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  Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilsons are found primarily in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, and the United States.
Wilson was the neighbor of Tim and Jill Taylor, whose obscured face was the subject of a running gag.
Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of copper in tissue
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jim Bacon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.
The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia.
James Whyte (March 30, 1820 – August 20, 1882) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jim-Bacon   (2217 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Geoffrey Gallop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.
Gallop is a strong supporter of the movement for an Australian republic, and took a leading role in the push for a directly-elected President during the 1998 Constitutional Convention in Canberra.
Australian republicanism is a movement within Australia to replace the countrys existing status as a Commonwealth realm under a constitutional monarchy with a republican form of government.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Geoffrey-Gallop   (2131 words)

  
 Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Wilson Kyi" is derived from William, an old Germanic name.
Wilson (full name: Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.) is a character on the television sitcom Home Improvement, played by Earl Hindman.
John Wilson journalist (1940 -), Born Colac, Victoria, Australia.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilson   (319 words)

  
 Wilson, Sir James Milne
Was born at Banff, Scotland, on 29 February 1812, the third son of John Wilson, a shipowner.
In 1868, at the time of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, Wilson was mayor of Hobart and on 4 August 1869 became premier and colonial secretary in a ministry which lasted until November 1872.
XXXVI.) In 1872 Wilson was elected president of the Tasmanian legislative council, and held this position until his death on 29 February 1880.
www.electricscotland.com /history/australia/wilson_james.htm   (275 words)

  
 The Australian Republic: Paving the Way for the Regional Empire
Such a message is appealing to many Australians who are worried about the direction that Australia is heading in and want a return to the Australia of the 1960s where aboriginals were second-class citizens and Asian immigration was not allowed.
Because she is one of the few politicians to offer a vision, Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party won 11 seats in Queensland and received nearly a quarter of the votes.
It is of the utmost importance that the decision by Australians to become a Republic is not something which emerges simply as a reaction to external events or external perceptions.
www.angelfire.com /pa3/ericblair/menuaustralianrepublic.html   (14840 words)

  
 The Irish in Australia
Since he had landed on Australian shores, he had constantly urged that it was the interest and duty of all classes to fuse into one common Australian nationality.
James Doyle, who died in the employment of the identical journal which is now assailing Mr.
The Australian Patriot's last service to his country was the framing of a constitution based on the British model, and extending to the colonists the amplest measure of political freedom.
www.quinnipiac.edu /other/ABL/etext/Irish/australia/australianirishchapter12.html   (8309 words)

  
 Scott Wickstein
The broad spectrum of Australian society is that 30-35% of the population support the Liberal-National coalition, no matter what, 30-35% support Labor the same, 10% the fringe Left parties, and that leaves about 20-30% of the population as a "centre" bloc of unaligned voters that are up for grabs.
THE RANKS of Australian bloggers are reinforced with the arrival of Gary Sauer-Thompson.
Australians know all too well how isolated we are from the rest of the world; and the notion that such things could happen to us is deep rooted.
scottwickstein.blogspot.com /2002_10_01_scottwickstein_archive.html   (14646 words)

  
 James VI of Scotland and the Throne of England by Helen Georgia Stafford, at Questia Online Library
James VI of Scotland and the Throne of England
The future James VI of Scotland, who occupied his throne...fifty-eight years and who was also James I of England for twenty-two, was born in Edinburgh on June 19th, 1566.
JAMES I, king of England 1566 1625, king of England (1603 25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567 1625).
www.questia.com /library/book/james-vi-of-scotland-and-the-throne-of-england-by-helen-georgia-stafford.jsp   (1778 words)

  
 Shackleton news
It is pleasing to report that the James Caird Society's new Constitution (approved by members at the AGM in 2003) has been endorsed by the Charity Commissioners.
The second issue of the James Caird Society Journal, edited by the Dulwich College Archivist and JCS Committee Member Dr. Jan Piggott, was published in November 2004.
The Honourable Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of the explorer, President of the James Caird Society and a worthy champion of her grandfather's achievements, gave an extensive interview during a recent visit to the United States in conjunction with the WGBH/NOVA Shackleton film opening.
www.jamescairdsociety.com /latest.php   (8446 words)

  
 List of people by name: Hun-Huz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hunt, David, Baron Hunt of Wirral (born 1942), British politician
Hunter, William Alexander (1844-1898), Scottish politician and jurist
Huskisson, William (died 1830), British politician and accident victim
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_by_name:_Hun-Huz   (197 words)

  
 My Stewart Ancestors & Related Families by Laura S. Civey
James Stuart from William and Jane Sullivan, 250 acres of land in the
From records, James Stewart was Rec'd by letter on Dec. 12, 1801; On Feb. 14, 1802 Brother Harrod, Brother Stuart and Brother George Newland were appointed Elders of the Church.
This is the ruins of the James Stewart, Jr.
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 Rhodes Scholarship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James H. Billington (New Jersey and Balliol 1950), U.S. Librarian of Congress, 1987-
James A. Gobbo CVO AC QC (Victoria and Magdalen 1952), Australian Supreme Court Judge and Governor of Victoria
Elsdon Storey (Victoria and Magdalen and Wolfson 1980), Australian neurologist
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 Fallen Heroes Memorial: Army Spc. James M. Kiehl
James is, and always will be, a Hero who cared enough to give his all for our country.
James rarely kept secrets from the "family" group and considering the fact that he rarely talked about his real mother, I sincerely doubt that he would start talking to her the way she claimed.
I was close enough with James for him to be one of the groomsmen at my wedding and he also was the one that took me to the church for my wedding.
www.fallenheroesmemorial.com /profiles/kiehljamesm.html   (19293 words)

  
 Definition of Rhodes Scholar
James Billington (New Jersey and Balliol, 1950), Librarian of Congress
James Gobbo (Victoria and Magdalen, 1952), Australian Supreme Court Judge and Governor of Victoria, Australia
James Woolsey (Oklahoma and St. John's, 1963), Director of the CIA, 1992-1996
www.wordiq.com /definition/Rhodes_Scholar   (1673 words)

  
 Chummy Fleming - a brief biography - Bob James
When the movement for an Australian Republic prompted meetings in Melbourne, in 1888, at which even Monty Miller spoke in support, 'Chummy' asked the question, 'What will it do for the workers?' dampening the enthusiasm of quite a few.
Falk found, in the letters, how, at the time the Australian tour was being arranged, she and Reitman were at odds over his promiscuity and her apparent inability to cast him aside or to get him into context.
During this period he was frequently arrested, jailed and threatened with being deported by the authorities, or thrown into the river by roughs and on at least one occasion was thrown in, being saved by Laidler.
www.takver.com /history/chummy.htm   (8099 words)

  
 Tuckey stands by James Hardie remarks - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
West Australian Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey stood by his belief that asbestos producer James Hardie was being picked on, declaring proper legal process should be followed.
The bill would allow the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to use James Hardie documents in investigations and court actions.
Mr Tuckey's defence of James Hardie sparked a strong response from fellow MPs, one of whom called him "a mug who was off with the pixies".
www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/news/National/Tuckey-stands-by-James-Hardie-remarkss/2004/12/09/1102182393069.html   (435 words)

  
 JamesBowman.net | Honor Enduring
Yup, and the guinea-pig is mine as well." And then everything will be all right, because honesty and integrity has been upheld and nothing will have been done to shake the trust of the people in their politicians.
What else have our politicians to be heroically defiant about but the media’s demands that they demonstrate their humanity by public suffering.
When Blunkett fell anyway in mid-December, it was assumed to be because his Churchillian qualities ran out after he was forced to apologize for some remarkably ill-timed criticisms of his ministerial colleagues published in an authorized biography.
www.jamesbowman.net /articleDetail.asp?pubID=1591   (3476 words)

  
 Australian Quotes & Notes - The Quotes - 1850 to 1901
The 'condition of Europe' probably referred to the perceived threat of French expansion in the Pacific and was seen by Duffy, a former member of the Young Ireland movement, as an excuse by the Australian colonies to weaken their ties with England.
Surely it is not Edmund Wilson, proprietor of The Argus, who happened to be in the Old Country about then, and was known to write 'private' letters.
Taking advice from some of their cosmopolitan mates (gold fields were very multicultural), they cut skis from alpine ash trees, bent the ends with heat and used gum sticks as single stocks.
www.australianquotes.com /quotes_1850-1901.html   (19172 words)

  
 The Countess: May 2005 Archives
According to the story, Ocean-Born Mary Wilson Wallace came to her name because she was born on the Irish immigrant ship, The Wolf, in 1720.
The pirate captain, Don Pedro, learned that a baby had been born, and had told the Wilsons that he would spare the ship if the mother would name the baby after his mother, who was named Mary.
James Nisula of Londonderry, who visited the house more than once, claimed to have "felt the vibrations" of spirits in the kitchen area.
trishwilson.typepad.com /blog/2005/05   (13577 words)

  
 The Australian: HSIE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
As a journalist for The Australian you are following a team of archaeologists uncovering an ancient burial site in Peru, write a short story for each day of the week describing their latest findings.
As far as the Howard Government is concerned, Australians must accept that humans contribute to global warming and adapt their behaviour to save the planet.
August 14: The drought cut Australian farms and fisheries food production by more than a fifth in 2002-03.
theaustralian.news.com.au /schools/specials/0,6960,hsie^^TEXT,00.html   (8456 words)

  
 Wilson's Blogmanac: August 2003
More evidence appears to be emerging that the Australian government and its agencies know much more than they are telling about the sinking of the SIEV-X refugee ship.
Crumb, or 'R', as he is known to his many fans worldwide, has also produced volumes of non-comix artwork, including an illustrated version of James Boswell's 18th-century London Journal (a personal favourite of your almanackist whether illustrated by R or not).
All I know is that his 'Fair and balanced' gag was funny, when you know that Fox uses that slogan (Veralynne explained it to me, with some difficulty), and that the Blogmanac was one of many blogs that added 'Fair and balanced' to their mastheads.
wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com /archives/2003_08_01_wilsonsalmanac_archive.html   (7534 words)

  
 List of Australian politicians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This section only lists former members of the House of Representatives.
For current members, see List of members of the Australian House of Representatives.
This page was last modified 01:08, 20 March 2006.
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 Australia Scots Australian History
In 1854, my great great grandparents James and Maria Snedden left their Scottish homeland forever and travelled half way around the world to Australia in search of a better life.
My father, Donald Angus McDonald, is the great grandson of John McDonald who was born in Scotland in 1802 and died in Bendigo, Victoria (Australia) in about 1897.
Deputy Speaker of the Australian Government's House of Representatives, addressing a sitting of Parliament in his kilt!
www.electricscotland.com /history/australia   (327 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
Flighty feminist Gloria Steinem is generally credited with having said "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle," but this page quotes Steinem as disclaiming the "witticism" and attributing it to "a distinguished Australian educator, journalist and politician" named Irina Dunn.
On Monday morning, after the pair had worked through the night installing some marble in Wilson's kitchen, Wilson discovered his puppy was missing.
"Wilson, who owns several chickens and roosters as pets, told police that after he saw his beloved chicken torn to shreds, he 'looked closer and saw what he believed were piles of dead chicken meat with feathers sticking out of the meat,' Delema reported.
www.opinionjournal.com /best/?id=110003193   (2277 words)

  
 Obituary: James (Jim) Ford Cairns, PhD (1914 - 2003) : Melbourne Indymedia
On Sunday 12 October Jim Cairns, former policeman, academic, Labor politician, anti-war activist, Deputy Prime Minister, and countercultural activist and theorist, died at home at the age of 89.
Jim Cairns will be remembered for his idealism and his commitment to social change using different strategies over his life.
In 1976 Jim Cairns was the primary initiator for the first Down to Earth Confest held at the Cotter River in Canberra.
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2003/10/56203.php   (1579 words)

  
 1953 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
February 28 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA.
March 1 - After an all-night dinner with Soviet Union interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body.
April 25 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish their description of the double helix structure of DNA.(::Watson, J. and Crick, F. Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid.
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