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SA Police Gazette 1946
This sampler file contains various sample pages from the product. Sample pages will often include: the title page, an index, and other pages of interest. This sample is fully searchable (read Search Tips) but is not FASTFIND enabled. To view more samplers click here www.gould.com.au www.archivecdbooks.com.au · The widest range of Australian, English, · Over 1600 rare Australian and New Zealand Irish, Scottish and European resources books on fully searchable CD-ROM · 11000 products to help with your research · Over 3000 worldwide · A complete range of Genealogy software · Including: Government and Police 5000 data CDs from numerous countries gazettes, Electoral Rolls, Post Office and Specialist Directories, War records, Regional Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter histories etc. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK www.unlockthepast.com.au · Promoting History, Genealogy and Heritage in Australia and New Zealand · A major events resource · regional and major roadshows, seminars, conferences, expos · A major go-to site for resources www.familyphotobook.com.au · free information and content, www.worldvitalrecords.com.au newsletters and blogs, speaker · Free software download to create biographies, topic details · 50 million Australasian records professional looking personal photo books, · Includes a team of expert speakers, writers, · 1 billion records world wide calendars and more organisations and commercial partners · low subscriptions · FREE content daily and some permanently The resolution of this sampler has been reduced from the original on CD to keep the file smaller for download. South Australian Police Gazette 1946 Ref. AU5103-1946 ISBN: 978 1 921494 85 7 This book was kindly loaned to Archive CD Books Australia by the South Australia Police Historical Society www.sapolicehistory.org Navigating this CD To view the contents of this CD use the bookmarks and Adobe Reader’s forward and back buttons to browse through the pages. -
Gabbedy, John Phillip (Jack) (1906–1991)
G GABBEDY, JOHN PHILLIP (JACK) and 1945), East Fremantle; aboard the cruiser (1906–1991), banker and government adviser, HMAS Adelaide in Australian waters (1943); was born on 19 September 1906 at Menzies, and at shore establishments in Queensland, Western Australia, eldest of seven children of New Guinea, and New South Wales (1943– Victorian-born parents John Ernest Gabbedy, 45). On 7 December 1945 he was demobilised engine driver, and his wife Marcella, née at Leeuwin. Sherlock. In 1912 the family moved to In 1945 the development-focused Fremantle where Jack attended Christian Agricultural Bank was reconstituted as Brothers’ College. He joined the State a State-owned trading bank, the Rural and Department of Lands and Surveys in 1922 and Industries (R&I) Bank of Western Australia. was assigned to work on the newly established Gabbedy had been identified as one of its group settlement scheme, championed by ‘up-and-comers’ (Spillman 1989, 130) and Premier (Sir) James Mitchell [q.v.10] with the in December 1945 was despatched to open aim of attracting British migrants to develop a branch at Carnamah in the Mid-West region, new farms that would boost domestic food where he again threw himself into community production. Intelligent and well-organised, life. He later managed branches at Narembeen Gabbedy attracted the notice of William (Bill) (1947) and Manjimup (1948–53) and, in Vickery, a key figure in the administration 1953, was promoted to officer-in-charge of the of the scheme. By the age of twenty-one, securities department at the Perth head office. he was responsible for the scheme’s stock Five months later the sudden death of the records, a task involving frequent visits to the only R&I commissioner with rural experience south-west of the State. -
No Substitute for Kindness
No Substitute for Kindness THE STORY OF MAY AND STANLEY SMITH No Substitute for Kindness THE STORY OF MAY AND STANLEY SMITH © 2017 The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust. All rights reserved. Contents ISBN 978-0-9965590-1-0 Written and produced by Personal History Productions LLC Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Helping companies, organizations, and individuals record their histories ONE Stanley Smith’s Beginnings 1 NINE Trading in Postwar Hong Kong 109 as a legacy for families, employees, customers, beneficiaries, and the public. TWO School Days 11 T EN From Merchants to Miners 123 707.539.5559 THREE The Wandering Years 27 ELEVEN A New Approach to Human Resources 139 www.personalhistoryproductions.com FOUR Sydney to Singapore 39 TWELVE A Pair of Shrewd and Well-Connected Entrepreneurs 145 FI VE Secret Agent in Singapore 49 THIRTEEN Home in Singapore 151 SIX Decamping to Chungking 57 FOURTEEN Cold War to Cold Feet: Leaving Singapore 161 SEVEN A Privileged Girl in Troubled Times 75 FIFTEEN The End of a Good Run 173 EIGHT The Final War Years 93 SIXTEEN Life Without Stanley 189 Epilogue 199 Endnotes 203 Selected Bibliography 223 Image Credits 229 Index 231 v Foreword elling the story of Stanley and May Smith is like two men who became his friends late in life. The first putting together an old jigsaw puzzle, one whose is a batch of handwritten letters sent over the course of Tpieces have been tossed high in the sky and scat- his last 11 years to the headmaster of the private gram- tered far and wide around the globe, with some key bits mar school he attended in Australia. -
Inspired Giving 2015 Donor Honour Roll
Inspired Giving 2015 Donor honour roll In recognition of our supporters Thank you to all our donors The University of Sydney’s honour roll recognises the alumni, friends, organisations, foundations, individuals and estates who gave their generous support during 2015. We would also like to acknowledge the many anonymous donors who contributed to our success. We are profoundly grateful for your confidence in us and your belief in our work. The University of Sydney Donor honour roll 2015 2 Individuals $10,000,000+ Ivan Kennedy Phillip Titterton Hilda Kerkyasharian David Tribe Barry Lambert Stepan Kerkyasharian Bernhard Van Joy Lambert $10,000 AO Denhooven Chau Chak Wing - $99,999 Stephen Killelea AM Mary Weal Len Ainsworth David Kirk MBE Ted Weissel Huy An Juliet Kirkpatrick Gerald Westheimer $1,000,000 James Beattie William Kirkpatrick AM - $9,999,999 Jamie Bonic OAM John Whitehouse John Boultbee AM Warren Halloran AM Larry Kornhauser James Wiley Margaret Bowering Belinda Hutchinson AM Chung Lee Caroline Wilkinson Alec Brennan AM Roger Massy-Greene Lily Lee Sharyn Yelland David Burns Colin Sullivan AO Zhong Li Neil Burns Yow Beng Lim Alexander Charles Littrell $1000 - $9,999 Cambitoglou AO $100,000 Helen Maneas Gail Abrahams Alan Cameron AO Peter Maneas - $999,999 Kimberly Cartwright Rodney Adler Robert Marich Michael Ahrens Helen Breekveldt John Chalmers AC Patricia Mason Gloria Campey Evelyn Chan David Allen Graham Matheson Nicola Allen Ronald Campey Svetlana Cherepanoff Delia Mazzina Marcia Chalmers Robert Christie Timothy Allen Kevin