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Gerard Tucker
Gerard Kennedy Tucker OBE (18 February 1885 – 24 May 1974, sometimes referred to as G. Kennedy Tucker, was an Anglican priest in Melbourne, Australia. Tucker founded the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1930 and the forerunner of Oxfam Australia in 1953. Early life Tucker was born in the vicarage of Christ Church, South Yarra, Melbourne, where his father (the Rev Horace Finn Tucker) was the vicar. He was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. From childhood he wanted to follow his father and grandfather as a priest. He worked briefly in a sugar factory and on a relation's farm, but his father finally agreed that he should study for the priesthood. In 1906 he entered St Wilfrid's Theological College, Cressy and in 1908 moved to St John's Theological College, Melbourne. Association of the Divine Call In 1908, two students at St John's decided to form a religious community, the Association of the Divine Call, with three-year vows of celibacy. The two students we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Modern honours, knight if male or a dame (title), dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with the order, but are not members of it. The order was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, who created the order to recognise 'such persons, male or female, as may have rendered or shall hereafter render important services to Our Empire'. Equal recognition was to be given for services rendered in the UK and overseas. Today, the majority of recipients are UK citizens, though a number of Commonwealth realms outside the UK continue to make appointments to the order. Honorary awards may be made to cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle ( ; ), is a large Metropolitan area, metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie and it is the hub of the List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Lower Hunter region, which includes most parts of the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, Maitland, City of Cessnock, Cessnock, and Port Stephens Council. Newcastle is also known by its colloquial nickname, Newy. A Newcastle resident can also be known as a Wiktionary, Novocastrian. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its Hunter Valley Coal Chain, coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 143 million tonnes of coal in 2022. Beyon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne General Cemetery
The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large (43 hectare) necropolis located north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton North. The cemetery is notably the resting place of five Prime Ministers of Australia, more than any other necropolis within Australia. Former Prime Minister Harold Holt's headstone is a memorial, as his remains have never been discovered. History The cemetery was established in 1852 and opened on 1 June 1853, and the Old Melbourne Cemetery (on the site of what is now the Queen Victoria Market) was closed the next year. The grounds feature several heritage buildings, many in bluestone, including a couple of chapels and a number of cast iron pavilions. The gatehouses are particularly notable. Gatehouse Mausoleum, designed by architect Philip Harmer, was constructed at the cemetery in 2004. Notable interments Prime Ministers Garden Six Prime Ministers of Australia are memorialised at Melbourne General Cemetery. Four are interred in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara, Victoria
Lara is a town in Victoria, 18 km north-east of the Geelong CBD, inland from the Princes Freeway to Melbourne. Its population at the 2021 census was 19,014. History Lara and its surrounding land was occupied for tens of thousands of years before European colonisation by the Wadawurrung people. The explorers Hume and Hovell arrived at Lara on 16 December 1824, believing that they had reached Westernport Bay. They recorded that the Aboriginals described the bay as ''Djillong'' and land as ''Corayo'', suggesting origins for the names of Geelong and Corio. The area was originally named Kennedy's Creek but was also given several different names, including Duck Ponds, Hovell's Creek, Cheddar, Swindon and Lara Lake. There were no more than a few farms there at that time. The railway through the town was opened in 1857 along with the local railway station, and several residential subdivisions were then announced. A Post Office opened on 1 March 1858 as Duck Ponds, ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Aid Abroad
Oxfam Australia is an Australian, independent, charity, not-for-profit, secular, community-based aid and development organization, and is an affiliate of the Oxfam International Confederation. Oxfam Australia's work is divided into four broad categories covering climate justice, Economic Justice, Gender Justice and First Peoples Justice as well as Humanitarian response. They believe that poverty in the 21st century is less a problem of scarcity but the result of how resources, opportunities, and protections are distributed and wielded. Oxfam Australia advocates for long-term inclusive development projects, responding to emergencies, and campaigning to improve the lives of people living with poverty around the world. They aim to give disadvantaged people improved access to social services, an effective voice in decisions, equal rights and status, and safety and security from conflict and disaster. Oxfam Australia's activities are mainly funded by community support income. In 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food For Peace
Since the 1950s, in different administrative and organizational forms, the United States' Food for Peace program has used America's agricultural surpluses to provide food assistance around the world, broaden international trade, and advance U.S. international diplomacy. Approximately 4 billion people in 150 countries have benefited directly from U.S. food assistance."Are Trump and Musk ending a Kansas legacy by shuttering USAID's Food for Peace?," February 2, 2025, '','' retrieved March 2, 2025 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrum Downs, Victoria
Carrum Downs (also known as Crime District) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district via the Monash Freeway, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Carrum Downs recorded a population of 21,976 at the 2021 census. Prior to December 1994 the majority of Carrum Downs was within the City of Cranbourne. However, following statewide local government reform, the suburb was moved to be part of a new, larger City of Frankston. History Karrum Karrum Before European settlers arrived at Port Phillip, Aborigines resting after the stiff climb of Oliver's Hill, Frankston, and looking north along the bay would have viewed a long ribbon of sandy beach shaped vaguely like a boomerang. The area was called Karrum Karrum, or as some of the early squatters interpreted it, Garem Gam, meaning "Boomerang". The swampy marshland behind the sand dunes was a rich hunting ground teeming with wildlife. Carrum Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzroy, Victoria
Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, northeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Planned as Melbourne's first suburb in 1839, it later became one of the city's first areas to gain municipal status, in 1858, then known as Fitz Roy. It occupies Melbourne's smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD, just 100 Hectare, ha. Fitzroy is known as a cultural hub, particularly for its live music scene and street art, and is the main home of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Its commercial heart is Brunswick Street, Melbourne, Brunswick Street, one of Melbourne's major retail, culinary, and nightlife strips. Long associated with the working class, Fitzroy has undergone waves of urban renewal and gentrification since the 1980s and today is home to a wide variety of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Coaldrake
Frank William Coaldrake (12 March 1912 – 22 July 1970) was an Australian priest in the Church of England in Australia (as the Anglican Church of Australia was then called). A noted pacifist during WWII, Coaldrake was subsequently an Anglican missionary in Japan. He was the Chairman of the Australian Board of Missions when, in 1970, he was elected Archbishop of Brisbane, but he died before being consecrated. Early life Coaldrake was born in Brisbane in 1912 to an insurance superintendent, Thomas Coaldrake, and his wife Eliza (née Smith). His siblings included Joyce, Keith (who also became an Anglican clergyman) and Bruce (who donated a significant collection of Aboriginal artefacts to the National Museum of Australia). He was educated at Sandgate State School, Sandgate, and Brisbane Grammar School, and then trained as a teacher at the Queensland Teachers' Training College, Brisbane. During a short teaching career he became an external student at the University of Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Archbishop Of Brisbane
The Archbishop of Brisbane is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, Australia, and ''ex officio'' metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of Queensland The Province of Queensland is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia; its territorial remit includes the Northern Territory and the state of Queensland. The province consists of four dioceses: Brisbane, North Queensland, .... List of bishops and archbishops of Brisbane References External links * – official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Brisbane, Anglican Archbishop of Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops Anglican bishops of Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Board Of Missions
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's, Eastern Hill
St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, is an Australian Anglican church located on the corner of Albert and Gisborne Streets, East Melbourne, Victoria. Part of the Diocese of Melbourne, the administration of the parish dates from 1847 when letters patent of Queen Victoria declaring the city status of Melbourne were read on the steps of St Peter's in 1848. The church is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. St Peter's central position in Melbourne means it is able to extend a number of ministries from the parish. The church the location of a breakfast program for Melbourne's inner-city homeless, a social enterprise coffee cart and a bookstore supplying local Anglican books, church resources and gifts. Location The church is located on the corner of Albert and Gisborne streets on the eastern hill of Melbourne and, on one side, is opposite St Patrick's Cathedral, the Roman Catholic cathedral. On the other side it is opposite the Eastern Hill Fire Station. Although the church is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
