Adolphus Marcus Hertzberg (11 June 1852 – 11 December 1917) was a businessman in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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, Australia.
History
Hertzberg emigrated from
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
to Australia at age 14
[ or 16, and remained in Queensland the rest of his life, in ]Roma
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Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
for twenty years, and was naturalised
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as a British citizen in 1871. He was twice elected mayor of the town. He was employed by R. Lewin and Co., B. R. Lewin being an uncle,[
He moved to Brisbane and with his brother Abraham Hertzberg founded A. M. Hertzberg and Co.
]
Other interests
*He was a Government-appointed member of the Brisbane General Hospital committee
*He was a member of the Water Board and its successor, the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board from 1905 to 1916
*Hertzberg was appointed to he original Senate of the University of Queensland
*He was a member of the Queensland Rhodes Scholar
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Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
selection committee
*He was an active member of the Queensland Chamber of Commerce, and its president 1903–1905 and 1909–1910. *He was an active Freemason and succeeded Lord Chelmsford
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as grand master of the Queensland constitution.
Family
In 1883 Hertzberg married a daughter of Samuel Cohen, of Ulmarra
Ulmarra is a small town on the south bank of the Clarence River (New South Wales), Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia in the Clarence Valley, New South Wales, Clarence Valley district. At the , Ulmarra had a population of 446 people.
...
, Clarence River and sister of J. J. Cohen in the New South Wales Administration. They had three children:
*Mrs. Roland Jacobs, of Adelaide
*Marcus Hertzberg, a Brisbane barrister
*Ralph Hertzberg
His last home was "Minmorah", New Farm, Queensland
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the Br ...
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References
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1852 births
1917 deaths
Australian businesspeople
Australian Jews
Mayors of places in Queensland