Researching John Niland
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 91 people with the Niland surname? In that year Niland was ranked number 3488 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Niland on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Niland and the Niland Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Niland Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Niland family tree.
Explore Parish Records for John Niland at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Niland using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about John Niland.
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| Did you know that there are currently 278 people with the Niland surname in the UK? Niland is now ranked number 3781 for popularity in the UK. |
Niland Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Niland.
Study MyTrees for information on the Niland family and people looking to contact living Niland relations.
Search One Great Family for Niland records submitted by people who are already researching the Niland Family Tree.
Find John Niland from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Niland Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Niland Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Niland. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Niland
John Niland
John Rodney Niland AC (born 10 September 1940) is an Australian academic and board director. Niland obtained a Bachelor and Master of Commerce from UNSW and his PhD is from the University of Illinois. He has held academic positions at Cornell University, The Australian National University, and UNSW. He served as a mediator of labour disputes in the US while at Cornell, and in Australia has undertaken extensive academic and policy work in conflict resolution, theory and practice, particularly enterprise bargaining.
John Niland is a Professor Emeritus of UNSW and was its fourth Vice Chancellor and President (1992-2002) . Before that he was the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. While UNSW Vice-Chancellor, he was a founding director of both Universitas 21 and Australia’s Group of Eight Universities. He also served a term as President of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, and was a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council.
The University of New South Wales’s most recognised and architecturally renowned building, the Scientia, was officially renamed The John Niland Scientia Building for his long and distinguished history at the University . He is said to have led the University through a golden age which included significant internationalisation and campus revitalisation . In 2007 he received the President’s Prize of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for the UNSW campus redevelopment.
Until recently, he chaired the International Academic Review Panel of Singapore Management University, having been closely involved with SMU since its founding in 2000. In August 2018, SMU awarded Niland an honorary Doctor of Letters for services to the university. He continues to be consulted for strategic advice by university leaders in Asia and Australia
John Niland has held a range of other academic, community and corporate positions, including:
* Independent Director, Macquarie Bank Limited and Macquarie Group Limited* President, National Trust of Australia (NSW)* Chairman, realestate.com.au Limited* Chairman, Campus Living Funds Management Limited (CLV)* Chairman, Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust* Member, University Grants Committee of Hong Kong* Member, Australian Universities Council* Chairman, Research Australia * Deputy Chairman, Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University* Chief Executive, State Pollution Control Commission * Chairman, Environment Protection Authority (NSW)* Member, Board of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; Deputy Chairman, the Garvin Institute of Medical Research* Member, Board of Sydney Symphony Foundation* Member, Sydney Olympic bid’s Building Commission* President, Federation of Australian University Staff Associations (FAUSA)
Niland became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to industrial relations research and reform in 1992 and in 2001 became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, for services to education .
Source: John Niland, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Niland
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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