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Perdriau, Henry (1845 - 1935) |
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| Merchant and Manufacturer | ||
| Born: 6 December 1845 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 17 November 1935 Mosman, New South Wales. | ||
| Henry Perdriau began importing and cutting up bulk rubber for railway-carriage buffers in the early 1880s. In 1885 he began manufacturing rubber goods for mechanical, agricultural, surgical, mining and general purposes. He formed the Perdriau Robber Co. Ltd in 1904, with himself as chairman. In 1928-35, after the company amalgamated with the Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia Ltd, he was a director of Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd. |
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