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4 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE MEN. VOTES BY THE PUBLISHERS. The;e.. Sketches, with =few exceptions, exte,,d. to the close of the year TheY`sk ches are inserted in rotation and asie not paged. PARKES, SIR HENRY.. QUICK, JOHN GEMMELL, HUGH M. C. HARPER, ROBERT BALE, JOHN LLOYD SHERIDAN, LIEUT. COL. R. B. JONES, ARCHDEACON COXEN, CHARLES STUART, FRANK GEORGE, HUGH FEWINGS, JOHN B. COOKSLEY, WM. J. F. DUNCAN, JAMES MOORE, BISHOP WAY, ARTHUR S. NORTON, ALBERT CHUBB, CHAS. F. BALFOUR, HON. JAMES MAJERONI, SIGNOR E. - ERASER, HON. SIMON GARLICK, REV. JNO. COPE, THOS. S. GRIFFITH, SIR S. W. DAVIES. EBENEZER.. REVILLE, BISHOP.. i MOREHEAD, HON. BOYD GERLER, C. F... LITTLE, JOSEPH H... PETRIE, JOHN STEVENSON, JOHN FORREST, HON. E. B. GILLIES, HON. DUNCAN BERRY, HON. SIR GRAHAM MACKAY, HON. ANGUS I THORNTON, BISHOP XXXV II SMITH, HON. L. L XXXVI III SWAN, HON. JAMES XXXVII IV MACBAIN, HON. SIR JAMES.... XXXVIII V CRESPIN, GODWIN GEO....,.... XXXIX VI LANGRIDGE, HON. G. D XL VII CAIRNS, REV. ADAM XLI VIII SMITH, SIR EDWIN THOS XLII IX BAKER, HON. R. C , XLIII X HAWKER, HON. GEO. C XLIV XI HENTY, EDWARD XLV XII BALLANTYNE, REV. JAMES XLVI XIII MACMECKAN, CAPT. JAS XLVII XIV BURROWS, HENRY XLVIII XV MONTGOMERIE, ROBT , XLIX XVI ABBOTT, T. B L XVII SIEDE, JULIUS LI XVIII COLTON, HON. JOHN LII XIX ELDER, SIR THOMAS LIII XX DOWNER, SIR JOHN W..... LIV XXI DOW, HON. J. L LV XXII KING, THOMAS.,_' LVI XXIII DOUGLASS, BENJAMIN LVII XXIV RICHARDS,_ GEORGE LVIII XXV HORWOOD, JOEL LIX XXVI MACARTNEY, VERY REV. H. B LX XXIII MOUNTAIN, WM. JOHN LXI XXVIII MACINTYRE, JOHN LXII XXIX MONAHAN, THOS LXIII XXX MIRAMS, JAMES.....,.... LXIV XXXI SHAW, Will. H. LXV XXXII MOSS, REV. WM LXVI XXXIII PITT, WILLIAM LXVII XXXIV FINK, B. J. LXVIII

5 CROOKE, WILLIAM LXIX PALMER, C. MACLEOD., XCVII KING, HON. H. E. LXX BABBIDGE, BENJAMIN H. XCVIII BARRY, RICHARD JAMES LXXI MANN, HON. CHAS. XCIX TAYLOR, HON. W. F. LXXII CRIBB, ROBERT C KING, HON. GEO... LXXIII GRIFFITHS, GEO. W. CI THORN, HON. GEO. LXXIV SMYTH, WILLIAM.... CII MARKS, CHAS. F... LXXV TODD, CHAS... CIII BUTTERS, JAMES F. LXXVI ROSS, HON. SIR D..... CIV NEWBERY, JAS. COSMO LXXVII DILLON, W. H..... CV SINGLETON, JOHN LXXVIII WATSON, GEO. JOHN.. CVI CRANE, BISHOP LXXIX WILLIAMSON, J. C..... CVII MACILWRAITH, SIR THOS... LXXX LAZARUS, BARNET.... CVIII CHILDS, DAVID J. LXXXI ROSEBY, REV. THOS... CIX O'DONOVAN, DENIS LXXXII GODFREY, GEO..... CX FAIRBAIRN, GEO... LXXXIII BROMBY, REV. DR. J. E. CXI MOORHOUSE, BISHOP LXXXIV WALLACE, HON. JOHN A. CXII MENG, LOWE KONG LXXXV JOHNSTON, ARCHIBALD.. CXIII RODE, F. J. A... LXXXVI BRIDE, DR. T. F..... CXIV BRUCE, J. R. BAXTER LXXXVII ORMOND, HON. FRANCIS.. CXV GAILEY, RICHARD a LX$XVIII HAM, HON-'C. J... CXVI HART, HON. F. H. LXXXIX WITHERS, WILLIAM B... CXVII GRAHAM, HON. WM. XC LANG, REV. JOHN D. CXVIII TAYLOR, G. ' W. XCI DANKS, JOHN.. CXIX GUILFOYLE, W. yii... XCII HEARN, HON. W. E..... CXX COLE, E. W XCIII ROWAN, THOS..... CXXI JOHNSTON, CHARLES XCIV WALL, HENRY B. DE LA POER.. CXXII HEPBURN, BENJ. XCV ROSE, J. M CXXIII BLYTH, SIR ARTHUR XCVI

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7 O IV T W. NTS. The Sketches are inserted in Rotation. PARKES, HON. SIR HENRY QUICK, J. GEIJMELL, II. M. C. HARPER, R. BALE, LATE J. L. SHERIDAN, R. B. JONES, REV. T. COXEN. CHAS. STU ART, FRANK GEORGE. HUGH GROOM. HON. IV. H. PET1'IGRE\V, HON. W. FEWINGS, J. B. COOKSLEY, W. J. F. DUNCAN, DR J, MOORE, REV. DR. JAMES WAY, A. S. NORTON, HON. A. CHUBB. C. F. BALFOUR, HON. JAMES MAJERON I, S. E MURRAY-PRIOR, T. L. MACIARLANE, JOHN FRASER. HON. S. GARLICK, REV,.1. COPE, T. S. GRIFFITH, HON. SIR S. W. DAVIES, E. REVILLE, DR. DEAGON, WM. MACANSH, HON, J, D. PURCELL, DR, H. C. MOREHEAD, HON. B. D. GERLER, C. F, LITTLE, DR. J. H, PETRIE, JOHN STEVENSON, J. FORREST, HON E, B. MALLON, PETER CHILDS, THOJIAS McDOUGALL, HON. J, F. F OYTON, J. F. G. GILLIES, HON. DUNCAN BERRY, HON. SIR G. MACKAY, RON. A. THORNTON, RIGHT REV. DR. SMITH, HON. DR. I,. L. SWAN, HON. J. MACBAIN, HON. SIR.1. CRESPIN, G. C. GIBSON, LATE W M. WATSON, JOHN LANGRIDGE, HON. G. D. CAIRNS, REV. DR. S.I1ITH, E. T. BAKER, HON. R. C. BROWN, PETER KERR. JAMES S. HA\VKER, HON. G. C. HENI'Y. E. BALLANTYNE, REV. JAMES Mc11ECKAN, CAPTAIN J. BURROWS, HENRY GRIFFITH, REV. E. STEVENS, E. J. MONTGOMERIE, R. K. ABBOTT, T. B. siede, J, COLTON, HON. J. ELDER, SIR T. DOWNER, SIR J. W. DOW, J. L. KING, T. DOUGLAS, B. RICHARDS, G. HORWOOD. J. POLLARD, H. J. HURWORTfI, C. MACARTNEY, REV. H. B. MOUNTAIN, W. J. McINTYRE, J. MONAHAN, T. MIRAMS, JAMES SHAW, W. H. MOSS, REV. IV. PITT, W. FINK, B. J. CROOKE, DR. W. KING, HON. H. E. BARRY, R. J. TAYLOR, HON. DR. W. F. KING, HON. G. _ THORN, HON. GEORGE MA.S. DR. C. F. BUTTERS, J. F. NEWBURY, J. C. SINGLETON, DR. J. CRANE, MOST REV. DR. McILWRAITH, THE HON. SIR T. CHILDS, D. J. O'DONOVAN, D. FAIRBAIRN, G. MOORHOLTSE, RIGHT REV. DR. MENG, LOWE KONG RODE, F. J. A. BRUCE, J. It. B. GAILEY, R. HART, HON. F. It. GRAHAM, HON. WM1. TAYLOR. G. IV. GUILFOYLE, W. I : COLE, E. W. JOHNSON, CHARLES HEPBURN, B. BLYTH, SIR A. PALMER, T. McLEOD BABBIDGE, B. it. MANN, HON. C. CRIBB, R. TODD, C. ROSS, SIR R. D. DILLLON, IV. H. WATSON, G. J. WILLIAMSON, J. C. LAZARUS, B. GODFREY, G. BROMBY, REV. DR. WALLACE, HON. J. A. JOHNSTON. A. BRIDE, DR. T. F. ORMOND, HON. F. HAM, HON. C. J. WITHERS, W. B. LANG, REV. DR. DANKS, J. HEARN, HON. W. E. ROWAN, DR. T. WALL, 11. B. DE LA P. ROSE, J. M.

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9 CONTENTS. The Sketches are inserted in Rotation. MCILWRAITH, THE HON. SIR T. MAJERONI, S. E COOKSLEY, W. J. F. CHILDS, D. J. BROIIBY. REV. DR. DUNCAN, DR. J. O'DONOVAN, D. WALLACE, HON. J. A. FINK, B. J. FAIRBAIRN, G. JOHNSTON. A. CROOKE, DR. W. FRASER. HON. S. BRIDE, DR. T. F. SMITH, HON. DR. L. L. GARLICK, REV. J. ORMOND, HON. F. SWAN, HON. J. COPE, T. S. GORE, SIR ST. G. RALPH CHUBB. C. F. GRIFFITH, HON. S[R S. W. NELSON, HON. H.: M. NORTON, HON. A. PARKES, HON. SIR HENRY THOMSON, DR. JOHN WALL, H. B. DV LA P. MILES, LATE HON. W. HOBBS, DR. W. ROSE, J. M. WAKEFIELD, H. McINTYRE, J. MOSS, REV. W. MOORE, REV. DR. JAMES MONAHAN, T. PITT, W. WAY, A. S. CRIBB, R. KING, HON. H. E. QUICK, J. LANG, REV. DR. BARRY, R. J. GEMMELL. H. M. C. DANKS, J. TAYLOR, HON. DR. MACARTNEY, REV. H. B. COLE, E. W. KING, HON. G. MOUNTAIN, W. J. JOHNSON, A. THORN, HON. GEORGE BUTTERS, J. S. S,11 IT H. E. T. MARKS. DR. C. F. NEWBURY. J. C. BAKER, HON. R..tC. GILLIES, HON. DUNCAN HAM, HON. C. HAWKER, HON. G. C. BERRY, HON. SIR G. WITHERS, W. B. TODD. C. MACKAY, HON. A. BOSEBY, REV. T. ROSS, SIR R. D. THORNTON, RIGHT REV. DR. GODFREY, G. BROWN. PETER RODE, F. J. A. Mc\IECKAN, CAPTAIN J. KERR. JAMES S. BRUCE, J. R. B. BURROWS, HENRY DAVIES E. GAILEY, R. MONTGOMERIE, R. K. REVILLE, DR. HART, HON. F. H. ABBOTT, T. B. CHILDS, THOMAS GRAHAM, HON. WM. SIEDE, J. MALLON, PETER DEAGON, WM. COLTON, HON. J. LITTLE, DR. J H. MACANSH, HON. J. D. ELDER, SIR T. PETRIE. JOHN PURCELL, DR. H. C. DOWNER, SIR J. W. STEVENSON, J, JONES, REV. T. BLYTH. SIR A. FORREST, HON E. B. COXEN. CHAS. IIEPBURN, B. MOREHEAD, HON. B. D. SHERIDAN, It. B. PALMER, T. McLEOD GERLER, C. F. WATSON, JOHN BABBIDGE, B. H. HENTY. E. GIBSON, LATE W. M. MANN, HON. C. BALLANTYNE, REV. JAMES TAYLOR, C. W. POLLARD, H. J. MURRAY-PRIOR, T. L, GUILFOYLE, W. R. HURWORTH, C. MACFARLANE, JOHN MOOREHOUSE, REV. DR. STUART, F. GRIFFITH, REV. E. MENG, LOWE KONG GEORGE, HUGH STEVENS, E. J. DILLLON, W. H. GRCOM, HON. W. H. MIRAMS, JAMES WATSON, G. J. PETTIGREW, HON. W. SHAW, W. H. DOW, J. L. HEARIN', HON. W. E. WILLIAMSON, J. C. ARBOTT, T. B. ROWAN, DR. T. LAZURUS, B. KING, T. MACBAIIt, HON. SIR J. LANGRIDGE, HON. G. D. HARPER, R. CRESPIN, G. C. CAIRNS, REV. DR. BALE, LATE J. L. McDOUGALL, HON. J. F. SINGLETON, DR. J. DOUGLAS, B. FOXTON, J. F. G. CRANE, MOST REV. DR. RICHARDS, G. BALFOUR, HON. JAMES FEWINGS, J. B. HORWOOD, J.

10 THOMAS BEAMONT ABBOTT. METROPOLIS is in a very great measure indebted to the energy and industry of those who embark in business in the various provincial towns throughout the country of which it is the capital. Such being the case, that which will in any way contribute to make the metropolis a large and important commercial centre is well deserving of encouragement, but more especially is the worth of those to be recognized who enter upon the numerous duties inseparable from business, and successfully engage in its pursuit. Throughout the colony may be seen many important stores, all of which contribute to make Melbourne what it is, for they are so many channels down which the wealth of the country flows. They are important and considerable factors in the development of the commercial supremacy of the capital city. But were it not for the shrewdness and attention that is required of those who undertake business in those towns, their importance as factors in the development of the country at large would cease to exist. Mr. T. B. Abbott is one of those persevering business men, who may justly be regarded as a factor in contributing to develop the business of the city of Melbourne. Mr. Abbott's father, owing to the death of that gentleman's parents, was brought up by an uncle, a most influential navy agent in London, who sent him to sea as a cc middy " on board an East Indiaman, which in those days was similar to a warship. Taking an aversion to the sea, he prevailed upon his uncle to send him out to Van Diemen's Land, which he used to hear the crew describe in the most glowing terms. Lieutenant-Governor Sorrel, who had been a schoolmate of his uncle's, took him under his patronage, and secured for him a Government appointment, many of which he held from the date of his arrival in Tasmania, in 1821, until the time of his death in He married Harriet A. Lempriere, sister of Deputy Commissary-General Lempriere, and sister to the wives of Surveyor-General Evans, of Tasmania, and Lieutenant-Colonel Earle, of the East India army. The Lemprieres claim descent from the famous Rollo, Duke of Normandy. The subject of this memoir was born at Hobart in the year 1833, and at the age of fourteen was, with the intention of studying afterwards for the medical profession, apprenticed to De la Hunt, the principal chemist in that town, to whom he gave so much satisfaction that he proposed to leave him in charge of the business during his absence in England, or to sell to Mr. Abbott on exceedingly favourable terms, both of which offers he declined, as he disliked the occupation. On the completion of his apprenticeship in 1852 he went to Ballarat goldfields, and worked there and at Creswick with moderate success for nine months, when he returned to Hobart, and hek situations in mewhants ' and auctioneers' offices until he joined the Bank of 4

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12 THOMAS BEAMONT ABBOTT. Australasia. Receiving the offer of a more lucrative appointment in the Bank of Victoria, he entered this institution in 1857, and after two years' service accepted the accountantship of the National Bank of Australasia at Ballarat, from which he was removed in a few months to a similar position at Geelong. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Frances Hope, daughter of the Rev. William Johnstone Hope, M.A., a scion of the earls of Hopetoun. This divine was a schoolfellow of the great mystic, the Rev. Edward Irving, and also of the great historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, who, on hearing of his death, wrote to his brother the following interesting lines 11 Poor William, I remember him well out of my earliest days as one of Adam Hope's best scholars, and hear still the very sound of his voice as he did his Euclid there. To me he was always very kind and good-a good, noble-hearted, faithful man and worker in this world ; and now he is called out of it, he and his, in this strange and remarkable way. Let us piously say with you-' His will be done.' Adieu. Yours always most truly, THOMAS CARLYLE." In 1863 Mr. Abbott left the bank and purchased the lease of Flinders Island, situated in Bass's Straits, containing about half a million of acres. Not having sufficient means to stock the island he took a gentleman into partnership, but as the arrangement proved unsatisfactory he sold out to him, after having resided on the island for one year. He then went to the Crooked River goldfields, and carried on the business of auctioneer, commission agent, mining broker, mining manager, &c., &c., and for some time acted as Clerk of Petty Sessions. Although successful in some mining speculations he lost in others, and consequently finding the money he had taken with him was spent he was compelled to leave. With the assistance of friends he commenced business as chemist in Sale, and from that time has been pretty successful. When Mr. Abbott came to Sale there were three chemist-shops in the town, but with energy and much perseverance the opposition has been reduced to one. Believing in the future prosperity of Sale, he, after some years, purchased extensive premises, and fitted up what was then considered the largest and finest chemist-shop in Victoria. He opened a branch establishment in Maffra, where he succeeded in wresting the trade out of the hands of two opposition shops in that town. Mr. Abbott has been agent for the Victoria Insurance Companies for many years. He was also one of the promoters of the Lakes Navigation Company, has been from its initiation Chairman of the Board of Directors, and has had the satisfaction of seeing that company rise from a small beginning with one steamboat to a most successful enterprise, there being now four steamboats engaged in the trade. He has been more than a year the President of the Sale Commercial Association, which has been so instrumental in obtaining several important works for the town, notably the canal. This association also took a prominent part in the movement for a railway from Sale to Port Albert, and from Stratford and Briagolong, surveys of which having been promised by the Minister of Railways, there is good reason to believe they will be constructed. He is also one of the trustees of the Sale Savings Bank from its inception, and one of the trustees of the Australian Natives' Association. About 1880, Mr. Abbott finding his health failing through too close an attention to 6

13 THOMAS BEAMONT ABBOTT. business, purchased land, and built a cottage at Glencoe, six miles from Sale, where he went to reside. There he commenced farming on a small scale, and still carried on the chemist business in Sale and Maffra ; but finding a small piece of pasture land to be of no service, he has purchased and selected for himself and his family 4,000 acres, a small quantity of which he cultivates, the remainder being devoted to grazing sheep and horses. Mr. Abbott has frequently been urged to take a seat in Sale borough and Rosedale shire councils, but in only two instances has he contested elections-that for the Rosedale Shire Council,-and although he avoided asking the support of a single elector, not being desirous of the office, yet he lost the election by only a few votes, notwithstanding that he was opposing a Rosedale man and a respected old councillor. 7

14 BENJAMIN HARRIS BABBIDGE.' HE subject of this sketch is a typical specimen of those sturdy Saxon Englishmen, whose indomitable pluck has done so much towards the material prosperity of that Great Britain at home, and Greater Britain beyond her shores. Mr. Babbidge was born of humble parents at Newport, Isle of Wight, in At an early age he was compelled to struggle through and contend with many difficulties. He consequently had to content himself with a limited education. This, however, has not deterred him from manfully facing the battle of life, and fighting through many obstacles to the eminent position which he now holds in the colony. His success has been due in a great measure to the fact that he never was afraid of genuine hard work. At an early age he was apprenticed as a blacksmith to White, the well-known shipbuilder at Cowes. After completing his engagement he married, and forthwith determined to try his fortune in Australia, and landed at Moreton Bay in January, Immediately he engaged himself to Mr. John Petrie for six shillings per day. Subsequently he went to Sydney and visited several parts of New South Wales, settling down at Newcastle, where he commenced business for himself. Finally he returned to Brisbane, where he has resided ever since. He was engaged by Mr. H. E. Love, a leading contractor of Brisbane at that time. He then commenced business for himself, first on the site where Shaw and Co.'s ironmongery stands, on Queen-street. Business rapidly increasing, he purchased a suitable piece of land in Hope-street, South Brisbane, and erected the beginning of his present establishment, where for some years the manufacture of railway and other rolling stock has been largely and ever increasingly carried on. It was decided by Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, the late Premier, to ask for tenders for rolling stock, for the purpose of encouraging native industries. Mr. Babbidge determined that at least one tender should be sent in from Brisbane. He extended his premises and re-arranged his establishment to enable him to compete for that class of work. His efforts were rewarded, as he was successful, and up to the present date the quality of the material turned out, and the despatch with which it has been completed, have been unsurpassed by any similar manufactory in Australasia. Up to the time when he turned over his rolling-stock works to his sons, the factory had an output of 020,000 per annum. 8

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