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Charles Cameron Kingston PC (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) [1] was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Assembly was led by John McPherson from 1893, and by Lee Batchelor upon McPherson's death in 1897.
Charles Cameron Kingston (1850-1908), lawyer and politician, was born on 22 October 1850 in Adelaide, younger son of Sir George Strickland Kingston and his second wife Ludovina Catherina da Silva, née Cameron.
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Find out more about Charles Kingston, premier of South Australia and a founder of Federation. Examine two different types of biographies of Kingston: one short and the other more detailed. Inspect examples of how he was visually depicted in his time.
May 30, 2022 · Charles Cameron Kingston is dead, and Democracy loses on of its staunchest fighters, Australia one of its greatest patriots. Reared among a family whose head was a rigid Conservative, Kingston’s great mind rose above the home influence.
Learn about the life and achievements of Charles Kingston, a lawyer, politician and leader of South Australia. He was a key figure in the Federation, the White Australia Policy and the Barton Ministry.
Privy Councillor and Queen’s Counsel, Premier of South Australia from 1893 to 1899 and member of the first Commonwealth ministry in 1901, Charles Cameron Kingston was one of the most significant fathers of Australian Federation, participating in every crucial convention or event from 1887 until 1901, with the exception of the 1890 Melbourne ...
Charles Cameron Kingston PC (1850 – 1908) Charles Kingston has been included in the listing of founding fathers because he was a sometime member of the committee which drafted the Australian Constitution. He was born in Adelaide in 1850 as a member of South Australian aristocracy.
