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Robert Andrew Muir
Robert Andrew Muir (20 June 1821 18 August 1904) was a merchant and politician who served as the mayor of Albany, Western Australia. Muir was born in Fife, Scotland on 20 June 1821; his family emigrated to Western Australia when he was a young boy. Arriving aboard ''Ganges'' on Fremantle in 1844 the family moved to Cape Riche shortly afterward. The family later took up land along the Hay River but eventually settled at the property ''Forest Hill'' near Mount Barker. The family soon expanded their business interests and set up as merchants in Albany. The business, named A. Muir and Sons, prospered and Robert Muir took over in 1884. The family also pioneered the Eucla region setting up a sheep station in the area. In 1887 Muir purchased Pyrmont, a now heritage listed building, as his Albany residence. He entered local politics and served as chairman of the municipal council from when it was first declared in 1871. Contesting the first mayoral election in 1885 Muir lost to Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Muir
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William Finlay (mayor)
William Finlay (22 February 1840 18 June 1886) was a policeman and the first mayor of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Parents Finlay's parents were William and Marjory Finlay. His father, William Finlay (5 June 1807 11 June 1890) was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1807. He served in the army and rose to the rank of sergeant. William Jr. was born in 1840 in Ireland. Early life The Finlays, both parents and three children, arrived in Western Australia aboard the convict ship '' Scindian'' in 1850 and initially settled at Freshwater Bay. Another five children were born in Western Australia over the next few years. Police Finlay joined the police force in 1858; he served as a constable in Albany in 1864, moving to Williams in 1869, then to York in 1873 and then to Geraldton in 1874. He rose to the rank of sub-inspector in Albany in 1878. During his time in the force he married Sarah Coppin in Busselton in 1861. Albany Finlay resigned from the force in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Deaths
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1821 Births
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List Of Mayors Of Albany, Western Australia
The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It has been led by mayors including: :1885 William Finlay, the inaugural mayor of Albany :1886 to 1888 William Grills Knight :1888 Lancel Victor de Hamel :1889 to 1890 John Moir :1891 Robert Andrew Muir :1894 to 1897 John Moir :1897 to 1899 William Grills Knight :1899 to 1907 Cuthbert McKenzie :1908 to 1912 Harry Sims :1913 to 1915 Herbert Robinson :1916 E.G. McKenzie :1917 A.F. Cuddihy :1918 to 1921 W.J.Day :1923 to 1926 Charles Wittenoom Charles Horne Wittenoon (6 December 1879 – 18 September 1969) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for twelve years. Born in Geraldton, Western Australia on 6 December 1879, he was the so ... :1926 to 1931 Charles Wittenoom :1931 George William Stead :1936 to 1939 Henry John Chadwick Hanrahan :1940 to 1952 Charles Wittenoom :1953 to 1955 Denis Robinson :1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia)
Memorial Park Cemetery also known as Pioneer Cemetery and Old Albany Cemetery is a cemetery located along Middleton Road in the city of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was constructed in 1836 and is the first consecrated cemetery in Western Australia, gazetted in 1840 as a public burial ground to provide for the needs of a growing community. It was closed as a public cemetery in 1959, with a few burials being held there until 2000 and ashes placed there until 2009. Most burials now being held at Allambie Park Cemetery. It is thought to be the longest serving public cemetery in Western Australia. The hillside cemetery occupies an area of approximately and is divided into demoninational sections containing a total of approximately 5,000 graves. It is composed of two parts, the upper cemetery and the lower cemetery, separated by Middleton Road. Easily accessed by pedestrians the site has a number of mature native and exotic trees and a range of div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Advertiser
The ''Albany Advertiser'', also published as the ''Australian Advertiser'' and the ''Albany Advertiser and Plantagenet and Denmark Post'', is a biweekly English language newspaper published for Albany, Western Australia, Albany and the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region in Western Australia. First published in 1888 as the ''Australian Advertiser'', the paper is still in circulation. The paper is the oldest continuous-running non-metropolitan newspaper in Western Australia. The paper is printed twice weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday, and distributed to towns through the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region including Albany, Western Australia, Albany, Cranbrook, Western Australia, Cranbrook, Mount Barker, Western Australia, Mount Barker, Jerramungup, Western Australia, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Ravensthorpe, Katanning, Western Australia, Katanning and Walpole, Western Australia, Walpole. The office of the newspaper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddfellow's Hall (Albany)
Odd Fellows Hall, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building, IOOF Building, Odd Fellows Lodge and variations are buildings for a chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternal organization. These terms may, more specifically, refer to: Australia *Glennie Hall, Warwick, Queensland *IOOF Building (Adelaide), South Australia *Jager Stores in Toodyay, Western Australia, which was an Oddfellows Hall from 1897 to 1908 Canada * Odd Fellows Hall (Victoria, British Columbia) * IOOF Hall (Toronto), Ontario United Kingdom *Oddfellows' Hall, Barton-upon-Humber *Oddfellows' Hall, Chester * Oddfellows' Hall, Devizes *Oddfellows Hall, Edinburgh now used as a public house United States Ordered by state, then city A * Oddfellows Hall (Fairbanks, Alaska), NRHP-listed in Fairbanks, Alaska * IOOF Building (Kingman, Arizona), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Mohave County, Arizona *Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building (Benton, Arkansas), NRHP-li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation Stone
The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure. Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or replica, set in a prominent location on the outside of a building, with an inscription on the stone indicating the construction dates of the building and the names of architect, builder, and other significant individuals. The rite of laying a cornerstone is an important cultural component of eastern architecture and metaphorically in sacred architecture generally. Some cornerstones include time capsules from, or engravings commemorating, the time a particular building was built. History The ceremony typically involved the placing of offerings of grain, wine and oil on or under the stone. These were symbolic of the produce and the people of the land and the means of their subsistence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. Content ''The West Australian'' publishes international, national and local news. , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of ''Seven News'', Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park premises. SWM also publish two websites from Osborne Park including thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs including Play Magazine, The Guide, West Weekend, and Body and Soul. Thewest.com.au is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrmont, Albany
Pyrmont, also referred to as Pyrmont House, is a residence located on Serpentine Road in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is one of the oldest buildings in Albany. Description It is built of granite and has nine bedrooms and outbuildings. The projecting wings have distinctive curvilinear parapeted gable and bay windows. The roof is made from hipped corrugated iron and topped with rendered brick decorative chimneys. Enclosed in a verandah the building is set on of low manicured gardens. Pyrmont is based on the South African Cape Dutch Colonial architectural design. History The building was established in 1858. The name Pyrmont is taken from the small principality in Prussia where Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (the wife of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany) was from. Originally constructed as a home for local businessman and representative of P&O Shipping line, Thomas Meadows Gillam, it was later occupied by his son, William. In 1887 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Western Australia
Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour, which is a part of King George Sound. The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. The city is in the local government area of the City of Albany. While it is the oldest colonial, although not European, settlement in Western Australia - predating Perth and Fremantle by over two years - it was a semi-exclave of New South Wales for over four years until it was made part of the Swan River Colony. The settlement was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales for the purpose of forestalling French ambitions in the region. To that end, on 21 January 1827, the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer, formally took possession for the British Crown of the portion of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
