The suburb Nicholls in Gungahlin, Australia was named after a man that died in what month?
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Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory Nicholls is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. It was named after Sir Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988) who was born at Cummeragunja Aboriginal mission, New South Wales and who was a footballer, pastor, activist and a former Governor of South Australia and was gazetted on 18 October 1991. Streets are named after various sportsmen and sportswomen.
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Douglas Nicholls Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (9 December 19064 June 1988) was a prominent Aboriginal Australian from the Yorta Yorta people. He was a professional athlete, Churches of Christ pastor and church planter, ceremonial officer and a pioneering campaigner for reconciliation.
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Edward Meagher Edward Raymond Meagher {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 November 1908 – 31 May 1988) was an Australian politician.
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Joe Byrne Joseph "Joe" Byrne (November 1856 – 28 June 1880) was an Australian bushranger born in Victoria to an Irish immigrant. A friend of Ned Kelly, he was a member of the "Kelly Gang" who were declared outlaws after the murder of three policemen at Stringybark Creek. Despite wearing the improvised body armour for which Ned Kelly and his gang are now famous (and which he is reputed to have designed), Byrne received a fatal gunshot during the gang's final violent confrontation with police at Glenrowan, in June 1880.
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Edward Smout Sgt Edward David "Ted" Smout OAM (5 January 1898 – 22 June 2004) was an Australian soldier in the First World War. He was Australia's 6th last surviving World War I veteran.
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Frederick Mann Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann KCMG (2 May 1869 – 29 May 1958) was the chief justice of the Australian state of Victoria between 1 October 1935 and 31 January 1944. He was also Victoria’s lieutenant governor between 12 May 1936 and May 1945. Mann was nicknamed the “Little Gentleman” because of his height (he was 168 cm tall) and he was unfailingly courteous. He had a reputation of being a careful judge delivering decisions of precision and clarity. In 1935, he became the first Australian born person to become chief justice of Victoria.
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Heathcote Hammer Major General Heathcote Howard Hammer, CBE, DSO & Bar (15 February 1905 – 10 March 1961) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War. After working as a traveling salesman he joined the Militia, Australia's part-time military force, in 1923, starting out as an enlisted soldier before being commissioned as an officer. By 1939, having served with several infantry units, he had reached the rank of major. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Hammer volunteered for overseas service and fought in Greece, North Africa, New Guinea and Bougainville. He remained in the military after the war, rising to command at divisional level before retiring in 1959. He died in 1961 at the age of 56.
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Nicholas Tonti-Filippini Nicholas Antony Tonti-Filippini {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (5 July 1956 – 7 November 2014) was an Australian bioethicist. He was a leading spokesman against voluntary euthanasia.
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Leslie Maygar Leslie Cecil Maygar, (27 May 1868 – 1 November 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was awarded the VC for facilitating the rescue of a dismounted man while under severe rifle fire in 1902 during the Second Boer War. He later served at Gallipoli during the First World War, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Beersheba during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
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Fred Lowry Thomas Frederick "Fred" Lowry (1836 – 30 August 1865) was an Australian bushranger and member of the Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang. Born near Fish River in New South Wales, he was a stockman before taking to bushranging, mainly in and around the Blue Mountains. Throughout 1862 and 1863, Lowry was involved in shootings, an escape from prison, and robberies, including the bail up of the Mudgee Mail which earned him and his companions £6,000, the largest haul in bushranging history since the Lachlan Gold Escort robbery the previous year. In August 1863, Lowry was cornered by police inside a hotel outside Goulburn and engaged them in a gun battle, during which he was fatally shot in the throat. Before losing consciousness, he told the policemen, "Tell 'em I died game!" It is for these iconic last words that Lowry is chiefly remembered.
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Leslie Payne Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Herbert Payne {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (5 November 1888 – 23 December 1942) was an Australian politician and military officer.
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Tom Mills Thomas (Tom) Mills (2 April 1908 – 29 July 1978) was an Australian soldier, tinminer and businessman. He served with distinction in World War II and was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
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Ronald Ryan Ronald Joseph Ryan (21 February 1925 – 3 February 1967) was the last person to be legally executed in Australia. Ryan was found guilty of shooting and killing warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison, Victoria, in 1965. Ryan's hanging was met with some of the largest public protests in the history of Australia and led to the end of capital punishment. The death penalty was abolished in 1985.
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Bright Williams Bright Ernest Williams (27 February 1897 – 13 February 2003) was, at the time of his death, the last New Zealand veteran of the First World War, out of the 100,444 New Zealanders to fight in that war.
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Frederick Hagelthorn Frederick William Hagelthorn (23 January 1864 – 21 July 1943) was an Australian politician.
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James O'Loghlin (Australian politician) James Vincent O'Loghlin (25 November 1852 – 4 December 1925) was an Australian politician.
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Harry Bryant Harry Evers Bryant (9 January 1906 – 17 November 1963) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Bryant, a number eight, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia in 1925. He attended Newington College (1917–1923). Bryant died in Cronulla, New South Wales, aged 57.
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Rupert Beale Rupert Noel Beale (24 December 1889 – 28 September 1942) was an Australian politician and an Independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 16 months from May 1941 until his death.
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Thomas McKinley Thomas Joseph McKinley (19 March 1888 – 8 July 1949) was an Australian politician.
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Herman Rupp Herman Montague Rucker Rupp (27 December 1872 – 2 September 1956) was an Australian clergyman and botanist who specialised in orchids and was known as the "Orchid Man".
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Nathaniel Bull Nathaniel George Bull (17 July 1842 – 7 November 1911) was an Australian politician.
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James Cowan (South Australian politician) James Cowan (21 April 1848 – 21 July 1890), flour miller and investor, had been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Yatala for only 2 months when he was killed in an accident at a railway crossing. Cowan was an early investor in Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. The property associated with "Erindale", Cowan's residence at Burnside, was sub-divided after his death into a new suburb which was also named Erindale.