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List of chief presidents of the Australian Natives' Association

January 21, 2023

The Australian Natives' Association (ANA) was a mutual society founded in Melbourne, Australia in April 1871. From 1877, the ANA elected a Chief President at their Annual Conference held at different cities each year.[1] The ANA ceased having a Chief President in 1993, following their merger of certain operations with Manchester Unity IOOF of Victoria to create Australian Unity.

Chief presidents

Year Name Portrait Branch elected from Conference elected at Additional information[2]
1877-78 Thomas O'Callaghan   Sandhurst Melbourne First Conference held on Melbourne Cup Day, 9 November 1877.

O’Callaghan took a conservative view of the proper function of the ANA. He believed that as a benefit society it should have nothing to do with matters that might be considered political.[3]

1879-80 Simon Cadden   Ballarat Melbourne The ninth branch of the ANA was formed in Charters Towers, Queensland, in 1879.[4]
1881 Malachi James Cahill   Sandhurst Ballarat The 1881 Census showed for the first time that the Australian born were for the first time in a majority, with 59% of the population.[4] Cahill first proposes the precursor to Australia Day in 1884.[5][6][7]
1882 William Anderson   Creswick Melbourne Anderson was active in promoting new branches, achieving five new branches in 1882 when Chief President.[8]
1883 Richard Henry Hart Stawell Stawell When Hart was Chief President membership of the ANA grew by 40%.[9]
1884 Osbert Edrick Wilson Horsham Creswick Wilson chaired the first public meeting run by the ANA in support of Federation of the Australian colonies and other national issues.[10]
1885-1886 Alexander Peacock   Creswick Bendigo & Melbourne Peacock was always an active office holder in the association, expanding its membership and branches in the 1880s, and leading it into an increasingly public role in the 1890s, especially in area of Federation.[11]
1887 Thomas Jefferson Connelly   Sandhurst Ballarat Connelly was the founding editor of the second ANA journal, the National Australian. He also travelled to South Australia to form the ANA there.
1888-89 James Liddell Purves   Melbourne Geelong & Bendigo While his speeches alienated some, association grew in members and branches under his leadership, and his oratory aroused in its members a strong sense of responsibility for their country's future.[12]
1890 David John Wheal Ballarat Maryborough The ANA Intercolonial Federation Conference held in Melbourne on 22 January 1890, with Wheal one of the Victorian delegates and as vice president.[13]
1891 George Wise   Sale Ararat Wise worked to federate Australia on a democratic basis.[14]

He was a trustee of the Association for 53 years.[14]

1892 John William Larter   Ballarat East Sale ANA reaches 10,000 members.[15]
1893 Alexander Peacock   Creswick Kyneton His third term as Chief President.
1894 George Fitzsimmons   Prahran Warrnambool The 1894 ANA Warrnambool Conference passed a series of radical motions adopting as ANA ‘planks’ a tax on the unimproved value of land, a minimum wage for workers in public utilities, and full adult suffrage.[16]
1895 Joseph Kirton   Ballarat Melbourne
1896 James Hume Cook   Brunswick Daylesford
1897 Richard Toutcher   Richmond Castlemaine
1898 Carty Salmon   Avoca Bendigo
1899 Edward Elliott Roberts   Flemington Port Fairy
1900 Walter Skelton   Dunnolly Geelong
1901 Thomas Crosbie   North Melbourne Beechworth
1902 T. M. Burke Ararat Ballarat
1903 Arthur Robinson   Malvern Daylesford
1904 J. M. A. Callaghan   Coburg Bairnsdale
1905 T. Glass Sandhurst Queenscliff
1906 A. D. Freeman Castlemaine Shepparton
1907 A. J. O’Dwyer Echuca Hamilton
1908 A. G. Proudfoot Hawthorn Maryborough
1909 A. A. Peverill South Melbourne Geelong
1910 E. D. Wilcox Geelong Echuca
1911 John Lemmon   Williamstown Warrnambool
1912 William Francis McNamara   Rushworth Castlemaine
1913 Morris Mondle Phillips Malvern Ararat
1914 A. M. Taylor   Ballarat Wangaratta
1915 J. H. Hewson   Carlton Port Fairy
1916 A. C. Ostrom   Echuca Warragul
1917 M. Davine   Warragul Kerang
1918 C. A. Hack   Collingwood Bendigo
1919 G. D. McLean Castlemaine Horsham
1920 G. Allen Moir   Albert Park Sale
1921 Thos Rust   Hawthorn Colac
1922 E. J. L. Bremner   Toora Mildura
1923 Albert Bussau   Hopetoun Bairnsdale
1924 V. L. Ginn   Malvern Warrnambool
1925 J. Patterson   Mildura Ballarat
1926 Bill Slater   Hamilton Sorrento
1927 J. Green   Mirboo North Hamilton
1928 A. Staples   Bendigo Swan Hill
1929 A. G. Byrne   South Yarra Healesville
1930 J. Howlett Ross   Fitzroy Echuca
1931 D. Black   Sunshine Warrnambool
1932 J. M. Elliot   Ballarat East Bendigo
1933 R. C. Ritchie   Murrumbeena Mornington
1934 Harry Drew   Middle Park Mildura
1935 P. J. Toohey   Warracknabeal Queenscliff
1936 G. F. Holland   Albert Park Castlemaine
1937 J. W. Marrows   Merbein Warragul
1938 S. J. Herron   Prahran Sorrento
1939 J. B. Dwyer   Warrnambool Warrnambool
1940 H. G. Hughes   Geelong West Cowes
1941-42 J. E. Menadue   Horsham Sorrento Served for two years as a result of the Second World War
1943 Dr. A. R. Haywood   Hastings Melbourne
1944-45 H. B. V. Dimelow   Fitzroy Melbourne Served for two years as a result of the Second World War
1946 P. J. Lynch CBE   Murrumbeena Melbourne
1947 Bill Fulton   Maffra Geelong
1948 R. J. Joseph   St Kilda Ballarat
1949 A. Shaw   Moyston Bendigo
1950 W. G. Smallman   Footscray West Sorrento
1951 A. R. Milne   Tatura Bendigo
1952 J. E. Kellway   Elsternwick Ballarat
1953 C. W. Quihampton   Fitzroy Queenscliff
1954 V. G. Wright   Bentleigh Daylesford
1955 J. A. Donald   Camberwell Mildura
1956 G. A. Abberton   Williamstown Sorrento
1957 G. Briggs   Burwood Lorne
1958 Arthur Smith   Seymour Lorne
1959 T. R. Davey   Balwyn & Deepdene Lakes Entrance
1960 E. W. Pitts   Newport Ballarat
1961 H. J. Peagram   South Yarra Daylesford
1962 H. T. Shannon   Box Hill Warrnambool
1963 K. E. Rash   Ballarat Wangaratta
1964 J. A. S Geddes   Creswick Lorne Amalgamated with the Australasian Women's Association[17]
1965 C. D. D. Martin   Glen Iris Sorrento
1966 D. C. T. Robertson   Camberwell Lorne
1967 J. E. Menadue   Black Rock Wodonga Second term as Chief President
1968 H. A. Patterson   Learmonth Mildura
1969 F. E. Capuano   Essendon North Yarrawonga
1970 W. . Foley   Ballarat Lakes Entrance
1971 A. J. Brisbane   Wangaratta Wangaratta
1972 H. T. Murley   Bendigo Swan Hill
1973 B. J. Kelleher   Chadstone Sale
1974 J. A. S Geddes   Creswick Horsham Second term as Chief President
1975 L. J. Yelland   Elsternwick Shepparton
1976 F. E. Capuano   Essendon North Wodonga Second term as Chief President
1977 Mrs. I. V. Meagher   Fairfield & Alphington Portland The first Female Chief President, previously a member of AWA.
1978 H. J. Peagram   South Yarra Bairnsdale
1979 W. A. Cuddihy   Elsternwick Wangaratta
1980 R. A. Storey AIHIA   Bendigo Bendigo
1981 W. L. J. Crofts   Altona Hamilton
1982 E. S. A. Wickham   Hawthorn Ballarat
1983 Mrs. S. V. Wright   Rosebud Horsham
1984 B. W. Armstrong   Glen Iris Yarrawonga
1985 W. L. J. Cook   Geelong Geelong
1986 G. D. Wearne   Newington Sale
1987 J. H. Dean   Bendigo Warrnambool
1988 W. R. Jewell   Box Hill Swan Hill
1989 T. A. Byrne Yarraville Bendigo Agreement to merge ANA with the Manchester Unity IOOF Friendly Society to create Australia Unity.
1990 Alan Yawkins Ballarat
1990 Leon Hickey Central Merger of ANA with the Manchester Unity to create Australia Unity was completed.

References

  1. ^ Menadue, J. E. (1971). A Centenary History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 - 1971. Melbourne: Horticultural Press. p. 22.
  2. ^ The information in the Chief Presidents Table is contained in the ANA Conference Proceedings of the year following their election. i.e the year they preside at the conference.
  3. ^ Menadue, J. E. (1971). A Centenary History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 - 1971. Melbourne: Horticultural Press. p. 346.
  4. ^ a b Aveling, Marian (1970). A History of the Australian Natives Association 1871-1900. Melbourne: Department of History, Monash University - Thesis. p. 40.
  5. ^ Menadue, J. E. (1971). A Centenary History of the Australian Natives' Association 1871 - 1971. Melbournes: Horticultural Press. p. 347.
  6. ^ "The Bendigo Advertiser". TROVE National Library of Australia. 26 January 1906. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. ^ Hirst, John (26 January 2008). ""Australia Day in question". The Age". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ Aveling, Marian (1970). A History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 - 1900. Department of History, Monash University, Melbourne. p. 38.
  9. ^ Aveling, Marian (1970). A History of The Australian Natives Association 1871-1900. Melbourne: Department of History, Monash University, Thesis. p. 53.
  10. ^ Aveling, Marian (1970). A History of the Australian Natives Association 1871-1900. Melbourne: Department of History, Monash University - Thesis. p.76-78
  11. ^ For biographies of Peacock see Advance Australia vol. 6, no. 7, 15 July 1902, p.12; Anapress June 1989, p.3; Alan Gregory, 'Peacock, Sir Alexander James (1861–1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peacock-sir-alexander-james-7994/text13927.
  12. ^ Aveling, Marian (2010). "Purves, James Liddell (1843–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, ANU. Retrieved 3 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Aveling, Marian (1970). A History of the Australian Natives' Association 1871-1900. Melbourne: Department of History, Monash University, Thesis. pp. 249
  14. ^ a b Menadue, John (1971). A Centenary History of The Australian Natives' Association 1871-1971. Melbourne: Horticultural Press. p. 351.
  15. ^ Menadue, J. E. (1971). A Centenary History of The Australian Natives' Association 1871 - 1971. Melbourne: Horticultural Press. p. 68.
  16. ^ Aveling, M., George Fitzsimmons, unpublished paper, April 2021, P1
  17. ^ Menadue, J. E. (1971). A Centenary History of the Australian Natives' Association 1871 - 1971. Melbourne: Horticultural Press. p. 6.

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The Australian Natives Association ANA was a mutual society founded in Melbourne Australia in April 1871 From 1877 the ANA elected a Chief President at their Annual Conference held at different cities each year 1 The ANA ceased having a Chief President in 1993 following their merger of certain operations with Manchester Unity IOOF of Victoria to create Australian Unity Chief presidents EditYear Name Portrait Branch elected from Conference elected at Additional information 2 1877 78 Thomas O Callaghan Sandhurst Melbourne First Conference held on Melbourne Cup Day 9 November 1877 O Callaghan took a conservative view of the proper function of the ANA He believed that as a benefit society it should have nothing to do with matters that might be considered political 3 1879 80 Simon Cadden Ballarat Melbourne The ninth branch of the ANA was formed in Charters Towers Queensland in 1879 4 1881 Malachi James Cahill Sandhurst Ballarat The 1881 Census showed for the first time that the Australian born were for the first time in a majority with 59 of the population 4 Cahill first proposes the precursor to Australia Day in 1884 5 6 7 1882 William Anderson Creswick Melbourne Anderson was active in promoting new branches achieving five new branches in 1882 when Chief President 8 1883 Richard Henry Hart Stawell Stawell When Hart was Chief President membership of the ANA grew by 40 9 1884 Osbert Edrick Wilson Horsham Creswick Wilson chaired the first public meeting run by the ANA in support of Federation of the Australian colonies and other national issues 10 1885 1886 Alexander Peacock Creswick Bendigo amp Melbourne Peacock was always an active office holder in the association expanding its membership and branches in the 1880s and leading it into an increasingly public role in the 1890s especially in area of Federation 11 1887 Thomas Jefferson Connelly Sandhurst Ballarat Connelly was the founding editor of the second ANA journal the National Australian He also travelled to South Australia to form the ANA there 1888 89 James Liddell Purves Melbourne Geelong amp Bendigo While his speeches alienated some association grew in members and branches under his leadership and his oratory aroused in its members a strong sense of responsibility for their country s future 12 1890 David John Wheal Ballarat Maryborough The ANA Intercolonial Federation Conference held in Melbourne on 22 January 1890 with Wheal one of the Victorian delegates and as vice president 13 1891 George Wise Sale Ararat Wise worked to federate Australia on a democratic basis 14 He was a trustee of the Association for 53 years 14 1892 John William Larter Ballarat East Sale ANA reaches 10 000 members 15 1893 Alexander Peacock Creswick Kyneton His third term as Chief President 1894 George Fitzsimmons Prahran Warrnambool The 1894 ANA Warrnambool Conference passed a series of radical motions adopting as ANA planks a tax on the unimproved value of land a minimum wage for workers in public utilities and full adult suffrage 16 1895 Joseph Kirton Ballarat Melbourne1896 James Hume Cook Brunswick Daylesford1897 Richard Toutcher Richmond Castlemaine1898 Carty Salmon Avoca Bendigo1899 Edward Elliott Roberts Flemington Port Fairy1900 Walter Skelton Dunnolly Geelong1901 Thomas Crosbie North Melbourne Beechworth1902 T M Burke Ararat Ballarat1903 Arthur Robinson Malvern Daylesford1904 J M A Callaghan Coburg Bairnsdale1905 T Glass Sandhurst Queenscliff1906 A D Freeman Castlemaine Shepparton1907 A J O Dwyer Echuca Hamilton1908 A G Proudfoot Hawthorn Maryborough1909 A A Peverill South Melbourne Geelong1910 E D Wilcox Geelong Echuca1911 John Lemmon Williamstown Warrnambool1912 William Francis McNamara Rushworth Castlemaine1913 Morris Mondle Phillips Malvern Ararat1914 A M Taylor Ballarat Wangaratta1915 J H Hewson Carlton Port Fairy1916 A C Ostrom Echuca Warragul1917 M Davine Warragul Kerang1918 C A Hack Collingwood Bendigo1919 G D McLean Castlemaine Horsham1920 G Allen Moir Albert Park Sale1921 Thos Rust Hawthorn Colac1922 E J L Bremner Toora Mildura1923 Albert Bussau Hopetoun Bairnsdale1924 V L Ginn Malvern Warrnambool1925 J Patterson Mildura Ballarat1926 Bill Slater Hamilton Sorrento1927 J Green Mirboo North Hamilton1928 A Staples Bendigo Swan Hill1929 A G Byrne South Yarra Healesville1930 J Howlett Ross Fitzroy Echuca1931 D Black Sunshine Warrnambool1932 J M Elliot Ballarat East Bendigo1933 R C Ritchie Murrumbeena Mornington1934 Harry Drew Middle Park Mildura1935 P J Toohey Warracknabeal Queenscliff1936 G F Holland Albert Park Castlemaine1937 J W Marrows Merbein Warragul1938 S J Herron Prahran Sorrento1939 J B Dwyer Warrnambool Warrnambool1940 H G Hughes Geelong West Cowes1941 42 J E Menadue Horsham Sorrento Served for two years as a result of the Second World War1943 Dr A R Haywood Hastings Melbourne1944 45 H B V Dimelow Fitzroy Melbourne Served for two years as a result of the Second World War1946 P J Lynch CBE Murrumbeena Melbourne1947 Bill Fulton Maffra Geelong1948 R J Joseph St Kilda Ballarat1949 A Shaw Moyston Bendigo1950 W G Smallman Footscray West Sorrento1951 A R Milne Tatura Bendigo1952 J E Kellway Elsternwick Ballarat1953 C W Quihampton Fitzroy Queenscliff1954 V G Wright Bentleigh Daylesford1955 J A Donald Camberwell Mildura1956 G A Abberton Williamstown Sorrento1957 G Briggs Burwood Lorne1958 Arthur Smith Seymour Lorne1959 T R Davey Balwyn amp Deepdene Lakes Entrance1960 E W Pitts Newport Ballarat1961 H J Peagram South Yarra Daylesford1962 H T Shannon Box Hill Warrnambool1963 K E Rash Ballarat Wangaratta1964 J A S Geddes Creswick Lorne Amalgamated with the Australasian Women s Association 17 1965 C D D Martin Glen Iris Sorrento1966 D C T Robertson Camberwell Lorne1967 J E Menadue Black Rock Wodonga Second term as Chief President1968 H A Patterson Learmonth Mildura1969 F E Capuano Essendon North Yarrawonga1970 W Foley Ballarat Lakes Entrance1971 A J Brisbane Wangaratta Wangaratta1972 H T Murley Bendigo Swan Hill1973 B J Kelleher Chadstone Sale1974 J A S Geddes Creswick Horsham Second term as Chief President1975 L J Yelland Elsternwick Shepparton1976 F E Capuano Essendon North Wodonga Second term as Chief President1977 Mrs I V Meagher Fairfield amp Alphington Portland The first Female Chief President previously a member of AWA 1978 H J Peagram South Yarra Bairnsdale1979 W A Cuddihy Elsternwick Wangaratta1980 R A Storey AIHIA Bendigo Bendigo1981 W L J Crofts Altona Hamilton1982 E S A Wickham Hawthorn Ballarat1983 Mrs S V Wright Rosebud Horsham1984 B W Armstrong Glen Iris Yarrawonga1985 W L J Cook Geelong Geelong1986 G D Wearne Newington Sale1987 J H Dean Bendigo Warrnambool1988 W R Jewell Box Hill Swan Hill1989 T A Byrne Yarraville Bendigo Agreement to merge ANA with the Manchester Unity IOOF Friendly Society to create Australia Unity 1990 Alan Yawkins Ballarat1990 Leon Hickey Central Merger of ANA with the Manchester Unity to create Australia Unity was completed References Edit Menadue J E 1971 A Centenary History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbourne Horticultural Press p 22 The information in the Chief Presidents Table is contained in the ANA Conference Proceedings of the year following their election i e the year they preside at the conference Menadue J E 1971 A Centenary History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbourne Horticultural Press p 346 a b Aveling Marian 1970 A History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1900 Melbourne Department of History Monash University Thesis p 40 Menadue J E 1971 A Centenary History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbournes Horticultural Press p 347 The Bendigo Advertiser TROVE National Library of Australia 26 January 1906 Retrieved 15 May 2021 Hirst John 26 January 2008 Australia Day in question The Age The Age Melbourne Retrieved 30 June 2021 Aveling Marian 1970 A History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 1900 Department of History Monash University Melbourne p 38 Aveling Marian 1970 A History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 1900 Melbourne Department of History Monash University Thesis p 53 Aveling Marian 1970 A History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1900 Melbourne Department of History Monash University Thesis p 76 78 For biographies of Peacock see Advance Australia vol 6 no 7 15 July 1902 p 12 Anapress June 1989 p 3 Alan Gregory Peacock Sir Alexander James 1861 1933 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography Australian National University https adb anu edu au biography peacock sir alexander james 7994 text13927 Aveling Marian 2010 Purves James Liddell 1843 1910 Australian Dictionary of Biography ANU Retrieved 3 August 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Aveling Marian 1970 A History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1900 Melbourne Department of History Monash University Thesis pp 249 a b Menadue John 1971 A Centenary History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbourne Horticultural Press p 351 Menadue J E 1971 A Centenary History of The Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbourne Horticultural Press p 68 Aveling M George Fitzsimmons unpublished paper April 2021 P1 Menadue J E 1971 A Centenary History of the Australian Natives Association 1871 1971 Melbourne Horticultural Press p 6 This article needs additional or more specific categories Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of chief presidents of the Australian Natives 27 Association amp oldid 1134291397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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