Kavanagh biography australian open 2017
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2017 Australia Day Honours
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Stan Kavanaugh was born on July 3, 1889 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia as Arthur Stanislaus Joseph Kavanagh. Stan wasn’t born into a showbiz family, as his father was a bank manager. Stan saw a juggler perform in a traveling circus troupe when he was a young boy and was instantly hooked. He taught himself, and later his brother, how to juggle. Juggling immediately became his passion. At least as early as 1907, Stan and his older brother Frank were touring on variety circuits to major cities throughout Australia; first the Brennan circuit and then the Tiv circuit. Performing as the Kavanagh Brothers, they mainly worked with clubs and tennis rackets, presenting an act called “The Sports Depot.” Their work, especially with tennis rackets, received much beröm in the press. In addition to Australia, they also toured Europe, China, and India.
While performing in England, they became stranded there during World War 1. In 1916, Stan married Henrietta Richards and Fran
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Lawrence Kavenagh (abt. 1810 - 1846)
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Lawrence Kavanagh was a convict bushranger known for escaping from Port Arthur, the so-called escape-proof prison settlement in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), with Martin Cash and George Jones. Kavanagh was tried five times for serious crimes and he was finally executed in 1846 at Norfolk Island.Lawrence Kavenagh was an Australian Bushranger
Lawrence Kavanagh was from Newbridge (now known as Avoca), County Wicklow, Ireland. In 1828 he was at Dublin where he and his sister were convicted of burglary.[1][2][3]
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