Summary

Founder of Tattersall's lotteries; hotel owner; other business interests included the Bulli Colliery, electricity plants in Broken Hill, Newcastle and Sydney, and real estate in Sydney and Tasmania.

Related entries

Published resources

Books

• All about Tattersall's world famed consultations (Hobart, Tasmania) and the life of the originator, the late George Adams, Monotone Art Printers, Hobart, 1926, 11 pp. Details
• George Adams (Tattersall's): his romantic career, Herald Gravure Printers, Melbourne, Victoria, 1960?, 30 pp. Details
• Douglas Pike (General Editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography : 1851-1890, A-C, vol. 3 of 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1969, 516 pp. Details

Conference Papers

• Denholm, D.A., 'Tattersall's in Tasmania', in Tasmanian Historical Association. Papers and Proceedings, vol. 13, 1966, pp. 70-80. Details

See also

• Wilson, Trevor, The luck of the draw: a century of Tattersall's sweeps, 1881-1981, T. Wilson Publishing, South Yarra, Victoria, 212 pp. Details