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Florence Stevens
No full textFlorence travelled with her parents, brother and sisters from Queensland in a ?table top' wagon and a smaller wagon originally heading to Western Australia, but her sister became ill so they stopped at Pine Creek. In 1905 Florence at thirteen years old caught the train from Pine Creek to Palmerston (Darwin) for the opening of the A.H. and I. Society's Show on the August 1st by Government Resident, Mr Justice Herbert. After a week in Palmerston, staying at the Hotel Victoria, she caught the train back to Pine Creek.
Florence wrote down in the form of an essay an account of the adventurous journey and it won first prize at the 'Show'. It was composed in a beautiful copper-plate, written with an exactitude and elegance slice of history.
On Thursday 22 January 1913 Florence married her husband George Stevens of Hodgson Downs at All Soul's Church, Pine Creek and after the ceremony drove to the Institute Hall for the reception. They managed Elsey Station and in 1939 after moving from one station to another settled in Darwin then after the bombing in 1942 she was evacuated with '13 Nuns and 30 half castes'.
Firth Court in Malak is named after her parents Francis and Harriet Firth.Domestic WorkerPionee
The reduction of metaphysics and the play of violence in the poetry of Wallace Stevens
No full textPhDThe thesis demonstrates how Wallace Stevens' poetry utilises pre-Socratic philosophy in overcoming post-Kantian dislocation from the 'thing-in-itself'. I initially consider Stevens’ poetry in terms of Hans-Georg Gadamer's ontological conception of the 'play' of art, an interactive existence overlooked by Kant. Through the ‘play’ of Stevens’ poems the reading audience are implicated in their reduction to being. The origin of this conception leads Gadamer back to Parmenides who Stevens had read. I argue that Stevens’ poetry ‘plays’ its audience into an ontological ground in an effort to show that his ‘reduction of metaphysics’ is not dry philosophical imposition, but is enacted by our encounter with the poems themselves. Through an analysis of how the language and form of Stevens’ poems attempt to reduce mind and world to concepts that parallel Parmenides’ poetic sense of being, and Heraclitus’ notion of becoming, the thesis uncovers the ground in which Stevens attempts a reconnection with the ‘thing-in-itself’. It is through the experience of reconnecting to an ontological centre, which his poetry presents as the human project, that Stevens’ poetry also presents itself as a means of replacing religion.From here we turn to Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida for an exposition of how such a reduction reduces the ‘Other’ to ‘otherness’ and their worry that this reduction legitimates violence within the thought of Martin Heidegger and Parmenides. From this I make a case for how such reductions are connected to what I refer to as 'the play of violence' in Stevens' poetry, and to refer this violence back to the mythology Stevens' poetry shares with certain pre-Socratics and with Greek tragedy. This shows how such mythic rhythms are apparent within the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Heidegger and Gadamer, and how these rhythms release a poetic understanding of the violence of a ‘reduction of metaphysics’
Gwendolyne Stevens
No full text"Gwendolyne Daphne was born on 7 June 1908 at Quorn, South Australia, daughter of Hugo Albert Valentine Healey, painter and later publican, and his wife Jessie Gwendolyne, n?e Napier, both South Australian born.
Gwendolyne attended several rural schools, including Innamincka Public, before proceeding to St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School, Adelaide. Miss Healey trained at Burra public and (Royal) Adelaide hospitals, and was registered as a nurse on 11 July 1929. She then moved to Parkside Mental Hospital where she gained a certificate in psychiatric nursing in 1931 and became sister-in-charge. In 1934 she bought a large house at Payneham that had been built by James Marshall, converted it into a private psychiatric hospital and named it St Margarets. As its owner and matron for eighteen years, she cared for patients suffering the early stages of nervous disorders, and provided them with a secure and restful setting, with aviaries amid beautiful gardens. That she took on such a task during the depression, and succeeded in it, testified to her business acumen, organizing ability and compassion for those in need.
At the chapel of the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide, on 12 April 1940, she married George Dempster Stevens, a clerk employed by Dalgety & Co. Ltd. They were to have two daughters.
Pursuing her interest in community health, Mrs Stevens was founding president (1944-50) and a committee-member (until 1961) of the Payneham branch of the Mothers' and Babies' Health Association.
After she sold her hospital in 1952, she set up Sterling Downs, a Poll Dorset stud on 2200 acres (890 ha) at Currency Creek, in 1957. She employed a manager to supervise the stud and visited it each week. In the 1960s she sold part of the land and moved the stud to Sterling Park, McLaren Vale. The stud was later sold and its sheep replaced with cattle.
Having noticed particular outcrops of rock at Sterling Park, Stevens arranged for drilling to be conducted, as a result of which she opened a quarry and sold building sands to the local council.
In 1968 she became interested in the mining potential of the Northern Territory. She studied maps, obtained advice from geologists and concentrated on an area near Oenpelli, Arnhem Land. She received permission to prospect on 1282 sq. miles (3320 km?) of Aboriginal reserve and negotiated an exploration programme with Queensland Mines Ltd.
In 1970 that company discovered what was then described as the richest body of uranium ore in the world, at a site known to local Aborigines as Nabarlek.
Newspapers referred to Stevens as 'probably the first woman in the world with a right to mine uranium'. She visited the area twice during the early stages of exploration and was staggered by the size of the find.
In August 1971, however, Queensland Mines downgraded the ore reserves to about one-sixth of those announced a year earlier. Intending to use some of the proceeds of her investment to benefit the health of the Aborigines, she transferred the exploration licences to Queensland Mines in May 1973 and negotiated a royalty agreement. Mining at Nabarlek began in 1979.
Mrs Stevens both created and took advantage of opportunities in the areas of mental health, sheep-breeding and mining. Suffering from hypertension, she died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 3 March 1974 in her Kensington Park home and was cremated. She was survived by her husband and their daughters. Her estate was sworn for probate at $416,266." [author Tony Bott].NurseSheep BreederMining EntrepreneurHospital Proprieto
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
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