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Walter Boyd Andrews
Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in Perth, Western Australia and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's Legislative Council. History Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship ''Warrior'' in 1830. He purchased the southern half of Robert Ansell Partridge's property, which he named Daviot Park, for Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland. Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina icJ. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 and John William Andrews in 1834. He was in 1841 a member of the Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the City of Perth. Andrews was associated with Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies including * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Sir Richard Spencer KCH (9 December 1779 – 24 July 1839) the son of Richard Spencer, a London merchant.Australian Encyclopaedia, Vol VIII; Angus & Robertson Ltd for Grolier Society of Australia PL (1958) Editor-in-Chief Alec H Chisholm He was a captain of the Royal Navy who served in a number of battles, particularly against the French. In 1833 he was appointed Government Resident at King George's Sound, now Albany, Western Australia. He was born in Southwark, London, and died at Strawberry Hill Government Farm, Mira Mar in Albany, Western Australia. Naval career Spencer joined the ship's complement of the 38-gun frigate HMS ''Arethusa'', in 1793, as captain's servant. He joined the 74-gun in 1794. He took part in the 4th Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, in 1794. He transferred to after she was captured in the battle. He was wounded in action on 23 June. Spencer was appointed a midshipman in 1795 and moved to , a 16-gun sloop, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitelaw Schoales
Rev. John Whitelaw Schoales (1820–1903) was an Anglican priest in the pioneering days of Adelaide, South Australia. History Schoales graduated BA at Trinity College Dublin, arrived in South Australia July 1850 aboard ''Sultana'', attached to St John's Church, Adelaide 1850, St Mary's on the Sturt 1851–1854, All Saints Church, Hindmarsh. He left Australia in 1858, died in England in 1903. :He has been confused with Western Australian barrister and businessman John Schoales jun. (c. 1810 – 10 April 1847), a brother-in-law of Richard West Nash (1808–1850) and son of John Schoales QC (died 1850) of Dublin. John Schoales, jun. was closely identified with programs to settle labourers, servants and orphans into WA. He was appointed Guardian of Juvenile Immigrants (the Parkhurst apprentices, brought in as unskilled labour), withholding their allowances until their 5-year indenture period was over. He was succeeded by F. D. Wittenoom (c. 1821–1863). On 9 September 1851 Schoale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottesloe, Western Australia
Cottesloe is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the Town of Cottesloe. Cottesloe was named for Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, a prominent Tory politician and the brother of Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle for whom the city of Fremantle was named. The nearby suburb of Swanbourne was named for the Fremantle family seat, Swanbourne House, in Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire. Cottesloe was home to Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. The house he built still stands in Jarrad Street. It is now vested jointly in the National Trust of Australia (WA) and Curtin University. Geography Cottesloe is a beach-side suburb of the city of Perth in Western Australia. It is located roughly halfway between Perth's central business district and the port of Fremantle. It is famous for its beaches, cafes and relaxed lifestyle. Cottesloe is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west; a line extending from Boundary Road, Mosman Park to the ocean to the south; the Perth-Fremantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry James Andrews
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Sturt, South Australia
Upper Sturt is a suburb in the inner south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is nestled in the lower reaches of the Mount Lofty Ranges with the Western Half located in the City of Mitcham local government area, and the eastern portion located in the Adelaide Hills Council Local Government Area. Before being gazetted with a place name, the area was often referred to on civil birth, death and marriage registrations as "near Government Farm", which later became Belair National Park. The Upper Sturt area had two stations on the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line, which was constructed through the area in the late 1870s: Nalawort and Upper Sturt, both of which have closed and structures mostly removed. Upper Sturt Primary School was founded in 1879, and has approximately 41 students. Upper Sturt Post Office opened on 1 March 1881. There is a small cafe on the main road that also incorporates a general store adjacent to the Upper Sturt General Store. The Upper Sturt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whinham
North Adelaide Grammar School, later Whinham College was a private school operated in North Adelaide, South Australia by John Whinham (3 August 1803 – 13 March 1886) and his family. History John Whinham The founder of the school was born at Sharperton, Northumberland, and when very young displayed a thirst for knowledge and an aptitude for mathematics. He was tutored by a Roman Catholic clergyman, and at age 19 while acting as an assistant teacher qualified for entry to the University of Dublin, but family illnesses kept him in England, and in 1823 he took to teaching, and opened a school in Ovingham, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was very successful there, and he received offers from Newcastle to move there, but chose to remain in Ovingham, where he married and became the father of six daughters and two sons. He became quite well off financially, but lost most of his savings in the economic downturn of 1848–1849. The family emigrated to Australia on the ''Athenian'', and arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews
Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in Perth, Western Australia and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's Legislative Council. History Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship ''Warrior'' in 1830. He purchased the southern half of Robert Ansell Partridge's property, which he named Daviot Park, for Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland. Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina icJ. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 and John William Andrews in 1834. He was in 1841 a member of the Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the City of Perth. Andrews was associated with Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Gazette And Mining Journal
The ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'' (from 5 July 1845) and ''South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal'' (from 9 October 1847) was a weekly publication in the colony of South Australia which included notices from and about the government between 1845 and 1852. History The colony of South Australia's first publication, called ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', changed its name on 15 June 1839 to become the ''South Australian Register''. Later, in 1845, publisher George Stevenson appropriated the vacancy by publishing his own version under the same name. According to the State Library of South Australia:George Stevenson founded the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal, originally and confusingly titled the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register after Adelaide's first newspaper. Stevenson edited the South Australian Register with an aggressive outspokenness, and continued this approach in his new title. He stated he would be campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Church, Adelaide
St. John's is an Anglican church at the south-east corner of the City of Adelaide dating from 1841. The first building was demolished in 1886 and its replacement opened in 1887. The first church In 1840 the first Anglican church building, Trinity Church, was erected on North Terrace, Adelaide, but soon demands arose for a second place of worship to cater for members in and around Unley and the foothills, and to that end Osmond Gilles donated to the Church Building Society of South Australia half an acre of his section 581 on Halifax Street near the corner of East Terrace and South Terrace. The location could not have been much further from Trinity Church without leaving the city square, and between the two was little more than rough scrub and tracks that became a quagmire in winter. For many years after its establishment it was known colloquially as "St John's in the Wilderness". On 19 October 1839 the foundation stone was laid by Governor Gawler The foundations had been l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Register
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into '' The Advertiser'' almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain "one hundred years of births, deaths, marriages, crime, building history, the establishment of towns and businesses, political and social comment". All issues are freely available online, via Trove. History ''The Register'' was conceived by Robert Thomas, a law stationer, who had purchased for his family of land in the proposed South Australian province after be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walpole Leake
George Walpole Leake (3 December 1825 – 3 October 1895) was a Western Australian barrister and magistrate and nephew of George Leake (1786–1849). For short periods of time he was also Attorney-General of Western Australia. Leake held the following positions in Western Australia: Acting Crown Solicitor, 1857–8, confirmed February 1860; Acting Police Magistrate, Perth, from 1863 to 1866; Public Prosecutor, 1873 to 1874; Q.C. and Crown Solicitor, 1875; Acting Attorney-General and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, 1879 to 1880, and for a short time in 1883; Acting Chief Justice, 1879–80 and 1888; Police Magistrate, Perth, 1881; Acting Government Resident, Geraldton, 1886; Acting Puisne Judge, 1887 and 1889–90. In December 1890 Leake was nominated to the new Western Australian Legislative Council, having resigned his position as police magistrate. Personal life Leake arrived in the Swan River Colony aged 7 on 27 January 1833, on board . He travelled with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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