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Patrick Minahan
Patrick Joseph Minahan, (27 March 1866 – 3 October 1933) was an Ireland, Irish-born Australians, Australian politician. He was born at Killaloe, County Clare to bootmaker Patrick Minahan and Mary, ''née'' Murphy. He arrived in New South Wales around 1883 and by 1888 had established a boot manufacturing business. In 1900, he married Catherine Kinsela, with whom he had five children; she died in 1914. In 1915, he remarried with Elizabeth Mary Ward in Dublin, and returned to Sydney. The couple had a further two children. He became involved in the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party and was a member of the central executive from 1907 to 1913, serving as vice-president in 1909 and president in 1910. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Belmore, Belmore at the 1910 Belmore state by-election#Belmore, 1910 by-election. Labor split in 1917 over the conscription issue, with Premier William Holman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Twelve
The Sydney Twelve were members of the Industrial Workers of the World arrested on 23 September 1916 in Sydney, Australia, and charged with treason under the ''Crimes Act 1900'' (NSW) Treason-Felony. which incorporated the ''Treason Felony Act'' 1848 (Imp). They were John Hamilton, Peter Larkin, Joseph Fagin, William Teen, Donald Grant, Benjamin King, Thomas Glynn, Donald McPherson, Thomas Moore, Charles Reeve, William Beattie, and Bob Besant. The treason charges were dropped prior to trial and replaced with three conspiracy charges: (1) conspiracy to commit arson (2) conspiracy to procure the release of Tom Barker from gaol by unlawful means and (3) conspiracy to excite sedition. Some within the Australian labour movement claimed the men were framed for their strong anti-war views and their opposition to conscription during the First World War. Former Labor Prime Minister (and later Nationalist) Billy Hughes forced through the Unlawful Associations Act (1916) through Federal Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913–1917
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 23rd parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1913 to 1917. They were elected at the 1913 New South Wales state election, 1913 state election on 6 December 1913. The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Speaker was Richard Meagher. See also *Holman ministry (1913 – 1916), First Holman ministry *Holman ministry (1916–20), Second Holman ministry *Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election *Candidates of the 1913 New South Wales state election References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913-1917 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1910–1913
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 22nd parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1910 to 1913. They were elected at the 1910 state election on 14 October 1910. The Speakers were John Cann (15 November 1910 – 31 July 1911), Henry Willis (24 August 1911 – 22 July 1913) and Henry Morton 22 July 1913 – 22 December 1913. See also * McGowen ministry *Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election The 1910 New South Wales state election involved 90 Electoral districts of New South Wales, electoral district returning one member each. This was the first NSW election using a Two-round system, second ballot system. All previous elections had ... * Candidates of the 1910 New South Wales state election References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1910-1913 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewisham, New South Wales
Lewisham is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 7 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Inner West Council. History Lewisham took its name in 1834 from the estate of Joshua Frey Josephson, a German-born businessman who would later become mayor of Sydney. The estate was named after the London borough of Lewisham, which means Leofsa's village or manor. The original residents of the Lewisham area were the Wangal clan of the Darug tribe. Artefacts found near the Cooks River indicate at least 7,000 years of habitation in the local area. When the First Fleet arrived in 1788, the settlers set up camp in the middle of Cadigal territory. While the first governor Arthur Phillip tried to establish cordial relations with the Cadigals and their neighbours, the two groups were competing for the same food sources and tensions inevitably developed. In 1789, a smallpox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the Head of the Church#Catholic Church, visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom Petrine primacy, primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The current pope is Leo XIV, who was elected on 8 May 2025 on the second day of the 2025 papal conclave. Although his office is called the papacy, the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction of the episcopal see is called the Holy See. The word "see" comes from the Latin for 'seat' or 'chair' (, refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Of St
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek ''hippeis'' (ἱππεῖς) and Roman ''equites''. In the Early Middle Ages in Western Christian Europe, knighthoods were conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, a knighthood was considered a class of petty nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect Royal court, courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in Horses in warfare, battle on horseback. In the Middle Ages, a knighthood was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1927 New South Wales State Election
The 1927 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts returning 90 members and all elections were held on 8 October 1927. This election took place after the Hare-Clark voting system was abolished and replaced with single member districts with optional preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Alexandria Annandale Armidale Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bathurst Bondi Both Harold Jaques and Millicent Preston-Stanley were Nationalist members for Eastern Suburbs and Preston-Stanley won Nationalist pre-selection. Jaques re-joined the Nationalist party after the election. Botany Burwood Byron Canterbury Castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lang (Australian Politician)
John Thomas Lang (21 December 1876 – 27 September 1975), nicknamed "The Big Fella", was an Australian politician and estate agent who served two terms as premier of New South Wales, in office from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1930 to 1932. He was the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1923 to 1939 and his Lang Labor faction was an influential force in both state and federal politics, breaking away from the official ALP on several occasions. Lang was born to a working-class family in Sydney and grew up in the city's inner suburbs. He left school at the age of 14 and worked a variety of jobs, eventually establishing a real estate agency in the Sydney suburb of Auburn, New South Wales, Auburn. Lang was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 1913 New South Wales state election, 1913 state election and would hold several seats over the following 30 years. He remained loyal to the ALP following the Australian Labor Party split of 1916, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Worker
''The Australian Worker'' was a newspaper produced in Sydney, New South Wales for the Australian Workers' Union. It was published from 1890 to 1950. History The newspaper had its origin in ''The Hummer'', "Official organ of the Associated Riverina Workers", a newspaper produced in Wagga Wagga in the depths of the 1890s depression in Australia, 1890s depression on 19 October 1891. The paper was jointly funded by the Wagga branches of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia and the General Workers' Union, which merged in 1894 to form the Australian Workers' Union. ''The Hummer'' was the first union-owned newspaper in New South Wales (there was a privately owned pro-labor paper called ''The Shearers' Record'' published by Andrews and Taylor), and was born out of the perception that many or most mainstream newspaper proprietors and editors were sufficiently hostile to Unionism to suppress or mutilate letters and news items sympathetic to workers' rights, and to come down he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Birt (politician)
John Edward Birt (11 December 1873 – 21 June 1925) was an Australian politician. He was born at Woolloomooloo in Sydney to seaman John and Margaret (née McDonough) Birt, and educated by the Marist Brothers in Darlinghurst before working in a grocery and then in retail stores. From 1904 he worked as a commercial traveller and later as a public service clerk, becoming involved with the Public Service Association. He was president of the Paddington Labour League, founded the Darlinghurst branch, and was a member of the executive from 1908 to 1910. In 1919 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Paddington. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920 he became one of the members for 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 metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1925 New South Wales State Election
The 1925 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. This was the third and final election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 14,690, ranging from Sturt (10,297) to Ryde (19,119). Results by electoral district Balmain Bathurst Botany Byron Cootamundra Cumberland Eastern Suburbs Goulburn Maitland Murray Murrumbidgee N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
