Background

COCKBURN, John Alexander was born on August 23, 1850 in Corsbie, near Duns, N.B.

Education

Studied at Cholmeley School, Highgate. King’s College, London (Fellow). Settled in South Australia, 1875.

Doctor of Medicine.

Career

Mayor of Jamestown three and a half years. Member House of Assembly for Burra. 1884; for Mount Barker, 1887.

Minister of Education, 1885-1887. Premier and Chief Secretary, 1889-1890. Chief Secretary, 1892.

Minister of Education and Agriculture, 1893-1898. One of the Representatives of South Australia at the Federal Conferences in 1890, 1891, 1897, and 189S. Agent-General for South Australia to 1901.

Represented South Australia at the Tuberculosis Congresses in Berlin, 1899, and London, 1901. The International Commercial Congress, Philadelphia, 1899. The Colonial Congresses, Paris, 1900, etc.

Also represented all the Australian Colonies at the Festival of the Postal Union, Berne, 1900, and the Commonwealth of Australia at the International Congresses, Workmen’s Insurance, Dusseldorf, 1902. Vienna, 1905; Rome, 1908. Fire Prevention, London, 1903;, and Alcoholism, 1909.

Member of Tariff Commission, 1904. Chairman Australasian Chamber of Commerce in London. President National Association of Manual Training Teachers.

Chairman Swanley Horticultural College. Chairman Representative Managers C.C. elementary schools. Vice-Chairman London School of Economics, British Science Guild, and of Executive Committee Fran co-British Exhibition, 190S. Knight oi Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Works

• book

  • Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001

    (This magnificent catalogue, published to accompany the Na...)

  • The State and the People: Australian Federation and Nation-making, 1870-1901

    (The State and the People tells the story of the Australia...)

  • Australian federation

    (This book was digitized and reprinted from the collection...)

  • Australian Federation [FACSIMILE]

    (High Quality FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: :Cockburn, John Alex...)

  • Australian Federation - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • Australian federation 1902 [Hardcover]

    (Lang:- eng, Pages 260. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of...)

  • Australian antiques: First fleet to federation
  • Charles Gavan Duffy and the Australian Federation Movement, 1856-70
  • Making of the Australian Constitution (Studies in Australian Federation)
  • Australian Since Federation - A Narrative and Critical Analysis
  • Australian Federation, by Sir John A. Cockburn, with a Preface by Sir Charles Dilke

Membership

Clubs: Adelaide, Australasian, British Empire.

• Clubs: Adelaide, Australasian, British Empire.

Interests

• Archaeology, agriculture, and photography.