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In 1862 Robert's son George added a large two-storey extension. In its final form the house contained twenty rooms and is a great example of colonial architecture. It now serves as the officers' mess for the Royal Military College, Duntroon and is situated in the suburb of Campbell. "Duntroon House" was the centre of activity for Campbell's ...
After working as a carpenter on George Campbell's Duntroon property in the 1860s, he had learned how to make good quality bricks and moved into the building trade as a contractor in his own right. In 1875, he built the original St John's Presbyterian Church in Bungendore and, in 1876–78, rebuilt the spire of St John's Church in Canberra.
Robert Campbell (1769–1846) was a merchant and politician in Sydney. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was a member of the first New South Wales Legislative Council . [ 3 ] Campbell , a suburb of Canberra was named in his honour, [ 4 ] as well as Campbell Island in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands .
Two years after the passing of the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909, the Federal Capital Territory was brought into existence on 1 January 1911. [2] The Goulburn-Cooma railway line was prescribed as the eastern territorial boundary, Oaks Estate was excised from Queanbeyan by the federal Act of Parliament and a 20-metre long railway bridge. [5]
Campbell was born to Lillian and George Campbell on December 2, 1945, in Richmond, Virginia. [1] He has been married since 1968 to Mary Schmidt Campbell, [15] who is the former president of Spelman College and dean emerita of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Campbell and his wife have three sons and live in Atlanta, Georgia. [16]
George Strawbridge Jr. was a member of the board of directors of the Campbell Soup Company from 1988 to 2009, [1] filling the vacancy left by his ailing father, who died in 1990. He served as a member of the company's audit committee and a member of the finance & corporate development committee.
They owned a property called “Kowen” near Queanbeyan [11] and had numerous other business interests in the district including the operation of a butchery in Queanbeyan. [12] They were the sons of John McInnes (1840-1901) whose father was a pioneer of the district. Mcinnes Brothers started their shearing contractor business in 1904. [13]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan Saturday 19 February [15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Protectionist: Edward O'Sullivan (re-elected) 707 56.8 Free Trade: George Tompsitt 537 43.2 Total formal votes 1,244 98.4 Informal votes 20 1.6 Turnout: 1,264 48.5