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22-524: Sir William John Macleay MLC (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish -Australian politician, naturalist , zoologist , and herpetologist . Macleay was born at Wick , Caithness, Scotland , second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and his wife Barbara, née Horne. Macleay was educated at the Edinburgh Academy 1834–36 and then to studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh ; but when he

44-444: A Dutch family, which migrated to Hamburg and became prosperous merchants. George Henry Bosch was educated at T. and C. McAlpine's private school at Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne , and was then apprenticed to a watchmaker. Bosch went to Sydney in 1881 and with his father's help, established a small watchmaker's business. He began importing watchmakers' and jewellers' supplies, and about 1884 joined forces with Emil Barthel, who had

66-521: A life interest for his widow, further substantial benefits will eventually accrue to the University of Sydney. A portrait of Bosch by George Washington Lambert is in the great hall at the university, and there is a memorial window at St John's Church, Gordon, Sydney. Bosch was a keen business man, whose only recreation was walking until he took up golf in middle life; he was honorary treasurer of Manly Golf Club for many years. He looked upon his wealth as

88-553: A member and fellow of societies concerned with the flora and fauna of the empire's colonies. On 1 March 1855 Macleay was elected to the old Legislative Council as member for the Lachlan and Lower Darling Pastoral District . After responsible government, on 19 April 1856 Macleay was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Lachlan and Lower Darling serving until 11 April 1859. From 1860 to 1874 he represented Murrumbidgee in

110-577: A similar business, under the name of Bosch, Barthel and Company. The importing of dental and opticians' supplies was added in 1885, and the business became the largest of its kind in Australia. In 1894 Bosch bought Barthel's interest in the business, which continued to progress and expand with branches in Melbourne and Brisbane. Working very hard and living simply, Bosch became very wealthy, and he quietly gave away considerable sums of money. His first public gift

132-487: A variety of names. Between 1933 and 1959, at least 32 states had legislative councils. Kansas still uses a legislative council, although it was converted into the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council in 1971. Legislative councils operating under that name exist in the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Several states use the term "commission" for

154-634: The Garden Palace was burnt down in September 1882. In spite of this blow the society continued on its way and gradually built up another library. In 1885 Macleay erected a building for the use of the society in Ithaca road, Elizabeth Bay , and endowed it with the sum of £14,000. He had contributed several papers to the Proceedings of the society, and in 1881 his two-volume Descriptive Catalogue of Australian Fishes

176-530: The royal prerogative , others by acts of parliament , and some by commission and royal instructions . In India, the Vidhan Parishad is another name for the Legislative Council in those states with bicameral legislatures. In American English , the term "legislative council" has acquired a slightly different meaning since the 1930s. It refers to a joint committee with members from both houses of

198-531: The Assembly. Macleay lived in Sydney from 1857, the year he was married to Susan Emmeline Deas-Thomson, daughter of Colonial Secretary and politician, Edward Deas-Thomson , and was now able to develop his interest in science. He had made a small collection of insects, and in 1861 began to extend it considerably. In April 1862 a meeting was held at his house and it was decided to found a local Entomological Society. Macleay

220-625: The British (former) colonies. However, it has also been used as designation in other (non-Commonwealth) nations. A member of a legislative council is commonly referred to as an MLC. In the United States, a legislative council has a different connotation, and means a council within a legislature which supervises nonpartisan support staff. In the British Empire , the authority under which legislative councils have been constituted has varied: some under

242-526: The appointment of a government bacteriologist . Receiving little support he eventually left £12,000 to the University of Sydney for the foundation of a chair or lectureship in bacteriology, but this was rejected by the university senate due to the conditions of the bequest and the money went to the Linnean Society. Nearly 40 years later a professorship in bacteriology was established from the Bosch fund. In 1890

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264-416: The government having provided a building in the university grounds he handed the valuable Macleay collection to the university, together with an endowment of £6000 to provide for the salary of a curator. Macleay was knighted in 1889. He died on 7 December 1891; his wife, Susan, died in 1903 and there were no children. Macleay left £6000 to the Linnean Society for general purposes and after his wife died, £35,000

286-431: The purchase of apparatus for the anatomy department. In October 1929, £220,000 in city properties and securities was transferred to the university to establish full-time chairs in medicine, surgery and bacteriology, and for the building and equipping of laboratories or the promotion of medical and surgical knowledge. Another large donation was £10,000 to Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) , and he contributed largely to

308-473: The same thing, including New Jersey and Nevada. A few states, like California, have a " legislative counsel ", not "council", who is appointed by a vote of the entire legislature and is thus responsible to the body as a whole rather than a "council" within it. George Henry Bosch Bosch was born at Osborne's Flat, near Beechworth, Victoria , the son of George Bosch, a miner from Bavaria , and his wife Emily, née Spann, of Hamburg. His mother belonged to

330-518: The state legislature, which supervises a staff of attorneys, accountants, and researchers charged with providing strictly nonpartisan support services to the legislature or to particular committees. The concept of the legislative council was first developed in Kansas and was implemented by the Kansas Legislature in 1933. Eventually, a majority of U.S. states adopted legislative councils, but under

352-561: The upkeep of the Millewa boys' home and the Windsor boys' farm. Though he practically retired in 1924, he had another breakdown in 1928, but after a long holiday in the east, he came back in much improved health. In July 1932 the university received a further sum of £6000. Bosch died at Sydney on 30 August 1934. He had married Gwendoline Jupp in 1929, who had nursed him through an illness. She survived him with two sons. After providing for legacies and

374-566: Was 18 years old his widowed mother died, and he decided to go to Australia with his cousin, William Sharp MacLeay . They arrived at Sydney in March 1839 on HMS Royal George . William Macleay took up land at first near Goulburn , and afterwards on the Murrumbidgee River . He is noted as the last of the naturalists in a family active in this field; his uncle was Alexander Macleay , Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from 1826 to 1836, and

396-468: Was a large donation to the Dreadnought Fund in 1909. He had a breakdown in 1915 due to overwork, and henceforth had to go more quietly. In 1924 he gave a sum of £1000 to the University of Sydney for research on paralysis; his mother was a partial cripple. This was followed in 1925 by £2000 for cancer research, and in 1928 £27,000 was given to establish a chair in histology and embryology, and £1500 for

418-528: Was elected president and held the position for two years. The society lasted 11 years and, not only was Macleay the author of the largest number of papers, he also bore most of the expense. He had succeeded to the Macleay collection on the death of W. S. Macleay in 1865, and in 1874 decided to extend it from an entomological collection into a zoological collection. Also in 1874 the Linnean Society of New South Wales

440-460: Was founded, of which Macleay was elected the first president, and in May 1875, having fitted up the barque Chevert , he sailed for New Guinea , where he obtained what he described as "a vast and valuable collection" of zoological specimens. After his return from New Guinea, Macleay fostered the Linnean Society. He presented many books and materials for scientific work to it, however all were destroyed when

462-451: Was given to the Linnean Society to provide four Linnean Macleay fellowships of £400 per annum each, to encourage and advance research in natural science.   Member of Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature , or one of the legislative chambers , of a nation , colony , or subnational division such as a province or state . It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in

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484-468: Was published. Three years later a Supplement to this catalogue appeared, and in the same year his Census of Australian Snakes was reprinted from the Proceedings . Macleay had hoped to make a descriptive catalogue of the Dipterous insects of Australia, but his health began to fail and it was not completed. Macleay realised that a lot could be done to prevent diseases like typhoid fever and strongly urged

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