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Spencer Skipper

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30: 212:, and after the death of shipping reporter Richard Jagoe in 1894, he was appointed to that position, which he held until a few weeks before his death. An avid member of the Volunteer Force, he was also the unofficial reporter on the peacetime activities of South Australia's militia. He also served as the paper's arts critic. 250:, but his adulation was undeserved according to one critic, who found his humour "amateurish, very thin and quite dull. He was a hard-working useful hack of considerable intelligence". 649: 219:, whose clever satirical column "Echoes from the Bush by Geoffry Crabthorn", which ran from 1867 to 1878, he emulated in "Echoes and Re-Echoes" in 325: 246: 143: 160: 175: 142:(18 June 1815 – 7 December 1883) and his wife Frances Amelia Skipper, nÊe Thomas (c. 1818 – 27 February 1855), whose father was 659: 654: 431: 610: 220: 130:(c. 1848 – September 1903) was a journalist in South Australia who wrote and drew using the pseudonym "Hugh Kalyptus". 167:
and Gouger's tent and hut, supporting the conventional view that the bent tree is the genuine site of the ceremony.
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Mervyn Garnham Skipper (1886–1958), with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company in Borneo. He was author of
295: 208: 179: 302:(Herbert) Stanley Skipper, aka S. H. Skipper (1880–1962) studied law at the Adelaide University; member of 639: 224: 154: 232: 644: 575: 303: 139: 496: 306:, admitted to the Bar, and was managing partner of Gordon, Anderson & Bright, of Port Adelaide. 171: 309:
Estella Berenice Skipper (1881–1980) married Harry Arthur Stanes and moved to Western Australia
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Myrtle Kyffin Skipper (1884– ) married Henry Arthur Gladstone Cook in Western Australia.
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and married at the end of 1839. Around January 1837 his father painted the scene of the
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In 1875 he was a founder, with Capts. Gray and Scott, of the Rifle Volunteer Force
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He was involved in various sports, notably yachting, cycling, and rifle shooting.
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My Deutscher Brother, a tribute to South Australia's German immigrants
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He was secretary of the Old Colonists' Association for many years.
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Skipper was born in South Australia a son of solicitor and artist
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and studied for the Law. He was an occasional contributor to the
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Skipper's memory was kept alive by his son M. G. Skipper of
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His parents both emigrated to South Australia aboard
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State Library of South Australia 333:For many years they had a home in 14: 576:"Jubilee Number – People of Note" 650:Colony of South Australia people 206:He joined the literary staff of 176:Adelaide Educational Institution 432:The Nambucca and Bellinger News 337:, then moved to Hewitt Avenue, 161:Proclamation of South Australia 111: 611:The Evening Journal (Adelaide) 1: 288: 215:Skipper was associated with 199:from 1871 to 1879 alongside 586:(2607): 55. 29 January 1930 676: 460:Evening Journal (Adelaide) 76:Rose Park, South Australia 553:The Advertiser (Adelaide) 525:The Express and Telegraph 148:South Australian Register 146:, founding editor of the 27: 548:"Australian Federation" 298:. Their children were: 186:(1867–1870), using the 660:Australian journalists 655:Australian cartoonists 455:"My Deutscher Brother" 317:The White Man's Garden 182:'s satirical magazine 225:The Adelaide Observer 304:Modern Pickwick Club 140:John Michael Skipper 128:Spencer John Skipper 44:Spencer John Skipper 497:The West Australian 221:The Evening Journal 170:He was educated at 594:– via Trove. 536:– via Trove. 508:– via Trove. 172:John Lorenzo Young 386:Adelaide Observer 233:Adam Cairns McCay 217:John Howard Clark 125: 124: 667: 624: 623: 621: 619: 602: 596: 595: 593: 591: 572: 566: 565: 563: 561: 544: 538: 537: 535: 533: 520:"Family Notices" 516: 510: 509: 507: 505: 492:"Family Notices" 488: 482: 479: 473: 472: 470: 468: 451: 445: 444: 442: 440: 423: 417: 416: 405: 399: 398: 396: 394: 381:"The Miscellany" 377: 371: 370: 368: 366: 355: 321:The Meeting Pool 293: 290: 264:Other activities 254:Selected writing 201:John Eden Savill 165:The Old Gum Tree 119: 117: 113: 104:Frances Emma Cox 83:Other names 71: 68:8 September 1903 53: 51: 32: 18: 675: 674: 670: 669: 668: 666: 665: 664: 630: 629: 628: 627: 617: 615: 604: 603: 599: 589: 587: 574: 573: 569: 559: 557: 546: 545: 541: 531: 529: 518: 517: 513: 503: 501: 490: 489: 485: 480: 476: 466: 464: 453: 452: 448: 438: 436: 427:"Reminiscences" 425: 424: 420: 407: 406: 402: 392: 390: 379: 378: 374: 364: 362: 357: 356: 352: 347: 323:and worked for 291: 285: 266: 256: 136: 121: 109: 105: 78: 73: 69: 60: 55: 49: 47: 46: 45: 35: 34:Skipper c. 1880 23: 22:Spencer Skipper 12: 11: 5: 673: 671: 663: 662: 657: 652: 647: 642: 632: 631: 626: 625: 597: 567: 539: 511: 483: 474: 446: 418: 400: 372: 349: 348: 346: 343: 331: 330: 313: 310: 307: 284: 281: 280: 279: 276: 273: 270: 265: 262: 261: 260: 255: 252: 235:of the Sydney 193:He worked for 135: 132: 123: 122: 107: 103: 102: 100: 96: 95: 92: 88: 87: 84: 80: 79: 74: 72:(aged 56) 66: 62: 61: 56: 43: 41: 37: 36: 33: 25: 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 672: 661: 658: 656: 653: 651: 648: 646: 643: 641: 638: 637: 635: 613: 612: 607: 601: 598: 585: 581: 577: 571: 568: 555: 554: 549: 543: 540: 527: 526: 521: 515: 512: 499: 498: 493: 487: 484: 478: 475: 462: 461: 456: 450: 447: 434: 433: 428: 422: 419: 414: 412: 411:The Portonian 404: 401: 388: 387: 382: 376: 373: 360: 354: 351: 344: 342: 340: 336: 329:in Melbourne. 328: 327: 322: 318: 314: 311: 308: 305: 301: 300: 299: 297: 282: 277: 274: 271: 268: 267: 263: 258: 257: 253: 251: 249: 248: 242: 240: 239: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 213: 211: 210: 204: 202: 198: 197: 196:The Portonian 191: 189: 185: 181: 180:E. 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Adelaide
Rose Park, South Australia
John Michael Skipper
Robert Thomas
South Australian Register
Africaine
Proclamation of South Australia
The Old Gum Tree
John Lorenzo Young
Adelaide Educational Institution
E. R. Mitford
The Portonian
John Eden Savill
The Register
John Howard Clark
The Evening Journal
The Adelaide Observer
Adam Cairns McCay
Sun
The Bulletin
Gawler
Modern Pickwick Club
The Bulletin
Semaphore
Rose Park
"Manning Index of South Australian Placenames:Glenelg"
"The Miscellany"
Adelaide Observer
"SA Memory: The Portonian"

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