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Angas Parsons
Sir Herbert Angas Parsons, KBE, KC (23 May 1872 – 2 November 1945), generally known as Sir Angas Parsons, was a Cornish Australian lawyer, politician and judge. Early life and education Parsons was born in North Adelaide on 23 May 1872, the only son of Cornish born minister and politician John Langdon Parsons (1837–1903) and his first wife Rose. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and Roseworthy Agricultural College before spending three years following "pastoral and financial pursuits". He then studied law at the University of Adelaide, serving his articles with George Ash and graduating in March 1897, aged 24. Career He was admitted to the Bar later in 1897. He joined with Patrick McMahon Glynn, KC. in partnership in 1898; they were joined in October 1908 by George McEwin and subsequently by (later Sir) Mellis Napier. In 1912 he stood for parliament and was elected member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Torrens (1912-1915), and subsequently me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Torrens
Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Located along the River Torrens, it is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia noted for being the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is an suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east. It includes the suburbs of Gilles Plains, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Manningham, Oakden, Vale Park, Valley View and Windsor Gardens. Torrens has had three incarnations as a South Australian House of Assembly electoral district. It was first created for the 1902 election as a five-seat multi-member district stretching from the north-eastern suburbs through the eastern and southern suburbs to the south-western suburbs; together with the three-member Port Adelaide (covering the north-western and western suburbs) and the four-member Adelaide (covering central Adelaide and the inner-northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McEwin (lawyer)
George McEwin (1873 – 5 August 1945) was a lawyer and philanthropist in Adelaide, South Australia. He was a grandson of George McEwin, gardener, orchardist, and maker of Glen Ewin jams. History McEwin was born in Hindmarsh, South Australia where his father, Rev. John McEwin (1845–1894) was pastor of the local Congregational Church. He was educated at Whinham College, graduating top of the State in 1889, and worked for the AMP Society for four years. He then became articled to James Henderson, qualified in law at the University of Adelaide, and was called to the South Australian Bar in 1899. He worked as a clerk for Murray, Hayward and Magarey before branching out to work for himself, with offices in Grenfell Street. In October 1908 he joined Patrick McMahon Glynn, KC. and Sir Angas Parsons in partnership, subsequently joined by (later Sir) Mellis Napier. In March 1920 Glynn, Parsons, McEwin & Napier amalgamated with Baker & Barlow to become Baker, Glynn, Parsons & Co. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice William Parish
Maurice William Parish (29 December 1890 – 17 January 1980) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Murray from 1915 to 1918. He was elected at as a United Labor Party member, left the party to join the National Party in the 1917 Labor split, and became an independent in 1918. Parish was born in Melbourne, with his family moving to Murray Bridge at the age of four. He was a building contractor before entering politics, and was elected as a District Council of Mobilong councillor in 1914. He was subsequently chairman of the Mobilong council from 1915 until 1924, and then the first mayor of the Corporate Town of Murray Bridge from 1924 until 1927, later returning as mayor in the 1930s. He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1915 state election for the United Labor Party in the seat of Murray. Parish was the youngest person to win a seat in the House at the time of his election, having been only 24. He l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dunn (Australian Politician)
George Alexander Dunn (27 March 1859 – 18 July 1925) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Murray from 1915 to 1918, when his colleagues were Maurice Parish and Harry D. Young. He was elected as a member of the United Labor Party, but joined the National Party in 1917. He was born at Macclesfield, South Australia, to Thomas (died before 1889) and his wife Jane Dunn (c. 1824 – October 1916), and served an apprenticeship as a carpenter. At the age of 14 he moved to Strathalbyn, and later to Adelaide. He spent some years in Victoria where he married Kate Lindsay Wood (daughter of Henry Wood, Melbourne) on 9 October 1889 at the Collins Street Congregational Church. He then returned to South Australia, settling in Summertown, where he was an orchardist. He served as a District Council of East Torrens councillor, and served a term as chairman. He was a member of the Summertown Institute and served as secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ryan (1870–1943)
Thomas Ryan (9 January 1870 – 22 November 1943) was a railway worker, estate agent, trade unionist and politician. He served as the Labor member for Torrens (1909–1912) and Sturt (1915–1917) in the South Australian House of Assembly. He left the Labor Party in the 1917 Labor split, and served as a National Party member for several months before resigning his South Australian seat upon his election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the 1917 Victorian election, serving as the Nationalist Party member for Essendon from 1917 to 1924. Ryan was born in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... arrived in Australia about 1890. He was orphaned at about the age of nine while living in South Africa; little is known of his early life. Ryan died at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dankel
George Casper Adolph Maria Prosper Dankel (6 March 1864 – 31 May 1926) was one of the first members of the Australian House of Representatives who was not of Anglo-Celtic origin. He was born in Germany and, given the social tensions generated by World War I, it is understandable he chose to retire in the 1917 election. He was a member for the Division of Boothby in South Australia from 1913 until 1917. Prior to that, he was a state MP in the seat of Torrens from 1905 to 1912. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party, switching to the Nationalist Party of Australia in 1917. Dankel left Germany for Australia at the age of 15, primarily to avoid military service. He worked in the country for several years before settling in Kensington and opening a butcher shop. He served on the district council and was a foundation member of the Australian Labor Party. He was elected as a member for Torrens in 1905, 1906 and 1910, but was defeated in 1912. In 1913, he defeated the sitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vaughan (Australian Politician)
John Howard Vaughan CBE (14 November 1879 – 21 August 1955), known as Howard, was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1912 to 1918, representing the United Labor Party (1912-1917) and the National Party (1917-1918). He served as the Attorney-General of South Australia from 1915 to 1917. In the 1917 Labor split, Vaughan was expelled along with his brother, Premier Crawford Vaughan, and joined the new National Party. Upon the defeat of the Vaughan ministry in July 1917, Vaughan did not nominate for a position in the new coalition ministry of Archibald Peake, and enlisted to serve in World War I. He was controversially opposed at the 1918 election while away on active service, and being unable to campaign was defeated by Labor candidate Tom Gluyas. Vaughan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Homburg
Hermann Robert Homburg (17 March 1874 – 12 December 1964) was a South Australian politician and lawyer. Early life Homburg was born in Norwood and educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. Following his admission to the bar in 1897, he practised law at his father's legal firm, Homburg & Melrose. Homburg's German-born father, Robert Homburg, was also a prominent South Australian politician and lawyer. Robert Homburg had served as Attorney-General of South Australia on three separate occasions, and also, later, as a justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the first non-British migrant to be appointed to such a position in Australia. Homburg supported participation in sport more than watching it. He was member and captain of the Glen Osmond Cricket Club and chairman of the North Adelaide Cycling Club. Before World War I Representing his father's former electorate, Hermann Homburg served as a non- Labor Party member for Murray in the House of As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar tissue known as fibrosis due to damage caused by liver disease. Damage causes tissue repair and subsequent formation of scar tissue, which over time can replace normal functioning tissue, leading to the impaired liver function of cirrhosis. The disease typically develops slowly over months or years. Early symptoms may include tiredness, weakness, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, nausea and vomiting, and discomfort in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. As the disease worsens, symptoms may include itchiness, swelling in the lower legs, fluid build-up in the abdomen, jaundice, bruising easily, and the development of spider-like blood vessels in the skin. The fluid build-up in the abdomen may become spontaneously infected. More serious complications include hepatic encephalopathy, bleeding from dilated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lavington Bonython
Sir John Lavington Bonython (10 September 1875 – 6 November 1960) was a prominent public figure in Adelaide, known for his work in journalism, business and politics. In association with his father, he became involved in the management of newspapers including '' The Advertiser''; he also served as editor of ''The Saturday Express'' and as a journalist. After ''The Advertiser'' was sold in 1929 and converted to a public company, he became a director, and for a time vice-chairman; an association that continued until his death. In 1901 he began a long association with the Adelaide City Council, serving as Mayor of Adelaide (1911–1913) and later as Lord Mayor of Adelaide (1927–1930). He was knighted in 1935.W. B. PitcherBonython, Sir John Lavington (1875 - 1960) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 341-342. The now removed Lavington Bonython Fountain on North Terrace was erected in front of the SA Museum in his honour. Biograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Club
The Adelaide Club is an exclusive gentlemen's club situated on North Terrace in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. Founded in 1863, the club comprises members of the Adelaide Establishment. South Australian Club (1838–1843) An earlier club with similar aims and membership was the South Australian Club, founded in 1838, which purchased the Victoria Hotel from William Williams on Hindley Street for their premises. Members included Sturt, Morphett and Fisher. Membership was by ballot; joining fee 10 gns., membership 2 gns. ''per annum''. It folded in 1843 after failing financially. History and description The club's headquarters are at the club house at 165 North Terrace in the city centre. The club house was built in the same year as the club's establishment in 1864, after 14 prominent colonists, including John Baker, John Morphett and Arthur Blyth, raised £4000 for the building. The building was designed by one of the founding members, Edward Angus Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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