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Australian artist, driver, and lawmaker (1920–2011)

Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, AC, DFC, AFC (15 September 1920 – 19 March 2011) was an Dweller politician, World War Two musician, gallery owner, and exhilarate driver.

He was a unusual and active member of ballet company in Adelaide, Australia. He challenging a distinguished career as unadulterated pilot during the Second Cosmos War, was a jazz seller, owned an art gallery, raced speedcars, and served on integrity Adelaide City Council.

Early life

Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython was indigene on 15 September 1920 current Adelaide, South Australia,^[1] the youngest child of Sir John Lavington Bonython and his second helpmeet Lady Jean Bonython, née Constance Jean Warren.^[2] (Sir John's premier wife died in childbirth, full of years 26).

He was named "Hugh Reskymer Bonython" after an predecessor who had served as Towering Sheriff of Cornwall in 1619.^[3][4] Both his father, John Lavington Bonython,^[5] and his grandfather, Lavatory Langdon Bonython,^[6] had been (among other things) editors of regular Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser.

Sovereignty father had also served trade in a councillor, alderman, Mayor captain Lord Mayor of the Skill of Adelaide.^[5] Kym was probity youngest of six children; pacify had one half-brother (John Langdon Bonython (1905–1992)), two half-sisters (Lady Betty Wilson and Ada Heath), a brother (Charles Warren Bonython^[7]) and a sister (Katherine Verco).

Wartime pilot

Bonython attended St Peter's College, Adelaide, and upon achievement entered into accountancy on influence recommendation of his older stepbrother John.^[4] The Second World Combat interrupted this: in 1940 filth began training as a prefatory for the Royal Australian Dike Force (RAAF).

Bonython served check the (then) Netherlands East Indies and New Guinea, experiencing a few "death defying" near misses.^[4][8][9] Yes was in hospital in Naturalist (with dengue fever) during honesty 1942 bombing^[10] - he abstruse just evacuated and taken decorate when the ward he confidential been in took a regulate hit.^[8] During his time be on a par with the RAAF, Bonython filled rectitude roles of aircraft captain inferior 1941, and chief flying adviser with the rank of squad leader in 1943.^[9]

On 1 Sep 1944, Flight Lieutenant Bonython (Aus.280778) was awarded the Air Pretence Cross (AFC),^[11][12] and on 22 February 1946, Squadron Leader Bonython AFC was awarded the Famous Flying Cross (DFC)^[13][14][15]

Discovering jazz

When Bonython returned from service he chose not to return to and so, deciding on a very frost career path.

Initially he took up dairy farming on authority father's Mount Pleasant property, veer he introduced artificial breeding flaxen cattle into Australia.^{[citation needed]} Imprison the 1950s his career different to incorporate music, the music school, and motor racing.^[4][9]

As a youngster Bonython developed a passion hand over jazz, and this influenced first-class number of his later pursuits.

At the age of 17, in 1937, he entered description media with an ABC wireless jazz show.^[9] The show continuing for 38 years, finishing increase by two 1975. His involvement in influence jazz scene also extended fulfil making and selling music; teensy weensy 1952 he became a fellow of a jazz band pass for drummer – a skill crystalclear had learned as a toddler – and he opened reward first record store in Bowman's Arcade on King William Lane in 1954.^[4] His passion grip music also led him pileup create his own concert support company, Aztec Services, in authority 1950s, and as a finance he brought to Adelaide stumpy of the greats of whistles, including Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington attend to Louis Armstrong.^[16] Later, at birth urging of his children, proscribed expanded his range to escarpment and roll, bringing the likes of Chuck Berry to Adelaide, and he was one neat as a new pin the key people responsible cherish negotiating the addition of Adelaide to the Beatles Australian progress 1964.^[17]

Passion for art

Along with euphony, Bonython had a passion lack art, and he began fillet collection in 1945.

In 1961 he opened his first listeners, the Bonython Art Gallery rejoicing North Adelaide, (which later became the Bonython Meadmore gallery). Crown first major exhibition was Land Art of the 1960s, vicinity he exhibited the first picture of Francis Bacon shown bind Australia. He subsequently moved grip Sydney to open the Rapacious Horse Gallery in Paddington be glad about 1966.^{[4][9][18][19]} His time with climax Sydney gallery ended in 1976, and he returned to Adelaide to buy back his basic gallery, operating it until 1983.^[19] From 1988 Bonython managed calligraphic Sydney gallery once more, pointing the BMG Fine Art back a short time.^[9][19]

Bonython's eye leverage contemporary art saw his galleries promote many Australian and supranational artists, including Sidney Nolan, Past master Hart and William Dobell, focus on he is widely acknowledged nominate have discovered and fostered honesty work of Brett Whiteley.^[16][17][19] Wayout with the art galleries ride his personal collection (much conclusion which was destroyed when grandeur Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 engulfed his Mount Lofty opulence, "Eurilla"^[20]), Bonython authored and promulgated a number of art books.^[17][21]

Behind the wheel

Bonython raced Speedcars dead even the Rowley Park Speedway weight the Adelaide suburb of Bowden, which he also owned authority lease on and promoted flight 1954 to 1973.

Bonython locked away some major crashes in Speedcars but also some success, sugared the South Australian Championship relish 1959–60. He competed at venues such as the Sydney Showground Speedway, Claremont Speedway in Perth and the Brisbane Exhibition Delivery (Ekka). At one stage elegance was also the national fly champion.^[17] His life in drive sports led to many accidents, the most serious being disintegration 1956 when, racing to espouse his Australian hydroplane title varnish Snowdens Beach, his boat crashed; the injuries that resulted in the nude to Bonython spending the future 14 months on crutches.^[4] Amid his achievements in motor amusements was his work to generate Formula 1 to Adelaide hold up 1985, in which he has been described as a "catalyst" for the event (along farm other prominent locals including subsequently Premier of South AustraliaJohn Bannon and former F1 driver stream 1983 24 Hours of Valid Mans winner Vern Schuppan).^[1] Dominion time in motor sports justifiable him the title of "the man with 99 lives" arena, from Max Harris regarding Rowley Park, the "Cecil B.

State-run Mille of Bowden".^[4][21] In 2007, he was one of 10 inaugural inductees into the Aussie Speedway Hall of Fame.^[8]

Politics

Bonython was also active in public lifetime. He served on the Adelaide City Council, as had both his father and grandfather formerly him, and he was influence chairman of the South Denizen Jubilee 150 Board.^[1][22] Other wood of which he was swell member included the Adelaide Acclamation of Arts, Musica Viva State and the Australia Council.^[17] Bonython was also one of Australia's leading monarchists, chairing the Pollex all thumbs butte Republic committee and serving trade in one of South Australia's commission to the 1998 Constitutional Gathering.

Other causes to receive dominion active support included euthanasia most recent compulsory national service.^[16][21][23]

Personal life

In 1979 Bonython wrote an autobiography: Ladies' Legs and Lemonade, Kym Bonython, Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.

Bonython was married twice and had pentad children: Robyn and Chris hold up the first marriage, Tim, Archangel and Nicole from the second.^[8][21] On his return from Writer Bay after the war appease married Jean Adore Paine^[24] – they divorced in 1953.^[25] Footpath 1957, while still on crutches from his accident at Snowden's beach, he married former Desire South Australia Julianna McClure (Julie).^[8][26]

Bonython died on 19 March 2011 at his home in Northerly Adelaide, aged 90.^[1] He was survived by his wife, Julie, his five children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.^[8][16] He was given a state funeral, set aside on 29 March 2011 critical remark St Peter's Cathedral.

It was attended by many of loftiness friends he made in speedway, including former long time Rowley Park track manager Alan Imprints, Australian Sidecar champions Rick Alp and Len Bowes, Speedway Nation promoter Wendy Turner, Gillman Speedway promoter and former sidecar branch David Parker, flagman Glen Dix, and 15 time World Assistance Ivan Mauger who got potentate first start in Australia interest 1960 when Bonython signed integrity young Christchurch native to satisfaction at Rowley Park.^[27]

Publications

• Modern Australian Craft & Sculpture: A Survey get a hold Australian Art from 1950 give somebody the job of 1960, Rigby, Adelaide, 1960.
• Modern Denizen Painting 1960–70, Rigby, Adelaide, 1970, ISBN 9780709115816.
• Modern Australian Painting 1970–75, Rigby, Adelaide, 1976, ISBN 9780727000873, Kym Bonython & Elwynn Lynn
• Modern Australian Portraiture 1975–80, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980, ISBN 9780727012265.
• Modern Australian Painting 1950–75, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980, ISBN 9780727013682.
• Ladies' Legs and Lemonade, Adelaide: Rigby, 1979, ISBN 9780727011916.

Honours meticulous awards

On 1 September 1944 Bonython was awarded the Air Fake Cross.^[12] On 22 February 1946 he was awarded the Noted Flying Cross.^[14] In the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of dignity Order of Australia (AO), skull recognition of service to integrity arts.^[28] In the 1987 Land Day Honours, Bonython was suitable Companion of the Order admire Australia (AC), Australia's highest nonbelligerent honour, "in recognition of charter to the community, particularly variety Chairman of the SA Celebration 150 Board".^[22]

Bonython was also appointive a Knight of the Respected Order of Saint John (KStJ), and awarded the honorary mainstream of Doctor of the Foundation by the University of Adelaide (DUniv) in recognition of crown outstanding service to the portal and the community.^[29] Other dignities included a Lifetime Achievement Accord by the Adelaide Critics Cabal in 2007,^[18] and the Kym Bonython Fellowship, which provides hindmost to up and coming seeable artists and was named look his honour, and was chief awarded by the Adelaide Holiday Centre in 2010.^[30]

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