The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in New South Wales,Australia. Founded in 1938,it was the first Australian university to be established outside of a state capital. Its main campus is located in the regional city of Armidale mid-way between Sydney and Brisbane. As of 2021,the university had approximately 26,000 students.
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands,New South Wales,Australia. Armidale had a population of 23,967 as of the 2021 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It is approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane at the junction of the New England Highway and Waterfall Way.
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia during both his leadership tenures under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022.
John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales,serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008. Watkins was the Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer's Australia (NSW) from 2008 –2017 when it merged into Dementia Australia;the Chairman of Calvary healthcare from 2011 –2019;and the eighth Chancellor of the University of New England,serving between 2013 and 2014.
The Division of New England is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Northern Tablelands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Brendan Moylan of the National Party. The electorate currently includes Uralla Shire,Armidale Regional Council,Glen Innes Severn,Inverell Shire,Gwydir Shire and Moree Plains Shire.
John Joseph Aquilina,an Australian former politician,is a former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Blacktown between 1981 and 1991 and the electorate of Riverstone between 1991 and 2011 for the Labor Party.
Sir William Davis Hughes was an Australian politician. He was notable for his involvement in the controversial resignation of architect Jørn Utzon from the Sydney Opera House project in 1966.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner was an Australian politician and soldier,serving for many years as leader of the Country Party in New South Wales. Born in the north of the state,Bruxner was educated at The Armidale School and started studies at University of Sydney but later dropped out to take up employment as a grazier and station agent in Tenterfield. After serving in the Citizen Military Forces from 1911,Bruxner enlisted into the Australian Light Horse upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Serving with distinction in Gallipoli,Egypt and Palestine,he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Raymond Craig Williams is an Australian politician who has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Kellyville for the Liberal Party since 2023. He previously represented the electorates of Hawkesbury from 2007 to 2015 and Castle Hill from 2015 to 2023.
The New England New State Movement was an Australian political movement in the twentieth century. Founded as the Northern Separation Movement,the aim of the movement was to seek the secession of the New England region and surrounding areas from the State of New South Wales (NSW) and the establishment of a new State of New England. While popular at first and the subject of two Royal Commissions,the movement was unsuccessful,and was defeated at a referendum in 1967.
Jonathan Richard O'Dea is a former Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party from 2007 until 2023. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2023.
Raymond Francis Chappell is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Northern Tablelands in the New South Wales Parliament from 1987 to 1999,and served as a minister from 1993 to 1995.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 55th parliament held their seats from 2011 to 2015. They were elected at the 2011 state election and at by-elections. The Speaker was Shelley Hancock.
The 2015 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council using optional preferential proportional representation voting. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
Northern Tablelands,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had two incarnations:as a two-member district from 1920 to 1927,and as a single-member district from 1981 until the present.
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Northern Tablelands on 25 May 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent member Richard Torbay,which was announced on 20 March 2013. Adam Marshall was declared elected on 28 May 2013.
Adam John Marshall is an Australian politician who represented Northern Tablelands in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2024,as a member of The Nationals. He resigned on 13 May 2024.
A by-election was held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Northern Tablelands on 22 June 2024,following the resignation of National Party MP Adam Marshall.
Brendan Moylan is an Australian solicitor and politician who has represented Northern Tablelands in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since a 2024 by-election,as a member of The Nationals.
