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Robert Bliss Wilkinson
Robert Bliss Wilkinson (1838 – 26 April 1928) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Northampton to engineer David Wilkinson and Elizabeth Bliss. He attended Hanwell College before migrating to Victoria in 1852. From 1853 he worked for the Castlemaine and Maryborough branches of the Bank of Victoria. He ran a station near Wagga Wagga from 1865 in partnership with J.S. Lavender; they sold out after a few years and became stock agents in 1870, running out of Sydney, Hay, Wagga Wagga and Bourke. On 15 November 1882 he married Alice Georgiana Foss Jarrett; they had no children, but a second marriage on 26 February 1890 to Annie Louise Leitch (''née'' Lavender) resulted in three children. Robert Bliss and Annie Louisa Wilkinson are buried directly alongside Alice Georgiana Foss Wilkinson behind St. Thomas' church in South Strathfield (formerly known as Enfield). In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald. A Free Trader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; it had a population of 212,100 in its previous local authority in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census (225,100 as of 2018 estimates). In its urban area, which includes Boughton, Northamptonshire, Boughton and Moulton, Northamptonshire, Moulton, it had a population of 215,963 as of 2011. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, Roman conquest of Britain, Romans and Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxons. In the Middle Ages, the town rose to national significance with the establishment of Northampton Castle, an occasional royal residence which regularly hosted the Parliament of England. Medieval Northampton had many churches, monasteries and the University of Northampton (thirteenth century), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Trade Party
The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, in time for the 1887 colony election, which the party won. It advocated the abolition of protectionism, especially protective tariffs and other restrictions on trade, arguing that this would create greater prosperity for all. However, many members also advocated use of minimal tariffs for government revenue purposes only. Its most prominent leader was George Reid, who led the Reid Government as the fourth Prime Minister of Australia (1904–05). In New South Wales it was succeeded by the Liberal and Reform Association in 1902, and federally by the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906. In 1909, the Anti-Socialist Party merged with the Protectionist Party to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party. History The party was centred on New South Wales, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Deaths
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1838 Births
Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the telegraph. * January 11 - A 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people. * January 21 – The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth is made, indicating in Yakutsk. * February 6 – Boer explorer Piet Retief and 60 of his men are massacred by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu people, after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith. * February 17 – Weenen massacre: Zulu impis massacre about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Basuto around the site of Weenen in South Africa. * February 24 – U.S. Representatives William J. Graves of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Newton (New South Wales Politician)
James Newton (1850 – 14 September 1913) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Lancashire to bricklayer Jonathan Newton and Martha Betty. His family moved to Melbourne in 1857 and Newton worked as a saddler around Victoria. He moved to New South Wales in 1870 and settled at Hay. On 10 June 1875 he married Sarah Jane Carnochan, with whom he had five children. He later married Catherine Agnes Barrow on 27 October 1885, with whom he had a further eight children. A local alderman and mayor of Hay in 1887, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald in 1891, representing the new Labor Party. Disagreements about the pledge saw him contest unsuccessfully as a Protectionist Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. ... in 1894. Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Lakeman
Allen Lakeman (1849 – 7 May 1910) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. He was born in Taranaki to retired storekeeper William Lakeman and Martha Allen. He arrived in New South Wales around 1867, and eventually settled in Hay, where he was an alderman and mayor. On 3 March 1873 he married Ellen Cochran, with whom he had twelve children. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald, serving until he was defeated in 1891. Lakeman died at Narrandera Narrandera ( ) until around 1949 also spelled "Narandera", is a town located in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the junction of the Newell and Sturt highways, adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River, and ... in 1910. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakeman, Allen 1849 births 1910 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cramsie
John Cramsie (1 February 1832 – 18 February 1910) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Balymoney in County Antrim to William Cramsie and Ann Boyd. He migrated to Victoria in 1855, and in 1863 married Lillias Rankin, with whom he had ten children. Before entering politics he was a stock agent in Balranald, New South Wales. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald Balranald is a town within the local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town of Balranald is located where the Sturt Highway crosses the Murrumbidgee River in a remote, semi-desert ..., serving until his retirement in 1887. Cramsie died at Randwick in 1910. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cramsie, John 1832 births 1910 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Simson
Colin William Simson (1828 – 23 February 1905) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born at Pittenween in Fife to farmer Robert Simson. In 1851 he migrated to Victoria to follow the gold rush without success, then working as a pastoralist. By 1862 he was farming near Hay in New South Wales. On 3 December 1862 he married Marguerite Madeleine Smith, with whom he had nine children. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald in 1877, but he did not re-contest in 1880. Simson died at Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ... in 1905. References 1828 births 1905 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathfield, New South Wales
Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A small section of the suburb north of the railway line lies within the City of Canada Bay, while the area east of The Boulevard lies within the Municipality of Burwood. North Strathfield and Strathfield South are separate suburbs to the north and south, respectively. History The Strathfield district lies between the Concord Plains to the north and the Cooks River to the south, and was originally occupied by the Wangal clan. European colonisation in present-day Strathfield commenced in 1793 with the issue of land grants in the area of "Liberty Plains", an area including present-day Strathfield as well as surrounding areas, where the first free settlers received land grants. In 1808, a grant was made to James Wilshire, which forms the largest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Balranald
Balranald was an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established from part of Electoral district of Lachlan and Lower Darling, Lachlan and Lower Darling in 1859 and named after and including Balranald, New South Wales, Balranald. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1894, it was abolished and partly replaced by Electoral district of Deniliquin, Deniliquin and Electoral district of Hay, Hay. Members for Balranald Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales, Balranald Constituencies established in 1859, Balranald 1859 establishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1894, Balranald 1894 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
