Albert Frederick Toll (1865-1960) was the founder of Australia and New Zealand's largest transport company,

Toll Group The Toll Group is an Australian-based subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings with operations in transportation, warehousing and logistics in road, rail, sea and air. It has two divisions; Global Forwarding, Global Logistics. History In 1888, Al ...

and

Toll NZ Toll Domestic Forwarding (TDF) is a division of the Toll Group specialising in freight forwarding by road, rail and sea within and between Australia and New Zealand. Toll is Australia’s largest mover of freight. Toll New Zealand is New ...

and a former mayor of

Wickham, New South Wales Wickham is an inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. History The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land. Wickham which was a Missp ...

. He founded Toll in 1888, when he hauled coal with a horse and a cart. He was the father of Australian novelist

Dora Birtles Dora Birtles (; 1904–1992), was an Australian novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer. Life Dora Toll was born in 1903 in Wickham, New South Wales, a suburb of Newcastle, the sixth daughter of Albert Frederick Toll and Hannah ( ...

and founding president of

Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Lake Macquarie Yacht Club (LMYC) is a yacht club located on Ada Street, Belmont, New South Wales, Australia. The club was founded in 1929 to cater for skiffs over 16 feet and combine both cruising and racing activities in its calendar of eve ...

, Victor Toll. A street in the Lake Macquarie suburb Valentine, Albert Street, was named after him. Toll Albion (10299902226)

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Glimpse of Newcastle's history revealed
1865 births 1960 deaths Australian company founders Toll Group {{australia-business-bio-stub