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John Downer

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Sir John William Downer, KCMG, KC (6 July 1843 – 2 August 1915) was the Premier of South Australia twice, from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. [1]

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Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Alexander Downer

Alexander John Gosse Downer AC (born 9 September 1951) is a former Australian politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.

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Alfred Deakin

Alfred Deakin (3 August 18567 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia, in office for three separate terms – 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908, and 1909 to 1910.

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Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore

Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, Lord Inverurie (12 August 1852 – 3 March 1930) was a British politician and colonial governor.

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Alick Downer

Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer (7 April 1910 – 30 March 1981) was an Australian politician and diplomat.

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Attorney-General of South Australia

The Attorney-General of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Barossa Valley

The Barossa Valley is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Charles Kingston

Charles Cameron Kingston, PC (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician.

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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; or) is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Downer family

The Downer family has played a significant role in the South Australian and Australian political and social sphere since the early days of European settlement.

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Downer, Australian Capital Territory

Downer is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the city's inner north.

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E. H. Coombe

Ephraim Henry Coombe (26 August 1858 – 5 April 1917) was a South Australian newspaper editor and politician.

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Electoral district of Barossa

Barossa was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the colony (Australian state from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1938 and again from 1956 to 1970.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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First Colonial Conference

The First Colonial Conference met in London in 1887 on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

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Frederick Holder

Sir Frederick William Holder KCMG (12 May 185023 July 1909) was an Australian politician.

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Garema Place

Garema Place is a paved outdoor area in Civic, Canberra, Australia, with a number of shops, restaurants and cafes with outdoor dining.

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George Downer

Alexander George Downer (28 January 1839 – 17 August 1916), usually known as George, or A. G. Downer, was a prominent South Australian businessman and a partner with his brother Sir John Downer in the legal firm G & J Downer.

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Henry Chamberlain Russell

Henry Chamberlain Russell, CMG, FRS, (17 March 1836 – 22 February 1907) was an Australian astronomer and meteorologist.

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Henry Edward Downer

Henry Edward Downer (22 March 1836 – 4 August 1905) was a South Australian politician.

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Imperial Conference

Imperial Conferences (Colonial Conferences before 1907) were periodic gatherings of government leaders from the self-governing colonies and dominions of the British Empire between 1887 and 1937, before the establishment of regular Meetings of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in 1944.

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James Hague

James Hague (17 September 1834 – 16 August 1916) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Barossa from 1890 to 1902.

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James Henderson (minister)

James Henderson (28 January 1820 – 19 April 1905) was a Scots-born Presbyterian minister in Victoria and South Australia who was twice removed from his church after allegations of misconduct.

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Jenkin Coles

Sir Jenkin Coles KCMG (19 January 1843 – 6 December 1911) was a South Australian politician.

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John Cockburn (Australian politician)

Sir John Alexander Cockburn, KCMG (23 August 185026 November 1929) was Premier of South Australia from 27 June 1889 until 18 August 1890.

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John Colton (politician)

Sir John Colton, (23 September 1823 – 6 February 1902) was an Australian politician, Premier of South Australia and philanthropist.

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John Cox Bray

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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John Jenkins (Australian politician)

John Greeley Jenkins (8 September 1851 – 22 February 1923) was an American-Australian politician.

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John McPherson

John Abel McPherson (28 January 1860 – 13 December 1897) was the first leader of the South Australian United Labor Party from 1892 to 1897.

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Leader of the Opposition (South Australia)

The Leader of the Opposition in South Australia is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the Opposition, in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia.

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Liberal Union (South Australia)

The Liberal Union was a political party in South Australia resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) and the two independent conservative parties, the Australasian National League (ANL, formerly National Defence League (NDL)) and the Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) as a response to Labor successes culminating in South Australia's first majority government at the 1910 election.

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Martin Basedow

Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow (25 September 1829 – 12 March 1902), generally known as Frederick Basedow, was a native of Hanover, Germany who arrived in South Australia aboard the Pauline in March 1848.

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National Defence League

The National Defence League (NDL) was an independent conservative political party founded in 1891 by MLC Richard Baker in South Australia as an immediate response to the perceived threat from Labor.

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North Adelaide

North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Premier of South Australia

The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Ralph Robey

Ralph Mayer Robey (1809 – 1 April 1864) was an English-born Australian politician.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Australian colonial election, 1893

Elections were held in the colony of South Australia from 15 April to 6 May 1893.

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South Australian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.

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South Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.

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South Australian Register

The Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, and later South Australian Register, was South Australia's first newspaper.

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St Peter's College, Adelaide

Saint Peter's College (officially The Collegiate School of St Peter, but commonly known as SPSC, Sancti Petri Schola Collegiata, St Peter's or Saints) is an independent boys' school in the South Australian capital of Adelaide.

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St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)

St Mark's College is a co-residential college in North Adelaide, South Australia.

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The Advertiser (Adelaide)

The Advertiser is a conservative, daily tabloid-format newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.

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The Chronicle (South Australia)

The Chronicle was a South Australian weekly newspaper which evolved through a series of titles.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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The Observer (Adelaide)

The Observer was a Saturday newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia from July 1843 to February 1931.

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The Sunday Times (Sydney)

The Sunday Times was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1885 to 1930.

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Thomas Playford II

Thomas Playford (26 November 1837 – 19 April 1915) served as Premier of South Australia and Treasurer from 11 June 1887 to 26 June 1889 and 8 August 1890 to 20 June 1892, as well as serving as the Australian Federal Minister for Defence from 1905 to 1907.

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Tory

A Tory is a person who holds a political philosophy, known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved throughout history.

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Treasurer of South Australia

The Treasurer of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for the financial management of that state's budget sector.

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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia.

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Vaiben Louis Solomon

Vaiben Louis Solomon (13 May 1853 – 20 October 1908) was the 21st Premier of South Australia and a member of the first Australian Commonwealth parliament.

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Vaiben Solomon

Vaiben Solomon (1798 – 21 June 1860) was a London Jew who, with his brother Emanuel Solomon, was transported for larceny to New South Wales in 1818.

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William C. F. Robinson

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (14 January 1834 – 2 May 1897) was a British colonial administrator and a musical composer, being the author of several well-known songs.

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William Copley (South Australian politician)

William Copley (25 April 1845 – 16 September 1925) was a South Australian politician.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage (colloquial: female suffrage, woman suffrage or women's right to vote) --> is the right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Downer

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