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Murdoch Family
Members of the Murdoch family are prominent international media Business magnate, magnates and media tycoons with roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, along with their media assets in the United States. Some members have also been prominent in the arts, clergy, and military. Five generations of the family are descended from two Scottish immigrants to Australia: the Reverend James Murdoch (1818–1884), a minister (Christianity), minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland and his wife Helen, née Garden (1826–1905).Michael J Wood, 2005, ''Ancestry of Rupert Murdoch'' , William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services (17 August 2013). Both were from the Pitsligo area of Aberdeenshire and migrated to the Victoria, Australia, Colony of Victoria in 1884. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Murdoch
Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (12 August 1885 – 4 October 1952) was an Australian journalist and media proprietor who was the founder of the Murdoch media empire. He amassed significant media holdings in Australia which after his death were expanded globally by his son Rupert. Murdoch was born in Melbourne, the son of a Presbyterian minister. He began his journalism career with ''The Age'' in 1903, eventually becoming a parliamentary reporter. In 1915, he moved to England as editor of Hugh Denison's overseas cable service, where he rose to prominence as a war correspondent during World War I. Murdoch's attacks on the Allied high command's conduct in the Gallipoli campaign brought him to the attention of senior British politicians and press barons, including Lord Northcliffe who served as a mentor. He also became a confidant of Australian prime minister Billy Hughes, although they fell out by the end of the war. In 1921, Murdoch returned to Melbourne as chief editor of '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Century Fox
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., which did business as 21st Century Fox, was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was formed on June 28, 2013, as the legal successor to News Corporation, while the second News Corporation was formed the same day as a spin-off. 21st Century Fox was the legal successor to News Corporation dealing primarily in the film and television industries. It was the United States' fourth-largest media conglomerate by revenue, up until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2019. The second News Corporation, which is doing business as News Corp, was spun off from the first News Corporation and holds Rupert Murdoch's print interests and other media assets in Australia (both owned by him and his family via a family trust with 39% interest in each). Murdoch was co-executive chairman, while his sons Lachlan Murdoch and James Murdoch were co-executive chairman and CEO, respec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Stove
An electric stove, electric cooker or electric range is a stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake. Electric stoves became popular as replacements for solid-fuel (wood or coal) stoves which required more labor to operate and maintain. Some modern stoves come in a unit with built-in extractor hoods. The stove's one or more "burners" (heating elements) may be controlled by a rotary switch with a finite number of positions; or may have an " infinite switch" called a ''simmerstat'' that allows constant variability between minimum and maximum heat settings. Some stove burners and controls incorporate thermostats. History Early patents On September 20, 1859, George B. Simpson was awarded US patent #25532 for an 'electro-heater' surface heated by a platinum-wire coil powered by batteries. In his words, useful to "warm rooms, boil water, cook victuals...". Canadian inventor Thomas Ahearn filed patent #39916 in 1892 for an "Electric Oven," a device he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surrounding urban area includes the historic townsite of Boulder, Western Australia, Boulder and the local government areas of Western Australia, local government area is the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. Kalgoorlie–Boulder lies on the traditional lands of the Wangkatha, Wangkatja group of peoples. The name "Kalgoorlie" is derived from the Wangai word ''Karlkurla'' or ''Kulgooluh'', meaning "place of the Marsdenia australis, silky pears". The city was established in 1893 during the Western Australian gold rushes. It soon replaced Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coolgardie as the largest settlement on the Eastern Goldfields. Kalgoorlie is the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. The nearb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivon Murdoch
Ivon George Murdoch Military Cross, MC and medal bar, bar (19 October 1892 – 12 August 1964) was an Australian Army officer during World War I. He was notable for the rare distinction of twice being awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery. Both nominations and awards were made within the space of one calendar year (1918). While Murdoch entered the army with rank of Private (rank), private, he was later Officer (armed forces), commissioned as an officer and reached the rank of First Lieutenant, lieutenant. Murdoch was born in Camberwell, Victoria, the son of an immigrant Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian, the Reverend Patrick John Murdoch, Patrick Murdoch (1850–1940) and his wife Annie, ''née'' Brown (1856–1945). Ivon Murdoch was the younger brother of prominent journalist and newspaper executive, Sir Keith Murdoch (the father of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch). War service When he enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force, Australian Imperial Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Arthur Murdoch
Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (12 August 1885 – 4 October 1952) was an Australian journalist and media proprietor who was the founder of the Murdoch media empire. He amassed significant media holdings in Australia which after his death were expanded globally by his son Rupert. Murdoch was born in Melbourne, the son of a Presbyterian minister. He began his journalism career with ''The Age'' in 1903, eventually becoming a parliamentary reporter. In 1915, he moved to England as editor of Hugh Denison's overseas cable service, where he rose to prominence as a war correspondent during World War I. Murdoch's attacks on the Allied high command's conduct in the Gallipoli campaign brought him to the attention of senior British politicians and press barons, including Lord Northcliffe who served as a mentor. He also became a confidant of Australian prime minister Billy Hughes, although they fell out by the end of the war. In 1921, Murdoch returned to Melbourne as chief editor of '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian
Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Presbyterian'' is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that were formed during the English Civil War, 1642 to 1651. Presbyterian theology typically emphasises the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ. Scotland ensured Presbyterian church government in the 1707 Acts of Union, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. In fact, most Presbyterians in England have a Scottish connection. The Presbyterian denomination was also taken to North America, Australia, and New Zealand, mostly by Scots and Scots-Irish immigrants. Scotland's Presbyterian denominations hold to the Reformed theology of John Calvin and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruden Bay
Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, north of Aberdeen. Just west of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012. Traditionally, the name was derived from the Gaelic ('slaughter of Danes'). Today, Cruden Bay attracts tourists with its hotels and golf course. It has a long, unspoiled, beach made famous by Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran who made the first solo flight across the North Sea. Literary associations The village has associations with various figures in literature. Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell were guests at Slains Castle in 1773. Johnson said that "no man can see with indifference" the sea chasm known as the Bullers of Buchan, which is near the village. Dun Bay, or Yellow Rock is also near the Bullers of Buchan, and is associated with Walter Scott's '' The Antiquary''. Bram Stoker was a regular v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosehearty
Rosehearty () is a settlement on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The burgh has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age. Etymology The name ''Rosehearty'' was documented in 1508 as Rossawarty and is derived from Gaelic ''ros'', meaning "cape, headland", and the personal name ''Abhartach''. History The settlement which is now Rosehearty was founded by a group of shipwrecked Danes in the 14th century.''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'' Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1383 In 1424 the Fraser family built [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick John Murdoch
Patrick John Murdoch (10 June 1850 – 1 July 1940) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who is known for being the father of Sir Keith Murdoch and the grandfather of Keith's son Rupert Murdoch. Life and career Murdoch was born in Scotland on 10 June 1850 at the Free Church manse in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire. His parents were The Reverend James Murdoch (1817–1884) and Helen Garden.Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church'' He studied at the University of Aberdeen graduating MA in 1870 and then studied divinity at New College, Edinburgh and was licensed to preach by the Free Church of Scotland in September 1876. He acted as an assistant at the Scots Church in Regent Square in London and at Aberdeen South Free Church before being ordained as a minister at Cruden in 1878. In 1884, he emigrated to the Colony of Victoria with his parents and his wife Annie. After three years at West Melbourne Presbyterian Church, Murdoch was called to Trinity Church, Camberwell, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deakin Uni
Deakin may refer to: Places *Deakin University, Victoria, Australia *Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra, Australia *Deakin, Western Australia, siding on the Trans-Australian Railway *Division of Deakin, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria, Australia People *Deakin (surname), including a list of people with the surname *Deakin (musician) (born 1978), American musician, member of Animal Collective Other *Evans Deakin & Company, Australian shipbuilders *Alfred Deakin High School in the suburb Deakin, Canberra, Australia. See also * Deakins * Deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ... * Deacon (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
