Content deleted Content added
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 44:
==Career==
Hackett took up journalism and contributed to the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', but in 1876 went to [[Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne]] to become vice-principal and tutor in law, logic and political economy, at [[Trinity College (University of Melbourne)|Trinity College]]. He also contributed to ''[[The Age]]'' and the ''Melbourne Review''. In 1880 he was a candidate for [[Electoral district of Normanby (Victoria)|Normanby]] at an election for the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] as an advanced liberal, but was badly defeated and lost his deposit.<ref name=a>{{Cite book|author=Lyall Hunt|chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090143b.htm|chapter=Hackett, Sir John Winthrop (1848–1916)|title=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]|volume=9|publisher=[[Melbourne University Press|MUP]]|year=1983|pages=150–153}}</ref>
At a later election Hackett was opposed to [[John Madden (jurist)|John Madden]], and this time lost by only a small margin. At the end of 1882 he resigned his positions at Trinity College<ref name=WestAust1883 /> and went to Western Australia to become a squatter in the [[Gascoyne region of Western Australia|Gascoyne district]]. Among other properties, he took up [[Wooramel Station]];<ref name=WestAust1883>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2988899 |title=CORRESPONDENCE. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=V |issue=367 |location=Western Australia |date=8 June 1883 |access-date=11 July 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> his first season was a bad one and he decided to give up the land. He joined forces with [[Charles Harper (politician)|Charles Harper]], the proprietor of ''[[The West Australian]]'', and very soon his influence on this paper began to be felt.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
Line 73:
|crest = On a wreath of the colours an eagle displayed with two heads per pale Azure and Gules between the heads a trefoil slipped Vert.
|motto = Mon Esperance Est En Dieu
|notes = Confirmed by [[Sir Arthur Vicars]], [[Ulster King of Arms]], 30 July 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529301/StaffViewMARC#tabnav |page=406 |publisher=National Library of Ireland |accessdate=1 January 2023 |title=Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. J|date=1898 }}</ref>}}
==References==
Line 100:
[[Category:Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:Australian federationists]]
[[Category:Australian newspaper
[[Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council]]
[[Category:University of Western Australia chancellors]]
| |||