Thomas Bradshaw (postmaster)

Thomas Andrew Bradshaw

Thomas Bradshaw (right) at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station.
Born 1859
Died 28 August 1934[1]
Adelaide
Occupation Postmaster

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. ↑ "Family Notices". The Advertiser. South Australia. 29 August 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (27,466). Victoria, Australia. 29 August 1934. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Alice Springs Telegraph Station: Teachers Resource. Northern Territory Department of Education. 1983. ISBN 0724506659.
  4. ↑ "POSTMASTER'S DISMISSAL.". Daily Standard (4000). Queensland, Australia. 4 November 1925. p. 7 (SECOND EDITION-3 p.m.). Retrieved 31 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Mluleki, Moyo (26 October 2012). "Schools top of the class" (PDF). Centralian Advocate. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Traynor, Stuart (2016). Alice Springs: From singing wire to iconic outback town. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781743054499.
  7. ↑ "Family Notices". The Register. LXXXVII, (25,371). South Australia. 21 April 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Family Notices". The Chronicle. LXXII, (3,825). South Australia. 9 January 1930. p. 39. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "About People". The Advertiser. 97, (29,882). South Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 26. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "MRS. T. A. BRADSHAW". The Chronicle. LXXII, (3,805). South Australia. 22 August 1929. p. 52. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Bradshaw Children". Territory Stories. Northern Territory Library. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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