Ben Keneally Ben Keneally Ben Keneally is an Australian Labor Party politician. He was the Mayor of Botany Bay from 2012–2016. He is the husband of former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally. Keneally grew up in Gladesville, New South Wales. Educated at Holy Cross College, Ryde and the University of Sydney, Keneally previously worked as a management consultant, for Medical Imaging Australia Limited (MIA), as a director within the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, and finally for an environmental consultancy, before entering politics. Keneally was originally planning to challenge Deirdre Grusovin for Labor preselection in the state seat of Heffron in
Kurt Schindler Kurt Schindler Kurt Schindler (17 February 1882 – 16 November 1935) was a German-born American composer and conductor. He was born on 17 February 1882. He came to the United States in 1905 to serve as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and founded the MacDowell Chorus. He was married to the singer, writer and editor Ursula Greville. He died on 16 November 1935. Much of his choral output consisted of folksong arrangements, though he composed original pieces as well. "Folk Music and Poetry of Spain and Portugal/Música Y Poesía Popular De España Y Portugal" by Kurt Schindler was