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Tom Tehan
Thomas Joseph Tehan (18 January 1916 – 1 June 1996) was an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Victoria from 1975 to 1978, representing the National Country Party (NCP). He was also state president of the party from 1975 to 1976. Prior to entering parliament he was a public servant and lawyer. Early life Tehan was born on 18 January 1916 in Kyabram, Victoria. He was the son of Mary Josephine (née O'Brien) and Michael John Tehan. His father was active in the Victorian Farmers' Union and briefly served as president of the Deakin Shire Council. His paternal grandfather had immigrated to Australia from County Kilkenny, Ireland. Tehan grew up in the rural locality of Timmering near Kyabram, where his father and uncle had a mixed farming property that included beef and dairy cattle, sheep, oats and wheat. He began his education at Timmering East State School, later attending Sacred Heart School and St Mary's College in Tatura before winning a scholarship to Xavier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a total of 76 senators: 12 are elected from each of the six states and territories of Australia, Australian states regardless of population and 2 from each of the two autonomous internal states and territories of Australia, Australian territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. Unlike upper houses in other Westminster system, Westminster-style parliamentary systems, the Senate is vested with significant powers, including the capacity to reject all bills, including budget and appropriation bills, initiated by the government in the House of Representatives, maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Rodney
The Shire of Rodney was a local government area in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, located between Kyabram and Shepparton. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1886 until 1994. History Rodney was initially part of the Waranga Road District, which was incorporated in 1863, and became a shire two years later. The Shire of Rodney was severed and incorporated on 19 March 1886. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. Following the secession of the Town of Kyabram on 1 April 1954, the eastern part of the shire, adjoining Shepparton and centered on Mooroopna (which had become home to the Ardmona fruit cannery in 1922), unsuccessfully attempted to secede from Rodney, a move driven by the town's Chamber of Commerce. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Rodney was abolished, and along with the City of Shepparton, the Shire of Shepparton and some neighbouring districts, was merged into the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
