People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

4 February, 1848
Bray, Wicklow, Ireland

Death

19 February, 1916 (aged 68)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Irish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Occupation or Descriptor

• Anglican lay leader
• benefactor (general)
• federationist
• liberal/conservative politician
• Member of Upper House
• newspaper editor
• newspaper owner
• university chancellor

Awards

• Knight Bachelor
• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Key Events

• Federal conventions, 1890-98
• Imperial Press Conference (London, 1909)
• Royal Commission on the Establishment of a University (WA, 1909)

Legacies

• Hackett (suburb of Canberra)
• Hackett Buildings (University of Western Australia)
• Hackett bursaries (University of Western Australia)
• Winthrop Hall (University of Western Australia)

Key Organisations

• Freemasons
• Karrakatta Cemetery Board (Perth)
• King's Park Board (Perth)
• Perth High School
• St George's Cathedral (Perth)
• State Library of Western Australia

Workplaces

• Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
• West Australian (newspaper)
• Western Mail (newspaper)
• University of Western Australia (admin)
• West Australian Newspaper Co