biography
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| lived:
| (1818–97)
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| biography:
| Entrepreneur, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, E Scotland, UK. He emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1854. With his brother he financed copper mines in South Australia, then in partnership with Robert Barr Smith founded the firm of Elder, Smith & Co in 1863. This grew into one of the world's largest wool-broking firms, building up extensive pastoral holdings to maintain the supply of wool, stretching into Western Australia and Queensland. He brought in camels to provide efficient transport in the outback, which proved invaluable for some of the early expeditions into the ‘centre’ made by Warburton, Ross, Giles, and Lewis, all of whose expeditions were financed by Elder. The company he helped establish is perpetuated in the international brewing and resources group, Elders IXL. |
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