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Robert Henry Forster
Robert Henry Mariner Forster (1818 – 2 February 1880) was an Australian politician. He was born at sea near Corfu to Henry and Margaret Forster; his father would later serve as governor of Goulburn Gaol. He arrived in Australia around 1836 and became a solicitor, based ar Armidale. On 9 September 1847 he married Maria Ann Morris, with whom he had seven children. In 1862 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England, but he was defeated in 1864. He returned in 1870 as the member for Goldfields North; he was defeated in 1872, re-elected in 1875 and defeated again in 1877. Forster died at Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ... in 1880. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Robert 1818 births 1880 deaths Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corfu
Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered by three municipalities with the islands of Othonoi, Ereikoussa, and Mathraki.https://corfutvnews.gr/diaspasi-deite-tin-tropologia/ The principal city of the island (pop. 32,095) is also named Corfu. Corfu is home to the Ionian University. The island is bound up with the history of Greece from the beginnings of Greek mythology, and is marked by numerous battles and conquests. Ancient Korkyra took part in the Battle of Sybota which was a catalyst for the Peloponnesian War, and, according to Thucydides, the largest naval battle between Greek city states until that time. Thucydides also reports that Korkyra was one of the three great naval powers of fifth century BC Greece, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn Gaol
The Goulburn Correctional Centre, (also known as The Circle) is an Australian supermaximum security prison for males. It is located in Goulburn, New South Wales, three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operated by Corrective Services NSW, an agency of the Department of Justice, of the Government of New South Wales. The Complex accepts prisoners charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for Southern New South Wales, and, in some cases, for inmates from the Australian Capital Territory. The High Risk Management Centre (commonly called the SuperMax) was opened in September 2001. This was the first such facility in Australia and makes the centre the highest security prison in Australia. Supermax was completely renovated over 9 months and completed in April 2020. The current structure incorporates a massive, heritage-listed hand-carved sandstone gate and façade that was opened in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armidale, New South Wales
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It is approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane at the junction of the New England Highway and Waterfall Way. Geography Armidale is on the banks of Dumaresq Creek, in the Northern Tablelands in the New England region about midway between Sydney and Brisbane at an altitude (980 m AHD) ranging from 970 metres at the valley's floor to 1,110 metres above sea level at the crests of the hills. A short distance to the east of Armidale are heavily forested steep gorges dropping down to the eastern coastal plain. Large parts of the highlands are covered by Palaeozoic aged metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Intruding into these meta-sediments are granite plutons which decompose to form sandy soil, slightly deficient in nutrients. There are ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of New England
New England was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the then colony of New South Wales. Initially created in 1859 in the New England region of northern New South Wales, it partly replaced the Electoral district of New England and Macleay. Originally electing one member, New England elected two members from 1880 to 1891 and three members from 1891 to 1894. With the introduction of single-member electorates in 1894, New England was replaced by Armidale, Uralla-Walcha and Bingara. Members for New England Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1859 1859 establishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1894 1894 disestablishments in Australia Electoral district of New England New England was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the then colony of New South Wales. Initially created in 1859 in the New England region of northern New South Wales, it p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Goldfields North
Goldfields North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880, including the goldfields within several northern electorates. Rolls were not kept for goldfields seats, voters being able to establish their right to vote by presenting either a mining licence or business licence in a proclaimed gold field that had been held for at least six months. Voters could also appear on the roll for general districts, but were prevented from voting in both their resident general district and the overlaying goldfields district. This meant that voters could vote tactically, if their candidate was unopposed—as James Hoskins James Hoskins, 1880 James Hoskins (1823 – 1 April 1900) was a politician in colonial New South Wales. Hoskins was born in London and emigrated to Australia in 1853. After a varied experience on the diggings, he was elected to the New South Wa ... was in the 1860 election—or their preferred candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich, New South Wales
Greenwich is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Greenwich is located north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. The suburb occupies a peninsula on the northern side of Sydney Harbour, at the opening of the Lane Cove River. The suburb features harbour views, a few pockets of bushland, shops, restaurants, cafes and a harbour swimming pool with shark net. History The suburb's name is derived from its namesake Greenwich, by the banks of the River Thames in London. Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Putney, Woolwich and Henley. The Cammeraygal clan of the Dharug-speaking people of the Eora Nation were the first inhabitants of the Greenwich area, and lived along the foreshores of the harbour, hunting in the hinterland and trading with other clans. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Markham (Australian Politician)
George Markham (1822 – 2 February 1864) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in County Cork to British captain John Markham. He migrated to Australia in the 1840s and became an auctioneer at Armidale. On 5 March 1854 he married Susan Allingham, with whom he had five children. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England. He retired in 1862, to be appointed superintendent for the southern district in the establishment of the Police Force, based at Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a .... In January 1864 he was cleaning or loading his revolver in his residence when it discharged and he was fatally wounded, dying aged and leaving a widow and five young children. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophilus Cooper (politician)
Theophilus Cooper (17 July 1827 – 17 February 1912) was a politician in New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Cooper was born in Surrey, England, and arrived in New South Wales on board the 'Sir Thomas Munro' on 18 February 1833. Cooper was elected to the seat of New England on 24 December 1864, a position he held until 15 November 1869. He did not contest the 1869 election. He died in Mosman Mosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governm ... on . References 1827 births 1912 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wisdom (Australian Politician)
Sir Robert Wisdom, (31 January 1830 – 16 March 1888) was a politician in colonial New South Wales and Attorney General of New South Wales. Early life and education Wisdom was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and arrived in Australia in 1834 with his parents, moving to Morpeth in the Hunter Valley. He was educated at Maitland and at the Sydney College. In November 1858 he was appointed a clerk of petty sessions at Stoney Creek, before being appointed a sub-commissioner of gold fields, and a magistrate. Political career In 1859 he resigned his office as gold commissioner in order to stand as a candidate for the new district of Goldfields West, where he was elected at Sofala on a show of hands, and was easily re-elected at the 1860 election. On 26 October 1861 he was admitted to the Colonial Bar. He was chairman of committees from 1861 until 1864, a position that carried a salary of £500, but declined ministerial appointments in the third ministry of Charles Cowpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rodd (New South Wales Politician)
James Rodd (1830 – 31 March 1900) was an English-born Australian politician. Early life He was born at Rayleigh in Essex to James Rodd and Ann Alabaster. He migrated to Sydney in 1857 and went to the goldfields at Braidwood, where he opened a store. On 11 June 1861 he married Jane Gregson, with whom he had a son; both mother and son died soon after birth. He remarried Ellen Alicia Madden on 23 September 1871. In 1866 he was appointed a magistrate. Politics He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goldfields South in 1865. In 1867 a Royal Commission was appointed to enquire into crime in the Braidwood district, in reference to the crimes of the bushrangers the Clarke brothers, and whether police and magistrates had been diligent in seeking to apprehend them. Rodd's electorate included the Braidwood goldfields and he gave evidence before the commission which was critical of magistrate Rowland Hassall. The commissioners reported that Hassall "has ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Copeland (Australian Politician)
Henry Copeland, (6 June 1839 – 22 June 1904) was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Copeland was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Aged 18 years, he arrived in Williamstown, Victoria and spent around 15 years on the goldfields as a digger, farmer and contractor. In 1863 he visited England where he married Hannah Beecroft on 20 April. He would later marry her sister Mary and had 4 sons and 7 daughters from both marriages. He moved to New South Wales in 1872. Copeland was elected unopposed to the New South Wales Mining Board in 1874. He entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and represented six different seats between 1877 and 1900. He was briefly Secretary for Public Works in the Stuart ministry appointed in January 1883, defeated in the resulting ministerial by-election and was returned to the assembly at the East Sydney by-election held the following week, before resigning from the ministry in March 1883 following a speech he made, whilst i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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