beards

Cornish beard. Many men from Cornwall wore beards like this. Neck beard is an idiotic thing to say.

Distinctive spiky hair style and no mustache, beard only.

The eldest surviving son of English scholar John Nicholson, an orientalist, theologian and linguist, John Henry Nicholson was educated privately and at Croft House Academy, Brampton, Cumberland. He came to Australia at age 16 and over the next few years worked at various occupations including whaling and gold prospecting before returning home briefly. In 1859 Nicholson sailed once again for Australia, this time settling in Queensland, initially in Toowoomba, where he briefly operated his own private school. The following year he married German-born Anna Wagner (they had no children but adopted a daughter) and moved to nearby Warwick to take up employment as a tutor. He started another private school in 1863, but moved to Brisbane two years later after joining the Board of General Education. This subsequently led to him taking charge of schools at Nundah (1865-1868), Springsure (1870-1876) and Enoggera (1877-1885). While working as a teacher the somewhat eccentric Nicholson managed to publish at four small volumes of prose and verse (the first two were published using the pseudonyms 'Tadberry Gilcobs' and the second as 'Salathiel Doles). In 1882 the book largely associated with his name was released in London. Titled The Adventures of Halek, and inspired in part by John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, the story is essentially an allegory that communicates the idea of man's development from sinful worldliness to ideal goodness. Philip J. Roberts writes that 'although it attracted much praise from some critics and went through further editions in Brisbane in 1896 and 1904, Halek was never a success and its sequel, Almoni (Brisbane, 1904), fared no better. Both works had fine sentiments and a dignified harmonious style but were too remote from everyday life to have much impact. In 1885 Nicholson resigned from the Board of General Education in order to open another private school, this one being located in Enoggera. Having begun to suffer increasingly from bouts of melancholia, he was forced to leave the school in 1891 in order to recuperate for most of the year in a Goodna mental hospital. He returned to teaching between 1892 and 1897 before being appointed registrar of births, marriages and deaths at Nundah. In 1905 Nicholson remarried, his first wife having died in 1901. His second wife, Anna Cordes, was also German, and reportedly had become attracted to Nicolson while translating Halek for publication in her native country. Three months after the marriage, however, Nicholson was readmitted to the Goodna mental hospital and remained there except for occasional intervals until his death. Nicholson was a frequent contributor to Queensland newspapers, published several books of miscellaneous verse and prose, and with other Queensland writers such as Horace Earle and William Senior, was involved in a 'Johnsonian' literary club established in Brisbane in 1878. Source: www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2538

Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton (1857-1942) is hardly a household name in Queensland, however as a pioneer of electricity supply his contribution to the development and modernisation of the state is unquestionable. Born in Toorak, Victoria, Barton had quite an international education, attending school in Dunedin, New Zealand, receiving engineering training in Scotland, and studying in Germany at Karlsruhe Polytechnische Schule. Prior to returning to the Southern Hemisphere in the early 1880s, he superintended the first commercial electric-lighting system in Britain at Godalming, Surrey in 1882. Back in Queensland, Barton worked as an electricity consultant during which time he erected an electrical plant for the Phoenix Gold Mines at Gympie. He was appointed Queensland Government Electrician in 1886 and saw to the completion of lighting installations in the parliamentary buildings and government printing office. In 1888, with C. F. White, he formed Barton, White & Co., manufacturers of electrical equipment, with the intention to supply electric light to the public. This they did, setting up their first power station in Edison Lane off Creek Street, the lane no doubt being named with this early occupant in mind. With their first customer being the nearby Queensland General Post Office, Barton, White & Co. established the first public electricity supply in Australia and became the first electricity supplier in Australia. However, in 1896, suffering from competition with gas companies and a conservative market, the company liquidated. Soon after, the persistent Barton reformed the company as the Brisbane Electric Supply Co. Ltd, with himself as manager. In 1901, operations moved to a new location in Ann Street, where Barton installed the first steam turbine in Queensland. The firm became the City Electric Light Co. Ltd in 1904 with Barton as general manager and a director, before he resigned, becoming a consultant. Edward Barton’s vision, innovation, and determination saw him successfully drive the establishment of electricity supply in Queensland, assisting the State in becoming the national front-runner in the field. Barton without a doubt left a considerable legacy on both the industry and the State. In addition to these achievements, Barton later lectured in electrical engineering and physics at Brisbane Technical College, was elected to the Legislative Assembly as a member for Brisbane North in 1908, was appointed to the first senate of the University of Queensland in 1910, and served as president of the Brisbane Institute of Social Services from 1910-1915. In 1915 Barton left Australia to work with the British Ministry of Munitions and was based in Europe until his death in England in 1942. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/edward-gustavus-campbell-barton-e...