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Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
Whittle, Elder George |
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Date of
Birth |
8 January 1886 |
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Place of
Birth |
Bowden-on-the-Hill |
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Date of
Death |
31 May 1965 |
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Place of
Death |
Prospect, South Australia |
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Place of
Burial |
Enfield Memorial Park |
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Arrived in
South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
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Lived in
Prospect (dates) |
Daphne Street. |
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Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
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Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
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Names of
houses (if any) |
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Parents |
George Caleb Whittle
& Julia Anna Kutcher |
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Spouse(s) |
Anna Harry (As Mayoress of Prospect, Mrs Annie Whittle, initiated a Prospect Women’s Service Association to help
the poor and needy in the district. Born 1887.Died 1955. Buried Enfield
Memorial Park. |
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Date(s) of
Marriage(s) |
29 April 1911 |
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Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
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Children |
Donald George Whittle (born 1914 died 1982 ) (completed a three
years ' course in civil engineering at Adelaide Uni. with record of 27 credit
passes in a total of 27 subjects in the term) Engaged to Enid Schumacher of Thorngate 30 June 1938. |
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Education |
Educated at North Adelaide Public School |
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Occupation(s) |
Auctioneer Former Member of
Parliament 19 Mar 1938 - 28 Apr 1944 & 8 Mar 1947 - 6 Mar 1953 House of Assembly Prospect |
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Interests/Activities |
Was a
keen debater and Repertory Theatre actor and was instrumental in
the formation of the Prospect Band. Was also an elocutionist
and judged Rechabite elocution competitions. Was an
original member of the Repertory Theatre, established at the
Conservatorium by Mr. Bryceson Trehearne under the name of the Adelaide
Literary Theatre, and in 1908 won a State championship for a Shakespearean
recital. Sport-bowls.
Member of Thorngate Masonic Lodge & Sons of Temperance Lodge. |
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Religion/Churches
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
George Whittle Reserve, Churchill Road, Prospect named
after him. Member of Municipal Tramways Trust. Vice-Patron North Adelaide
Football Club. Vice-President Prospect Cricket Club. President of Mothers
& Babies Health Association. Member of State Council Boy Scouts’
Association. |
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Local
Government experience |
Prospect’s first mayor in 1/7/1933 and 1949-1952 and 1953-1954. For 43 years was a Councillor (Fitzroy Ward 1922- 1932; 1937-1948) and Alderman (1948-1966). Chairman
Prospect District Council 1/7/1933. Vice-president Suburban & District Councils’
Association. In May 1945, his suggestion of re-naming Lower North Road as
Churchill Road in honour of Sir Winston Churchill was accepted by Prospect
Council. |
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Sources of
information |
Living in Prospect Pauline Payne pp 4 &8. www.geni.com/people/Elder-Whittle MyHeritage Family Trees www2.parliament.sa.gov.au Trove - The
News (Adelaide, SA ) 22 June 1936 page 4 Civic Record of South Australia 1936 |
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Principal
Researcher |
Kristina Barnett |
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