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Smith, Robert Barr (1824 - 1915)

Born
1824
Died
1915

Summary

Partner in the firm Elder Smith & Co, director of a number of companies including Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Co, Adelaide Steamship Co and the Australian Mutual Provident Society, founder of the bank of Adelaide.

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Published resources

Books

  • Elder, Smith & Co. Limited: the first hundred years, Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide, 1940, 82 pp. Details
  • Bede Nairn (General Editor ), Australian Dictionary of Biography : 1851-1890, R-Z, vol. 6 of 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1976, 463 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Cockburn, R., 'Robert Barr Smith', in Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, Publishers Ltd, Adelaide, 1927, pp. 122-123. Details
  • Pascoe, J.J., 'Mr R. Barr Smith', in History of Adeliade and vicinity with a general sketch of the province of South Australia and biographies of representative men, vol. XVI, Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide, 1901, p. 691. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 7 March 2005