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Randolph Bedford

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Also known as George Randolph Bedford

Australian politician (1868–1941)

Person · Open Library

Born
1868
Died
1941
Works
4

Top works

  • Billy Pagan, mining engineer
  • The snare of strength
  • The snare of strength
  • Naught to thirty-three

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Type
Person
Country
GB

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Quotes

  • For we have here a beautiful land that none could e’er knock down,The brightest jewel that ever was known in dear old George's crown;The brightest jewel that ever was known and never can be a failure.Although the damn Labor party is doing its best to ruin Australia...
  • Bedford could be one of the rudest of men when he chose to exercise his wit at the expense of others. He happened to be a guest at a party given by a lady of some social pretensions. There arrived to it a husband and wife—the wife, big dominant, and masculine, the husband, small, meek, and submissive. Of them, the hostess said to Bedford, ‘Mr Bedford, I want to introduce you to my friends, Mr and Mrs So-and-so.’ Said Bedford, bowing to the couple, ‘Pleased to meet you. Which is which?’
  • The Governor was a little pink old gentleman; so soft in the skin that he seemed to be stuffed with moss.
  • Pretty as a picture and poor as a crow.
  • Never was a continent naturally so clean, and made so dirty, as Australia. There was not an animal pest, scarcely a vegetable pest; fools and the old world supplied them all.
  • His moments of most sentimental recollection were when he thought of the beauty of the sausages he had manufactured.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Bedford
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Camperdown
Place of death
Brisbane
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Randolph Bedford - Queensland politician.jpg
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date of death
1941-07-07
date of birth
1868-06-27
writing language
English language
Commons category
Randolph Bedford
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