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J. R. Robertson
James Robert Robertson (1867 – 14 January 1928) was an educator in South Australia, head of Prince Alfred College preparatory school. History Robertson was born in Orkney, and was brought out to Australia by his parents when a boy. He attended the Port Adelaide Public School in the days of headmaster Allen Martin, and like his fellow schoolmate and lifelong friend W. R. Bayly, won a scholarship to Prince Alfred College, which he joined as a student in 1881. He joined the staff of Prince Alfred College in 1884 and was appointed head of the preparatory school perhaps around 1900. He resigned in 1919 to devote his efforts to Freemasonry. Despite the early age at which he left for Australia, he was regarded as a "typical Scotsman" by all, especially Andrew D. Young, Chief of the Caledonian Society of South Australia, Caledonian Society. He died at his home on The Esplanade, Brighton, South Australia, Brighton after a long illness. Freemasonry Robertson was initiated in Leopold Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Alfred College
, motto_translation = Do Brave Deeds and Endure , established = 1869 , type = Independent, single-sex, day & boarding , headmaster = David Roberts , chaplain = Reverend Mark Dickens , city = Kent Town , state = South Australia , country = Australia , coordinates = , area = 24.24 acres , enrolment = ~1420 (ELC-12) , grades = K–12 , gender = Boys , religion = Uniting Church , num_employ = , colours = Maroon & White , affiliation = Sports Association for Adelaide Schools , website = Prince Alfred College (also referred to as PAC, Princes, or in sporting circles, The Reds) is a private, independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orkney
Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of the coast of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island, the Mainland, has an area of , making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the tenth-largest island in the British Isles. Orkney’s largest settlement, and also its administrative centre, is Kirkwall. Orkney is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, a lieutenancy area, and an historic county. The local council is Orkney Islands Council, one of only three councils in Scotland with a majority of elected members who are independents. The islands have been inhabited for at least years, originally occupied by Mesolithic and Neolithic tribes and then by the Picts. Orkney wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News (Adelaide)
''The News'' was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that had its origins in 1869, and finally ceased circulation in 1992. Through much of the 20th century, '' The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News'' the afternoon tabloid, with '' The Sunday Mail'' covering weekend sport, and '' Messenger Newspapers'' community news. Its former names were ''The Evening Journal'' (1869–1912) and ''The Journal'' (1912–1923), with the Saturday edition called ''The Saturday Journal'' until 1929. History ''The Evening Journal'' ''The News'' began as ''The Evening Journal'', witVol. I No. Iissued on 2 January 1869. From 11 September 1912Vol. XLVI No. 12,906 it was renamed ''The Journal.'' News Limited was established in 1923 by James Edward Davidson, when he purchased the Broken Hill ''Barrier Miner'' and the Port Pirie '' Recorder''. He then went on to purchase ''The Journal'' and Adelaide's weekly sports-focussed ''Mail' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Martin
Allen Martin (12 August 1844 – 13 July 1924) was an English sailor who founded a private school at Port Adelaide, became the founding headmaster of Port Adelaide Central School, and was later an inspector of schools for the South Australian Department for Education. History Martin was born in Bosham, Sussex, the son of John Martin, a master mariner engaged in the coastal trade. Martin was educated at a local church school, then entered the upper grade (reserved for sons of master mariners and naval officers) of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, where he trained as an instructor and achieved a teacher's certificate. He taught for a while, then joined the shipping firm Soames Brothers trading to India and Australia, eventually becoming mate of the ''Dartmouth''. In 1867, after six or seven years at sea he quit the ship in Sydney, and joined the gold rush to Gympie, Queensland, followed by Kilkaven and Rockhampton. He had little luck and as mate of various vessels worked his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenelg Guardian
Glenelg may refer to Places Australia * Glenelg, South Australia, a beachside suburb of Adelaide * Glenelg River (Victoria) * Glenelg River (Western Australia) * Glenelg County, Western Australia, a former county * Shire of Glenelg, Victoria * Shire of Glenelg (former), Victoria, abolished in 1994 * City of Glenelg, a local government area in South Australia * Electoral district of Glenelg (South Australia), a former district of the South Australian House of Assembly * Electoral district of Glenelg (Victoria), a former district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Canada * Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick, Canada * Glenelg, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community * Glenelg, Ontario, Canada, a former township which was merged into West Grey township Elsewhere * Glenelg, Highland, Scotland, a community area and civil parish * Glenelg, Maryland, United States, an unincorporated community * Glenelg, Mars Sports * Glenelg Baseball Club, a member of the South Australian Baseball League * Gle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caledonian Society Of South Australia
The Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia was founded in Adelaide in 1881 as the South Australian Caledonian Society to promote Scottish culture and traditions in South Australia. History Foundation members included A. W. Dobbie and Patrick Gay. Chiefs *1881–1883 Alexander Hay MLC. *1883–1885 Dr. Allan Campbell MLC. *1885–1886 Hon. Sir J. Lancelot Stirling *1886–1887 Hon. James Henderson Howe MLC. *1887–1888 David Murray *1888–1891 Aloysius MacDonald *1891–1892 Hugh Fraser *1892–1894 Hon. John Darling MLC. *1894–1895 Aloysius MacDonald *1895–1897 Hon. A. Wallace Sandford MLC. *1897–1899 John Wyles JP. *1899–1902 A. J. McLachlan *1902–1903 G. Fowler Stewart *1903–1904 P. D. Haggart *1904–1907 John Darling Jr. *1907–1909 John Wood Sandford *1909–1914 Robert Weymss *1914–1917 George McEwin *1917–1918 John Drummond *1918–1921 J. W. Hill *1921–1923 Duncan Fraser SM. *1924–1925 James W. McGregor *1925–1928 Andrew Douglas Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, South Australia
Brighton is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside Holdfast Bay. Some notable features of the area are the Brighton-Seacliff Yacht Club, the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club, the Brighton Jetty, and a beach. The Windsor Theatre, constructed in 1925, is a long-standing institution. History The Kaurna people inhabited the area before British colonisation of South Australia. Witu-wattingga has become the accepted Kaurna name for the area, although its origin is probably arose through confusion with Wita-wattingga, the certified Kaurna name for an area around present-day Seacliff Park, meaning "in the midst of peppermint gums". (There is, however, a Kaurna language meaning for ''witu-watti'', meaning "reeds in the middle", so could be applied to some small, intermittent swamps with reeds in the area, such as one near Young Street in Seacliff.) Brighton Post Office opened on 27 August 1849. Brighton Jetty Post Office opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucindale, South Australia
Lucindale is a small town in the south-east of South Australia. The town is located south east of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Lucindale had a population of 301. The town is best known for hosting the annual South East Field Days, attracting over 26,000 visitors every March. History The town was proclaimed on 25 January 1877. It was named after Lady Jeannie Lucinda Musgrave—the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Anthony Musgrave. It was a station on the Kingston-Naracoorte railway line which opened around the same time and closed on 28 November 1987 then dismantled on 15 September 1991. A school was established in 1878. The Post Office opened on 1 May 1877 but was known as Baker's Range for a few months. The locality of Lucindale was proclaimed on 3 December 1998. Today Lucindale is home to a health centre, licensed post office and newsagent and a service station. Education from reception to Year 12 is provided by the Lucindale Area School. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The South Eastern Times
The ''South Eastern Times'' is a newspaper established in Millicent, South Australia in 1891, advertised on its masthead as covering the area which includes Millicent, Robe, Beachport, Tantanoola, Kalangadoo and Southend. After 129 years of publishing, however, the newspaper (along with sister publication ''The Pennant'') was discontinued on 21 August 2020. However, in March 2022 the newspaper was relaunched by TBW Today Pty Ltd after an 18 month hiatus. History A weekly paper named the ''Millicent Times'' was founded in July 1891 by Roland Campbell and was taken over in 1894 by his brother Donald Campbell. The Campbells severed connection with the paper in 1901. It was taken over by a consortium of businessmen led by Henrich Wilhelm Altschwager, and in 1906 given a new title, though the old name persisted, at least colloquially. The first managing editor was J. C. Harper, of Woodend, Victoria, who left for Broken Hill in 1907 to manage the ''Barrier Truth''. It became, like its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1867 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed after its designer, John A. Roebling, in 1983. * January 8 – African-American men are granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia. * January 11 – Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again. * January 30 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan dies suddenly, age 36, leaving his 14-year-old son to succeed as Emperor Meiji. * January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Bey Karam leaves Lebanon aboard a French ship for Algeria. * February 3 – '' Shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshinobu abdicates, and the late Emperor Kōmei's son, Prince Mutsuhito, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan in a brief ceremony in Kyoto, ending the Late Tokugawa shogunate. * February 7 – West Virginia University is established in Morgantown, West Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Deaths
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Headmasters
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, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
