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Sidney Yeates
Sidney Yeates (ca. September 1831 – 20 June 1918) was a pastoralist and businessman in South Australia and Queensland, principal of the firm of Cudmore, Yeates and Co. History Sidney Yeates was born in London, and arrived in South Australia when 6 years of age. He selected Crown land at Mount Remarkable (now Melrose, South Australia, Melrose township), South Australia, grazing sheep until 1863, when he sold up to move to Queensland. With his brother John and Supervisor, overseer Frank Gardiner, he purchased 4000 sheep at Maitland, New South Wales, and droving, drove them across New England via Quart Pot Creek (now Stanthorpe, Queensland, Stanthorpe), Drayton, Queensland, Drayton, Dalby, Queensland, Dalby and Jinghi station to Mackay, Queensland, Mackay, thence to Mount Dryanda, Proserpine, Queensland, Proserpine, where he settled on a property, but had hardly commenced operations, when Aboriginals killed one of the men and half of the sheep, so Yeates decided to abandon sheep for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 - 1939)
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