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Minister Of Forests
The Minister of Forests was a former ministry portfolio within the Cabinet of Victoria. Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Forests A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ... {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Victoria (Australia)
The flag of Victoria, symbolising the state of Victoria in Australia, is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge is the Southern Cross surmounted by an imperial crown, which is currently the St Edward's Crown. The stars of the Southern Cross are white and range from five to eight points with each star having one point pointing to the top of the flag. The flag dates from 1870, with minor variations, the last of which was in 1953. It is the only Australian state flag not to feature the state badge on a round disc. History 1844 separation flag In 1844, John Harrison, the father of H. C. A. Harrison, designed a flag for the Separation Society, an organisation advocating for the separation of the Port Phillip District (present-day Victoria) from the Colony of New South Wales. The flag, featuring "a white star centred on a crimson ground", was flown at a large open-air meeting on Batman's Hill in June 1844. It was described more fully in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), commonly known as Victorian Labor, is the semi-autonomous Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Victorian branch comprises two major wings: the parliamentary wing and the organisational wing. The parliamentary wing comprising all elected party members in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, which when they meet collectively constitute the party caucus. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the caucus, and party factions have a strong influence in the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the leader of the party controlling a majority in that house. The party leader also typically is a member of the Assembly, though this is not a strict party constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pennington (politician)
John Warburton Pennington (29 August 1870 – 5 April 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born in Navarre to hotelier and grazier Daniel Pennington and Helen Creamer. He attended Queen's College, Melbourne, and worked for a St Arnaud storekeeper before establishing his own store at Bealiba. In 1894 he married Ellen Sara Tantau, with whom he had five children. He served on Bet Bet Shire Council from 1900 to 1907 and was president from 1906 to 1907. In 1913 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Kara Kara. He was defeated in 1917, but on a recount was reseated in early 1918. He transferred to Kara Kara and Borung in 1927. He was Assistant Minister of Agriculture from November 1920 to February 1921 and from July 1921 to September 1923, and then Minister of Forests, Agriculture, Markets and Immigration from 1928 to 1929 and Minister of Public Instruction from 1932 to 1935. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beckett (Australian Politician)
William James Beckett CBE (10 June 1870 – 7 May 1965) was an Australian politician. Born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran, to Irish-born taxi proprietor Samuel Beckett and Scottish-born Margaret Cameron, he attended both state and private schools before becoming a second-hand furniture dealer at Fitzroy with his brother Henry. On 22 February 1893, he married Alice Maud Street, with whom he had two children. In 1914, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as Labor member for Melbourne North. That year he was also elected to Fitzroy City Council, where he served until 1932 (mayor 1921–22, 1925–26). From July to November 1924 he was a minister without portfolio in the Victorian government, and from May 1927 to November 1928, and from December 1929 to June 1931, he was Minister for Forests and Public Health. From around 1930, he lived in St Kilda. Defeated at the Victorian Legislative Council election in June 1931, Beckett stood unsuccessfully for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia – Victoria
The National Party of Australia – Victoria is a political party in Victoria, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals. Historically, it represented graziers, farmers and rural voters. However, the modern National Party no longer represents these traditional interests; shifting its focus to support the mining industry and as a result, ignoring the challenges faced by rural communities and farmers struggling with the effects of climate change and mining practices such as fracking. The Victorian Farmer's Union formed in 1914 was the precursor to the Victorian Country Party, later the Nationals. The party, commonly referred to as "The Nationals," is presently the junior partner in a centre-right Coalition with the Liberal Party, forming a joint Opposition bench. During periods of conservative government, the leader also serves as Deputy Premier of Victoria. Name The candidates sponsored by the Victorian Farmers' Union initially used the same name but in parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Richardson
Horace Frank Richardson (8 November 1854 – 28 October 1935) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geelong to shire secretary John Richardson and Annie Sarah Matthews. He attended Geelong College and worked for his father until 1873, when he joined the Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company. In 1876 he became secretary and treasurer for South Barwon Shire Council, succeeding his father; he held this position until 1892. On 16 February 1881 he married Edith Harriet Sommers, with whom he had five children. He served on South Barwon Shire Council from 1897 to 1930 and was president three times (1900–01, 1908–09, 1914–15); he was also a member of Geelong Town Council from 1884 to 1897 and from 1908 to 1912, serving as mayor from 1894 to 1896. In 1912 he won a by-election for South Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. A Liberal, then a Nationalist and finally a member of the United Australia Party The United Australia Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel McNamara
Daniel Laurence McNamara (28 March 1876 – 28 December 1947) was an Australian politician. He was born at Pomborneit to farmer Michael McNamara and Mary Taff. He worked as a produce agent in Melbourne from 1906 to 1909, and in 1907 joined the Australian Workers' Union (AWU). He was involved in founding the Rural Workers Union in 1909 and represented both unions on the Trades Hall Council. From 1909 to 1947 he served on the Labor Party state executive. On 1 May 1915 he married Florence May Spinks, with whom he had three children. He was instrumental in the merger of the Rural Workers Union with the AWU and the Queensland General Workers Union (1912–13), and served on Berwick Shire Council from 1910 to 1910 (president 1906–07). In 1916 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West Province, but his election was declared void two months later. He won election for Melbourne East Province in 1917. He was briefly Minister of Mines and Forests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Toutcher
Richard Frederick Toutcher (27 May 1861 – 6 September 1941) was an Australian politician. He was born in Maryborough to Charles and Ellen Toutcher and attended the local grammar school. He became a civil servant in the Postal Department, and was active in the campaign for Federation. Considered a Deakinite Liberal, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ararat in 1897, transferring to Stawell and Ararat in 1904. He was Minister of Public Instruction and Forests from April to July 1924. He continued in the Assembly until 1935, serving as a member of the Nationalist and United Australia parties. Toutcher died in Elsternwick Elsternwick is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. Elsternwick recorded a population of 10,887 at the 2 ... in 1941. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Toutcher, Richard 1861 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Peacock
Sir Alexander James Peacock (11 June 1861 – 7 October 1933) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Premier of Victoria. Early Years Peacock was born of Scottish descent at Creswick, the first Victorian Premier born after the gold rush of the 1850s and the attainment of self-government in Victoria. He was the eldest of five children of James Henry Peacock, draper and later tailor from Suffolk, England, and his wife Mary Jane Murphy from Cork, Ireland. His primary education was at Creswick State School, and his secondary at Mrs. Fiddian’s Grammar School, as a pupil-teacher – an apprentice teacher taking classes by day and studying by night. He told an interviewer in 1902 that his mother ‘with warm maternal affection, endeavoured to give her son the best education obtainable’, but that his father’s business suffered ‘heavy losses’, forcing him to give up plans to study at Melbourne University and to take a job in a grocery, where he worked fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hutchinson (Victorian Politician)
William Hutchinson (31 May 1864 – 18 December 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Stawell to miner William Hutchinson and Mary McKay. He attended state school and then night school while working on his uncle's farm. He was a shop assistant in Murtoa until 1885, when he became a watchmaker and jeweller at Warracknabeal. On 7 September 1898 he married Janet Mackay, with whom he had four children. In 1902 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Borung. A Country Liberal who opposed Thomas Bent, he was Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture from 1913 to 1915, Minister of Lands from 1915 to 1917, and Minister of Public Instruction and Forests from 1918 to 1920. He was defeated by a Victorian Farmers' Union candidate in 1920. Hutchinson, who had sold his Warracknabeal business in 1907 and resided in Melbourne, died in East Malvern in 1924. His nephew John Austin Gray John Austin Gray MC (16 April 1892 – 6 May 1939) was an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Party (Australia)
The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was in government (from 1923 in coalition with the Country Party) until electoral defeat in 1929. From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro-Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931. The party is a direct ancestor of the Liberal Party of Australia, the main centre-right party in Australia. History In October 1915 the Australian Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher of the Australian Labor Party, retired; Billy Hughes was chosen unanimously by the Labor caucus to succeed him. Hughes was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Downward
Alfred Downward (1847 – 26 June 1930) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne to Edward and Elizabeth Downward, he was educated at Prahran and Mornington before working on his father's Balnarring sheep farm. From 1874, he had his own property and was highly involved in settlement on the Mornington Peninsula. In 1879, he married Josephine Kerr at Hawthorn, with whom he had five children. He was a member of Flinders and Kangerong Shire Council for twenty-five years, serving as president from 1890 to 1892, and was also a Mornington Shire Councillor and president. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Mornington in 1894, serving until 1929. He was Minister for Water Supply and Agriculture (1908–09), Minister for Mines, Forests and Public Health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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