Oliver UPPILL [3757]

  General Notes:

1876 SA Birth UPPILL Oliver Robert UPPILL Olivia PLUSH, Gilbert 166/408
1946 SA Death 697/978 UPPILL Oliver undefined Norwood (Resided: Walkerville)

The West Australian Sat 2 Mar 1946
Mr. Oliver Uppill, a former South Australian Senator, died at a private hospital in Adelaide on Thursday. Mr. Uppill, who had been ill for many years, was elected to the Senate as a U.A.P. member for South Australia at the Federal elections in 1934. He took his seat in the Senate in July, 1935, but resigned in 1944 because of ill health. Born at Nantawarra, Mr. Uppill spent the greater part of his life as a farmer. He was president of the Liberal Federation from 1920 to 1924 and it was dur-[sic] his life as a farmer. He was pre- eral[sic] Union merged with the National Party. Mr. Uppill leaves a widow, a son, Mr. George Uppill, of Balaklava, and a daughter, Ethel Uppill, of North Walkerville.
[died Thurs 28 Feb 1946]

Biographical Dictionery of the Australian Senate
Senator for South Australian 1935-1944 (United Australia Party)
http://biography.senate.gov.au/index.php/uppill-oliver/

Oliver married Gertrude Caroline MURRAY [4690] [MRIN: 1536] on 17 Aug 1904 in St Mary of Bethany Church Goyder South Australia. (Gertrude Caroline MURRAY [4690] died on 13 Mar 1952 in Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1904 SA Marriage 220/681 UPPILL Oliver, MURRAY Gertrude Caroline, Gilbert

St Mary of Bethany Anglican Church in Goyder South Australia opened in 1898. William Mallyon was the architect.
- The township of Goyder was named after the illustrious South Australian Surveyor General George Goyder. Township never developed but the church remains and is still in use. Church architect an amazing man. A banker but designed around 35 churches for the Anglican church in South Australia for free. This is typical of his best designs.