have been organized either as dependent territories that are not sufficiently self-governed, or as self-governed colonies controlled by colonial settlers. The term colony originates from the ancient Roman '' colonia'', a type of Roman settlement. Derived from ''colon-us'' (farmer, cultivator, planter, or settler), it carries with it the sense of 'farm' and 'landed estate'. Furthermore the term was used to refer to the older Greek ''apoikia'' (), which were overseas settlements by ancient Greek city-states. The city that founded such a settlement became known as its ''metropolis'' ("mother-city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1896–1899
This is a list of members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1896 to 1899, as elected at the 1896 Queensland colonial election, 1896 colonial election held between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). See also *Premier: : Hugh Nelson (Australian politician), Hugh Nelson (Ministerial) (1893–1898) : Thomas Joseph Byrnes (Ministerial) (1898) : James Dickson (Queensland politician), James Dickson (Ministerial) (1898–1899) Notes : In June 1896, John Donaldson (Australian politician), John Donaldson, the Independent member for Electoral district of Logan, Logan, resigned after a petition was lodged against his return (although the original election was not declared void). A by-election was held on 11 July 1896, at which he was re-elected against a different opponent. However, he died two weeks later of kidney disease, and at the second by-election held on 15 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1893–1896
This is a list of members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1893 to 1896, as elected at the 1893 colonial election held between 18 April 1893 and 25 May 1893 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). See also *Premier: : Thomas McIlwraith (Ministerialist) (1893) : Hugh Nelson (Ministerialist) (1893–1898) Notes : On 5 November 1893, George Burns, one of the two Ministerialist members for Townsville, died. Labour candidate Anthony Ogden won the resulting by-election held on 20 January 1894. : On 7 March 1894, John MacFarlane, one of the two Ministerialist members for Ipswich, died. Labour candidate James Wilkinson won the resulting by-election on 31 March 1894. : On 12 March 1894, John Hoolan, the Labour member for Burke, resigned in order that party leader Thomas Glassey, who had lost his seat at the 1893 election, could re-enter Parliament. Glassey did so at the resulting by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1888–1893
This is a list of members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1888 to 1893, as elected at the 1888 colonial election held between 28 April 1888 and 26 May 1888 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). The election was a decisive defeat for Samuel Griffith's Liberals, with Thomas McIlwraith's Conservatives becoming ascendant. During the term, a number of Liberals and Independents joined the Ministry, and by the end of the term, the terms "Ministerial" and "Opposition" were being used to describe members. See also *Premier: : Thomas McIlwraith (Conservative) (1888) : Boyd Dunlop Morehead (Conservative) (1888–1890) : Samuel Griffith (Ministerial) (1890–1893) : Thomas McIlwraith (Ministerial) (1893) Notes : On 17 July 1889, Robert Lyons, the member for Fitzroy, resigned. Albert Callan won the resulting by-election on 3 August 1889. : On 24 June 1890, Ernest Hunter, the member for Burke, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegraph (Brisbane)
The ''Telegraph'' was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day. History In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the ''Brisbane Courier'' and founder of ''Pugh's Almanac''.Queensland Press Limited history report 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Week (Brisbane)
''The Week'' was a newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its masthead described it as "A Journal of Commerce, Farming, Mining & General Information & Amusement". History The newspaper was published from 1 January 1876 to 27 June 1934. Digitisation The newspaper has been digitised as part of the Trove Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text documen ... digitised newspaper collection. References External links *{{trove newspaper, 891, The Week, Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934 Newspapers published in Brisbane Defunct newspapers published in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Junction, Queensland
Eagle Junction is a former suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is now a neighbourhood within the suburb of Clayfield. History The neighbourhood takes its name from the Eagle Junction railway station. The station was originally named ''Eagle Farm Junction'', but the name was changed to just ''Eagle Junction'' in January 1888. The original name reflects that this station was the junction at which the railway line to Eagle Farm railway station split off. Education Schools Eagle Junction State School is a primary school which is located in Eagle Junction. Transport Train Eagle Junction railway station provides regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Airport, Shorncliffe, Doomben and Caboolture. Bus Inbound Route 320 – Chermside, Wavell Heights, Eagle Junction, Bowen Hills, City Outbound Route 320 – City, Bowen Hills, Eagle Junction, Wavell Heights, Chermside East Route 303 – Toombul, Ascot, Eagle Farm, Pinkenba Route 36 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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