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Peter Barrett (1831 –22 July 1907) was an Australian politician.
Barrett was born in Yorkshire in 1844. In 1886 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly,representing the seat of North Launceston. He served until 1897,when he was defeated contesting Launceston. He died in 1907 in Launceston. [1]
Councils of Tasmania are the 29 administrative districts of the Australian state of Tasmania. Local government areas (LGAs),more generally known as councils,are the tier of government responsible for the management of local duties such as road maintenance,town planning and waste management.
Launceston is a city in the north of Tasmania,Australia,at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021,the Launceston urban area has a population of 90,953. Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania after the state capital,Hobart. As of 2020,Launceston is the 18th largest city in Australia. Launceston is the fifth-largest inland city and the ninth-largest non-capital city in Australia. Launceston is regarded as the most livable regional city,and was one of the most popular regional cities to move to in Australia from 2020 to 2021. Launceston was named Australian Town of the Year in 2022.
Launceston Church Grammar School is an Anglican co-educational private school in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia for Early Learning through to Grade 12.
Blanche Bingley Hillyard was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships and was runner up seven times,having also competed in the first ever Wimbledon championships for women in 1884.
The Mount Jukes mine sites were a series of short-lived,small mine workings high on the upper regions of Mount Jukes in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania.
Edgar Arthur"Ted" McDonald was a cricketer who played for Tasmania,Victoria,Lancashire and Australia,as well as being an Australian rules footballer who played with Launceston Football Club,Essendon Football Club,and Fitzroy Football Club before totally concentrating in cricket.Despite a short international career,he was considered by many cricketers as well as commentators to be one of the best fast bowler of his generation.
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer,guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's frontman and primary songwriter,known for his whimsical style of psychedelia,English-accented singing,and stream-of-consciousness writing style. As a guitarist,he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance,distortion,echo and feedback.
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) is a museum located in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia. The QVMAG is the largest museum in Australia not located in a capital city.
Robert Mainwaring Chitty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Robert Beveridge was an Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).
The Launceston Synagogue is a heritage-listed building located in St. John's Street,Launceston,Tasmania,Australia,that served as a synagogue from 1846 until 1871,and again during the c. 1930s until its closure in 1961 and reopened in 1984.
Colin Mansfield Campbell was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and a first-class cricketer,representing Tasmania.
The South Launceston Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. They were formed through a merger between City-South and East Launceston in 1986,clubs in the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association. South Launceston was in the TFL Statewide League from 1986 to 1997,then the Northern Tasmanian Football League until 2008,then in the Tasmanian Football League until 2013.
Launceston is a town,ancient borough,and civil parish in Cornwall,England,United Kingdom. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the middle stage of the River Tamar,which constitutes almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon. The landscape of the town is generally steep particularly at a sharp south-western knoll topped by Launceston Castle. These gradients fall down to the River Kensey and smaller tributaries.
Sean Declan Conrad Barrett is an Irish economist and former senator. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics of Trinity College Dublin,and a Fellow of the college. In April 2011,he was elected to the Dublin University constituency of Seanad Éireann but narrowly lost his seat in 2016. In 2018 he was elected a Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.
A Rough Passage is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett based on the novel by Arthur Wright. It was Barrett's final feature and is considered a lost film.
William Hart was a Tasmanian businessman and politician born in England. He amassed considerable wealth and served in all three tiers of Government:Local,House of Assembly and Legislative Council.
Philip Tennyson Cole,generally known as Tennyson Cole,was an English society portrait painter in both oils and watercolours,who first achieved fame in Australasia and South Africa.
St Mary Magdalene's Church,Launceston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Launceston,Cornwall. It is unusual for its carvings;the entire exterior of the original part of the church is built of carved granite blocks. The church is dedicated to Jesus' companion,Mary Magdalene.
Alice Christina Irvine was an Australian domestic science teacher and author of the Central Cookery Book.