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Thomas Rutledge (New South Wales MLA For Goulburn)
Thomas Lloyd Forster Rutledge (11 January 1889 – 13 August 1958) was an Australian politician. He was born at Goulburn to grazier William Forster Rutledge and Jane (Jean), ''née'' Morphy. After attending King's College at Goulburn and St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, where he studied mechanical and civil engineering, he became a jackeroo on his father's station near Bungendore in 1910; by 1918 he owned the property. From 1914 to 1918 he served in Egypt and Gallipoli, being invalided to Malta and England. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and commanded the 7th Light Horse Regiment, and was mentioned in despatches twice. After his return he served as a Progressive member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goulburn from 1920 to 1925. He was active in graziers' associations after his defeat. On 29 October 1935 he married Helen Stephen, with whom he had three children. Rutledge died in 1958 in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn, New South Wales
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 23,835 at June 2018. Goulburn is the seat of Goulburn Mulwaree Council. Goulburn is a railhead on the Main Southern line, a service centre for the surrounding pastoral industry, and also stopover for those traveling on the Hume Highway. It has a central park and many historic buildings. It is also home to the monument the Big Merino, a sculpture that is the world's largest concrete-constructed sheep. History Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn, Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. The colonial government made land grants to free settlers such as Hamilton Hume in the Goulburn area from the o ... [...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] |
University Of Sydney Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...: * 1856–1858 * 1858–1859 * 1859–1860 * 1860–1864 * 1864–1869 * 1869–1872 * 1872–1874 * 1874–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * 1882–1885 * 1885–1887 * 1887–1889 * 1889–1891 * 1891–1894 * 1894–1895 * 1895–1898 * 1898–1901 * 1901–1904 * 1904–1907 * 1907–1910 * 1910–1913 * 1913–1917 * 1917–1920 * 1920–1922 * 1922–1925 * 1925–1927 * 1927–1930 * 1930–1932 * 1932–1935 * 1935–1938 * 1938–1941 * 1941–1944 * 1944–1947 * 1947–1950 * 1950–1953 * 1953–1956 * 1956–1959 * 1959–1962 * 1962–1965 * 1965–1968 * 1968–1971 * 1971–1973 * 1973–1976 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the " Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (Australian Politician)
John Arthur Perkins (18 May 1878 – 13 July 1954) was an Australian newsagent, bookseller and politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1926 to 1943, representing the seat of Eden-Monaro for the Nationalist Party of Australia and its successor the United Australia Party. He was a minister in the governments of Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies. Early life and state politics Perkins was born at Gocup near Tumut, New South Wales, and educated at Tumut Public School and Cooma Public School. He was a small farmer at Cooma from 1894 to 1899, when he leased the property and became a newsagent, bookseller and stationer in Cooma. He was a Municipality of Cooma councillor from 1902 to 1909 and was Mayor of Cooma in 1904 and 1908. He was also president of the Cooma School of Arts, president of the Parents' and Citizens' Association, a justice of the peace, the local coroner, a director of the Monaro Grammar School, a member of the local land board an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Millard (politician)
William Millard (11 January 1844 – 8 October 1921) was an Australian politician. He was born in Wollongong to storekeeper Richard Millard and Anne, ''née'' Radler. In 1854 his family moved to Ulladulla, and he was educated locally before entering his father's tanning business. He married his first wife, Mary Walter, in 1866 at Shellharbour; they had four children. He was a lieutenant in the Ulladulla Voluntary Rifles from 1869 to 1882, a captain in the Ulladulla Corps reserve from 1882 to 1884, and a captain in the 2nd Infantry Regiment from 1884 to 1893. At the 1894 election he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Moruya. He continued to serve the region for 27 years, through 4 districts and 3 political parties. In 1901 the Free Trade party in NSW was renamed the Liberal Reform Party. At the 1904 election the district was renamed the Clyde after the Clyde River that flowed through the region. Clyde in turn was replaced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bailey (New South Wales Politician)
John Bailey (14 June 1871 – 26 October 1947) was an Australian politician. Born in Manus Creek to farmer Thomas Henry Bailey and Rosanna Rielly Boyd, he left school early to work with his father as a shearer. On 29 November 1891 he married Esther Elphick at Tumut, with whom he had four children. He became an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) in 1901, becoming federation vice-president and central branch president from 1914 to 1924. In 1918 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Monaro, representing the Labor Party; following the introduction of proportional representation in 1920 he was one of the members for Goulburn. He held the seat at the 1922 election. In 1924 Bailey was expelled from the Labor Party in connection with a ballot box scandal. He saw out the remainder of his term as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Tully
John Moran Tully (1 December 1885 – 27 October 1966) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946. Born at Mulgoa to railway officer Peter Tully and teacher Sarah Lovat, he attended St Patrick's College in Goulburn before becoming a public servant. He was an assistant at the public library from 1903 to 1908 and a draughtsman at the Registrar General's Department from 1908 to 1925 and 1932 to 1935. On 4 October 1916 he married Dorothy Kitching, with whom he had two sons. He had joined the Labor Party in 1913 and became president of the Chatswood branch. In 1925 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Stokes
Patrick Vincent "Paddy" Stokes (15 August 1884 – 6 April 1945) was an Australian politician. He was born at Braidwood to farmer Patrick Stokes and Bridget, ''née'' Daly. He was educated locally before becoming an engine driver, qualifying in 1908. In that year he was also secretary of the Braidwood branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association. He served on Sydney City Council from 1918 to 1927 and from 1934 to 1945, with a period from 1925 to 1926 as Lord Mayor. In 1925 he was elected as one of the Labor members for Goulburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and from May to October 1927 he served as Minister for Agriculture. He was defeated in the 1927 election and became a hotelkeeper, running Foster's Hotel in Sydney from 1929 to 1933, the Family Hotel in Bega from 1934 to 1935, and Victoria Hotel in Canowindra thereafter. He died at a private hospital in Lewisham Lewisham () is an area of southeast London, England, south of Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus James
Augustus (Gus) George Frederic James KC (30 October 1866 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal/Nationalist member for Goulburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1907 to 1920. James served as Minister of Public Instruction in the Holman Nationalist ministry from November 1916 to April 1920, adding the portfolio of Labour and Industry from July 1919. James was appointed King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ... on 29 October 1919. He was appointed an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 21 September 1920 for six months and a Puisne Judge on 5 January 1921. James died on . He had married Altona Johanna Bohrsmann on 17 August 1892 and they had five children, 3 daughters and 2 sons. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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