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The Division of Reid is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Granville, Lidcombe, Berala, Guildford, Merrylands and Homebush Bay, the location of the Sydney Olympic precinct. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ...
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Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ...
Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ...
Granville is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Parramatta Local Government Area. ...
Merrylands is a suburb in the local government area of Holroyd in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Homebush Bay is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, adjacent to the newly developed suburb of Newington. ...
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The Division was named after Rt Hon Sir George Reid, former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of September 13, 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. Rt Hon George Reid George Houstoun Reid (25 February 1845 â 12 September 1918), Australian politician and fourth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, son of a Church of Scotland minister, migrated to Victoria with his family as a child. ...
List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ...
The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Jack Lang in full oratorical flight in the 1930s. ...
1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Tom Uren (born 1921) is a former Australian politician and peace campaigner, and was also a prisoner of war under the Japanese in World War II. He was born in Balmain, Sydney and was educated at Manly High School. ...
1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Laurie Ferguson Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Reid, New South Wales. ...
External Links - "Division of Reid". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. URL accessed on July 4, 2005. (PDF, 173 kB)
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