Sir Joshua Peter Bell | |
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3rd Treasurer of Queensland | |
In office 22 December 1864 – 20 July 1866 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Moffatt |
Succeeded by | John Donald McLean |
Constituency | West Moreton |
In office 28 March 1871 – 8 January 1874 | |
Preceded by | Robert Ramsay |
Succeeded by | William Hemmant |
Constituency | Northern Downs (1871-1873) |
Constituency | Dalby (1873-1874) |
President of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881 | |
Preceded by | Sir Maurice O'Connell |
Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Palmer |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for West Moreton | |
In office 15 December 1862 – 28 September 1868 Serving with Henry Challinor, Robert Herbert, Joseph Fleming, George Thorn, Jr., Benjamin Cribb, Patrick O'Sullivan | |
Preceded by | Joseph Fleming |
Succeeded by | Frederick Forbes |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Northern Downs | |
In office 28 September 1868 – 11 November 1873 | |
Preceded by | Henry Thorn |
Succeeded by | Henry Thorn |
In office 21 November 1878 – 2 April 1879 | |
Preceded by | William Miles |
Succeeded by | George Thorn Jr. |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Dalby | |
In office 10 November 1873 – 15 November 1878 | |
Succeeded by | George Simpson |
Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881 | |
Personal details | |
Born | County Kildare, Ireland | 19 January 1827
Died | 20 December 1881 Brisbane, Queensland | (aged 54)
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Spouse | Margaret Miller Dorsey |
Relations | Joshua Thomas Bell (son), John Alexander Bell (brother) |
Occupation | pastoralist |
Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. (19 January 1827 – 20 December 1881) was an Australian politician and pastoralist. He was Treasurer of Queensland from 1864 to 1866 and from 1871 to 1874, and President of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1879 to 1881. His eldest son was barrister and parliamentarian Joshua Thomas Bell.[1]
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9th of January, 2007 Joshua Bell, one of the greatest violinist in the world, played to a packed audience at Boston's stately Symphony Hall of 1,000 people where most seats went for more than $100. He was used to full, sell-out shows. He was at the peak of his abilities and fame. Three days later, Joshua Bell played to an audience of nobody! Well, maybe six people paused for a moment, and one child stopped for a while looking, as if he understood that something special was happening. Joshua said of the experience, "It was a strange feeling that people were actually ignoring me." Joshua Bell was playing violin in a subway station. "At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cell phone goes off, but here my expectations quickly diminished. I was oddly grateful when somebody threw in a dollar." What changed? Same music, on the same violin, played with the same passion and by the same man. Why did people listen and then not listen? Aristotle would be able to explain. What does it take to persuade people? 2,300 years ago, Aristotle wrote the single most important work on persuasion, <i>Rhetoric</i>, the 3 means of persuasion: logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is that the idea makes sense from the audience's point of view. This is usually different from the speaker's point of view, so work needs to be done to make the idea relevant to the world view, the pains and the challenges of the listeners. A good argument is like good music. Good music follows some rules of composition; good arguments follow some rules of logic. It makes sense to the audience. Ethos is reputation, what are you known for; credibility, do you look and act professional; trustworthy, are your motives clear, do you show the listener that you care about them as much as yourself? Authority is confidence plus a concise message, a clear, strong voice. Pathos is the emotional connection. Stories are an effective human tool for creating an emotional connection. There are moments where an audience is not ready to hear the message. A speaker must create the right emotional environment for their message. What changed? Why did people travel for miles to hear him play one night, and not even pause for moment to listen the next morning? The answer is that ethos and pathos were missing. Ethos The fact that the great concert hall hosts Joshua's concert transfers its trust to Joshua. We trust the institution, we now trust Joshua. The subway does not have our trust for musical talent, we do not expect to find great art, great music, or great ideas, so it confers no trust to Joshua. Pathos The concert hall is designed for an emotional bond between an audience and an artist, a subway platform is not. The hustle and movement and stress is just not conducive to the emotional connection needed between performer and listener. Logos, ethos, pathos, the idea is nothing without the rest. This is what Joshua Bell learned on that cold, January day in 2007. If you have a great idea, how do you build credibility and emotional connection?
Early life
Bell was born in Kildare, Ireland, eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah, née Alexander. The family emigrated to Australia around 1830. He attended the Sydney College and King's School, Parramatta. In 1848, Bell became joint manager of Jimbour Station in Darling Downs, then part of the Colony of New South Wales with his brother Alexander after his father had taken over the lease of the property. Bell soon assumed sole control of the station due to his astute management that saw the station becoming one of the most respected in the area.[1]
Parliamentary career
Early parliamentary career
Due to his status as a prominent landholder, Bell was invited to stand in the elections in 1862 for the seat of West Moreton. He won this seat with a considerable majority and remained in office for six years. In 1868 he stood for the seat of Northern Downs (Dalby), the local constituency of Jimbour Station, in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[2] He was successful in this election and continued to hold the seat for eleven years.
Ministerial career
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In his eleven years in parliament in the seat of Northern Downs, Bell gained a number of ministerial roles. In 1864 he was appointed treasurer (in the first Queensland ministry under Robert Herbert)[3] a position he held until 1866. In 1866 there was a financial crisis owing to the failure of two banks, Bell as treasurer stated that he intended to issue "inconvertible government notes". The governor, Sir George Bowen, considered that would be an infringement of the prerogatives of the crown and then premier Arthur Macalister resigned on 20 July 1866.[2] Bell later assumed the role of treasurer in a subsequent government in 1871 and remained in office for further three years. Bell also held a number of other ministerial positions, notably Minister for Lands in 1866 and acting Minister for Works in 1867.[1]
Further career
In 1879 Bell transferred to the Queensland Legislative Council and was elected president.[2] For a short period of time from March to November 1880, Bell was appointed as Administrator in the absence of the then Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy. He was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1881.
Later life
Joshua Peter Bell died suddenly on 20 December 1881 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery.[1][4] A memorial to him was also erected at Jimbour Homestead.
Legacy
The town of Bell was named after him.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Morrison, A. A. "Bell, Sir Joshua Peter (1827 - 1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Serle, Percival, ed. (1949). "Bell, Joshua Peter". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Angus & Robertson. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ "Bell, Hon. Sir Joshua Peter" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Brisbane City Council - Online - Grave Location Search". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ "Bell (entry 2133)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
Further reading
- Morris, Nathan (3 August 2020). "Old tapes reveal stockman Harry 'Bunda' Darlow's life on the Darling Downs after frontier wars". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Extracts from a 1971 interview with Harry Darlow, Wakka Wakka stockman, about his time on Jimbour Station, in which he mentions Joshua Bell.
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