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Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe (1816 - 1878)

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Business executive

Born: 23 December 1816 Bolton, Lancashire, England. Died: 9 May 1878 Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia.

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort was a successful auctioneer, who undertook a number of business ventures, including a dry dock at Balmain, two mining companies and a farm near the mouth of the Tuross river. One of his major contributions was his support of refrigeration, providing financial assistance to E.D. Nicolle (qv) from 1866 to 1878 to develop commercially viable systems for domestic trade.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003801. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 18 October 2006

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