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Richard Taylor Vale (30 August 1836 – 18 June 1916) was an Australian bookseller and politician. Born in
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to John Vale and Elizabeth Taylor, he attended Cowper Street School before working as a wholesale stationer. In March 1853 he arrived in Victoria and briefly mined for gold at
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before opening a bookshop. He moved his business to Beechworth in 1854 or 1855. He returned to
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in 1860–62 before establishing a bookshop at Smythesdale, finally settling in
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in 1869. In 1865 he married Gertrude Campbell at Scarsdale, with whom he had seven children. In 1886, he was elected to the
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as the member for Ballarat West, serving until 1889 and again from 1892 to 1902. From 1894 to 1896 he was a minister without portfolio. Vale died in 1916 at Ballarat. Vale for a while owned the historic property Eyres House, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat.


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1836 births 1916 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly English emigrants to colonial Australia Politicians from London Australian booksellers 19th-century Australian businesspeople {{Australia-politician-stub