Biographical entry Tardent, Henry Alexis (1853 - 1929)

Summary

Henry Alexis Tardent established and operated a farm and co-operative winery at Roma in Queensland from 1887-97. Later he was agricultural editor of the "Daily Standard" from 1913-29. His publications included "Science as Applied to Agriculture" (1907) and "Mrs Ellis Rowan and her Contributions to Australian Art and Science" (1927).

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1869 - 1887

Career position - Tutor and language teacher, mainly in Russia

1887 - 1897

Career position - Operated a farm and co-operative winery in Roma, Queensland

1897 - 1898

Career position - Inaugural Manager of Westbrook State Farm

1898 - 1901

Career position - Manager of Biggenden State Farm

c. 1904

Career position - Toowoomba Democrat and Downs Agriculturis published

1904 - 1908

Career position - Operated an insurance business in Toowoomba

1909 - 1910

Career position - Managing Editor of Tableland Examiner

1913 - 1929

Career position - Agricultural Editor of Daily Standard

1922

Career position - Founding member of Les Causeries Françaises (Alliance Française from 1926)

Published resources

Book Sections

• French, M., 'Tardent, Henry Alexis (1853-1929)', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 167-168. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120187b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Tardent, Henry A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582835. Details