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词条 Thomas Bradshaw (postmaster)
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  1. Personal life

  2. References

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|name = Thomas Andrew Bradshaw
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|death_date = 28 August 1934[1]
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Thomas Andrew Bradshaw (1859–1934) was the postmaster of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station from 1899 until 1908.

Bradshaw was the eldest son of Thomas and Martha Bradshaw formerly of Portland, Victoria.[2]

Thomas Bradshaw joined the Post and Telegraph Department in 1878. He worked as a telegraph operator in Adelaide before being appointed postmaster of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station on 1 April 1899.[3]

Bradshaw sued the Commonwealth in 1925 for wrongful dismissal in the High Court of Australia.[4]

Bradshaw Primary School in Alice Springs is named after Thomas Bradshaw.[5]

Personal life

Bradshaw married Atalanta (Attie) Allchurch in Adelaide in April 1890.[6] They had eight children Eric Ivan Bradshaw, McDonnell Stuart Bradshaw, Allan Todd Bradshaw, Mortimer Bradshaw, Winifred Doris (Mrs A. Blackwell),[7] Katherine Constance,[8] Edna (Mrs George Murray)[9] and Sheila Bradshaw.[10][11] Three of the Bradshaw children were born at the telegraph station.

Thomas died in a private hospital in Adelaide on the 28 August 1934 at the age of 75.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35131354 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=29 August 1934 |accessdate=1 August 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10978125|title=Family Notices|date=29 August 1934|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne)|issue=27,466|location=Victoria, Australia|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Alice Springs Telegraph Station: Teachers Resource|date=1983|publisher=Northern Territory Department of Education|isbn=0724506659}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185551005 |title=POSTMASTER'S DISMISSAL. |newspaper=Daily Standard |issue=4000 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 November 1925 |accessdate=31 July 2016 |page=7 (SECOND EDITION-3 p.m.) |via=National Library of Australia}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Mluleki|first1=Moyo|title=Schools top of the class|url=http://territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/10070/242635/3/cadv26oct12003x.pdf|accessdate=31 July 2016|agency=Centralian Advocate|date=26 October 2012}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=Traynor|first1=Stuart|title=Alice Springs: From singing wire to iconic outback town|date=2016|publisher=Wakefield Press|location=Mile End, South Australia|isbn=9781743054499}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63584648|title=Family Notices|date=21 April 1922|newspaper=The Register|issue=25,371|location=South Australia|volume=LXXXVII,|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90103265|title=Family Notices|date=9 January 1930|newspaper=The Chronicle|issue=3,825|location=South Australia|volume=LXXII,|page=39|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48125285|title=About People|date=23 July 1954|newspaper=The Advertiser|issue=29,882|location=South Australia|volume=97,|page=26|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90053393|title=MRS. T. A. BRADSHAW|date=22 August 1929|newspaper=The Chronicle|issue=3,805|location=South Australia|volume=LXXII,|page=52|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Bradshaw Children|url=http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/5481|website=Territory Stories|publisher=Northern Territory Library|accessdate=31 July 2016}}
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