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Reginald Rudall
Reginald John Rudall (27 September 1885 – 1 January 1955) was a lawyer and politician in Gawler, South Australia. His father, Samuel Bruce Rudall, was member for Barossa 1906–1915. History Reginald Rudall was born at Gawler, the son of Samuel Bruce Rudall (1859–1945) and Margaret Rudall, née McNeil. He was educated at Miss Burton's Private School in Gawler, Queen's School in North Adelaide, and St. Peter's College. He read law at the University of Adelaide then served his articles with his father firm of Rudall & Rudall and in the firm G. & J. Downer. He was admitted to the Bar in 1907. In 1908 he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, which he used to further his studies at Oxford University. He enlisted in the AIF in 1915 and served with the 50th Battalion in France. In September 1918 he was appointed assistant director of the newly formed AIF Education Service in London, where he was promoted to the rank of captain shortly before in May 1919 returning to Australia. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Rudall
Reginald John Rudall (27 September 1885 – 1 January 1955) was a lawyer and politician in Gawler, South Australia. His father, Samuel Bruce Rudall, was member for Barossa 1906–1915. History Reginald Rudall was born at Gawler, the son of Samuel Bruce Rudall (1859–1945) and Margaret Rudall, née McNeil. He was educated at Miss Burton's Private School in Gawler, Queen's School in North Adelaide, and St. Peter's College. He read law at the University of Adelaide then served his articles with his father firm of Rudall & Rudall and in the firm G. & J. Downer. He was admitted to the Bar in 1907. In 1908 he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, which he used to further his studies at Oxford University. He enlisted in the AIF in 1915 and served with the 50th Battalion in France. In September 1918 he was appointed assistant director of the newly formed AIF Education Service in London, where he was promoted to the rank of captain shortly before in May 1919 returning to Australia. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News (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 was established in 1923 by James Edward Davidson, when he purchased the Broken Hill ''Barrier Miner'' and the Port Pirie ''Recorder''. He then went on to purchase ''The Journal'' and Adelaide's weekly sports-focussed ''Mail'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Story
Clarence Ross Story (16 January 1920 – 9 May 1991), was a farmer and politician in the State of South Australia. History Story was born to Frank W. Story (January 1890 – ) and Mrs. Story (née Ross) of Renmark, at St. Peters, South Australia. He served in World War II, and was a fruitgrower and nurseryman in Renmark. He was a member of the Renmark North and Chaffey Agricultural Bureau and was president of the Upper Murray Ex-servicemen's Land Settlement Association and a member of the Loxton Soldiers' Settlement Advisory Committee and an active member of the Renmark sub-branch of the Returned Services League. He was a Liberal and Country League candidate at both the 1950 and 1953 elections for the seat of Chaffey, but was unable to shift the sitting member, Independent William MacGillivray. He was elected to a Midland seat on the Legislative Council in February 1955 to fill a seat made vacant by the death of Reginald Rudall, and held it until July 1975. In 1981 he was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gordon (Australian Politician)
Sir David John Gordon (4 May 1865 – 12 February 1946) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, before going into state politics and becoming a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1913 to 1944 (president from 1932). He was briefly Minister of Education and Minister of Repatriation under SA Premier Archibald Peake in 1917. Early life Born in Riverton, South Australia, the son of a Thomas Gordon, Scottish carpenter, miller and farmer, Gordon was educated at Stanley Grammar School, Watervale, South Australia, Watervale before his family moved to Ardrossan, South Australia, Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula where he worked on the family farm. Gordon moved to Adelaide and worked as a grain trade, grain merchant. He became a deacon of the Congregational church, Congregational Church, and met Anna Louise Peel, a pianist at his local church, whom he married on 4 April 1888. Later that year he joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Teusner
Berthold Herbert Teusner CMG (16 May 1907 – 7 August 1992) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Angas from 1944 to 1970 for the Liberal and Country League. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian Le ... from 1956 to 1962. References 1907 births 1992 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal and Country League politicians Speakers of the South Australian House of Assembly People educated at Immanuel College, Adelaide {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Basedow
Herbert Basedow (27 October 1881 – 4 June 1933) was an Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, explorer and medical practitioner. Basedow was born in Kent Town, South Australia. His early education was in Adelaide, South Australia and Hanover, Germany. After finishing his schooling, Basedow studied science at the University of Adelaide where he majored in geology. Basedow later completed postgraduate studies at several European universities and undertook some medical work in Europe. During his working life, Basedow took part in many major geological, exploratory and medical relief expeditions to central and northern Australia. On these expeditions, he took photographs and collected geological and natural history specimens and Aboriginal artefacts. Basedow was one of the few people of his time involved in recording the traditional life of Aboriginal Australians.Kaus, David. ''A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928'', National M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Abbott (Australian Politician)
Sir Charles Arthur Hillas Lempriere Abbott (31 October 1889 – 14 September 1960) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of East Torrens East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ... from 1933 to 1938 and Burnside from 1938 to 1946 for the Liberal and Country League. He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1946 and continued in that role until 1959. He was knighted in January 1960. Retrieved 20 January 2019 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Terrace Cemetery
The West Terrace Cemetery is South Australia's oldest cemetery, first appearing on Colonel William Light's 1837 plan of Adelaide. The site is located in Park 23 of the Adelaide Park Lands just south-west of the Adelaide city centre, between West Terrace, Anzac Highway, Sir Donald Bradman Drive and the Seaford and Belair railway lines. Originally known as the Adelaide Public Cemetery, it is divided into a number of sections for various communities and faiths, including two Catholic areas, as well as Jewish, Afghan, Islamic and Quaker sections. History The Adelaide Park Lands were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city. Originally, Light reserved 2,300 acres for a park, and a further for a public cemetery. Throughout much of its early history the West Terrace Cemetery was plagued with controversy and mismanagement. It was the subject of much public and religious debate and was many times under threat of closure. As early as the 1880s the size of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
Calvary Hospital North Adelaide is a private, not-for-profit Catholic hospital in North Adelaide. It was previously known as Calvary Hospital Adelaide, originally North Adelaide Hospital, and is one of Adelaide's oldest hospitals, having first been established around 1884, with the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary taking control in 1900. History In 1884 Mrs. Isabel Baker and Miss Bessie Baker had been responsible for bringing out a number of sisters of the Dominican Order, who had intended to follow the nursing profession at the deceased Governor Daly's residence on the corner of Ward and Hill Streets in North Adelaide, but owing to unforeseen circumstances, they were not able to do so. The Bakers took over the hospital and Miss Mundy was appointed matron. In 1900, Mother M. Xavier Lynch of the Nursing Sisters of the Little Company of Mary in Sydney arranged to send five sisters to commence a branch of her order at the hospital, and the Sisters took over the running of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney-General Of South Australia
The attorney-general of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice. The attorney-general must be a qualified legal practitioner, although this was not always the case. The attorney-general oversees the Attorney-General's Department. The current attorney-general since March 2022 is Kyam Maher , a member of the South Australian Labor Party. List of attorneys-general of South Australia See also * Justice ministry * Government of South Australia References Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 – 2007(Australian Parliamentary Library) Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia(Parliament of South Australia) {{Australian Attorneys-General South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electricity Trust Of South Australia
The Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA) was the South Australian Government-owned monopoly vertically integrated electricity provider from 1946 until its privatisation in 1999. Precursors Early days (1882–1900) Charles Todd, an early settler in Adelaide who oversaw telegraphic communications in the colony and beyond, also introduced the idea of electrical street lighting, necessitating a public electricity supply. An Act of Parliament created the South Australian Electric Company in 1882, but the company did not ever start to produce electricity, owing mainly to opposition by those holding interests in the South Australian Gas Company, which supplied power using natural gas. The South Australian Electric Light and Motive Power Company was registered in March 1895 and was authorised to provide power throughout the colony of South Australia. Previously, municipal councils had been empowered to provide electricity within their areas, but none did so. The company star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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