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Elizabeth Spain
No full textElizabeth was born in England to parents William and Mary Ann Massey. While living in Northern Queensland she met and married Antonio Spain, a master pearler of Filipino descent. Elizabeth and Antonio had at least five children in Queensland before they moved to the Territory in about 1894. In 1895 Elizabeth was one of the 82 Northern Territory women who enrolled to vote after the franchise was granted to South Australian and Territory women in 1894. She had just turned 29 and registered at Palmerston; her occupation was listed as "married woman". Elizabeth and Antonio had a total of 13 children, however 7 of their sons died young. By 1901, at 39, Antonio was a barber with a thriving business and Elizabeth was the caretaker for the Church of England, she also catered many of the town's social functions. Elizabeth and Antonio were prominent members of Port Darwin society with thriving businesses. Elizabeth had a booksellers and newsagency located on the Esplanade and Antonio had his barber shop and billiard's table licence in premises on Cavanagh Street. Antonio died aged 64 in July 1926 at the family residence on Wood Street. Elizabeth remained in Darwin until war broke out; she was evacuated to Brisbane, where she died at age 85.Business WomanEnglis
Darwin Harbour Region report cards 2009
No full text"This first series of Darwin Harbour region report cards describes the health of aquatic ecosystems across the harbour and its catchment. The report cards provide a snapshot of water quality and biological health, and show how these natural systems appear to be coping with growing pressures in the region."Darwin Harbour region -- Understanding water quality and pollution sources -- Interpreting the report cards -- Darwin Harbour report card 2009 -- Darwin - Palmerston report card 2009 -- Elizabeth River and estuary report card 2009 -- Blackmore River and estuary report card 2009 -- Shoal Bay and Buffalo Creek report card 2009 -- Rapid Creek report card 2009 -- Lagoons report card 2009 -- Glossary
Elizabeth Andrew
No full textElizabeth Andrew was born in Bordertown, South Australia. She attended Western Teachers College, gaining a Diploma of Infant Teaching, and then graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Diploma in Arts and Education in 1968. Elizabeth came to the Territory with the Commonwealth Teaching Service in 1972 and taught at Gillen primary School, Katherine Area School and Wagaman Primary School.
In 1974 Elizabeth, at the age of 26, was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the Member for Sanderson. This was the Northern Territory's first fully elected Legislative Assembly and Elizabeth was one of the original seven members appointed to executive positions. Elizabeth is the youngest woman to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly to date.
Following her political career, Elizabeth returned to teaching at Howard Springs and Parap Primary Schools before being appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory Arts Council in 1980.
Elizabeth left the Territory in 1986 to accompany her second husband, Patrick Oates, to his naval posting to Canberra. Elizabeth was diagnosed with Ross River fever in 1989 and then with cancer later that year, succumbing to the disease on 12 April 1993. She is survived by her husband Patrick, daughter Edwina, and Stephen, a son by her first marriage.
Source: Who's who in Australia, 1977, p. 52
Source: Dean Jaensch & Deborah Wade-Marshall Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin : Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory [and] North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, 1994, p. 128
Elizabeth Byrne
No full textElizabeth was born in Blumbury, South Australia which is now called Birdwood. She married William Joseph Byrne on 22 February 1890 at Palmerston (Darwin), arriving from Sydney on the day of her wedding. They had seven sons, but only the names of four are known. Elizabeth was one of the 82 women who enrolled to vote after the franchise was granted to South Australian and Territory women in 1894. Her husband was the proprietor of the Northern Territory Times & Gazette before it was sold to his brother. She and William then took up the lease of Bryneside (Burnside) Station near Brocks Creek and became very involved with the Brocks Creek racing club and the community. In 1906 Elizabeth and her husband had a Christmas party for residents of Brocks Creek. Elizabeth and her mother Elizabeth Spry raised money for the Red Cross during the First World War, sadly one of her sons was killed on the Western Front in France. Later the family moved to Tipperary Station. In 1922 her husband William stood in the first Territory election after Commonwealth control had been ceded and won, describing himself 'as a self made man who with wife Elizabeth and family business had demonstrated the practicability of the White Australian policy'.Autho
Elizabeth Guy
No full textIn 1945 Elizabeth arrived in Milingimbi to help her sister who was expecting her third baby, she was only staying for six months with no electricity and fridge until they purchased a kerosene fridge from the RAAF who were leaving, she was not impressed. She returned to the Territory again to live at Elcho Island with her husband Harold Guy an engineer lay Methodist missionary who she met in Millingimbi, they had three children, two daughters and one son. With her previous training in mothercraft nursing and pre-school teaching it proved invaluable in helping her husband. Elizabeth would start the day taking a bucket of part goat and part condensed milk to the dispensary to ration it out into pannikins held by children. Then she would inspect any very sick patients and diagnose the best to her knowledge with no equipment and give what treatment she could. The main treatment was for yaws a contagious tropical skin-disease, bites, abscess, ulcers and giving injections for yaws. She had a Goulburn Island Aboriginal woman who helped with simple treatments.
Elizabeth supervised correspondence lessons for the older children on the Island and would examine and price the mats and blankets the women made to sell, organise the wireless schedule with Darwin station V.I.D. and pass on messages from Yirrkala, who had difficulty getting through. It was Elizabeth's duty to check up on the number of children on the Station with the child endowment roll there was about 150 children and do the washing at the Dispensary. She held sewing class for the girls and helped her husband in the store. Elizabeth played the manual organ at Sunday service and taught lessons at Sunday school. She wrote a book titled 'Only a wife! Arnhem Land 1945-1952", which was about the years when she lived in Arnhem Land and travelled by mission lugger and around the Northern Territory coastline it was published in 1993.NurseAutho
Queen Elizabeth in Darwin
No full textVisit by Queen Elizabeth II to Darwin Showground, Winnellie.Fong, Darwina & William
Elizabeth Craig
No full textElizabeth was born to William Edward Burton and his wife Elizabeth (nee Williams) at Mount Gambier, South Australia on 25 October 1864. At 22, Elizabeth married an engineer for the South Australian railways, John George Craig, at the Christ Church, Mount Gambier, on 20 April 1887. John hailed from Bendigo in Victoria. The couple had three children: Mary Kathleen Napier born 3 February 1888 in Mount Gambier; John Grahame Napier born 14 October 1889 in Quorn and Marjorie Sarah Napier Craig also born in Quorn, South Australia, on 8 October 1893. Elizabeth is registered on her birth certificate as Elizabeth Katie Burton. In 1895, Elizabeth she was one of the 82 women who enrolled to vote after the franchise was granted to South Australian and Territory women in 1894. Her age is not on the registration, but she would have been in her early thirties if this is indeed the same Elizabeth who left Palmerston with her child Marjorie on 15 April 1901 listing her age as 36. Elizabeth registered at the Palmerston polling place. Her occupation was listed as "governess." Research by Barbara James suggests that Elizabeth may have worked as a governess for H.W.H. Stevens and his wife Rosie.The July and September 1896 electoral roll revision notes that Elizabeth had left the district. However, there is evidence that she left in 1901. Her husband, and Marjorie's father John George, left on 8 July 1901. There is no evidence suggesting that either of their other two children came to Palmerston. Elizabeth and John were taken off the electoral roll in 1901 ad they had left the district. Their departure from Darwin may have been prompted by the death of their son John in Bendigo. Presumably the family returned to South Australia because by November of that year, newspaper evidence of John George working as an engineer with the South Australian Railways can be found again. He is listed as giving evidence at the Petersburg Coroner's Inquest for the fatal Walloway rail accident. John died in a car accident in Adelaide in 1910. Elizabeth's death was registered in 1957 at her residence in Mount Lofty, South Australia.GovernessPionee
Bombing of Darwin
No full textTeacher's Guide -- Rationale -- Bloom's Taxonomy -- Skills of Historical Inquiry Review -- Unit 1 War Comes to Australia -- Overview -- World Context -- The Japanese Advance -- Chronology of the prelude to WWII -- Shipping in Darwin Harbour -- Map of Darwin Harbour - Analysis -- Map of Darwin Harbour -- The Cover Up -- Darwin and Pearl Harbor - Comparative Study -- Bombing of Darwin - The Movie -- Sister Cities -- Unit 2 War Stories -- Overview -- A Soldier Remembers -- The Bombing of Darwin Map -- Source Analysis - Memoirs as Historical Evidence -- Photos -- Source Analysis -- Photos as Historical Evidence -- Source Analysis - Magazine Articles as Historical Evidence -- Paradise Road - Feature Film as Historical Evidence -- Unit 3 Territorians at War -- Overview -- The Postal Workers - Exploring the nature of heroism -- Leper Colony Heroine -- The Experiences of Aboriginal People -- Betty Fisher -- Defending the North Map -- Refugees -- Internees -- Unit 4 Counting the Cost of War -- Overview -- The Darwin Cenotaph -- Adelaide River War Cemetery -- Cemeteries as Historical Sources -- The Bullet Torn Flag -- Darwin Defenders -- Darwin's Strategic ImportanceMade available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).Teachers are permitted to copy all materials in this book as needed for classroom use.Designed and Printed by Hollands Print Solution
Elizabeth Carberry
No full textElizabeth and her husband Harry arrived in the Northern Territory in October 1889. Harry worked at the newly opened Pine Creek to Palmerston railway, living at 2 1/2 mile. In 1891 Elizabeth gave birth to daughter Mary Gilbert; the couple had four more children. Elizabeth was an excellent singer and entertainer, performing in various theatrical productions as well as being involved in stage management. In 1985 Elizabeth was one of the 82 Territory women who enrolled to vote after the franchise was granted to South Australian and Territory women in 1894. She registered at Palmerston, listing herself as 'married woman'. In 1897 a cyclone stripped their house of its roof and the family managed to move to a safer place during the dangerous conditions. Jane and her five children moved to Adelaide in November that year. Harry was transferred to South Australia in 1898 and the family was reunited.Community Servic
Queen Elizabeth II, Darwin Naval Base
No full textQueen Elizabeth II officially opening the Darwin Naval Base, with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser seated at left of the Queen, Darwin, N.T., 6th October 1982.Willshire, T
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