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William Meares
William Edward Devenish Meares (14 December 1848 – 17 October 1923) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class cricket, first-class matches for Otago cricket team, Otago, one in each of the 1873–74 and 1876–77 seasons.William Meares CricInfo. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Early and professional life Meares was born at Kiama, New South Wales, Kiama in the Australian Colony of New South Wales in 1848.William MearesCricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2023. He worked in the life insurance industry, working in Australia for the Victoria Insurance Company in Sydney before being appointed as the company's New Zealand mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiama, New South Wales
Kiama () is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama features several popular surfing beaches and caravan parks, and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurants. Its proximity to the south of Sydney makes it an attractive destination for many day-trippers and weekenders. History Kiama was the site of two strong volcanic flows, called the Gerringong Volcanics, which came out of Saddleback Mountain, now a collapsed volcanic vent. The Kiama Blowhole is part of an erosion process on the more recent rock, formed into columnar basalt, or latite. Before the cedar-getters (comprising ex-convicts, convicts and runaways, some with cedar licences and many without) arrived in the area around 1810, the local Indigenous Australians, Wodi Wodi of the language group Dharawal, had been using the land for thousands of years, moving every six weeks or so in family groups. This is supported by a midden of shells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
