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    Sir Robert Richard Torrens, GCMG (31 May 1812 – 31 August 1884), also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer...
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    reform. Torrens was born in Hervey Hill, Derry, Ireland, the son of Robert Torrens of Hervey Hill and his wife Elizabeth, née Bristow. The Torrens family...
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  • the province of South Australia, the first version of Torrens title enacted in the world. Torrens based his proposal on many of the ideas of Ulrich Hübbe...
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  • original "Mitcham Village". It was named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, the instigator of the Torrens title system of land registration and transfer,...
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  • Sir Robert Richard Torrens (1812–1884), Irish-born colonial administrator and politician in South Australia and the United Kingdom, founded Torrens Title...
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    000 enrolled students. Torrens University Australia, along with Think Education and Media Design School, together form Torrens Global Education, which...
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    Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor. Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, aristocrat...
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  • Barracks is established. 3 March – Louis Buvelot Date unknown: Robert Richard Torrens 8 May – Francis Grose 19 July – Matthew Flinders 31 August – Admiral...
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    The Torrens Building, named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, is a State Heritage-listed building on the corner of Victoria Square and Wakefield Street...
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    is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia noted for being the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration...
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  • in Derry, the third child of the Reverend Thomas Torrens and his wife Elizabeth Curry. The Torrens family were of Swedish origin, and were descended...
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  • Torrens system of land registration of title between 1857 and 1875. The Torrens system was introduced first in South Australia by Sir Robert Richard Torrens...
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    Taylor (1804–1848), astronomer, born and educated in Ashburton Robert Richard Torrens (1812–1884), parliamentarian, writer and land reformer, lived in...
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  • Ygnacio del Valle, Mexican-American landowner (d. 1880) 1814 – Robert Richard Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (d...
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    institute what has become known as the Torrens Title system of property law, and is sometimes referred to as the "Torrens Title" Act 1858. The Act was repealed...
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  • Senior School campus in Torrens Park, formerly the property of Sir Robert Richard Torrens, Sir Walter Walton Hughes, and Robert Barr Smith. The new location...
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    Baker 3 Robert Richard Torrens (1814–1884) MHA for Adelaide — (1st) 1 September 1857 30 September 1857 29 days Independent Torrens 4 Richard Hanson (1805–1876)...
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  • Torrens (born 1960), British actor (a.k.a. Pip Torrens) Robert Richard Torrens (1812–1884), third Premier of colonial South Australia Robert Torrens (economist)...
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    coordinates) Torrens Creek is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Torrens Creek had...
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    West Torrens were severed and added to Glenelg in 1928, 1932 and 1950. It became a municipal corporation as the Corporate Town of West Torrens on 1 January...
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  • ISBN 978-0-19-860476-1. Croucher, Rosalind F. (2008) 'Delenda Est Carthago!' Sir Robert Richard Torrens and his attack on the evils of conveyancing and dependent land titles:...
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    Stankievich Pavel Sytin Pyotr Telezhnikov Robert Richard Torrens Robert Torrens (British Army officer) Richard M. Trevethan Charles Lawrence, 2nd Baron...
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  • This law implemented a system which became known as Torrens title, after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, who instigated the bill and ensured its passage through...
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    reflect the history of the surrounding area. It was first used by Robert Richard Torrens as the name for the house he built in the area circa 1842. In 1850...
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    named after Colonel Robert Torrens, a principal exponent of the economic benefits of nineteenth-century colonial trade. Torrens was aimed at the upper...
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    exceedingly independent in his political action. In 1905 he contributed to Robert Morant's dispute concerning a school inspection report by Katherine Bathurst...
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  • leader of a government from the Legislative Council), then by Robert Richard Torrens. Richard Hanson formed the fourth government in a period of only seven...
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  • Secretaries 1856–1989 Boyle Travers Finniss 1856–1857 John Baker 1857 Robert Richard Torrens 1857 William Younghusband 1857–1860 George Marsden Waterhouse 1860–1861...
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    Napier Kangaroo and Platypus, The Water Gardens, Hemel Hempstead, UK Robert Torrens Alice (in Wonderland) Characters at base of Alice statue Douglas Mawson...
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  • (Colonial Secretary) Robert Richard Torrens Official Nominee (Collector of Customs) George Waterhouse Elected for East Torrens resigned 3 June 1854,...
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