Robert Dale

Lieutenant Robert Dale (1810–20 July 1853) was the first European explorer to cross the Darling Range in Western Australia.

Robert Dale was born in Winchester, England in November 1810, son of Major Thurston Dale and Helen Matthews. Through the influence of his great-uncle General William Dyott, on 25 October 1827 he was appointed an ensign in the British Army's 63rd Regiment of Foot. In February 1829 Dale embarked for Western Australia on HMS Sulphur as part of a detachment of troops commanded by Captain Frederick Chidley Irwin. On arrival at the colony, he was seconded as an assistant to Surveyor General John Septimus Roe, whose Survey Department was suffering under an extreme workload. Dale spent four years with the Survey Department, surveying, clearing roads and exploring. He was the first European to cross the Darling Range, where he discovered the fertile Avon Valley and explored the future locations of Northam, Toodyay and York. He was also the first European to see and describe the numbat.

Bob Dale (politician)

Robert Alexander Dale (19 August 1875 – 22 February 1953) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Sturt from 1930 to 1933 and Adelaide from 1933 to 1938 and 1944 to 1947 for the Australian Labor Party.

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Robert Dale (politician)

Robert E. Dale (born 1946) is a retired banker from Dover in Pope County in western Arkansas, who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His District 68, which he represented from 2013 to 2015, includes Pope and Van Buren counties. From 2009 to 2013, he represented House District 70, a seat now held by Republican David Meeks of Faulkner and Van Buren counties.

Background

Dale graduated from Dover High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville in Pope County. He has a cattle and quail ranch. He and his wife, Lawanda, have two grown sons. He is Baptist.

Dale is a former member and president of the Dover School Board. He is a former president of the Dover Chamber of Commerce and his local Lions International. He formerly chaired the Tri-County Water Board and is a member of the Pope County Ambulance Board. In 2013, he was named Assistant Speaker Pro Tem under Speaker Davy Carter.

Robert Dale (disambiguation)

Robert Dale (1812–1853) was an explorer.

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