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Jim Eve
James Sydney Wallace Eve, MBE (23 October 1899 – 24 August 1978) was an Australian sports administrator and former Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the Australian Olympic Federation and Australian Brititish Empire & Commonwealth Games Association. Personal Eve was born on 23 October 1899 in Parramatta, New South Wales. His father was Albert Sydney Eve and mother Fredda Cavill, the daughter of Fred Cavill. Fred Cavill was known as the ''professor of swimming''. Eve's youngest brother was Dick Eve who won the gold medal in the plain high diving competition at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eve was educated at Neutral Bay and Manly commercial public schools. In 1915, he attended Alamada High School in San Francisco, California. He worked as a clerk and company secretary. He died on 24 August 1978 in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Sports administration Swimming Eve and his brother Dick were members of the Manly Amateur Swimming Club. Whilst living in the United States, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Melbourne Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics, equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics. Due to the Southern Hemisphere's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere, the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year, because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host's spring/summer (which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere's autumn/winter), resulting in the only summer games ever to be held in November and December. Australia did not host the Games again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games Australia Officials
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with " republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth or the common wealth – echoed in the modern synonym "public wealth"), it comes from the old meaning of "wealth", which is "well-being", and is itself a loose translation of the Latin res publica (republic). The term literally meant "common well-being". In the 17th century, the definition of "commonwealth" expanded from its original sense of "public welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ..." or "wikt:commonweal, commonweal" to mean "a state in which the supreme power i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Olympic Committee Administrators
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] |
1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted priso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games Australia
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) is the Commonwealth Games Association for Australia, and is responsible for representing and promoting the Commonwealth Sport movement in the country, and organises the participation of athletes at the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. It changed it name from the Australian Commonwealth Games Association to Commonwealth Games Australia in 2015. The Commonwealth Games have been held in Australia five times, most recently the 2018 Commonwealth Games were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Role The CGA is one of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations currently recognised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Working with the national governing bodies of each sport, Commonwealth Games Australia selects Team Australia's members to compete in all sports at the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGA is independent and receives no funding from the government. The non-profit organisation's income comes from fundr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaklands Golf Club
Oaklands may refer to: Places: * Oaklands, Carmarthenshire, Wales * Oaklands, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa * Oaklands, Hertfordshire, England * Oaklands, New South Wales, a town in Australia * Oaklands, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand * Oaklands, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Oaklands, a neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada Institutions: * Oaklands College, in Hertfordshire, England * Oaklands Catholic School, in Hampshire, England Historic houses: * Oaklands (Gardiner, Maine) * Oaklands (Laurel, Maryland) * Oaklands (West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania) * Oaklands, a plantation estate in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, now operated as Oaklands Historic House Museum * Oaklands (Toronto), a former mansion that is now part of De La Salle College in Toronto, Canada * Oaklands, Pambula, a heritage house in New South Wales, Australia Related names: * Oaklands Cemetery, in West Goshen Township, Penns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balgowlah Golf Club
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah (or Bulgowlah) said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Balgowlah is located 12 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Balgowlah shares the postcode 2093 with the adjacent suburbs of Manly Vale, Balgowlah Heights and North Balgowlah. History Balgowlah was named in 1832 after an Aboriginal word meaning ''north harbour'' in reference to its position from Port Jackson. In the early days of European Settlement it had been known as Little Manly. Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister, resided in the building known as Whitehall in White Street. Since 2004, Whitehall has been the site of the Norwegian Seamen's Church. Heritage listings Balgowlah has a number of heritage-listed sites, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Abori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 British Empire Games
The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 years since the foundation of British settlement in Australia). Venues included the Sydney Cricket Ground (the main stadium), the Sydney Sports Ground, North Sydney Olympic Pool and Henson Park. An estimated 40,000 people attended the opening ceremony. A competitors' residential village was established within the grounds of the Sydney Showground. The star of the games was the Australian athlete Decima Norman, who won five gold medals in track and field. Margaret Dovey, later married to Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, finished sixth in the 220 yards breaststroke. Due to the onset of World War II, the games were not held again until 1950. Participating teams * * * * * * * * 23px India * * * * * * * Medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 1934 British Empire Games
Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their second of 2 Commonwealth Games meets. Medallists 1934 Australian Team & Results Athletics 100 yards * Howard Spencer Yates – 6th (heat 10.1, semi 10.1) * Jack C Horsfall – 3rd (heat) * Noel Dempsey – 4th (heat) 220 yards * Jack C Horsfall -3rd (heat 6) * Noel Dempsey – 4th, 22.9 (semi) * Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 22.4 (semi) 440 yards * H Wilton Lander – 3rd (heat) 880 yards *H Wilton Lander – 4th (heat) 440 yards Hurdles * Charles P Reilly – Silver, 55.5 sec Hop, Step, Jump * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Gold, 51 ft 31/2 in (GR) Broad Jump * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Silver, 22 ft 9 in High Jump * John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 4th, 6 ft 2 in Pole Vault * Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – Bronze, 12 ft 3 in 4x110 yards Relay * Noel Dempsey – 4x100 yards Relay – 4th * Jack C Horsfall – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th * H Wilton Lander – 4x110 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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