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John Medway Day

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33: 71:. He was acting editor for the paper in 1883–84, attracting some controversy for his views on land nationalisation. He married Ellen Sandland on 12 August 1886; they had no children. 104:
in 1893, and later in the year a loose coalition had coalesced around him, the "Forward Movement", which included members from a wide variety of progressive causes.
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but was defeated (Holman also lost). He was widowed in 1894, and on 8 September 1897 married Marcella Mary Carr, also widowed. In 1904 he moved to
42:(24 February 1838 – 8 July 1905), generally known as J. Medway Day, was an English-born Australian journalist, Baptist minister and activist. 65:. In 1870–71 he was the chair of the South Australian Baptist Association, but in 1875 he left the ministry to become a journalist for the 126: 194: 181: 97: 249: 101: 259: 186: 138: 130: 84: 58: 17: 118: 67: 49:
to carver Samuel Day and Elizabeth Stamford. He worked for a local solicitor before studying for the
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and electoral politics. He ran unsuccessfully for the
149:, but he died the following year having suffered an 82:; then in 1893 edited his own short-lived weekly, 231: 117:, and thus was involved in the formation of the 27:(1838–1905) journalist and minister of religion 53:ministry in the early 1860s. He migrated to 185:. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 31: 14: 232: 174: 170: 168: 166: 24: 182:Australian Dictionary of Biography 163: 98:South Australian House of Assembly 57:in 1866, becoming the minister at 25: 271: 187:Australian National University 177:"Day, John Medway (1838–1905)" 13: 1: 156: 107:In January 1894 Day moved to 61:until 1869, when he moved to 7: 10: 276: 129:; losing endorsement for 119:Australian Workers' Union 74:From 1892 Day edited the 175:Allen, Margaret (2005). 137:, he instead contested 250:Australian journalists 151:intestinal obstruction 127:1895 colonial election 36: 260:The Australian Worker 125:preselection for the 35: 78:, the paper of the 37: 196:978-0-522-84459-7 114:Australian Worker 80:Single Tax League 16:(Redirected from 267: 224: 223: 221: 219: 172: 90:women's suffrage 21: 275: 274: 270: 269: 268: 266: 265: 264: 230: 229: 228: 227: 217: 215: 197: 173: 164: 159: 55:South Australia 45:He was born at 40:John Medway Day 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 273: 263: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 226: 225: 195: 161: 160: 158: 155: 147:Tasmanian Mail 135:William Holman 94:trade unionism 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 272: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 237: 235: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 192: 188: 184: 183: 178: 171: 169: 167: 162: 154: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 121:. He ran for 120: 116: 115: 110: 105: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 72: 70: 69: 64: 60: 59:Mount Gambier 56: 52: 48: 43: 41: 34: 30: 19: 18:J. Medway Day 216:. Retrieved 180: 146: 145:to edit the 112: 111:to edit the 106: 83: 75: 73: 66: 44: 39: 38: 29: 245:1905 deaths 240:1838 births 218:14 November 123:Labor Party 234:Categories 157:References 255:Georgists 205:1833-7538 102:Gumeracha 85:The Voice 213:70677943 139:Gundagai 131:Grenfell 100:seat of 68:Register 76:Pioneer 63:Kapunda 51:Baptist 47:Bedford 211:  203:  193:  143:Hobart 109:Sydney 220:2015 209:OCLC 201:ISSN 191:ISBN 133:to 236:: 207:. 199:. 189:. 179:. 165:^ 153:. 92:, 222:. 20:)

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J. Medway Day

Bedford
Baptist
South Australia
Mount Gambier
Kapunda
Register
Single Tax League
The Voice
women's suffrage
trade unionism
South Australian House of Assembly
Gumeracha
Sydney
Australian Worker
Australian Workers' Union
Labor Party
1895 colonial election
Grenfell
William Holman
Gundagai
Hobart
intestinal obstruction



"Day, John Medway (1838–1905)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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