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 Allchurch in Adelaide. They had eight children Eric Ivan Bradshaw, McDonnell Stuart Bradshaw, Allan Todd Bradshaw, Mortimer Bradshaw, Winifred Doris (Mrs A. Blackwell),[6] Katherine Constance,[7] Edna (Mrs George Murray)[8] and Shelia Bradshaw.[9][10] 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 (Adelaide). 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. ↑ "Family Notices". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXVII, (25,371). South Australia. 21 April 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Family Notices". Chronicle. LXXII, (3,825). South Australia. 9 January 1930. p. 39. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "About People". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 97, (29,882). South Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 26. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "MRS. T. A. BRADSHAW". Chronicle. LXXII, (3,805). South Australia. 22 August 1929. p. 52. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Bradshaw Children". Territory Stories. Northern Territory Library. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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