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Samuel Perry (ironmaster)
Samuel Perry was an industrialist in the State of South Australia. History Samuel Perry (c.1864 – 19 March 1930) was the son of John and Harriett Perry (ca.1834 – 24 September 1918) of Shropshire, England, and the brother of Rev. Isaiah Perry (1854–1911). He was apprenticed as an iron worker to the Coalbrookdale Company, where he trained as an engineer. At the age of 22, around 1886, he followed his brother to Gawler, South Australia, where he found employment at James Martin's "Phoenix Foundry", living with the Roediger family at nearby Buchfelde (later named Loos). He next worked at Port Adelaide, then as foreman for John Danks & Son of Melbourne. He returned to Adelaide and started his own business with the purchase of James Wedlock's "Cornwall Foundry", the transfer of that factory to new premises Perry Engineering at Mile End, and the purchase of the James Martin & Co. workshops in Gawler. He took on his nephew Frank Perry, who became managing director and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mile End, South Australia
Mile End is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of West Torrens, around 2 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre. It has a census area population of 4,413 people (2011). Much of the suburb is residential, but there are small commercial areas along Henley Beach Road and South Road. History Mile End was originally established in 1860 as ''The Town of Mile End'' by the South Australian Company. It was so named because the township was approximately one mile from the centre of Adelaide. It was also named after Mile End in east London, England, whose name has a similar meaning. It was part of the then largely rural District of West Torrens until 1883, when the residents of the more urban suburbs of Thebarton, Mile End and Torrensville successfully petitioned to become the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton. In 1997 the Town of Thebarton re-amalgamated with the City of West Torrens. E. M. Bagot and Gabriel Bennett had a large holding of grazing land south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Ironmasters
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Australian Mechanical Engineers
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Charlie Perry (Australian Rules Footballer)
Charles Julius Perry (20 October 1888 – 4 January 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SAFL, and a Methodist Chaplain who served in the First AIF. Family The son of Isaiah Perry (1854-1911), and Caroline Marie Paulina Perry (1869-1956), née Roediger, Charles Julius Perry was born in Terowie, South Australia on 20 October 1888. His brother, Sir Frank Tennyson Perry (1887-1965) was a South Australian industrialist and member of parliament. He married Florence Muriel Day (1985-1973) on 16 September 1920. Football Norwood (SAFL) Perry, commonly known as "Redwing" due to his red hair, appeared in 58 games for Norwood and would have played more had World War I not interrupted his career. A Methodist minister, Perry finished equal first in a three way tie for the 1915 Magarey Medal count before having to settle for second after the umpires conferred to split the leaders as per the rules at the time. He was however posthumously awarded a ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Laidlaw
Diana Vivienne Laidlaw (born 1951), commonly referred to as Di Laidlaw, is a former Australian Liberal politician. She was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council (1982–2003) and held several ministerial posts. Early life Laidlaw was born in London, the daughter of Don Laidlaw and Vivienne Laidlaw (née Perry), both law graduates of the University of Adelaide. Her grandfather was the founder of Perry Engineering. Political career Her early political career was as an assistant to state and federal politicians before being elected to the Legislative Council in 1982. She entered cabinet in 1993 when the Brown government (1993-1996) came to power in the 1993 election, where she remained under the subsequent Olsen (1996-2001) and Kerin (2001-2002) governments, after which the Liberals lost power with the election of the Rann government. Laidlaw variously served as the Minister for Transport (1995–1997), the Minister for Transport and Urban Planning (1997â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Hope Laidlaw
Donald Hope Laidlaw LL.B., B.Litt.(Oxon) (6 August 1923 – 14 April 2009) was a lawyer, businessman and politician in the State of South Australia. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyndley Hope Laidlaw of Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, and educated at St. Peter's College, then studied Law and Literature at Adelaide University and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1948. During World War II he served in the AIF. Intelligence Corps as a Japanese interpreter. Laidlaw was elected as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Council in July 1975 and served until November 1982. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 1989 Australia Day Honours for "service to secondary industry, the South Australian Parliament and to the community". He was a member of the Royal Adelaide Golf Club, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and served on the boards of numerous boards, including Adelaide Brighton Cement, Quarry Industries, Adelaide Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of in the 1950s, and the full ownership of in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal SA Yacht Squadron
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Unley Park, South Australia
Unley Park is a southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. Its postcode is 5061. It is located on the north side of Cross Road and east of the Belair railway line. Access via public transport is from the Unley Park railway station, Millswood railway station and the Unley Road " Go Zone". A feature of the district is leafy Victoria Avenue—Adelaide's wealthiest street, containing many large and luxurious houses built between the two World Wars. Politically, the suburb is safe for the Liberals; at the 2010 election, the Liberal Party attracted 62.33% of the primary vote at the nearby Hyde Park polling booth. History Unley Park Post Office opened on 2 January 1946 and closed in 1999. Two historic private schools were located on Thornber Street, Unley Park: Kyre College (which was the nucleus of Scotch College) at number 4, and Mrs. Thornber's School, later associated with Tormore House School, at number 39. Both were dissolved early in the 20th Century. See also *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Perry (politician)
Sir Frank Tennyson Perry (4 February 1887 – 20 October 1965) was an industrialist and politician in the State of South Australia. History Frank was born in Gawler, South Australia a son of Isaiah Perry and nephew of Samuel Perry (ironmaster), Samuel Perry, founder of Perry Engineering. He started working for his uncle in 1903, and was made manager of the newly acquired Gawler, South Australia, Gawler workshops of Martin & Co., in 1915; he became works manager of the Mile End factory around 1918, and on his uncle's death inherited, and greatly expanded the business, both at Mile End and Whyalla, South Australia, Whyalla. He was a founder of the Australian Metal Industries Association, and a member of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures, and president of the Metal Trades Association. He was chairman of the Ammunition Industry Advisory Committee of the Department of Defence from 1952 to 1955, following on from his involvement with various Defence procurement boards during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Martin & Co
James Martin & Co was an Australian engineering company which progressed from making agricultural equipment to making railway locomotives. History James Martin & Co. was founded in Gawler, South Australia in around 1848 by James Martin as a blacksmith and wheelright business. It soon began to manufacture reapers. The opening of the Gawler railway line in 1857 allowed Adelaide to be accessed more easily. In 1858, Thomas Flett Loutit joined the business as a shareholder and steam power was introduced to the workshop. In 1868 Loutit retired due to ill health. In the 1870s, a new foundry was built on Calton Road.James Martin & Co Phoenix Foundry Town of Gawler During this period James Martin’s nephew, John Felix Martin (1844–1916) and Fred May joined him in partnership, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
