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North Brighton Cemetery
The North Brighton Cemetery, operated by the City of Holdfast Bay in Somerton Park had its first burial in 1859. Interments * Des Corcoran (1928–2004) politician and soldier * William Fisk (1871–1940) politician * Pat Glennon (1927–2004) jockey * Henry Hamilton (1826–1907) grape-grower and wine-maker and ** Frank Hamilton (1859–1913) wine-maker * Reginald Pole Blundell (1871–1945) tobacco-twister, trade unionist and politician * Arthur Donald McCutcheon (1890–1955) Methodist minister and social worker * Mabel Mary McCutcheon (1886–1942) nurse * Paul Moran * Francis Phillip O'Grady (1900–1981) engineer and public servant * Catherine Helen Spence * J. B. Spence * William George Torr William George Torr MA, BCL, LLD (29 March 1853 – 13 September 1939), often referred to as "Old Oxford", was a religious educator in South Australia. History William G. Torr was a son of John Torr (c. 1815 – 14 February 1884) of Tavistoc ... (1853–1939) headmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Donald McCutcheon
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George Torr
William George Torr MA, BCL, LLD (29 March 1853 – 13 September 1939), often referred to as "Old Oxford", was a religious educator in South Australia. History William G. Torr was a son of John Torr (c. 1815 – 14 February 1884) of Tavistock, Devon, who with his wife Ann Montrose Torr, née Green, and family emigrated to Burra, South Australia, arriving on the ''Hooghly'' in 1855. William was educated there and at Stanley Grammar School, Watervale, before taking up work on a sheep station in Tasmania.Arnold D. Hunt'Torr, William George (1853–1939)' ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1990. Retrieved 18 May 2015 He started his working life as a teacher at Ulooloo in 1872, and gained experience as an assistant at the City Model School, Grote Street, (an institution devoted to giving young teachers practical experience) from 1875. The following year he was in charge of a new class i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening Journal (Adelaide)
''The News'' was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that had its origins in 1869, and finally ceased circulation in 1992. Through much of the 20th century, '' The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News'' the afternoon tabloid, with '' The Sunday Mail'' covering weekend sport, and ''Messenger Newspapers'' community news. Its former names were ''The Evening Journal'' (1869–1912) and ''The Journal'' (1912–1923), with the Saturday edition called ''The Saturday Journal'' until 1929. History ''The Evening Journal'' ''The News'' began as ''The Evening Journal'', witVol. I No. Iissued on 2 January 1869. From 11 September 1912Vol. XLVI No. 12,906 it was renamed ''The Journal.'' News Limited News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of electoral proportional representation. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing (unsuccessfully) for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide. Called the "Greatest Australian Woman" by Miles Franklin and by the age of 80 dubbed the "Grand Old Woman of Australia", Spence was commemorated on the Australian five-dollar note issued for the Centenary of Federation of Australia. Early life and family Spence was born in Melrose, Scotland, in October 1825, as the fifth child in a family of eight. Her father David Spence was a banker and lawyer, her mother was Helen nee Brodie. Her eldest sibling, Agnes died in infancy, and her sisters were Jessie, Helen, Mary and brothers David, William and John. Spence said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Grady
Francis Phillip "Frank" O’Grady (9 October 19006 May 1981) was a senior Australia public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from September 1961 until December 1965. Life and career Frank O'Grady was born on 9 October 1900 in Thebarton, Adelaide the first child of Hannah and John Michael O'Grady. He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in September 1961. O'Grady retired from the Commonwealth Public Service The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Go ... and his position at the Postmaster-General's Department in December 1965. Awards In 1964 O'Grady was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed a knight commander of the papal Order of St Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Moran (photojournalist)
Paul William Moran (30 May 1963 – 22 March 2003) was a freelance photojournalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and an experienced international journalist. Moran was killed by a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint just outside Khurmal, in northeast Iraq near the border with Iran during the Iraq War. He was the first international media casualty of the Iraq war. According to the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Moran was one of three Australian cases where journalist(s) have been killed with impunity. Personal details Paul Moran was the youngest in a family of four boys. He was born and raised in Adelaide to parents, Gerry and Kath Moran. His alma mater was Sacred Heart College in Adelaide. In 1990, Moran moved to London, and it was here that he made his initial Middle East contacts. He was married to Ivana Rapajic and the couple had a daughter who was born one month before Moran's death at the age of 39. Career Paul Moran was a freelance cameraman for the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Mary McCutcheon
Mabel Mary McCutcheon MBE born Mabel Woolgar aka Mabel Mary Franks (13 April 1886 – 30 December 1942) was a British born Australian nurse who established health facilities at the Port Adelaide Central Methodist Mission which is now called UnitingSA. Life McCutcheon was born in Sussex at Hangleton in 1885. Her parents were Jemima Florence (born Coles) and Alfred Woolgar. Her father was a skilled blacksmith. She qualified as a nurse and she then worked in London, Dublin and New York. When the first world war started she joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and she was posted to France, Egypt and Greece. In 1917 she married an Australian soldier named Wilfred Henry Franks and she became a War bride. By the time she arrived in Adelaide on board the SS Megantic in 1920 she had a baby daughter. The marriage however ended in divorce in 1922 and at about the same time she registered as a nurse in Australia. The same year she was employed as a matron and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Blundell
Reginald Pole Blundell (4 February 1871 – 9 August 1945) was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1907 to 1918 and the Australian House of Representatives from 1919 to 1922. Blundell was born in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood and educated at Norwood Public School. He married Alice Clara Gates in 1894. He joined the Tobacco Twisters' Union and was its secretary for eight years. He became secretary of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia and was its president in 1905. He was a Senate candidate in the 1906 federal election in South Australia, finishing a close 5th, missing out by less than 200 votes. Blundell successfully challenged the election, with the High Court in June 1907 declaring that the election of the third choice Senator Joseph Vardon was void. Blundell did not personally benefit from that success as he had subsequently been successful at a by-election in January 1907 to the House of Assembly as one of four members fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Road, Adelaide
Tapleys Hill Road is a north–south arterial road which runs parallel to the coast through western Adelaide, Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the northernmost section, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Tapleys Hill Road proper, Brighton Road, Ocean Boulevard, Lonsdale Road, Dyson Road, Murray Road, and Gawler Street. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations. Route The Tapleys Hill Road corridor runs north–south through Adelaide's western and south-western suburbs, to the mouth of the Onkaparinga River at its southern end. From its intersection with Port Road in Queenstown, it runs south as Tapleys Hill Road through Seaton and Fulham, passing Adelaide Airport to its west, until it reaches Anzac Highway in Glenelg. It changes name to Brighton Road and continues s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards
Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards was a winery founded by Richard Hamilton (1792–1852) in the early days of the colony of South Australia. History Richard Hamilton (18 February 1792 – 13 August 1852), a tailor of Dover, Kent, was owner of property on Long Island, New York, which he sold in 1837 to purchase an section in Glenelg, South Australia. He emigrated with his wife and their seven children aboard ''Katherine Stewart Forbes'', arriving in Adelaide on 17 October 1837, and set about establishing a farm. By 1840 "Ewell Farm", named after Ewell, Surrey, incorporated a vineyard covering , planted with vine cuttings he had purchased in South Africa ''en route'' to Australia. A son, Henry Hamilton (6 January 1826 – 10 February 1907), remained in England, where he was a student at a Christ's Hospital bluecoat school, then emigrated aboard ''Christina'' in 1841 and for two years worked on a sheep station near Burra. He purchased a property in Oaklands adjoining his father's prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Glennon
Pat Glennon (23 August 1927 – 14 February 2004) was an Australian jockey raised in the Ascot Vale area in Melbourne, not far from the Flemington Racecourse. Glennon rode his first winner, a horse named Alares, trained by his father, at a bush track Bacchus Marsh at the age of 13. Glennon then moved to South Australia, where he rode with great success, quickly becoming one of the leading apprentices in Adelaide. Linking with Jim Cummings' team (the father of the great Bart), he went on to pilot Comic Court to victory in the 1950 Melbourne Cup. He would later go on to win another Cup in 1959 with the Richard W. Roden trained Macdougal. Wanting to embellish his already solid career, Glennon went abroad seeking further opportunities. Settling in Ireland, where he stepped into shoes of Garnet Bougoure as Vincent O'Briens number one hoop. He soon blossomed into a fearsome rider, winning the jockey's championship. While in Ireland, he came to terms with the French trainer Etienn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
