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Percival Inchbold
Percival Pennell Inchbold (28 January 1884 – 8 July 1953) was an Australian politician. He was born at Yarrawonga to farmer John Inchbold and Mary Ann Burgess. He and his brother had a farm at Telford, and during World War I he served in the 22nd Battalion and was wounded more than once. He returned to farm at Yarrawonga and Peechelba. On 2 June 1925 he married Helen Mary Livermore, with whom he had a son. In 1927 he moved to Wangaratta, where he was a farmer and closely involved in the agricultural community. He had served on Yarrawonga Shire Council from 1921 to 1933 (president 1921–23) and served on Wangaratta Borough Council from 1927 to 1936 (mayor 1933–34). In 1935 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Country Party member for North Eastern Province. From 1938 to 1943 he was a member of John McEwen's breakaway Liberal Country Party The Liberal Country Party (LCP) was a splinter group of the United Country Party, the Victorian b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarrawonga, Victoria
Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira local government area in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is situated on the south bank of the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales, and is located approximately north-east of the state capital, Melbourne. Yarrawonga's twin town of Mulwala is on the other side of the Murray River. At the , Yarrawonga had a population of 7,930. Yarrawonga is served by a standard gauge branch railway, which branches off the Melbourne-Sydney line at Benalla and terminates at Oaklands in New South Wales. Yarrawonga's main attraction is Lake Mulwala, formed by the damming of the Murray River. The lake is a popular location for activities such as boating, kayaking and fishing. There are two crossings of the Murray between Yarrawonga and Mulwala; across the weir (a stock route carrying a single lane of traffic); and a bridge over Lake Mulwala. This bridge contains an unusual bend and dip in the middle, a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McEwen
Sir John McEwen, (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980) was an Australian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Australia, holding office from 1967 to 1968 in a caretaker capacity after the disappearance of Harold Holt. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1958 to 1971. McEwen was born in Chiltern, Victoria. He was orphaned at the age of seven and raised by his grandmother, initially in Wangaratta and then in Dandenong. McEwen left school when he was 13 and joined the Australian Army at the age of 18, but the war ended before his unit was shipped out. He was nonetheless eligible for a soldier settlement scheme, and selected a property at Stanhope. He established a dairy farm, but later bought a larger property and farmed beef cattle. After several previous unsuccessful candidacies, McEwen was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1934 federal election. He was first elevated to cabinet by Joseph Lyons in 1937. McEwen became deputy leader of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia Members Of The Parliament Of Victoria
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Deaths
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Bradbury
Archibald Keith Bradbury (1 August 1905 – 21 August 1988) was an Australian politician. He was born at Sailors Falls near Daylesford to goldminer Henry Bradbury and Catherine Otten. He attended state school at Williamstown and worked as an accountant and builder. On 29 December 1928 he married Fanny Hammil Milligan, with whom he had five children. From 1938 he farmed at Shepparton breeding Guernsey cattle; he moved to Wangaratta in 1953. He was an active member of the Country Party, serving as president of the Katandra branch and secretary of the party council for the state electorate of Murray Valley and the federal electorate of Indi. He also served on Wangaratta Council from 1956 to 1957. In 1953 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Eastern Province. He became secretary of the parliamentary party in 1958, and held that position until he resigned from politics in 1978. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Swinburne
Ivan Archie Swinburne (6 March 1908 – 12 August 1994) was an Australian politician. He was born in Wangaratta to dairy farmers George Arthur and Hilda Maud Swinburne. He attended local public schools and became a dairy farmer in 1930. From 1940 to 1947 he was a member of Bright Shire Council, serving as president from 1943 to 1944. On 7 January 1950 he married Isabella Mary Moore; in 1951 they had a daughter, Janice. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1946 as a Country Party member for North Eastern. He was deputy leader of the Country Party in the upper house from 1954 to 1969 and leader from 1969 to 1976; he also served as Minister of Housing and Materials from 1950 to 1952. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harris (Victorian Politician)
Sir John Richards Harris (24 January 1868 – 16 September 1946) was an Australian politician. A medical officer in early life, he is also noted as the first producer of sherry in Australia. Life He was born in Chiltern to miner Thomas Henry Harris and Mary Richards Hollow. He attended Grenville College in Ballarat and then the University of Melbourne ( MB 1890, BSc 1891, MD 1902). From 1891 to 1892 he was the resident medical officer at Melbourne Hospital, and from 1892 was based in Rutherglen. Harris served with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. At Rutherglen he had become a viticulturist, producing the first sherry in Australia in 1912. In 1920 Harris won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Council's North Eastern Province; he was endorsed by the Victorian Farmers' Union, which soon became the Country Party. From 1925 to 1927 he was a minister without portfolio. He was expelled from the parliamentary Country Party in 1934 after refusing to sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zwar
Albert Michael Zwar (17 July 1863 – 23 February 1935) was an Australian liberal/conservative politician, Member of Upper House and tannery owner. Zwar was born in Broadford, Victoria and died in Beechworth, Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle .... References 1863 births 1935 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Australian Anglicans Australian people of German descent National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria People of Sorbian descent 20th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople 20th-century Australian businesspeople People from Beechworth {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Country Party
The Liberal Country Party (LCP) was a splinter group of the United Country Party, the Victorian branch of the Australian Country Party, formed after federal MP John McEwen was expelled from the state branch for accepting a ministry in the Lyons- Page Coalition government in 1937. Following a tumultuous party conference in 1938, another federal MP, Thomas Paterson Thomas Paterson (20 November 1882 – 24 January 1952) was an Australian politician who served as deputy leader of the Country Party from 1929 to 1937. He held ministerial office in the governments of Stanley Bruce and Joseph Lyons, represent ..., led a hundred McEwen supporters to form the LCP, a faction of the party loyal to the federal party. The breach had been resolved by 1943. References {{Political parties in Victoria (Australia) Defunct political parties in Victoria (state) National Party of Australia Political parties established in 1938 Political parties disestablished in 1943 1938 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Eastern Province (Victoria)
North Eastern Province (originally North-Eastern Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces of Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created. North Eastern Province was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (taking effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Chiltern, Rutherglen, North Ovens, Beechworth, Bright, Oxley, Benalla, Euroa, Yarrawonga, Shepparton, Mansfield, Howqua, Goulburn and Seymour . North Eastern Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Bracks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kate Bracks (born 1974), Australian reality television cook *Nick Bracks (born 1987), Australian male model, fashion designer and TV pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telford, Victoria
Telford is a locality in Victoria on the Oaklands railway line, Victoria. Transport It is served by a wheat silo. The branchline is now freight only and no longer carries passenger trains. See also * Oaklands railway line, Victoria The Oaklands railway line is a freight-only railway line in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The line branches from the main North East railway at Benalla station and runs across the Victoria-New South Wales border to the town of Oaklan ... References Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Moira {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
