Person
Tardent, Henry Alexis (1853 - 1929)
- Born
- 1 March 1853
Le Sépey, Vaud, Switzerland - Died
- 5 September 1929
Wynnum, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural journalist, Farmer and Vigneron
Summary
Henry Tardent established and operated a farm and co-operative winery at Roma in Queensland from 1887-1897. Later he was agricultural editor of the "Daily Standard" from 1913-1929. His publications included "Science as Applied to Agriculture" (1907) and "Mrs Ellis Rowan and her Contributions to Australian Art and Science" (1927).
Details
Chronology
- 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)
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Book Sections
- French, M., 'Tardent, Henry Alexis (1853-1929)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 167-168. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120187b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13883257. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93761316. Details
- 'Tardent, Henry A (18530301-19290905)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582835. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 11 January 2022