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"Pageant (1933) is a historical novel by Australasian author G. B. Lancaster (pen name for Edith Joan Lyttleton). It won the ALS Gold Medal for Best Novel in 1933. Plot summary The novel follows the fortunes of three Tasmanian families from 1826 to the twentieth century. Notes * Dedication: "To V.M. and Liz. In memory of billy-teas under the gum-trees and ghosts at Port Arthur." * In the Foreword the author states "the greater part of the incident is true, having been collected from news paper files and records in Hobart and Launceston, and also from old diaries of my great-grandparents, who were among the military and settler class in the early days." Reviews On the original publication of the novel a reviewer in Brisbane's The Telegraph placed the book in its literary context by stating: "In this book the influence of Marcus Clarke is apparent, and although the narrative is smoother, it is not less brilliant and fascinating.""A Tasmanian Pageant", The Telegraph, 7 October 1932, p8 In a review of the first 6 winners of the ALS Gold Medal, "J.K.E." in The West Australian noted that "The characterisation is vivid and the writer has the power of making us feel the reality of her people.""Six Australian Novels : Literature Society's Awards" 'The West Australian, 19 January 1935, p7 By the 1990s, however, the view of the book had changed with The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature stating: "The novel's attempts to present Tasmanian history as a colourful pageant result in woodenness and contrived efforts, although some of the characters have vitality."The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature 2nd edition, p444 Awards and nominations * 1933 winner ALS Gold Medal"Australian Literature : Society's Annual 'Drama Night'" The Age, 6 October 1934, p21 References Category:1933 Australian novels Category:Australian historical novels Category:Family saga novels Category:Novels set in Tasmania Category:ALS Gold Medal winning works "
"Alexander Park (1808 - 21 July 1873) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Selkirk to attorney Alexander Park and Alice Veitch. He migrated to New South Wales in 1826 and was given a land grant in the Paterson district. He owned large vineyards and probably also pastoral land. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1853 to 1856, from 1858 to 1861, and from 1868 until his death at Lewinsbrook near Paterson in 1873. References Category:1808 births Category:1873 deaths Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Category:19th- century Australian politicians "
"Thomas (Tom) Teichman is a venture capitalist who is Co -Founder of The Garage Soho, London and is chairman of SPARK Ventures. He was the first backer of lastminute.com, Made.com, Mergermarket, notonthehightreet.com, MAID, ARC and Argonaut Games, Kobalt Music, System C Healthcare and Moshi Monsters. Early Life Born in Budapest Hungary of Hungarian parents. His family left Hungary in 1949 to live in Salzburg to escape the Communist regime and then moved to the UK in 1951. His first senior school was Finchley County Grammar followed by Quintin School, London, from 1960 to 1966. He then attended University College London where he gained a B.Sc. in Economics with Economic History - with Honours. He also attended the London School of Economics. Career He then joined Willis Faber and Dumas, a leading insurance broker in London where he worked on aviation insurance and aviation reinsurance in Lloyds including the first insurance of Concorde and the Boeing 747. In 1970 he joined Bankers Trust Company, London as a junior economist and then became Assistant Treasurer. As an economist he worked on the first syndicated loan to the Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, and the first loan to Gabon. He then moved into the banking division managing lending in central and Eastern Europe and he was particularly involved in Yugoslavia – Serbia and Croatia – and loans to Hungary, Bulgaria, the DDR and Russia. In 1972 he moved to William Brandt's Sons and Co Ltd an English merchant bank, and a member of the Accepting Houses Committee of the Bank of England. At the age of 25 he became Manager Europe and completed several large transactions in central and Eastern Europe, Austria, South Korea, and Ecuador. These included the railways of Croatia and Serbia and Steel plants and ship construction in Croatia. He became the author of the Yugoslavia section of the Economist Intelligence Unit. In 1975 he joined the Credit Suisse group as chief executive of Finanz AG London. This was the trade finance arm of Credit Suisse which specialised in Forfaiting, the discount of bills of exchange and promissory notes from international trade. He wrote and published the first book on Forfaiting. He then in 1979 became head of syndicated landing at Credit Suisse with additional responsibility for covering multinational companies like Unilever, MMM, and Gernaral Motors in the UK. He became vice-director of Credit Suisse, the youngest ever person to be in Credit Suisse's Management. In 1980 he moved to Credit Suisse First Boston, London where he worked in corporate finance mainly on the Far East and Australia. In 1983 he joined the Mitsubishi Bank group to run corporate finance at Mitsubishi Finance International in London. in 1985, he joined The Bank of Montréal group in London as Managing Director to run its corporate finance business. When Nesbitt Thomson was acquired by the Bank of Montréal, he ran their combined corporate finance operations in London and Europe. There he focused on privatisations in the UK and Hungary and mergers and acquisitions for Canadian companies. Venture Capital In 1985, Tom was the first backer of MAID Londo which went on to be listed on the London stock exchange. MAID went public in 1993 via Hoare Govett and also raised funds on NASDAQ via Hambrecht and Quist. Tom was responsible for these transactions on the board and joined MAID full-time from Bank of Montreal Nesbitt Thomson as vice chairman. His responsibility was corporate strategy and alliances with stock brokers and financial research institutions and financial information providers. In 1995 he sold out of MAID and founded NewMedia Investors in Berkeley Square, London. NMI invested in and raised funds for several successful new businesses such as Lastminute.com, ARC Risc Cores, Argonaut Games, System C Healthcare, Worth Global Style Network and others. All of which IPO’d or were acquired for cash subsequently. The IPO's were led by Goldman Sachs International, Morgan Stanley International, Beeson Gregory, Collins Stewart and Hoare Govett among others. NMI was backed by family interests of the Rothschilds, by Henry Kravis of KKR and by Gilbert de Botton, founder of GAM, now part of UBS. NMI was financial advisor to Wellington Investments a pub group of 1000 units where Tom was on the Board for 7 years. It raised several bond issues via. Morgan Stanley and was sold privately. In October 1999, Tom IPO’d NewMedia SPARK plc (NMS) on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and acted as its Executive Chairman until 2010 when he moved to focus on his private investments. NMI was merged into NMS NMS acquired the internet business of GE Capital in Scandinavia and backed several well-known companies often from start up. Including IMI Mobile and Kobalt Music Group where Tom was Chairman from 2002 to 2013. Tom was chairman of the investment committee of NMS. NMS was renamed Gresham House Strategic in 2014. This now successfully focuses more on quoted companies rather than start-ups and early-stage investments. In 2014 Tom founded The Garage Soho London with Sir John Hegarty, a founder of BBH. The leading ad agency. The Garage Soho focuses on early stage businesses particularly in relation to new brands. It has a portfolio of 20 companies and is based in central Soho in its own unique freehold premises. Tom is Chairman of Edison Investment Research, Hardlyeverwornit, Doctify, The Boathouse, and Elevate Direct. Previously, he was chairman of Simbasleep from foundation to 2018. He was chairman of Kobalt Music Group. For 10 years. He was on the board of Market-tech at the time when it was a FTSE 250 company, from IPO to take private in 2017. Category:Venture capitalists Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) "