Image 15...gave, in connection with the Exhibition, to representative Colonial visitors. Mr. Davies is a member of the Council... ...one of the founders of the Young Menâs Christian Association of Melbourne, and, for the first few years,...
Image 20...claim to being recognised as a thoroughly representative man by the steady growth of his reputation, which reached...
Image 24...a Miss Jelketon, a member of a representative Irish family. Mr. Walters received a thorough commercial education, and...
Image 27...evidenced in the statutes of Victoria. Most men have read of palaces of gold, and Mr. Farrell can...
Image 35...the principal wool mart of Australia. To men like Mr. Robert Simson must the honor be paid for...
Image 36...the 14tli May, 1880, one of the representatives in the Council for the Western Province, Mr. Simson again... ...of a conscientious, painstaking and lionom able representative. He was on three different occasions elected President of the...
Image 39...pluck or colonial âgoâ can effect. Some men set out in life with immense advantages over their fellows;...
Image 53...hatred of denominations and of all religious men who have taken an interest in education in Victoria. Mr.... ...community were searching for gold, the only men who continued at their posts were those connected with denominationalism,...
Image 55...the constituency of East Bourke as its representative, and has since occupied a seat in the Assembly. It...
Image 56...portals of learning, politics, and commerce to men of all classes, and allows them to attain the highest... ...country is very fertile in instances of men and women having risen to places of pre-eminence. Although no... ...two men resemble each other closely in character âand consequently the course pursued by one man in building... ...written âbiographies fertile in instances of how men have fallen to the deepest depths. These instances form the...
Image 57...This is not the way the successful men of Australia won their spurs; they preferred living on little,... ...a society holding c uch advantages to men struggling for a livelihood, must be considered a bene: tor;...
Image 61...of the most prominent of the public men of Australia. Time was when the politicians and statesmen of... ...a more intimate acquaintance with Australiaâs really RepresentativeMen has sufficed to dispel that illusion. True it is... ...by the advent of rising and self-reliant men to her public councils, not only by the introduction of... ...patriot to see his country prosper. Such men leave their impress on the national life of a country,... ...up amongst colonial institutions, he is thoroughly Australian in ideas, sympathy, and genius. His father, immediately after his...
Image 63...found on the statute books of the Australian colonies. Then followed the usual appeal to the electorates, when...
Image 64...for Public Instruction. At the convention of representatives of the Australasian Colonies, held at Sydney in December, 1883,... ...Sir Samuel was one of the representatives of Queensland, when he gave still further evidence of his powers...
Image 66...completing his education in 1866, the future Australian theatrical manager was articled for four years to Mr. C.... ...âwhose name is a household word amongst Australian playgoers, and the following record will detail some interesting circumstances...
Image 69...friendship then commenced between the two young men which has since proved so beneficial to both. Things were...
Image 71...has sent forth into J the world men of the highest culture in literature, science, and art. ht... ...A â Australia she can claim many men of culture. brilliant man of lit Zi Al ' cl^...
Image 76...to a long roll of liSp distinguished men âdistinguished in the field and the forum, the pulpit and... ...the bar; men distinguished in the fields of science, men conversant with the mysteries of medicine and skilled...
Image 83...its intellectual growth. This is partly true. Men may become so engrossed in business, and the demand on...
Image 86...of physical subjects. This substantial contribution to Australian educational literature has met with general approval, and it is...
Image 89...by asking the questionâwhat is a MIS representative man of Australia ? The answer to the question depends... ...of the Rose should be founded for men of talent. A representative man of Australia is one, then,... ...advances himself to fame, not on other menâs shoulders, or by other menâs influence securing a position of... ...commands corroborates. J. Marmaduke Rose is an Australian native, having been born in Melbourne, on August 31st, 1849,...
Image 92...In February, 1883, he was elected as representative for North Melbourne in the Legislative Assembly by a large... ...departments of the commercial world. Being an Australian native, he is naturally led to further in every way... ...as the founder and President of the Australian Nativesâ Building Society. There is no more noble work than... ...that of stimulating young men to take an interest in then- country, as it engenders m them a... ...patriotism, and calls forth from their ranks men fitted to shape the destinies of their native land, by...
Image 95...the absence of foreign relations. But these Australian colonies have now attained an age when outer concerns must... ...decided step towards the Federation of these Australian colonies. In doing so he has travelled outside the usual... ...orbit of Australian politics, and ventured into the higher walk. His conduct of the matter shows that he...
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