Charles James Dashwood , KC (17 July 1842 – 8 July 1919) was an Australian public servant and judge. He was the longest-serving Government Resident of the Northern Territory , and showed a concern for the rights of Aborigines.
15-1434: Dashwood is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Real people [ edit ] Charles Dashwood (judge) (1842–1919), Australian public servant, judge and Government Resident of the Northern Territory Charles Dashwood (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1847) Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781), English rake and politician Gemma Dashwood (born 1977), Australian Paralympic swimmer George Dashwood (disambiguation) , multiple people George Dashwood (1669–1706) , MP for Sudbury 1703–1705 George Dashwood (1680–1758) , MP for Stockbridge 1710–1713 Sir George Dashwood, 4th Baronet (1786–1861), MP for Truro 1814–1818 Sir George Dashwood, 5th Baronet (c. 1790–1862), English landowner, Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1832–1835 and Wycombe 1837–1863 George Frederick Dashwood (1806–1881), public servant and politician in South Australia George Henry Dashwood (1801–1869), British antiquary Robert Dashwood (disambiguation) , multiple people Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet , MP for Banbury Sir Robert Dashwood, 9th Baronet Sir Robert Henry Seymour Dashwood, 7th Baronet (1876–1947), of
30-577: A second post office opened from December 1871 to December 1930. Kangarilla lay within the District Council of Willunga from 1853 until December 1997, when it became part of the newly created City of Onkaparinga. Kangarilla lies around 33 km (21 mi) from Adelaide city centre , close to the Adelaide Hills and at the northern end of the Fleurieu Peninsula . It is regarded as
45-526: A small community [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Dashwood . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dashwood&oldid=1257488030 " Categories : Surnames English-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
60-527: A solicitor, he also began his political career, representing Noarlunga in the House of Assembly from 1887 to 1892. On 24 February 1892, Dashwood was appointed judge and Government Resident of the Northern Territory . He was the first Australian-born individual to hold this position, and he also became the longest-serving, continuing in office for 13 years. As a judge, he became known for his concern about
75-705: A year's study of civil engineering at the University of Ghent in Belgium. After studying in Belgium, Dashwood returned to Australia and spent six years working as a farmer. He then entered the legal profession, spending some time working as a clerk of courts before being admitted to the Bar in 1873. Initially, he worked in partnership with W. H. Bundey , and with E. W. Hawker as "Bundey, Dashwood & Hawker" from 1879 to 1883. He practised alone from 1884 until 1890, at which point he began working with C. G. Varley. While working as
90-583: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Dashwood (judge) Dashwood was born on 17 July 1842 at Dashwood's Gully near Kangarilla, South Australia . His parents were English-born Captain George Frederick Dashwood , a naval officer and public servant, and Sarah Rebecca née Loine. He was educated at the Collegiate School of St Peter in Adelaide and later completed
105-600: Is named in his honour. Kangarilla, South Australia Kangarilla is a small rural town and locality around 33 km (21 mi) from Adelaide city centre , in South Australia . The area, formerly inhabited by Kaurna people, was settled by Europeans in 1840, not long after the British colonisation of South Australia . Today it lies within the City of Onkaparinga local government area, and has postcode 5157. At
120-507: The 2016 census , Kangarilla had a population of 896. The land on which Kangarilla was settled by Europeans was formerly inhabited by the Kaurna people, who called it Kangkarrilla. Manning's Index reports that Norman Tindale thought that kanggarila may mean "birthplace", and that it was spelt "Kungirilla" in The South Australian on 17 March 1843. Ngarrindjeri man David Unaipon
135-812: The Dashwood baronets Roderick Dashwood , Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University Rosamund Dashwood (1924–2007), Canadian long-distance runner Tenille Dashwood (born 1989), Australian professional wrestler Thomas Dashwood (1876–1929), English cricketer Fictional characters [ edit ] Elinor Dashwood , character in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility Marianne Dashwood , character in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility Mike Dashwood , character in The Bill, 1984-1992 See also [ edit ] Dashwood baronets , British baronetcies Dashwood, Ontario , Canada,
150-549: The 1870s, when the area started to be referred to as Kangarilla. The historic settlement of Dashwood Gully (also known as Dashwoods Gully ) existed within the present-day bounded locality of Kangarilla. It was named for George Frederick Dashwood , who settled there in 1841 and was appointed as a member of the South Australian parliament in 1843. The first Dashwood's Gully post office opened in November 1863 and closed in 1867;
165-582: The legal profession until he retired in August 1916. Dashwood was married twice. His first marriage was to Kate Allen, with whom he had one son outside of marriage. He later married Martha Margarethe Johanna Klevesahl, a fine mezzo-soprano, on 5 February 1916. They had no children. Sisters of Klevesahl married Charles Rasp and Angas Johnson . He died from heart failure on 8 July 1919. Dashwood Place in Darwin
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#1732851128003180-414: The legal treatment of Australian Aborigines and his defence of their rights. The Northern Territory Times and Gazette praised his approach on more than one occasion, writing of him in 1896 as 'the personification of kindness in his dealing with aborigines'. He spoke out against violence committed by Europeans against Aborigines, warned against securing convictions solely on the basis of confessions, and
195-464: Was first settled in around 1840, with wheat and vineyards the main produce. A town was founded in 1849 by John Bottrill, and properly surveyed in 1860 on section 875 in the Hundred of Kuitpo , named Scaldwell . It was later called Eyre Flat or Eyre's Flat , and the name Kangarilla may have originally been the name given to the creek which ran through the area. The name Eyre's Flat stopped being used in
210-400: Was recorded as saying that Kang means "two" and Ra'mulia means "outflow or water flowing", referring to two waterholes, but more recent sources have variously reported that the meaning in the Kaurna language is "a place where something is nurtured", and possibly "a place with abundant resources", "place of rest with water and trees", and "shepherding place". The land around Kangarilla
225-527: Was sometimes lenient in his sentencing of Aborigines. In 1899, Dashwood proposed a bill to improve employment law for Aborigines, but this bill was rejected by the South Australian government. After resigning from being Government Resident in January 1905, Dashwood continued to practise law, initially as the Crown Solicitor of South Australia before being appointed a King's Counsel in 1906. He continued in
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