Physical description
Copy of a piece about Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. Abbott was born in Bendigo. He was a hardware merchant, it operated as Abbot Supply Co. He was a director of the Bendigo gas Co, Sandhurst Building Society and Sandhurst Trustees Co. He also helped pioneer tanning in Australia and he had his tannery in Mandurang. He served on the Strathfieldsaye Council and later the Bendigo City Council. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1907 and in 1932 served as a Senator. In 1887 he was on the committee to establish an art gallery. He served on the School of Mines Council. In 1910, he attended a meeting about Miners' Phthisis in Bendigo. He invested in the Bendigo mines and his firm was a major supplier of various hardware for the mining companies. There is also a photo.
Subjects
- bendigo,
- history,
- long gully history group,
- the long gully history group - richard hartley smith abbott,
- parliamentary library,
- abbott supply co,
- bendigo gas co,
- sandhurst building society,
- sandhurst trustees co,
- strathfieldsaye council,
- bendigo city council,
- art gallery,
- school of mines council,
- miners' phthisis
