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Tom Allan (Methodist)
Thomas Allan (c. 1864 – 4 June 1932) was a Methodist minister in Western Australia, best known for his work as organising secretary of the Methodist Children's Home at Victoria Park and Werribee Boys' Farm. History Allan was born in Mount Barker, South Australia, second son of Scots-born Arthur Allan (c. 1829 – 28 March 1909) and Christina Allan, née Morton (died 19 October 1885) of "Wattle Vale Farm", Greens Plains (later Paskeville), South Australia. He trained for the Methodist ministry under A. W. Wellington. In 1888 he was stationed at Morgan, and registered as an officiating minister. In 1889 he qualified as a probationary Primitive Methodist minister and in 1890 he was sent to Dawson, on the Broken Hill track, serving as home missionary on the South and West Barrier Primitive Methodist circuit. He found the work congenial, and was next sent to Kadina. Allan came to the goldfields of Western Australia in 1896, settling in Norseman, where he conducted a chapel for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Park, Western Australia
Victoria Park (nicknamed Vic Park) is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located on the Swan River south-east of East Perth, and is linked to East Perth and the Perth central business district via The Causeway, which crosses Heirisson Island. Victoria Park is mostly residential, with parkland on the Swan River and a commercial strip around Albany Highway. The suburb contains the intersection of three major arterial roads: Albany Highway, Canning Highway, and Great Eastern Highway. Its Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area is the Town of Victoria Park. History The suburb of Victoria Park derives its name from "Victoria Park Estate", a development that took place there in the 1890s. It is believed the name was given to the estate because Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria was still on the throne, although it may be connected with Victoria Park, Melbourne, Victoria Park in Melbourne, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening Star (Boulder, Western Australia)
''The Evening Star'' was a daily (except Sunday) newspaper published in the twin towns of Boulder and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia from 1898 to 1921. History The paper was initially printed and published by Osgood & Co. at the offices of ''The Evening Star'', Burt Street, Boulder City and Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie. The last editor was Dave Georgeson, who left the State on holiday shortly before the last issue went to press. Georgeson was subsequently sub-editor of '' The Courier'', Brisbane. The business of The Evening Star Co. Ltd was wound up in April 1921. Digitisation Most issues froVol. 1 No. 2(22 March 1898) tVol. 21 No. 7226(26 February 1921) of ''The Evening Star'' have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia, and may be accessed vie Trove Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wundowie, Western Australia
Wundowie is a town in Western Australia located between Perth and Northam in the Darling Range. It was the location of an iron works, and siding and stopping place on the Eastern Railway. It was named in 1907 and was a siding on the Chidlow to Northam section of the railway. The origin of the name is from nearby Woondowing Spring which is an Aboriginal word thought to come from Ngwundow, meaning "to lie down". Following the decision of the government to construct the blast furnace and wood distillation plant (to produce charcoal) in 1943 at Wundowie, plans were made to develop the townsite. Lots were surveyed in 1946 and the town was gazetted in 1947. The design of the town was based on the concepts of the garden city movement of town planning. This is reflected in its street pattern, subdivision layout, location of land uses, open space and the civic core of the town. Construction of the town was by the Western Australian Department of Housing. The charcoal iron Charc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swan Express
''The Swan Express'' was a weekly English language newspaper published in Midland, Western Australia. History ''The Swan Express'' was published from 1 December 1900 until 8 November 1979. It was printed by William Heller at 184 Barrack St, Perth, and published at The Crescent, Midland Junction Midland is a suburb and historic town of Perth, Western Australia, located northeast of Perth's central business district. It is the administrative seat and commercial centre of the City of Swan local government area. It is also a designate .... It was established by Frederick Davis, who had previously worked as the second in charge at ''The Sunday Chronicle''. Davis owned and edited the newspaper for 8 and a half years before he sold the business to Herbert James Lambert, who took control on Monday 3 April 1909. Lambert was an experienced journalist and had previously worked as sub-editor at the ''Morning Herald''. During World War I, Lambert ran the soldiers' camp newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Women
Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture *Western United States, a region of the United States Arts and entertainment Films * ''Western'' (1997 film), a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier * ''Western'' (2017 film), a German-Austrian film Genres *Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West **Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature **Western film, the western genre in film **Western music (North America), a type of American folk music Music * ''Westerns'' (EP), an EP by Pete Yorn *WSTRN, a British hip hop group from west London *"Western" a song by Black Midi from ''Schlagenheim'' Business *The Western, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, United States *Western Cartri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Chronicle
''The Swan Express'' was a weekly English language newspaper published in Midland, Western Australia. History ''The Swan Express'' was published from 1 December 1900 until 8 November 1979. It was printed by William Heller at 184 Barrack St, Perth, and published at The Crescent, Midland Junction. It was established by Frederick Davis, who had previously worked as the second in charge at ''The Sunday Chronicle''. Davis owned and edited the newspaper for 8 and a half years before he sold the business to Herbert James Lambert, who took control on Monday 3 April 1909. Lambert was an experienced journalist and had previously worked as sub-editor at the ''Morning Herald''. During World War I, Lambert ran the soldiers' camp newspaper, ''Camp Chronicle: the soldier's paper'', and he later went on to become editor of ''The West Australian''. ''Camp Chronicle'' was published at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, Blackboy Hill army camp, recording the day-to-day events of the camp. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hughes
William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics spanned several decades. He was a member of the federal parliament from the Federation of Australia in 1901 until his death in 1952, and is the only person to have served as a parliamentarian for more than 50 years. He represented six political parties during his career, leading five, outlasting four, and being expelled from three. Hughes was born in London to Welsh parents. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 22, and became involved in the fledgling Australian labour movement. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1894, as a member of the New South Wales Labor Party, and then transferred to the new federal parliament in 1901. Hughes combined his early political career with part-time legal studies, and was ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First AIF
The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during the First World War. It was formed as the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) following Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division and one light horse brigade. The infantry division subsequently fought at Gallipoli between April and December 1915, with a newly raised second division, as well as three light horse brigades, reinforcing the committed units. After being evacuated to Egypt, the AIF was expanded to five infantry divisions, which were committed to the fighting in France and Belgium along the Western Front in March 1916. A sixth infantry division was partially raised in 1917 in the United Kingdom, but was broken up and used as reinforcements following heavy casualties on the Western Front. Meanwhile, two mounted divisions remained in the Middle East to fight against Turkish forces in the Sinai an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (Perth)
''The Mirror'' was a weekly broadsheet newspaper published from 1921 until 1956. It was the "scandal sheet" of its day, dealing with divorce cases and scandals. History In 1918, Victor Desmond Courtney in partnership with John Joseph Simons, became managing editor of a weekly sporting newspaper, ''The Sportsman'', which covered racing, trotting, minor sports and theatricals. They expanded the scope of ''The Sportsman'', to cover general local news and renamed it ''The Call''. The paper gained publicity from a libel suit brought by the Lord Mayor of Perth, Sir William Lathlain. They then bought a struggling Saturday-evening paper, ''The Sunday Mirror'', for £100 from Bryan's Print,Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, Jenny Gregory & Jan Gothard, eds, pp593 renaming it ''The Mirror'', and building its circulation during the 1920s to over 10,000, largely through racy reporting of scandals and divorces. "It was not a good paper" Courtney later admitted, "but it was a pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildford, Western Australia
Guildford is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, 12 km northeast of the city centre within the City of Swan. Guildford was founded in 1829 as one of the earliest settlements of the Swan River Colony. It is one of only three towns in the metropolitan area listed on the Register of the National Trust. History Guildford was established in 1829 at the confluence of the Helena River and Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply. During Captain Stirling's exploration for a suitable site to establish a colony on the western side of the Australian continent in the late 1820s, the exploration party of boats found a fresh water stream across the river from the site of Guildford which they called Success Hill. Guildford was originally the centre of the Swan River Colony before Perth succeeded in being the dominant location on the Swan Coastal Plain. A Guildford Town Trust was established in 1838, but ceased to function within a couple of years. It was recons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Street, Perth
Charles Street is a major road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It runs from Newcastle Street and extends up to London Street, providing a connection between Mitchell Freeway and Wanneroo Road. It is the southern section of part of State Route 60, which continues north along Wanneroo Road. History The street was named after Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of WA, 1848–55. The section of Charles Street from Carr Street to Walcott Street was originally an extension of Wanneroo Road. Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1853. In October 2022, Main Roads began a planning study to upgrade Charles Street with grade-separated "duck and dive" interchanges (effectively single-point diamond or roundabout interchanges in which the intersection is at-grade and the free-flowing road is below ground) at its busy Vincent Street, Scarborough Beach Road, and Walcott Street Walcott Street is an important east–west roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian English, Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo. Prior to British settlement, the indigenous Noongar people inhabited the area for millennia, and knew it by the name of Walyalup ("place of the woylie")."(26/3/2018) Inaugural Woylie Festival starts tomorrow" fremantle.gov.au. Retrieved 5 July 2020. Visited by Dutch exploration of Australia, Dutch explorers in the 1600s, Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River Colony, Swan River colonists in 1829, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
