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Minister Of Mines (Victoria)
The Minister of Mines was a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers Reference list {{Victorian ministries Mines 1860 establishments in Australia 1981 disestablishments in Australia Ministries established in 1860 Ministries disestablished in 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Victoria (Australia)
The state flag of Victoria is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge is the Southern Cross surmounted by an imperial crown, which is currently the St Edward's Crown. The stars of the Southern Cross are white and range from five to eight points with each star having one point pointing to the top of the flag. The flag dates from 1870, with minor variations, the last of which was in 1901. It is the only Australian state flag not to feature the state badge on a round disc. History 1844 separation flag In 1844, John Harrison, the father of H. C. A. Harrison, designed a flag for the Separation Society, an organisation advocating for the separation of the Port Phillip District (present-day Victoria) from the Colony of New South Wales. The flag, featuring "a white star centred on a crimson ground", was flown at a large open-air meeting on Batman's Hill in June 1844. It was described more fully in the '' Port Phillip Gazette'': Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Collard Smith
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. William Collard Smith, (19 July 1830 – 20 October 1894) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Minister of Education 1880 to 1881. Smith was youngest son of William Smith, manager of a large cotton factory at Bollington, in Cheshire, England, where he was born. He emigrated to Victoria in 1852, and ultimately settled at Ballarat, of which he was Mayor. Identifying himself with the mining interest, he began to acquire that ascendency in the local politics of the goldfields' city, which he for many years maintained. Smith was returned to the Legislative Assembly in August 1861 for Ballarat West, in conjunction with the ex-Premier of Victoria, Duncan Gillies, and after a brief retirement stood again in 1871, when he was returned, and represented the constituency without intermission till April 1892, when he was defeated. Lieut.-Colonel Smith, who holds that rank in the local forces, early identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberals (Victoria, Pre-1909)
The Liberal Party, often known simply as the Liberals, was the name used by a number of political groupings and parties in the Victorian Parliament from the late 19th century until around 1917. Before then, multiple Liberal political groupings were active in the Victorian colonial politics. Since that time, a formal political party structure has emerged. History Until federation in 1901, the only major political party active in Victorian state politics was the Labour Party. The main political groupings were the Ministerialists and Oppositionists, which either supported or opposed the government of the day. The first Victorian Premier to be considered a Liberal was Graham Berry, who took office in 1875. He later led the Liberals to victory at the 1877, February 1880 and July 1880 colonial elections. Berry's electoral victory in 1877 came as leader of the National Reform and Protection League, which historian Sean Scalmer contends was Australia's first mass political party with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Foster (Australian Politician)
Henry Foster may refer to: Politicians * Henry A. Foster (1800–1889), American politician from New York * Henry Donnel Foster (1808–1880), American politician from Pennsylvania * Henry Foster (Australian politician) (1846–1902), Australian politician for electoral district of Gippsland East Characters *Henry Foster, a character from Aldous Huxley's novel ''Brave New World'' *Henry Foster, a former character from the ITV1 soap opera ''Coronation Street'' Others *Henry Foster (scientist) (1797–1831), British naval officer, explorer and scientist * Henry Foster (doctor) (1933–2022), failed nominee to the position of Surgeon General of the United States *Harry Foster (cricketer) Henry Knollys Foster Order of the British Empire, MBE (30 October 1873 – 23 June 1950) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University and Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershi ... (1873–1950), British cricketer, real name: H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McColl (politician)
James Hiers McColl (31 January 184420 February 1929) was an Australian politician. Prior to Federation in 1901, he was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1886–1900) and twice held ministerial office. He was known for his interest in agriculture, particularly new irrigation techniques. In the new federal parliament he first represented the Division of Echuca (1901–1906) in the House of Representatives and then served as a Senator for Victoria (1907–1914). He was Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Cook Government (1913–1914). Early life McColl was born in South Shields, County Durham, England, the son of Hugh McColl, and migrated with his family to Australia in 1853, but his mother died before they landed in Melbourne. McColl was educated at the Model School, Sandhurst and for a time at Scotch College, Melbourne. He married Emily Boyle in January 1867 and subsequently became an insurance agent and legal manager. Colonial politics McColl suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Richard Outtrim
Alfred Richard Outtrim (1845 – 1925) was a long-serving Victoria (Australia), Victorian politician who gained a reputation as a competent government minister and a promoter of women's suffrage and regional development. Before Federation, he was a liberal Minister (government), Minister in the James Munro (Australian politician), Munro, William Shiels, Shiels and Allan McLean (Australian politician), McLean governments. He served seven terms in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1885 before being defeated by F. J. Field in 1902. Joining with Labor, Outtrim successfully recontested Maryborough in 1904 and then served an additional seven terms to 1920 ending his political career as the father of the house. Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Victoria. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. From the 1880s, until after Federation in 1901, Victorian politics were dominated by Protectionist Liberals, who were opposed by Free Trade Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (Australian Politician)
David Mortimer Davies (27 August 1839 – 18 June 1894) was a politician in colonial Victoria, Australia. David Mortimer Davies Member of the Legislative Assembly for Grenville 1877 - 1894 Davies was born in Blaina, Monmouthshire, Wales, son of Thomas Davies, a miner, and his wife Annie, ''née'' Lewis. The 1851 Wales Census describes his occupation as 'Miner', he was eleven years old. Ten years later the 1861 Wales Census retains this occupation but adds that he is also a 'Local Independent Preacher', and his address is listed as 'Berea Independent Chapel'. Davies was educated for the ministry at the Brecon Independent College from 1862 until 1866. He emigrated to South Australia on the wool clipper '' Coonatto'', arriving in Adelaide on 14 July 1866. Davies travelled to Wallaroo where he served the English and Welsh Congregational Churches from August 1866 to August 1867 when he took up service at the Congregational Church in Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria, also serving the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Gillies
Duncan Gillies (14 January 1834 – 12 September 1903), was an Australian colonial politician who served as the 14th Premier of Victoria. Biography Gillies was born at Overnewton near Glasgow, Scotland, where his father had a market garden. He was sent to the high school until he was about 14, when he entered an office in Glasgow. In 1852, he arrived in Melbourne and travelled to the goldfields at Ballarat, where he worked first as a miner and later as a businessman and company director. Gillies was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat West in 1861, holding that seat until 1868. A conservative, he was President of the Board of Lands and Works in the short-lived government of Charles Sladen in 1868, which cost him his seat at Ballarat, a strongly liberal constituency. He was elected for Maryborough 1870–77, Rodney 1877–89, Eastern Suburbs 1889–94 and Toorak 1897–1903. He was Commissioner for Railways and Roads in the ministries of James Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dow (Australian Politician)
John Lamont Dow (8 December 1837 – 16 July 1923) was an Australian politician. Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, to weaver David Hill Dow and Agnes Lamont, he arrived in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ... in December 1848 and settled in Geelong, Victoria, Geelong, becoming a farmer. In 1869 he married Marion Jane Orr, with whom he would have eight children. He later became a journalist and edited the ''Leader'', becoming a vociferous advocate for land reform. In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Kara Kara, Kara Kara, serving until 1893; he was Minister for Agriculture (1886–90) and Mines (1886). In 1893 he was declared insolvent and left politics, returning to journalism. He died at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Levien
Jonas Felix Australia Levien (28 March 1840 – 24 May 1906) was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1871 to 1877 and from 1880 until his death. Born in Williamstown, Colony of New South Wales to Benjamin Goldsmith Levien and Eliza Lindo (who both arrived in the Colony of New South Wales from England in 1839), he attended Geelong Grammar School before becoming a farmer at Drysdale. He served as a director for several companies, and his own was a major grower in the Mildura area. On 15 March 1871 he married Clara (née Levien) in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ..., with whom he had four children. He was a Bellarine Shire Councillor from 1869 to 1975 and president from 1870 to 1872. In April 1871 Levien was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Burrowes (Australian Politician)
Robert Burrowes (1825 – 16 September 1893) was a politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Burrowes was born in Perth, Upper Canada, the son of James Burrowes and his wife Henrietta, ''née'' Nixon. After experience in the lumber trade he left Canada in 1852, and arrived in Melbourne in April 1853. He almost immediately afterwards left for the Bendigo (Sandhurst) diggings, where he took an active part in creating Sandhurst Municipality, and was chairman of the local council when the Bendigo railway line The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Bendigo railway line or the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving north-western Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the New South Wales town of Deniliquin into Bendigo, b ... was established in 1862. Burrowes was returned to the Victorian Assembly for Sandhurst in January 1866, and held the seat till his defeat in May 1877. In May 1880 he was re-elected, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Young (Australian Politician)
Charles Young (6 October 1825 – 28 February 1908) was a politician in colonial Victoria, Australia. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1892, representing the electorates of Kyneton Boroughs (1874–1889) and Electoral district of Kyneton (1889–1892). Young was born at Belfast in Ireland and was educated at Belfast Academy before becoming a sea captain, in which capacity he imported provisions into Ireland from France during the Great Famine. He migrated to Victoria in 1852 and worked as a carrier on the goldfields. His wife and children arrived from Ireland in 1854, and he bought a farm at Kyneton, "Abbeyville" 1855. He worked the farm until becoming a land agent and auctioneer in Kyneton in 1864. Young helped establish the Lauriston and Edgecombe Road Board in 1856, became a member of the board in 1858, and later served as chairman in the early 1860s. Young was president of the Shire of Kyneton from 1866 to 1867 and 1872 to 1873. He later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
