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John Medway Day

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22: 60:. 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. 93:
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
31:(24 February 1838 – 8 July 1905), generally known as J. Medway Day, was an English-born Australian journalist, Baptist minister and activist. 54:. 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 115: 183: 170: 86: 238: 90: 248: 175: 127: 119: 73: 47: 107: 56: 38:
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
138:, but he died the following year having suffered an 71:; then in 1893 edited his own short-lived weekly, 220: 106:, and thus was involved in the formation of the 16:(1838–1905) journalist and minister of religion 42:ministry in the early 1860s. He migrated to 174:. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 20: 221: 163: 159: 157: 155: 13: 171:Australian Dictionary of Biography 152: 87:South Australian House of Assembly 46:in 1866, becoming the minister at 14: 260: 176:Australian National University 166:"Day, John Medway (1838–1905)" 1: 145: 96:In January 1894 Day moved to 50:until 1869, when he moved to 7: 10: 265: 118:; losing endorsement for 108:Australian Workers' Union 63:From 1892 Day edited the 164:Allen, Margaret (2005). 126:, he instead contested 239:Australian journalists 140:intestinal obstruction 116:1895 colonial election 25: 249:The Australian Worker 114:preselection for the 24: 67:, the paper of the 26: 185:978-0-522-84459-7 103:Australian Worker 69:Single Tax League 256: 213: 212: 210: 208: 161: 79:women's suffrage 264: 263: 259: 258: 257: 255: 254: 253: 219: 218: 217: 216: 206: 204: 186: 162: 153: 148: 44:South Australia 34:He was born at 29:John Medway Day 17: 12: 11: 5: 262: 252: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 215: 214: 184: 150: 149: 147: 144: 136:Tasmanian Mail 124:William Holman 83:trade unionism 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 261: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 235: 232: 230: 227: 226: 224: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 181: 177: 173: 172: 167: 160: 158: 156: 151: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 110:. He ran for 109: 105: 104: 99: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 75: 70: 66: 61: 59: 58: 53: 49: 48:Mount Gambier 45: 41: 37: 32: 30: 23: 19: 205:. Retrieved 169: 135: 134:to edit the 101: 100:to edit the 95: 72: 64: 62: 55: 33: 28: 27: 18: 234:1905 deaths 229:1838 births 207:14 November 112:Labor Party 223:Categories 146:References 244:Georgists 194:1833-7538 91:Gumeracha 74:The Voice 202:70677943 128:Gundagai 120:Grenfell 89:seat of 57:Register 65:Pioneer 52:Kapunda 40:Baptist 36:Bedford 200:  192:  182:  132:Hobart 98:Sydney 209:2015 198:OCLC 190:ISSN 180:ISBN 122:to 225:: 196:. 188:. 178:. 168:. 154:^ 142:. 81:, 211:.

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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)"
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