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Strangways Range
Strangways is a surname, and may refer to: * A. H. Fox Strangways (Arthur Henry Fox Strangways 1859–1948), a music critic who wrote for ''The Observer'' * Henry Strangways (Henry Bull Templar Strangways 1832–1920), aka H.B.T Strangways, lawyer, politician and Premier of South Australia * Henry Strangways (pirate) (died 1562) aka Henry Strangwish * Thomas Bewes Strangways (1809-1859) South Australian founding settler and explorer * Fox-Strangways, surname See also * Strangways, Wiltshire, a suburb of Larkhill, Wiltshire, England * Strangways, Victoria, a locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, Australia * Strangways crater Strangways is a large impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, located in the Northern Territory of Australia about east-south-east of the town of Mataranka. It was named after the nearby Strangways River. The location ... or Strangways River, Northern Territory, Australia * Strange Ways (other), also for Strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Strangways
Henry Bull Templar Strangways (14 November 1832 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia. Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. As a boy, he visited South Australia, where his uncle Thomas Bewes Strangways was a pioneer. Returning to England he entered the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called to the bar in June 1856. He went to Adelaide early in the following year, was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Encounter Bay in January 1858, and became Attorney-General of South Australia in the First Reynolds Ministry from May 1860 to May 1861. The ministry was then reconstructed and Strangways became Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration until October 1861. He held the same position in the Waterhouse ministry from October 1861 to July 1863, in the Dutton ministry from March to September 1865, and in the third Ayers ministry from September to October 1865. Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Strangways (pirate)
Henry Strangways (died 1562), also sometimes known as Strangwish,Henry Strangwish Gerlach Flicke, National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved May 2009 was an English "Gentleman Pirate" who attacked Spanish and other shipping. He was repeatedly imprisoned, and pardoned by highly placed friends, during his approximately eight-year piratical career, from about 1552 to 1560. His portrait painted by a fellow prisoner, Gerlach Flicke, resides today in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Biography Strangways was born ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bewes Strangways
Thomas Bewes Strangways (23 July 1809 – 23 February 1859), generally called "Bewes Strangways" and "T. Bewes Strangways", was an explorer, early settler and Colonial Secretary of South Australia. Strangways was the second son of late Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He and his brother Giles E. Strangways arrived in the new colony on with Governor John Hindmarsh and he was engaged to one of Hindmarsh's daughters. However, they never married and Strangways later married Lavinia Albina ''née'' Fowler (c. 1810 – 22 October 1883). He sat on the Street Naming Committee, where Strangways Terrace, located in North Adelaide was named after him. In November 1837, Strangways, Young Bingham Hutchinson and a party explored the Fleurieu Peninsula and Lake Alexandrina region, searching for other outlets to the Southern Ocean. In the process, they "discovered" Currency Creek, which they named after the whale boat they were using, the ''Currency Lass''. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox-Strangways
Fox-Strangways is a surname, and may refer to: * Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859-1948), music critic * Elizabeth Fox, Countess of Ilchester (c.1723–1792), also Fox-Strangways, wife of the 1st Earl * Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester (1874–1959) * Harry Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester (1905–1964) * Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester (1747–1802) * Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester (1787–1858) * Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester (1847–1905) * John Fox-Strangways (1803–1859), British diplomat, third son of the 2nd Earl * Mary Fox-Strangways, Countess of Ilchester (1852–1935), Anglo-Irish noblewoman, wife of the 5th Earl * Maurice Fox-Strangways, 9th Earl of Ilchester (1920–2006) * Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester (1704–1776), surname to 1758 Fox * Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester (1887–1970) * Vivian Fox-Strangways (1898-1974), his brother * William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangways, Victoria
Strangways is a locality within the local government area of Mount Alexander, in Central Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 20.105 square kilometres between the townships of Guidford to the east, Newstead to the north-west and Clydesdale to the south. History The original inhabitants of Strangways are the Gunangara gundidj clan of the Dja Dja Wurrung. A census undertaken in 1840 recorded 282 Dja Dja Wurrung, considerably fewer than Thomas Mitchell’s estimate of 900–1900 when he passed through their territory in 1836. In early 1841 the Loddon Valley at Strangways was considered but rejected as a Protectorate site, in favour of Mount Franklin (''Lalgambook).'' Betraying a common attitude in 1868 the Mount Alexander Mail Strangways 'correspondent,' in discussing snakes in the district, by then under cultivation, reported; ...blackfellows, are rapidly and happily passing to the extinction that awaits inferior and noxious races, when exposed to the influence of supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Mount Alexander
The Mount Alexander Shire (officially Shire of Mount Alexander) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 19,514. It includes the towns of Castlemaine, Chewton, Elphinstone, Maldon, Newstead, Harcourt, Taradale, Vaughan, Fryerstown and Campbells Creek. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Castlemaine, Shire of Newstead, and most of the Shire of Maldon and Shire of Metcalfe. The traditional owners of the land are Dja Dja Wurrung. The Shire is governed and administered by the Mount Alexander Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Castlemaine, it also has service centres located in Maldon and Newstead. The Shire is named after the first European settlers name for the Castlemaine region and goldfields. Council Current composition The council is composed of five wards and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangways Crater
Strangways is a large impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, located in the Northern Territory of Australia about east-south-east of the town of Mataranka. It was named after the nearby Strangways River. The location is remote and difficult to access. Its age has been determined as approximately 646 Ma. Description The circular topographic feature that marks the site was originally thought to be volcanic, with an impact origin first proposed in 1971 after the discovery of evidence diagnostic of impact including shatter cones and shocked quartz. The circular topographic feature is about in diameter and lies within Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the McArthur Basin. However, this is only a relic of the original crater after considerable erosion. Estimates of the original rim diameter vary between different researchers in the range ; the Earth Impact Database prefers a diameter of . The age of the impact event has been determined at 646 ± 42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
