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The Whiteside Coat of Arms was granted to Rev. JOHN WILLIAM WHITESIDE, Vicar of Scarborough, co, York, LL.D. of the Universities of Dublin and Cambridge, elder son of the late Rev. WILLIAM WHITESIDE, A. M., formerly a Scholar of Trinity College and Head Master of Rathmines Collegiate School in the County of Dublin, and grandson of WILLIAM WHITESIDE of Londonderry . The Right Hon. JAMES WHITESIDE, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (1866-74), was brother of the grantee. A grant of Armorial design to him and his descendants and the other descendants of his aforesaid grandfather William Whiteside such Armorial Ensigns as he and they may lawfully use and bear. By the power to me given by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent
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The Whiteside family has had a long history of achievement and respect. It had its early origins in England. My generation are very recent participants to a family dating back nearly a thousand years. My father William Richard (1903-92) had passed onto me that his father William Henry (1877-1962) was born on the gold fields of Otago, in a town called Tapanui, New Zealand. In turn his father Samuel came out of Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Having lost his first wife in childbirth he subsequently married Bertha who was born in India. He emigrated to New Zealand, whilst his two brothers settled in Fiji and Melbourne, Australia.
I have often wondered where I inherited the capacity to tackle issues that were sociable outcasts. I have a natural aversion to equivocating politicians who place their personal welfare before those who they were elected to serve. In my lifetime nothing much has changed. My late father used to say that 'the pen was mightier than the sword', perhaps, but this view is aptly depicted in those immortal line of the great Persian philosopher poet Omar Khayyam:
The Moving Finger writes: having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
In the following pages and links you will come to understand the thought processes of Bruce Whiteside who in the late 1980's and mid nineties challenged the government of the day, the Hawke Labor Government on its policy of selling Australia to foreign interests which flowed through to his support of maverick politician Pauline Hanson. For those interested in the machinations of government by mandate, this site opens up a veritable hornets nest, both nationally and provincially.
Whilst Bruce raised issues that politicians were too timid to tackle, whilst he hoisted the standard in support of maverick Pauline Hanson, he is the first to acknowledge that his inspiration to challenge the established order of protocol was derived from his father's written word.
This website commences with Eureka, which contains all the poetic work of William 'Bill' Whiteside. Reading the many poems will give an insight as to why Bruce his oldest son would not be silenced on issues of national concern. Perhaps readers to this site might read the poem Apathy ...first.
Contents of Site
the poems of William Richard WHITESIDE
the
Foreign Land Ownership Story
Pauline Hanson Support Movement Story
the Story behind the Pauline Hanson Support
Movement:
the Queensland Justice system. What Justice?
Synopsis of Contents
William Richard Whiteside (1903-92) was arguably one of New Zealand's finest poets. Whilst some were published many years ago, the great bulk of them have never seen the light of day. Among them are poems that have drawn sterling praise from people such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Lord Bledisloe, and Winston Churchill. (see introduction, Eureka
Heart of a Nation, died from lack of public support and doubtless lack of experience on my part to develop a national concept. In the late 1980's when foreign capital was purchasing Australian real estate at remarkable levels, the Gold Coast people responded to a call to attend a public meeting. That meeting was the largest meeting of its type ever held on the Coast. What should have sounded alarm bells was that it was initiated by an unknown ex-patriot Kiwi. Fifteen hundred packed the hall that night and sent shockwaves reverberating around the world. The Kiwi was ostracised, condemned and branded a racist. It seemed the relevancy of being outspoken on a subject deemed to be taboo, far outweighed the merits of the concern. Politicians cowered, the media slammed the messenger and the people shrugged their shoulders and watched as spectators. As the journalist from Asahi Shimbun commented 'In my country you would have been hailed a hero'. In Australia 'heroes' are all found on the back page of metropolitan newspapers. Yen for Australia
The story behind the Pauline Hanson Support Movement is a very personal one and in the years to come will no doubt fill in the questions asked by historians. It is also a tribute to those whose interest in the welfare and survival of Pauline Hanson went beyond the mercenary pursuits of ambition and greed. Destiny Aborted
Lawful Injustice is one mans view. Born of bitter experience with Gold Coast lawyers and the injustice dealt out by the fraternity for the benefit of its own at the cost to ordinary battlers. In a climate where litigation for defamation, is used as a weapon of intimidation, the truth must not be allowed to be suppressed. Given the reticence of the media to criticise the law, lawyers and judges, the festering sore mutates. Sooner or later the situation brings forth what Bernard Shaw once said: 'Nothing is ever achieved by a reasonable man'. Fear and apathy are the the ingredients for corruption, no matter where it comes from . Read 'Apathy' and 'I Am Fear' among the poems of Bill Whiteside and you will understand why his son will not be silenced.
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