Charles Gordon Campbell was born on the 14 January 1840, in

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. He was the son of Duncan Campbell, cattle driver and his wife Catherine née Mclean. Campbell was a Colonial Australian merchant and pastoralist. Along with

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, and James Cuming, he established one of Australia's largest

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companies. All four men are quoted as being some of early Australia's greatest Industrialists. He was a co-founder of the

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Sugar Company. He died 13 September 1905 in Sydney.

Sources

Grimwade, Frederick Sheppard - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
at www.asap.unimelb.edu.au
Entry for Charles Campbell (1840-1905), www.adb.com.au
* Wakool Shire Community Heritage Study 2006–2007, Wakool Shire Council, and Heritage Office, NSW Department of Planning, pp. 26–29.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Charles Gordon 1840 births 1905 deaths Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia Australian pastoralists 19th-century Australian businesspeople