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unusual facts about Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe


Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe

A very hostile campaign followed, led by the Westralian Worker newspaper and by McCallum himself, and on 21 July 1917, Scaddan was defeated by John Lutey, who claimed the victory as a triumph of principles over men.


Aden Gillett

On television, he appeared as Robin Hood in Ivanhoe and as Peter Townsend, Princess Margaret's forbidden love, in The Queen's Sister.

Aeneas MacKenzie

MacKenzie wrote many notable Hollywood films, including: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Ivanhoe (1952), and The Ten Commandments (1956).

Applied Research in Patacriticism

It is so named because Sir Walter Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, was used as the source text for the very first IVANHOE game.

Charles Gilman Norris

The Oxford Companion to American Literature notes that Norris' novels dealt with "such problems as modern education, women in business, hereditary and environmental influences, big business, ethics and birth control." He also published three plays: The Rout of the Philistines (with Nino Marcelli, 1922), A Gest of Robin Hood (with Robert C. Newell, 1929), and Ivanhoe: A Grove Play 1936.

Conisbrough

In Sir Walter Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, 'Coningsburgh Castle' is based on Conisbrough.

Garfield statues

The town of Upland is erecting "Ice Cream Lover Garfield", to be placed near Ivanhoe's Restaurant, 979 S Main Street.

Hay Magpies

In 1954 the CRL reshuffled the boundaries and formed the Group 20 competition comprising the Western Zone teams plus Ivanhoe, Deniliquin, Barellan and Coleambally.

Hay, New South Wales

The newspaper has a circulation of 5,000 and services the areas of Hay, Booligal, Balranald and Ivanhoe.

Henry Gally Knight

Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe is set nearby, and Knight may have been Scott's source of local information when he was writing the book.

Ivanhoé

The music was adapted, with the composer's permission, by the music-publisher Antonio Pacini from Rossini's operas Semiramide, La Cenerentola, La gazza ladra, Tancredi and Zelmira in order to introduce his music to Paris.

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Thomas, Ivanhoe's current publisher/president, is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Florida College of Law and began her career as an attorney.

Ivanhoe College

The school was established in 1954 and named after the historical novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, part of which was set at Ashby de la Zouch Castle.

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School

Students are divided into six houses, named after characters and places in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

J. Frank Dobie

When he was young, his father, Richard, read to him from the Bible while his mother, Ella, read to him from stories such as Ivanhoe and Pilgrim's Progress.

King Baggot

Among his movie appearances, he was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913), which was filmed on location in Wales.

Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad

Popular legend has it that Otelia and William Mahone traveled along the newly completed railroad naming stations from Ivanhoe, a book she was reading by Sir Walter Scott.

Penarie, New South Wales

Penarie is situated at a junction on the road between Balranald and Ivanhoe, where a branch road leads to Oxley.

Rebecca Gratz

Gratz is said to have been the model of Rebecca, the daughter of the Jewish merchant Isaac of York, who is the heroine in the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Most of the children have fanciful names, such as Marquis and Jenny Lind, influenced by the father's artistic background (Rebecca is named after both the heroines in Ivanhoe).

Ronald Pickup

He played Lt. Harford in Zulu Dawn (also 1979), portrayed Igor Stravinsky in Nijinsky (1980), and Prince John in Ivanhoe (1982), Hello Einstein (1985; for television).

Rowena, Oregon

It is also possible that the name comes indirectly from Rowena, Ivanhoe's lover in the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott.

Silver City Comet

One was destroyed by fire at Ivanhoe in January 1950 with the remaining four repowered with General Motors 6-110 engines between 1952 and 1957.

Simon Hawke

For example, in the first book in the series time travellers contesting the fate of Richard I of England become caught up in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

Smisby

Within 200 metres of the village is a spot where a tournament was held that was described by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe.

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly was born August 17, 1944, Ivanhoe, California, to Arthur "Art" Worthington and Alice Wilson Bly and died June 9, 2011, in Lewiston, Idaho.

The Barrier Miner

The newspaper was published by Henry Fenton, Augustus Sydney Knight and George Alfred Mills and was distributed to Broken Hill, Tibooburra, White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Menindee, Ivanhoe.

Thelma Bate

She married grazier Richard Falkner Harvey on 20 June 1934 at St Philip's Church of England in Sydney and settled on his property near Ivanhoe, where she joined the Country Women's Association.

Trida, New South Wales

Trida crossing loop is between the adjacent crossing locations of Matakana and Ivanhoe.

Turquoise Hill Resources

Rio Tinto has expressed interest in raising its stake in the company from 35% to 46.6%, eventually leading to a takeover however Ivanhoe Mines is not interested in selling out.

The company was called Ivanhoe Mines until August 2, 2012 when an important financing agreement was made with Rio Tinto.

Two Temple Place

Above the frieze and standing within tracery canopies under the roof principals are twelve carved figures from literature, including Ivanhoe, Robin Hood and Maid Marion.

Wakefield, Virginia

According to local lore, the name came from the Sir Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe, which Mrs. Mahone was reading at the time.

Wharncliffe Crags

The legend was mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in the opening chapter of Ivanhoe: "Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley".

Willie Tee

In the late 1960s, Willie Tee & the Souls played venues from the Apollo Theater in Harlem to the Ivanhoe on Bourbon Street.

Young Ivanhoe

Young Ivanhoe is a 1995 television series based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott.


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