Bragg Creek is named after Albert Warren Bragg from Collingwood, Nova Scotia and his 14-year old brother John Thomas who homesteaded in the area in 1894.
Strong founded the first crèche in Australia at Collingwood, one of the poorer suburbs of Melbourne, was an earnest supporter of the Anti-Sweating League, the Criminology Society, the Peace Society, and other organisations for social reform.
Collingwood is located along the western shore of Golden Bay at the mouth of the Aorere River.
He was born at Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, and was educated at the North Fitzroy State School.
Like many Victorian AFL clubs, Collingwood has an extensive and detailed history extending back 117 years, it initially represented the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria, however its supporter base, while rooted in the city of Melbourne, extends throughout Australia.
Perhaps the most enduring legacy was the 1986 acquisition of a permanent address for the organisation, 'The Bakery' at 402 Smith St, Collingwood.
Running between the settlements of Richmond (south of Nelson) and Collingwood, it is 116 km long and lies entirely within the Tasman Region.
In 1861, Colonel Richard Moody made the first modern attempt to break through the thick forests that covered the areas now known as Renfrew–Collingwood, building a military trail on the route of an ancient First Nations trail that led from New Westminster to English Bay.
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The name Collingwood was likely selected by some former residents of Collingwood, Ontario.
Smoky Dawson was born as Herbert Henry Brown on 19 March 1913 in Collingwood.
The largest of these non-Irish Teskey families comprises descendants of Stephen 1815 and Johanna, who came from Prussia and settled with their family in Collingwood, Ontario some time before the 1871 Census.
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Brenton Sanderson – coach of Adelaide Crows (2012 - present) and former Australian rules footballer for Adelaide (1992 – 1993), Collingwood (1994) and Geelong (1995 – 2005).
Alana has also danced with celebrity music journalist and Australian icon Molly Meldrum, horse racing identity Tom Waterhouse and ex Collingwood footballer Brodie Holland.
Notable examples are Irish Tommy Walsh of Sydney; Canadian Mike Pyke of Sydney, a former rugby union international; and American Seamus McNamara, a former college basketball player who was rookie listed by Collingwood.
The railway split just north of the townsite, at a location then known as Allimil, running northeast through Cookstown to Barrie and northwest through Alliston to Collingwood.
Bowman "Bo" Nixon (born 25 July 1984) is a former college captain of Assumption College, Kilmore and Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).
After spending the first seven rounds of the 2000 season playing in the WAFL with South Fremantle, Bootsma was selected to make his debut in Round 8 against Collingwood at the Docklands Stadium in a rare (for AFL) Monday night game.
Collingwood was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election.
However, Collingwood appealed the Baxter suspension and produced a written declaration from another player, Richard Daykin, claiming that it was he and not Baxter who had traded blows with Baquie.
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It was therefore a suspicious coincidence when, on the morning of the 1938 VFL Grand Final between two sides, Carlton captain-coach Brighton Diggins was rostered to clean barrels in the brewery steam room, while Collingwood acting captain Albert Collier had the day off.
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Percy Sheehan (Carlton) and Jack Shorten (Collingwood) both were given 18 month suspensions, and Jack Baquie (Carlton) and Tom Baxter (Collingwood) both received 12 month suspensions.
Collingwood has admitted to having trouble with alcohol, even stating that his heavy drinking resulted in him having only contributed three songs to the band's fourth studio album, Traffic and Weather.
Collingwood Heights contains a private school, Southlands Christian College, which was established in 1999 and teaches the ACE curriculum.
The ground is home to North Albany Football and Sporting Club, Albany Football Club and Collingwood Park Cricket Club and has hosted several large events such as Crusty Demons's West Coast Carnage Tour and in 2008 hosted an AFL NAB Challenge Cup match between West Coast Eagles and Collingwood.
Heritier Lumumba, an Australian rules footballer, who plays for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL.
Born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada and educated at Prince of Wales Collegiate in St. John's, Collingwood began his working career at the family firm of Baine Johnston in 1934.
Collingwood Football Club became a difficult venue once poker machines were installed, and after a long search a move was made to the Veneto Club in Bulleen.
Given the retirement of former Collingwood footballer Chris Tarrant, Russell was able to keep his #2 guernsey that he'd previously had from his days at Carlton.
Shane Kerrison (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League
Grantley Fielke (b. 1962), former Australian rules footballer who played for West Adelaide in the SANFL and for both Collingwood and the Adelaide Crows in the VFL-AFL between 1979 and 1997.
Fell came to Collingwood from the town of Tungamah and soon established himself in the side as a utility player.
It then crosses the Merri Creek, continuing along Queens Parade Clifton Hill, heading south west, turning south into Smith Street passing between Fitzroy and Collingwood.
The club has produced many AFL players, including Collingwood and Brisbane Lions player Anthony Corrie and ex-Melbourne player, Liam Jurrah.
Norm M. Oliver (born 1885), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
It flows generally north from its watershed in the Kahurangi National Park, reaching Golden Bay at the small settlement of Parapara, 5 kilometres south of Collingwood.
After Paul retired from AFL football in 2007 he was appointed Team Manager, with Eddie Hillgrove, of the newly formed Collingwood VFL side under the teams head coach Gavin Brown.
Donat was born Pierre Collingwood Donat in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Marie (née Bardet) and Philip Ernst Donat, a landscape gardener.
Everitt has been criticized for comments made on Twitter and Sunrise in response to the alleged rape of a woman by two Collingwood players.
Collingwood historian Michael Roberts speculated that Kyne is one of three Collingwood footballers depicted in John Brack's 1953 painting Three of the Players.
Through a partnership with the Town of Collingwood in the operation of Collus PowerStream the company also serves customers in Collingwood, Stayner, Creemore and Thornbury.
While his schedule to a return was on track, he again injured his ACL during a NAB Challenge game against Collingwood at Carrara on 18 March 2006.
1959: VFL Leading Goalkicker at 19 years, 78 goals (including 5 goals from only 6 touches in the 1959 First Semi-Final against Collingwood, and 2 goals in the losing GrandFinal against Melbourne)
For the 2008 AFL season, due to the sudden retirement of fellow Collingwood backman James Clement, Wakelin agreed to another season for the Magpies.
He supports five AFL teams, something he cops a lot of flack for: Essendon, Brisbane, Collingwood, Sydney and West Coast.
Hailing from Collingwood, Melbourne, Upton learned his trade in England as a consulting engineer designing bridges and buildings before returning to Australia to work for the Victorian Country Roads Board.
He used the names of some of Collingwood's grandchildren for his characters, the Swallows (see Roger Altounyan).
Kevin Morris, mercurial half forward flanker who went on to a successful career with Richmond and Collingwood Football Clubs