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Whinham College
North Adelaide Grammar School, later Whinham College was a private school operated in North Adelaide, South Australia by John Whinham (3 August 1803 – 13 March 1886) and his family. History John Whinham The founder of the school was born at Sharperton, Northumberland, and when very young displayed a thirst for knowledge and an aptitude for mathematics. He was tutored by a Roman Catholic clergyman, and at age 19 while acting as an assistant teacher qualified for entry to the University of Dublin, but family illnesses kept him in England, and in 1823 he took to teaching, and opened a school in Ovingham, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was very successful there, and he received offers from Newcastle to move there, but chose to remain in Ovingham, where he married and became the father of six daughters and two sons. He became quite well off financially, but lost most of his savings in the economic downturn of 1848–1849. The family emigrated to Australia on the ''Athenian'', and arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Adelaide, South Australia
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct (Australia), precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. Laid out in a grid plan in three sections by William Light, Colonel William Light in 1837, the suburb contains many grand old mansions. History Surveyor-General William Light, Colonel William Light of the colony of South Australia completed the survey for the capital city of Adelaide by 10 March 1837. The survey included , including north of the River Torrens. This surveyed land north of the river became North Adelaide. North Adelaide was the birthplace of William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971), co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915, and Emily Dorothea Pavy (1885–1967), a teacher, sociologist, researcher, and lawyer. Kumanka The Kumanka Boys' Hostel located at 206 Childers Terrace, was operated by the South Australian Government between 1946 and 1980. In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 , National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of Keith Murdoch in the 1950s, and the full ownership of Rupert Murdoch in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. Through much of the 20th century, ''The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News (Adelaide), The News'' the afternoon tabloid, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millard Dunn
John Millard Dunn (5 January 1865 – 3 March 1936) was an Australian church organist and choirmaster, notable for his long-standing tenure at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, where he served for 44 years. History John Dunn, born in North Adelaide as a twin son of John Charles Dunn and Lydia Charlotte Dunn née Smithson, of Barnard Street, North Adelaide, received his education at John Whinham's North Adelaide Grammar School. His early musical training included piano studies under Miss Francis of Glenelg, and later, with E. Smith-Hall and Herr Boehm. A choirboy at St Peter's Cathedral under Arthur Boult, Dunn was recognized as a featured soloist. He studied organ under Boult and, in 1882, became his assistant due to his remarkable proficiency. Despite being a finalist for the inaugural Elder Overseas Scholarship to the Royal College of Music in 1883, he did not secure the scholarship, which was won by Otto Fischer (later Otto Fischer Sobell). Dunn also held full-time positions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cowan (South Australian Politician)
James Cowan (21 April 1848 – 21 July 1890), flour miller and investor, had been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Yatala for only 2 months when he was killed in an accident at a railway crossing. Cowan was an early investor in BHP. The property associated with ''Erindale'', Cowan's residence at Burnside, was sub-divided after his death into a new suburb which was also named Erindale. Early life Cowan who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), was the third son of John Cowan, a ploughman and shepherd, and his wife Margaret, née Lammey. Cowan, his parents and four other siblings immigrated to South Australia (SA), arriving in Adelaide on 3 August 1852. The family initially settled in North Adelaide where Cowan attended the North Adelaide Grammar School. When he reached the age of 14, he left to assist with his father's businesses in Two Wells (39 km north of Adelaide). Business career After starting his working life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cowan (South Australian Politician)
Sir John Cowan (6 December 1866 – 8 March 1953) was a South Australian politician who served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1910 to 1944. Early life Cowan who was born at Port Gawler, South Australia, was the third son of Thomas Cowan, a farmer, and his wife Mary Jane, née Armstrong. He was educated at Whinham College in North Adelaide. After completion of his schooling, he managed a property owned by his father at Milang, South Australia. In 1881, Cowan purchased land near Murray Bridge, South Australia which he would develop and retain until his death. In 1892, Cowan married Elizabeth Jones with whom he had two sons and three daughters.''South Australian Births – Index of Registrations 1842-1906'', South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc. page 606. Political career Cowan served as a councillor on the District Council of Mobilong from 1892 to 1912 including the role of chairman from 1896 to 1912. He was elected to the Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Rutter Clarke
Alfred Rutter Clarke (17 November 1867 – 10 December 1932), generally referred to as "Rutter Clarke" or "A. Rutter Clarke", was an Australian stockbroker and investor whose company Clarke and Co., founded by his grandfather, William Clarke, operated in three states, and specialised in mining ventures. History He was born in Prahran, Victoria the son of Alfred Edward Clarke (1843–1913) and his wife Caroline (née Long) (1844–1884) and brought up in the family home, "Royston", Dandenong Road, Malvern, Victoria. He was elected to the newly formed Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1891, its youngest member. Around 1892 he moved to Adelaide, bought a house "Merriwa" on North-East Road, Gilberton (which he sold in 1906) and established a sharebroking company there. He returned to Melbourne in 1905 and joined Clarke and Co., which he took over from his father A. E. Clarke in 1908. He was a member of the Stock Exchange committee from 1906 to 1911 and resigned his membership of the Exch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Boas
Harold Boas OBE (27 September 1883 – 17 September 1980) was a town planner and architect in Western Australia. Boas designed many public buildings in and around Perth and was an influential Jewish community leader. He served as an elected member of the Perth City Council on three separate occasions, presided over the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission and was the foundation president of the Town Planning Institute of Western Australia. Biography Early life Boas was born on 27 September 1883 in Adelaide, South Australia, the third son of noted Minister and Rabbi, Abraham Tobias Boas (1842–1923) and his wife Elizabeth, née Solomon. After being educated at Whinham College and Prince Alfred College he was apprenticed to architect Edward Davies between 1899 and 1904 and later studied at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries. Move to Perth In June 1905 he moved to Perth where he initially joined architects M. F. Cavanagh & Austin Bastow and later Oldham, Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham's Castle
John Benjamin Graham (8 March 1813 – 8 November 1876) was an English settler in the early days of South Australia, who became very wealthy thanks to his mining interests, then left the colony, but not before establishing a mansion for many years known as "Graham's Castle". History Graham grew up in Sheffield, England, and at age eighteen was apprenticed to an upholsterer in London. At his employer's urging and with £250 of his money to invest as well as £40 of his own,Unpublished manuscript by Donald Langmead. Copy held in the Architecture Museum, University of South Australia, Langmead collection. he emigrated to South Australia aboard ''Recovery'', arriving in September 1839. He found work with an Adelaide ironmonger, but soon went into business on his own account and was quite successful. Around 1845, after the discovery of copper at Burra, South Australia, Burra Burra, he invested all his savings in South Australian Mining Association ("Snobs") shares, which repaid him ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Sturt, South Australia
Upper Sturt is a suburb in the inner south of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is nestled in the lower reaches of the Mount Lofty Ranges with the Western Half located in the City of Mitcham local government area, and the eastern portion located in the Adelaide Hills Council Local Government Area. Before being gazetted with a place name, the area was often referred to on civil birth, death and marriage registrations as "near Government Farm", which later became Belair National Park. The Upper Sturt area had two stations on the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line, which was constructed through the area in the late 1870s: Nalawort and Upper Sturt, both of which have closed and structures mostly removed. Upper Sturt Primary School was founded in 1879, and has approximately 41 students. Upper Sturt Post Office opened on 1 March 1881. There is a small cafe on the main road that also incorporates a general store adjacent to the Upper Sturt General Store. The Upper Sturt Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Boyd Tate Andrews
Walter Boyd Andrews (1792 – 12 September 1847) was an early settler in Perth, Western Australia and, briefly, a non-official (i.e. without portfolio) member of the colony's Legislative Council. History Andrews and his family arrived in Western Australia from England by the ship ''Warrior'' in 1830. He purchased the southern half of Robert Ansell Partridge's property, which he named Daviot Park, for Daviot, the home town of his mother-in-law in Scotland. Additional land was purchased in the names of his children: Elizabeth C. Andrews, Alexanderina icJ. M. Andrews, Walter Boyd Tate Andrews, Henry James Andrews, Francis Jane Andrews, Henrietta M. W. Andrews in 1833 and John William Andrews in 1834. He was in 1841 a member of the Perth Town Trust and on 8 February 1842 took office as the first elected chairman of the committee that became the City of Perth. Andrews was associated with Richard W. Nash and John Schoales, jun. in various enterprises and public bodies including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzroy, South Australia
Fitzroy is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide from the Adelaide city centre, in the state of South Australia, within the City of Prospect. It ranks among the most expensive suburban areas in South Australia. It is adjacent to Prospect, South Australia, Prospect, Ovingham, South Australia, Ovingham, Thorngate, South Australia, Thorngate and, across the Adelaide Park Lands, North Adelaide. Location Fitzroy is bounded on the west by Cotton Street, on the south by City Ring Route, Adelaide, Fitzroy Terrace, on the east by Prospect Road, Adelaide, Prospect Road and on the north by Whinham and Halstead streets. Fitzroy is essentially a residential suburb, overlooking the northern Adelaide parklands. Features Aside from a the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon meetinghouse overlooking Torrens Road, Adelaide, Torrens Road, there are no non-residential facilities within the bounds of Fitzroy. The closest schools are in the northerly-adjacent and much larger Prospect, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chronicle (South Australia)
''The Chronicle'' was a South Australian weekly newspaper, printed from 1858 to 1975, which evolved through a series of titles. It was printed by the publishers of '' The Advertiser'', its content consisting largely of reprints of articles and Births, Marriages and Deaths columns from the parent newspaper. Its target demographic was country areas where mail delivery was infrequent and businesses that serviced those areas. History ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'' When ''The South Australian Advertiser'' was first published, on 12 July 1858, the editor and managing director John H. Barrow also announced the ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'', which published on Saturdays. ''South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail'' On 4 January 1868, with the installation of a new steam press, the size of the paper doubled to four sheets, or sixteen pages and changed its banner to ''The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail''. The editor at this time was William Hay, and its of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
