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Ron Mulock
Ronald Joseph Mulock AO KCSG (11 January 1930 – 4 September 2014) was an Australian politician. A former City of Penrith mayor, he was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988. He was Deputy Premier of New South Wales under Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth from 1984 to 1988. Early years Ron Mulock was born in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst on 11 January 1930 and baptised a Catholic. His surname at birth was Moore but he was fostered at ten months to Elizabeth Mulock (née Goode). She adopted Ron when he was 14. He was educated at St Declan’s in Penshurst and De La Salle College (now Casimir Catholic College), Marrickville. Mulock was an outstanding sportsman at school and subsequently played first grade cricket between 1949 and 1962 for the St George, Waverley and Cumberland Clubs. In the 1959–60 season he was the highest wicket-taker (49) in the Sydney First Grade Competition. At his peak, Mulock was said to be one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maddison
John Clarkson Maddison (4 September 192129 August 1982) was a New South Wales politician, Attorney General, Minister for Justice and Deputy Leader for the Liberal Party of New South Wales in the cabinets of Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis until the Liberal party lost the 1976 election. Maddison was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Hornsby in 1962 until 1973 and thereon as member for Ku-ring-gai until his retirement in 1980. Early life Maddison was born in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, in 1921, the son of George Edgar Maddison, a company director from New Zealand, and Frances Mary Maddison (''née'' Patterson). After early education at Sydney Grammar School, Maddison began an arts degree at the University of Sydney but interrupted university studies to enlist upon the outbreak of the Second World War. He later gained his BA in 1942. Maddison was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Australian Imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Anderson (politician)
Peter Thomas Anderson (born 23 November 1947), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Labor Party. During his parliamentary career, Anderson held a range of portfolios including Minister for Health, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Youth and Community Services, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Corrective Services, Minister for Police and Emergency Services between 1981 and 1988. Early years and background Anderson was born in Bondi Junction, the son of Keith Anderson, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Paddington-Waverley between 1961 and 1962, and Kath Anderson, who was a member of the Legislative Council between 1973 and 1981. Anderson was educated at Woollahra Public School and Sydney Boys High School (1960–64) and joined the Labor party at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Rofe
Ronald Ernest Arthur Rofe (1914 – 21 September 2003) was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1973 until 1978. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Rofe was born in Camden where his family had been farming for some generations. He continued this tradition as a dairy farmer in the district. He was a prominent member and district governor of the Lions Club. He was the Deputy Shire President of Wollondilly Shire Council in 1971–74. A redistribution of Legislative Assembly seats prior to the 1973 election changed the seat of Nepean from a marginal ALP seat to a notionally conservative seat. The sitting member Ron Mulock decided to contest the safer seat of Penrith and Rofe was selected as the Liberal candidate. He won the election with 53% of the two party preferred vote. He successfully defended the seat against the ALP's Peter Anderson at the 1976 election, but was defeated by Anderson in 1978 Events January * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Dunbier
Rowland Albert "Ron" Dunbier (29 August 1914 – 23 April 1984) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Nepean in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1971. Dunbier was born in Campsie to Rowland Arthur Dunbier, a boot operator, and his wife Mary. He was educated at South Strathfield Public School and Ashfield Technical College before enlisting in the RAAF; he served in New Guinea. On his return he opened an iceworks in Liverpool and later worked as a motor dealer. In 1948 he was elected to Liverpool Council, resigning in 1953 but serving again from 1954 to 1962. He was mayor from 1949 to 1952, 1957 to 1959 and in 1962. On 21 October 1936 he married Violet; their son, Max Dunbier, was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Dunbier had originally been a member of the Labor Party, but he defected to the Liberal Party in the 1950s. In 1965 he defeated Labor MP Alfred Bennett to win the seat of Nepean. He was re-elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Chapman (politician)
William Leslie Chapman (7 February 1910 – 22 July 1971) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1956 and 1962. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Early life Chapman was born in Singleton, New South Wales. He was the son of a policeman and was raised by his grandparents in the Penrith area. He was educated to elementary level and initially worked as a porter for the New South Wales Government Railways but was retrenched during the Great Depression. He commenced a carrier business in 1934 with one truck and eventually built this into a 24-truck fleet. He was involved in community groups in the Penrith region including Rotary and the Australian Red Cross. Chapman was elected as an alderman to Penrith City Council between 1948 and 1959 and between 1961 and 1971. He was the mayor between 1950 and 1956 and between 1961 and 1968. State politics Chapman was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal Party membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Grove Memorial Park
Pinegrove Memorial Park is a cemetery and crematorium in Minchinbury, located in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. First established in 1962, Pinegrove Memorial Park is set on 175 acres and is one of the largest, independently owned cemeteries in the Sydney region. On the grounds of Pinegrove Memorial Park are two chapels and a florist. The park is accessible to the public from sunrise to sunset. Within the park is the 'Chinese Memorial Garden – Lung Po Shan' for the interment of Chinese Australians. Terra Santa is a new crypt memorial development at Pinegrove Memorial Park located close to North and West Chapels. This crypt complex will be the largest in the southern hemisphere. This will contain 640 crypts in total. Pinegrove Memorial Park is also home to Heart of Angels – a dedicated baby and child memorial garden within the cemetery that accommodates both cremation and burial memorials. This memorial is the largest dedicated child and baby memorial garden in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Sheahan
Terence William "Terry" Sheahan, AO (born 18 August 1947) is an Australian judge and former politician. He was the Labor member for Burrinjuck in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1973 to 1988, and held various ministerial portfolios (including Attorney General of New South Wales) between 1980 and 1988. On 9 April 1997 he was appointed to a judge on the New South Wales Land and Environment Court, and in 2019 retired from this role. He is the current patron of ADRA - Australian Dispute Resolution Association, a professional mediation association and accreditation body. Terry Sheahan was the only son of Bill Sheahan, who was also a member of the Legislative Assembly (1941–73). He attended school in Lewisham before studying at the University of Sydney, receiving a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law in 1969. He worked as a solicitor from 1967 and was called to the bar in 1982. He had joined the Willoughby branch of the Labor Party in January 1964 and went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Walker (Australian Politician)
Francis John Walker, QC (7 July 1942 – 12 June 2012) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River between 1970 and 1988 and subsequently a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Robertson between 1990 and 1996, both for the Australian Labor Party. During his parliamentary careers, Walker held a range of ministerial responsibilities. He was the first New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and was responsible for some of the first legislation that recognized the obligation to financially compensate indigenous Australians for the loss of their land. He has been given credit for achieving one of the first big breakthroughs in the protection of Australia's natural environment, the saving of the Terania Creek rainforest. Early life Walker was born in Sydney and spent early formative years with his father, a blacklisted communist, and Walker's brother in a jungle vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Western Sydney
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network university with an amalgamation between the Nepean College of Advanced Education and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was incorporated in the university in 1989. In 2001, the University of Western Sydney was restructured as a single multi-campus university rather than as a federation. In 2015, the university underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name from the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. It is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees with campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, and Penrith. In 2022, it was ranked in the top 201–250 in the world and jointly 11th in Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macarthur Institute Of Higher Education
Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was an Australian tertiary education institution (College of Advanced Education) from 1974 to 1989. It was known as the Milperra College of Advanced Education until 1983. Milperra College of Advanced Education (1974-1983) It was established as the Milperra College of Advanced Education on 15 November 1974. It was a new campus rather than a pre-existing institution, assuming the former site of the Milperra Public School and adjacent market gardens. Construction commenced that year, with the first student intake beginning in second semester 1975; however, with administration occupying the former school building, classes operated out of demountables and other temporary facilities until the purpose-built Building 1 was completed in 1976. The college was formally opened by Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran on 20 March 1978, although it had already been open to students for more than three years. Initially focused on education courses, it soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
