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Agency:
Kennedy Family
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Start Date:
01 Jan 1884
End Date:
01 Jan 1940
Description:
Robert Kennedy (ca.1834-1903) emigrated from Scotland to Victoria in 1860, and established a business as a shipbuilder and ironfounder. He moved to Tasmania in 1884, and established the engineering firm R Kennedy & Sons, with his sons Malcolm, John and Colin.;;Malcolm (ca.1858-1944) followed his father as Managing Director. ;;John (1862-1937) studied at the Ballarat School of Mines. He later worked as a stock-broker in London, then managed the family's mining interests in Western Australia and Malaysia. After his return to Tasmania he was involved in dismantling the Anchor mine at Lottah. His son John Kennedy also joined the firm of R Kennedy & Sons.;;Colin (1869?-1936) worked as a mining engeer in Tasmania and Western Australia.;;
Information Sources:
'Death of Mr Robert Kennedy', Daily Telegraph (Launceston), 18 May 1903, p.5;;'Obituary: Mr Colin Kennedy', Mercury (Hobart), 3 June 1936, p.9;;'Obituary: Mr John Kennedy', Mercury (Hobart) 12 January 1937, p.9;;'Long community service of Mr Malcolm Kennedy', Mercury (Hobart) 29 July 1944, p.4
Series Created By Agency:
CRO74 Scrapbooks - John Kennedy01 Jan 193001 Jan 1930