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Harold Stephen
Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen (1841 – 30 November 1889) was an Australian politician. He was born at Penzance in Cornwall to land speculator George Milner Stephen, who would later act as Governor of South Australia, and Mary Hindmarsh, daughter of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, South Australia's first governor. He was educated in Melbourne and in Germany. A journalist, he edited two short-lived publications of his own, the ''Athenaeum'' and the ''Critic'', and was briefly editor of the ''Sydney Punch''. His family was highly influential in New South Wales: Alfred Stephen, Sir Alfred Stephen was his uncle and Matthew Henry Stephen, Sir Henry Stephen, Montagu Stephen and Septimus Stephen were all cousins. In 1885 Harold Stephen was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Monaro, Monaro. Defeated in 1887, he returned in 1889 but died nine months later in Newtown, New South Wales, Newtown. References {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penzance
Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn, to the north by the civil parish of Madron and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan. The civil parish includes the town of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Cornwall, Paul, Gulval, and Heamoor. Granted various royal charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated on 9 May 1614, it has a population of 21,200 (2011 census). Penzance's former main street Chapel Street has a number of interesting features, including the Egyptian House, Penzance, Egyptian House, The Admiral Benbow public house (home to a real life 19th-century smuggling gang and allegedly the inspira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House, Sydney, Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by Constituency, single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting, optional Instant-runoff voting, preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals Member of the Legislative Assembly#Australia, MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...: * 1856–1858 * 1858–1859 * 1859–1860 * 1860–1864 * 1864–1869 * 1869–1872 * 1872–1874 * 1874–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * 1882–1885 * 1885–1887 * 1887–1889 * 1889–1891 * 1891–1894 * 1894–1895 * 1895–1898 * 1898–1901 * 1901–1904 * 1904–1907 * 1907–1910 * 1910–1913 * 1913–1917 * 1917–1920 * 1920–1922 * 1922–1925 * 1925–1927 * 1927–1930 * 1930–1932 * 1932–1935 * 1935–1938 * 1938–1941 * 1941–1944 * 1944–1947 * 1947–1950 * 1950–1953 * 1953–1956 * 1956–1959 * 1959–1962 * 1962–1965 * 1965–1968 * 1968–1971 * 1971–1973 * 1973–1976 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a Vision (spirituality), vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally Incorporation (business), incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Births
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom and Qishan of the Qing dynasty agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – **El Salvador proclaims itself an independent republic, bringing an end to the Federal Republic of Central America. **A fire destroys two-thirds of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – The first known reference is made to Groundhog Day, celebrated in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Miller (politician)
Gustave Thomas Carlisle Miller (26 November 1852 – 20 October 1918) was an Australian politician. He was born in Prospect to farmer William Richardson Miller and Catherine Engel. He was educated at St Philip's and Fort Street schools before becoming a journalist. He managed the ''Monaro Mercury'' from 1876 and ran the ''Cooma Express'' from 1879. Around 1881 he married Emmeline Annie Hewison at Cooma; they would have seven children. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Monaro, representing the Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party, also known as the Protectionist Liberal Party or Liberal Protectionist Party, was an Politics of Australia, Australian political party, formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. T .... In 1901, however, he joined the Labor Party, and represented Monaro in that capacity until his death in Marrickville in 1918. References {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas O'Mara
Thomas Chrysostom O'Mara (1847 – 23 June 1891) was an Australian politician. He was born in Tumut to pastoralist Timothy O'Mara and Johanna Quilty. He was a barrister, admitted to the bar in 1874. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tumut Tumut () is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River. Tumut sits on the north-west foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is located on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri, Wolgalu .... Defeated in 1885, he returned in 1887 as the member for Monaro, but was defeated once more in 1889. He died at Burwood in 1891. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Omara, Thomas 1847 births 1891 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Dawson (Australian Politician)
Henry Dawson (4 December 1849 – 1 January 1919) was an Australian politician. He was born at Cooma to police magistrate Robert Dawson and Margaret Hartnett. He became a solicitor, practising at Cooma and from 1886 at Sydney. In 1874 he married Helena Druitt, with whom he had two daughters. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Monaro. A Protectionist Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. ..., he held the seat until his defeat in 1894. Dawson died at Dulwich Hill in 1919. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Henry 1849 births 1919 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians People from Cooma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ryrie
David Ryrie (16 August 1829 – 13 July 1893) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to pastoralist Stewart Ryrie and Isabella Cassels. A pastoralist himself, he ran a number of properties with his brother Alexander. On 8 November 1865 he married Ellen Eliza Faunce, with whom he had eleven children. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ... for Monaro in an 1884 by-election, but did not re-contest the general election the following year. Ryrie died in Sydney in 1893. See also * Stewart Ryrie, his father * Alexander Ryrie, his brother * William Ryrie, his half brother. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryrie, David 1829 births 1893 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Badgery
Henry Septimus Badgery (9 December 1840 – 23 August 1917) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Badgery was born at Sutton Forest, New South Wales, and married, in 1869, Julia, daughter of G. M. Pitt, of Sydney. He was member for East Maitland East Maitland is a suburb in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people. Commercial areas Green Hills is a major commercial district called which includes the larg ... in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales from 5 June 1878 to 9 November 1880, and was afterwards twice elected for Monaro, serving from 2 December 1880 to 7 October 1885. Having joined the Dibbs Ministry as Secretary for Public Works, on 7 October 1885, he was defeated at Camden 12 days later and resigned office on the 31st of the same month. Following the death of his first wife in 1894 at age 52, Badgery married a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown, New South Wales
Newtown, a suburb of Inner West, Sydney's inner west, is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government areas of the City of Sydney and Inner West Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia. King Street, Newtown, King Street is the main street of Newtown and centre of commercial and entertainment activity. The street follows the spine of a long ridge that rises up near the University of Sydney and extends to the south, becoming the Princes Highway at its southern end. A34 (Sydney), Enmore Road branches off King Street towards the suburb of Enmore, New South Wales, Enmore at Newtown Bridge, where the road passes over the Main Suburban railway line at Newtown railway station, Sydney, Newtown railway station. Enmore Road and King Street together comprise 9.1 kilometres of over 600 shopfronts. The main shopping strip of Newtown is the longest and most comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Monaro
Monaro, also known as Maneroo (1856–1858), Monara (1858–1879) and Manaro (1894–1904) is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Steve Whan of the New South Wales Labor Party, Labor party since the 2023 New South Wales state election. Monaro is a regional district in the south of the state. It encompasses the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council and Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Its significant population centres include Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood, New South Wales, Braidwood, Cooma, Bombala, Captains Flat, Nimmitabel, Delegate, New South Wales, Delegate, Bredbo, Michelago, Berridale, New South Wales, Berridale, Jindabyne, New South Wales, Jindabyne and Adaminaby. History The electorate was created in 1856 for the First Parliament under the name Maneroo, derived from an indigenous Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
