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Samuel Davenport

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Sir Samuel Davenport (5 March 1818 – 3 September 1906) was one of the early settlers of Australia and became a landowner and parliamentarian in South Australia. [1]

42 relations: Adelaide, Adjournment, Arthur Blyth, Arthur Henry Freeling, B. T. Finniss, Bank, Beaumont House, Beaumont, South Australia, Catherine Helen Spence, Commissioner of Public Works (South Australia), Electoral district of Davenport, Geography, Honorary degree, Horticulture, Knight, Land tenure, Macclesfield, South Australia, Mill Hill School, Oath of allegiance, Olive oil, Order of St Michael and St George, Oxfordshire, Parliament of South Australia, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Pound sterling, Responsible government, River Angas, Robert Davenport (Australian politician), Robert Torrens, Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, Shirburn, Silk, South Australia, South Australian Company, South Australian Legislative Council, South Australian Museum, South Australian Register, The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thomas Reynolds (Australian politician), Tobacco, University of Cambridge.

Adelaide

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

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Adjournment

In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting.

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Arthur Blyth

Sir Arthur Blyth (19 March 1823 – 7 December 1891) was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75.

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Arthur Henry Freeling

Sir Arthur Henry Freeling, 5th Baronet (26 July 1820 – 26 March 1885) was the fifth Surveyor General of South Australia.

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B. T. Finniss

Boyle Travers Finniss (18 August 1807 – 24 December 1893) was the first Premier of South Australia, serving from 24 October 1856 to 20 August 1857.

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Bank

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit.

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Beaumont House

Beaumont House, occasionally known as Claremont, is an eclectic Romanesque-Classical brick residence located at 631 Glynburn Road in Beaumont, South Australia.

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Beaumont, South Australia

Beaumont is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside.

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Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist.

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Commissioner of Public Works (South Australia)

The Commissioner of Public Works was a member of Cabinet of the Government of South Australia.

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Electoral district of Davenport

Davenport is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Geography

Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Land tenure

In common law systems, land tenure is the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land.

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Macclesfield, South Australia

Macclesfield is a small town on the upper reaches of the River Angas in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.

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Mill Hill School

Mill Hill School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school located in Mill Hill, north London.

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Oath of allegiance

An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges a duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to monarch or country.

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Olive oil

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin.

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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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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Parliament of South Australia

The Parliament of South Australia at Parliament House, Adelaide is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia.

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Port Augusta

Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia.

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Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Responsible government

Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.

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River Angas

The River Angas, part of the River Murray catchment, is a river that is located in the Adelaide Hills region in the Australian state of South Australia.

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Robert Davenport (Australian politician)

Robert Davenport (1816 – 3 September 1896) was a pioneer and politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia.

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Robert Torrens

Sir Robert Richard Torrens, (1 July 1814 – 31 August 1884) was the third Premier of South Australia and a pioneer and author of a simplified system of transferring land.

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Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia

The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia was founded in November 1839 as the South Australian Agricultural Society with the aim of promoting primary industries in the Colony.

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Shirburn

Shirburn is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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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 Company

The South Australian Company was formed in London on 9 October 1835 by George Fife Angas and other wealthy British merchants to develop a new settlement in South Australia; its purpose was to build a new colony.

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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 Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856.

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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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The Advertiser (Adelaide)

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

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Thomas Reynolds (Australian politician)

Thomas Reynolds (27 January 1818 – 25 February 1875) was the fifth Premier of South Australia, serving from 9 May 1860 to 8 October 1861.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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References

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

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