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Richard Bullock Andrews
Richard Bullock Andrews (11 May 1823 – 26 June 1884) was an Australian politician and judge. Early life Richard Bullock Andrews was born in Epping, Essex, England the eldest child of Richard Bullock Andrews, an attorney, and his wife Emma Ann. From December 1839 Bullock worked in his father's solicitors business. On 15 August 1846 he married Elizabeth Holtaway (29 August 1818 – 15 February 1906), daughter of a solicitor. Andrews emigrated to South Australia, arriving there 14 December 1852 aboard the steamship ''Sydney''. In 1853 he was appointed a notary public, on 3 May 1853 he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of South Australia. He practised in the Local Court at Mount Barker, South Australia and then set up an office in Adelaide. Politics In June 1857 he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly for electoral district of Yatala, Yatala and was Attorney-General of South Australia in the Robert Richard Torrens, Torrens minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill River (South Australia)
The Hill River is an ephemeral river located in the Mid North region of the Australian state of South Australia. Course and features The Hill River rises about east of Penwortham and then flows northward for about . Hill River runs roughly parallel to Hutt River, approximately to the west. Near the town of Spalding Hill River becomes a tributary of the Broughton River shortly before the Hutt merges also. The Hill River drains a catchment area of . Flows which are intermittent, can result from either winter rains or local thunderstorms. The average annual observed flow in 2000–04 was . Most of the catchment emanates from the Camels Hump Range and to a lesser degree from the Stony Range. Slab Hut Creek is amongst the more significant tributaries. The river has a low gradient which, combined with a broad and shallow catchment valley, renders it unsuitable as the site of any significant reservoir. In some areas the clearing of native vegetation has led to erosion and steep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Murray (manufacturer)
Alexander Murray J.P. (25 December 1803 – 10 April 1880) with his son, also named Alexander, founded Murray & Son, biscuit and jam manufacturers of Coromandel Valley in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He served for a short term in the South Australian parliament. History Alex, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, left Britain with his wife and four-year-old son Alexander Jr. on the ''India'' for South Australia and arrived on 4 January 1840. They initially settled at Morphett Vale and began farming there. He had skills as a painter. In 1845 he took an exhibition, "South Australia As It Is", to Scotland. He moved to Coromandel Valley where he built a home, "Craiglee." In 1857 he built a factory to manufacture biscuits, the first in South Australia, and ten years later was producing around of biscuits annually. He started making "Adelaide" jams sometime before 1869 and by 1876 was producing 500 tons annually. Politics He was a member of the South Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peacock And Son
Peacock & Son was a tanning and wool-brokering business in the early days of South Australia. Three members of the family were notable public figures: William Peacock (c. 1790 – 20 January 1874) was a successful businessman and one of the colony's first parliamentarians. His eldest son Joseph Peacock carried on the family business and was a member of parliament. His youngest son Caleb Peacock was a member of parliament and Mayor of Adelaide from 1875 to 1877, the first such born in the Colony. William and family sailed for South Australia on the "Glenalvon", a ship he chartered, arriving at Holdfast Bay on 28 December 1838. William Peacock William commenced his tannery business in Grenfell Street in 1839, with a fellmongering facility at Adam Street, Hindmarsh. He had moved by 1868 to Thebarton His was the first major tannery, ahead of both Dench & Co. and G. W. Bean, and the first to export acacia bark. The Adam Street property was sold in July 1903 to fellmongers Michell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hallett (South Australian Politician)
John Hallett (30 August 1804 – 10 June 1868) was a businessman, pastoralist and politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia who was implicated in the massacre of Aborigines at Mount Bryan, South Australia in the 1840s. History John Hallett was born in Woodford, Essex. He and his family emigrated to South Australia on the , under Captain John Finlay Duff, arriving at Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island on 6 November 1836. Hallett, who was a business associate of Duff and both part-owners of the ship, was one of those who remained on the island, at least in part to assist in a search party for group who on 1 November went ashore to hike along the north of the island, a trek that took much longer than anticipated. Hallett and his family lived for a time on Kangaroo Island before moving to Glenelg. He and his wife were present at the Proclamation on 28 December 1836, and purchased a town acre at the first land sale on 27 March 1837. He set up a business with Duff as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward McEllister
Edward McEllister (c. 1809 – 12 May 1866) was a politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia. History McEllister emigrated from Ireland, perhaps County Tipperary arriving in December 1839 aboard ''Delhi'' and served as a mounted policeman stationed for a time at Port Lincoln, then some time before 1845 took up business in Rundle Street, Adelaide, which proved lucrative, and he retired in 1850. McEllister was a member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Yatala from March 1860 to November 1862. He failed to be re-elected due to his support for compulsory Bible studies in State schools. He served in the Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ... from 1865 until his death the following year. He was survived by a widow, two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavington Glyde
Lavington Glyde (24 April 1823 – 31 July 1890) was a Treasurer of South Australia. Glyde was born on 24 April 1823 in Exeter, Devon. England, and emigrated to South Australia in 1847. Ten years later he entered the South Australian Legislative Assembly, in which he sat in every parliament from the first to the tenth inclusive. From 1857 to 1860 he represented East Torrens, from March 1860 to May 1875 Yatala, and from May 1877 to April 1884 Victoria. He was Treasurer in the Francis Dutton Ministry in July 1863, and Minister of Lands on four occasions: from July 1863, to July 1864, October to November 1865, May 1867 to September 1868, and October to November 1868, in the first Henry Ayers, the first John Hart, and the fourth and fifth Ayers Ministries respectively. Mr. Glyde was Treasurer in Arthur Blyth's Government from July 1873 to May 1875, and again in John Bray's Government from June 1881 to April 1884. Glyde subsequently retired from public life, and in October 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harvey (Australian Politician)
John Harvey (22 July 1821 – 22 June 1899) was a farmer, horse breeder and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He is remembered as the founder of the town of Salisbury, South Australia. History Harvey was born in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He was of African descent; his father was from the island of St Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean west of the coast of the south-west of Africa. When he was 18, on finishing "a good education", he emigrated to the province of South Australia on the ''Superb'', arriving in October 1839, three years after the establishment of government by British settlers. In 1844 Harvey went to Gawler, where there was only one house, the "Old Spot"; at that time he was the only non-Aboriginal person living on the plains between Dry Creek and Gawler, a distance of . He drove a mail coach for some time between Adelaide and Gawler before buying land near Gawler and from Port Gawler to Mount Torrens, which he made available to over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Yatala
Yatala is a former electorate of the South Australian House of Assembly located within the cadastral Hundred of Yatala. It was one of the original Assembly districts in 1857, abolished in 1902. Yatala was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, William Giles, then Arthur Blyth Sir Arthur Blyth (19 March 1823 – 7 December 1891) was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75. Early life The son of William Blyth and his wife, Sarah Wilkins, he was born at Birmingham, England on 21 ... being the members. Rural at the time, most parts of the district would now be considered metropolitan. Members References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yatala Electoral districts of South Australia 1857 establishments in Australia 1902 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Simeon Hare
Charles Simeon Hare (1808 – 22 July 1882) was a politician in colonial South Australia. Hare was born in London, England, and arrived in South Australia in September 1836, with Sir John Morphett, to whom he acted as private secretary, and was subsequently employed by the South Australian Company. In July 1851 he was elected to the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council for West Torrens. After the results initially appearing to be a tie of 197 each for him and his opponent he was declared the winner days later by a majority of two votes. He resigned from Parliament in June of 1854. He was a vigorous opponent of State aid to religion and transportation. In January 1855 he was appointed a Commissioner for effectuating the wishes of Parliament in relation to the Adelaide and Gawler Railway Bill. On 5 March 1857 Hare was elected to the first South Australian Legislative Assembly for Yatala, but resigned on 12 May 1857, on being appointed Superintendent of the Stockade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The South Australian Advertiser
''The Advertiser'' is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 , National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of Keith Murdoch in the 1950s, and the full ownership of Rupert Murdoch in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. Through much of the 20th century, ''The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News (Adelaide), The News'' the afternoon tabloid, wi ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
