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unusual facts about Peake


Peake

Peake, South Australia, a small rural town in the Murray Mallee of South Australia


Archibald Peake

He resigned his position as district clerk when he entered politics, and afterward was in business at Mount Barker as a member of the firm of auctioneers, Monks and Peake.

After his election, Peake was at first an independent supporting the Liberal Governments of Charles Kingston and Frederick Holder.

Battle of Hanover Court House

The Confederate line broke under the weight of thousands of new troops and they retreated back through Peake's Crossing to Ashland.

The smaller Confederate force, under Colonel Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, was defeated at Peake's Crossing after a disorganized fight.

Beryl Burton

On 27 November 2012 a radio play about Burton written by actress Maxine Peake was broadcast by BBC Radio 4, with Peake playing Burton.

Edward Peake

Edward Peake (29 March 1860 – 3 January 1945) was an English-born rugby union three-quarter and county cricketer.

Peake played in 46 first class cricket matches, 26 of them for Gloucester, and played alongside E. M. and W. G. Grace.

Friends of the British Library

The archive itself dates from between 1940 to Peake's death in 1968 and includes unpublished material such as correspondence with writers Laurie Lee, Walter de la Mare and CS Lewis.

Lungbarrow

Badger, a character who makes his first appearance in Lungbarrow, has much in common with a character in Peake's Gormenghast novella, Boy in Darkness, which originally appeared in the collected work Sometime, Never by Golding, Wyndham and Peake.

Maxine Peake

In November 2012, a play that Peake had written and directed about the life of the Leeds born cyclist Beryl Burton and starring herself in the main role was broadcast on BBC Radio Four.

Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

The board at the time of Storelli's sacking consisted of Louise Adler (Melbourne University Press), Brendan Fleiter (Australia Post), Ahmed Fahour (Australia Post), Tony Peake (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Bernard Salt (KPMG), Patricia Cross (NAB, JB Were, Qantas), Patrick Ng (Architect), Belinda Probert (LaTrobe University) and Julie Landvogt (education consultant).

Richard Brinsley Peake

Peake wrote the accompanying text for the picture-book French Characteristic Costumes (1816); a comedic book of Cockney sports entitled Snobson's 'Seasons (1838); Cartouche, the Celebrated French Robber (1844) in three-volumes; and a two-volume biography of a theatrical family, Memoirs of the Colman Family (1841).

The Planet

It includes interviews with 29 environmental scientists and experts including Dr. Stephen Peake, Herman Daly, Lester Brown, Gretchen Daily, Mathis Wackernagel, Norman Myers, Jill Jäger, George Monbiot, Robert Costanza, Will Steffen, and Jared Diamond.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Daily Telegraphs John Preston was positive about the film and particularly praised Maxine Peake's acting.

Timothy Peake

Upon graduation from Sandhurst in 1992, Peake served as a platoon Commander with the now defunct light infantry regiment, the Royal Green Jackets.

If successful, Peake would become the first Briton to fly into space without a private contract (Helen Sharman, Sarah Brightman) or American citizenship (Michael Foale, Piers Sellers and Nicholas Patrick).

Trevor Peake

Coventry sacked their manager Roland Nilsson in April 2002 and appointed Peake, alongside Steve Ogrizovic, as caretaker managers for the club's final game of the season.


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