George Augustine Taylor (1872 - 1928)

Born 1 Aug 1872 in Sydney, New South Wales.

Died 20 Jan 1928 at age 55 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

George Taylor is Notable.

George Augustine Taylor (1872-1928), was an Australian artist, craftsman, aviator, publisher, inventor and journalist. He was born on the 1st of August 1872 in Sydney, the second son of George Faulty Taylor, an Australian born fruit grower, and his Irish born wife Annie Maria, née McFadden.

In 1907 Miss Florence Parsons married one of her former lecturers, George Augustine Taylor in Sydney, Australia. Upon marriage the Taylors established their own company, the Building Publishing Company, a producer of trade and professional journals. ^[1] Including the famous Building, full title Building: The Magazine for the Architect, Builder, Property Owner and Merchant which they founded in that same year.

He actually published journals in many fields including radio, town planning and even the patriotic journal Soldier founded in 1916 during his time with the Australia Intelligence Section General Staff. Soldier was dedicated 'to preserve and extend the spirit of National Devotion and the faith of Imperial Duty',

From Dr. Russell Naughton's HARGRAVE: the Pioneers website we see that on;

December 5, 1909 : George Augustine Taylor, achieves the first flight of a heavier-than-air machine in Australia, placing Narrabeen on Australia's aviation map. Taylor, inspired by pioneer aviator Lawrence Hargrave, had built a biplane with a box-kite tail for balance, from coachwood, covered with oiled calico.

George Augustine Taylor suffered an epileptic fit and drowned in the bath in his Sydney home on 20 January 1928. He was cremated with Anglican rites. His remains were interred in the Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium on the 21st of January 1928. One of his foremost Journals the Construction and Local Government Journal published his Obituary which can be seen in the Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1930) of Wednesday the 25th of January 1928 via TROVE.

He was an active and inventive pioneer in many fields of Australian life and culture including building and engineering, radio, aviation, patriotism, publishing, astronomy and even art & cartooning. He had at one time helped put himself through his studies supplying cartoons for the Australian based Bulletin and London based Punch magazines, and at one time he was a council-member of the (Royal) Art Society of New South Wales.

Sources

1. ↑ THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S REGISTER

• The New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: TAYLOR, GEORGE AUGUSTINE - registration no. 1999/1872 - father: GEORGE FANTLY - mother: ANNIE MARIA - district: SYDNEY. from the NSW Family History Search first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/births?

• The New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: registration no. 3022/1907 groom: TAYLOR, GEORGE A. - bride: PARSONS, FLORENCE M. - district: SYDNEY. from the NSW Family History Search first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages?

• The New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: TAYLOR, GEORGE A. registration no. 78/1928 - father: GEORGE F. - district. SYDNEY. from the NSW Family History Search first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/deaths?

• Family Notices (DEATH NOTICE) from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Saturday 21 January 1928, Page 16. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16435504?searchTerm=%22George%20Taylor%22%20death%20funeral%20died%20obituary

• Family Notices (FUNERAL) The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Saturday 21 January 1928, Page 15. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16435758?searchTerm=%22George%20Taylor%22%20death%20funeral%20died%20obituary

• Michael Roe, Taylor, George Augustine (1872–1928), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/taylor-george-augustine-8756/text15343, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 21 November 2021.

• Taylor, George Augustine (1872–1928), Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/taylor-george-augustine-8756/text35113, accessed 21 November 2021.

• George Augustine Taylor 'G A': 1872 - 1928 © Copyright 1999-2002 CTIE - All Rights Reserved - Caution Created and maintained by Russell Naughton and last updated January 1, 2002. from the HARGRAVE website first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://www.ctie.monash.edu/hargrave/taylor_bio.html

• FOUND DEAD IN BATHROOM from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) of Saturday 21 January 1928, Page 10. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245501995?

Further Reading

• George Augustine Taylor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustine_Taylor

• First Flight by George Augustine Taylor from MONUMENT AUSTRALIA. first accessed on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/technology/industry/display/22456-first-flight-by-george-augustine-taylor

• Taylor, George Augustine from the DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/taylor_george_augustine

• OBITUARY. from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Monday 23 January 1928, Page 9. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st of November, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16436080?