Parkes as editor was strong in his loyalty to the British Empire ; but he felt that an honest and independent journal which was not be blind to the faults of the establishment could do useful work in the colony.

Parkes worked with Dora Black as a scientific editor of Bereavement Care, the international journal for bereavement counsellors.

Edmund Barton was an early supporter of federation, which became a serious political agenda after Henry Parkes ' Tenterfield Oration, and was a delegate to the March 1891 National Australasian Convention.

She became a member of the Langham Place Group, which set out to improve conditions for women, and was friends with feminists Bessie Rayner Parkes ( later Bessie Rayner Belloc ) and Barbara Leigh Smith, later Barbara Bodichon.

After leaving the army, Parkes became inspector of the park's constables, and died in the lodge on 14 November 1864.

His lack of business acumen quickly became apparent, however, and Parkes went bankrupt after running up debts totalling £ 48, 500.

Parkes became a member of Lowe's election committee, was appointed one of his secretaries, and wrote the address to the voters which helped to secure Lowe's return.

Parkes became tired of his position as leader of the opposition and resigned early in 1877.

Though Parkes was personally opposed to it, a payment of members act was passed, and two important and valuable measures, the Government Railways Act and the Public Works Act both became law.

After that Parkes became practically an independent member.

The children of the second marriage were faithfully brought up by Julia Lady Parkes and one of them, Cobden Parkes, born in 1892, eventually became the New South Wales Government Architect.

Parkes became a key country location after the completion of the railway in 1893, serving as a hub for a great deal of passenger and freight transport until the 1980s.

In 1939 Parkes became a sister city with Coventry in the United Kingdom.

After being renamed the Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts, the building became the first museum operated by the Trust in Australia, containing a range of memorabilia related to the history of Federation and the local area.

After retiring Parkes stayed with Blackburn, joining their coaching staff under Bobby Saxton, where he became assistant manager.

Parkes became Blackpool's assistant manager in December 2005, shortly after Simon Grayson was appointed as caretaker manager, and he helped the club win promotion to The Championship in the 2006-07 season after a successful play-off final against Yeovil Town at Wembley.

S. Parkes Cadman, who became a prominent clergyman in the United States, was born there in 1864.

Garran became involved with the work of Edmund Barton, who would later be the first Prime Minister of Australia but at the time was the de facto leader of the federation movement in New South Wales as Sir Henry Parkes declined into poor health.

1980: Phil Parkes, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers ‘ keeper, became the Sting ’ s number 1, moving to Chicago from the Vancouver Whitecaps where he had played for the past three seasons and established himself as the NASL ’ s top glovesman.

He became minister for lands in Parkes ' 1877 government and as a cricket lover he provided £ 700 for improvements to the Sydney Cricket Ground and vested the ground in trustees in 1879, including himself as the representative of the New South Wales Cricket Association.

Most of the division became part of the Division of Parkes, whilst some towns in the Upper Hunter Shire ( mainly Scone, Aberdeen, Merriwa and Murrurundi ) were absorbed into the Division of Hunter.

As a student, Parkes was fascinated by various graphic processes, and he later became proficient in the difficult medium of the colour stone lithograph.

Spill became aware of Parkes ' claim for the waterproof qualities of Parkesine probably at the 1862 exhibition.

Cowper was once again defeated in a no-confidence motion in December 1865, and in January 1866 Martin became Premier for the second time as leader of a coalition government with former rival Henry Parkes.

* 1958: John became a cadet announcer with radio 2PK Parkes.

Parkes was described during his lifetime by The Times as " the most commanding figure in Australian politics ".

Long years later, Parkes averred that, " in the heated opposition to the objectionable parts of Mr Wentworth's scheme, no sufficient attention was given to its great merits ".

Parkes had made enemies in various directions, but generally his personal popularity was great.

His great rival was Harry Parkes.

The geology of Parkes has been studied in great detail.

The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band has often been dubbed “ The Richard Parkes Success Story ,” and the great respect for Richard from within his own band and from his competitors is as much a part of the band ’ s ideology as its list of prizes.

Parkes had great ability, and was unfortunate to only ever win one England cap.

When Parkes resigned in October 1891 Dibbs came into power in a time of great financial stress.

When Parkes was defeated Robertson came into power, and for the next two years little was done of real importance.

General Beringer was based on James V. Hartinger, the then-commander-in-chief of NORAD who Parkes and Lasker met while visiting the base, and who, like Beringer, favored keeping humans in the decision loop.

English translators Thomas Common and R. J. Hollingdale use superman, while Kaufmann uses overman, and Parkes uses overhuman.

Edgar records that Benbow's father died when Benbow was very young, while Parkes ' account describes his father as being in the service of the Army under Charles I and not dying until Benbow was in his teens.

His fourth spell came in 1999 after Rovers ' shock relegation from the top-flight ; while Parkes hoped to secure promotion and the manager's position on a full-time basis, this in fact proved to be his least successful stint as caretaker, and he was replaced by Graeme Souness in March 2000 with the club looking in danger of a second successive relegation.

Laverne dated music journalist Taylor Parkes while in the band Kenickie and later Malcolm Middleton, from the band Arab Strap.

The 4th Light Dragoons ' regimental returns in the Crimean Medal Roll WO 100 / 24 show Parkes ' entitlement to the clasp for Alma ( at f. 203 recto ) while there is a dash against Inkerman, noting he had been taken prisoner on 25 October.

Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes first conceived the idea for Sneakers in 1981, while they were doing research for the script of Wargames.

Faulconbridge was the maiden name of Sir Henry Parkes ' mother, while a small waterfall in the area — Clarinda Falls — was named after his first wife.