"Doolette, Sir George Philip (1840–1924) by R. M. Gibbs and A. McLeary
Sir George Philip Doolette (1840-1924) and his son Dorham Longford Doolette (1872-1925), were mining entrepreneurs. George was born on 24 January 1840 at Sandford, near Dublin, son of George Dorham Doolette and his wife Eliza, née Raynard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1855 in the Nashwauk. Doolette, with some experience in the softgoods trade in Ireland, eventually joined the firm of A. Macgeorge & Co., Adelaide, later becoming sole proprietor. He was a foundation member of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures in 1869 and from 1874 owner of a tailoring and outfitting business, briefly at Moonta, and then in King William Street, Adelaide.
Like other Adelaide businessmen, Doolette speculated in the 1880s in Broken Hill and other mining ventures. He also had interests in pastoral properties, establishing a partnership with Philip Charley. In 1893, with (Sir) George Brookman and others, he formed the Adelaide Prospecting Party, which dispatched W. G. Brookman and S. W. Pearce to Western Australia—their mineral claims were at the heart of the later Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. The syndicate was reconstructed as the Coolgardie Gold Mining and Prospecting Co. (W.A.) Ltd, but a desperate need for finance forced it to send Doolette, a director, to London. Arriving in March 1894 during a temporary investing slump, he needed the help of the financier John Waddington to float off the Great Boulder and other claims. Doolette remained in London as mining promoter and administrator though his role was not without question in Australia. Chairman of the Western Australian Mine Owners' Association and of several companies, including the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and Oroya Brown Hill Co. Ltd, and director of the Sons of Gwalia Ltd, he dined regularly at the City Liberal Club with Lionel and W. S. Robinson and William Clark, the great promoters of Australian mines. He also financed various of his son's explorations. Doolette was received with acclaim in Kalgoorlie in 1907 but thereafter his contacts with Australia were less direct. During World War I he took an active interest in the Australian Red Cross Society and in hospital facilities for Australian soldiers, and was knighted in 1916.
In South Australia, Doolette had been a supporter of philanthropic causes. A justice of the peace from 1887, he was vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-85, treasurer of the London Missionary Society and in 1885-86 president of the Congregational Union. In England he became a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute (1894) and of the Royal Geographical Society (1907). He owned a fine estate at Caterham, Surrey, where he was keenly interested in flower-growing. His first wife Mary Bartlett McEwin, whom he had married on 9 November 1865 with Presbyterian forms at Glen Ewin, Highercombe, South Australia, had died in 1890; she was survived by her son Dorham and a daughter. On 25 September 1895 in Birmingham Doolette married Fanny Lillie Robinson (d.1916), daughter of the noted Congregational clergyman R. W. Dale. Doolette died on 19 January 1924 at Caterham, leaving an estate valued for probate at £10,186. His ashes were taken to Adelaide for interment in North Road cemetery." - This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981
"A London cable message states that the remains of the late Sir George Doolette have been cremated and the ashes are to be forwarded to Adelaide." - Tambellup Times, Saturday 26 January 1924, page 1
"Sir George Philip Doolette (82), father of Mr. D. L. Doolette, of Perth, and a pioneer of the West Australian mining industry, died in England recently. Deceased was an Irishman from Dublin, but came to Australia in his youthful days." - Perth Sunday Times, Sunday 27 January 1924, page 3
Sir George Philip Doolette (1840-1924) and his son Dorham Longford Doolette (1872-1925), were mining entrepreneurs. George was born on 24 January 1840 at Sandford, near Dublin, son of George Dorham Doolette and his wife Eliza, née Raynard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1855 in the Nashwauk. Doolette, with some experience in the softgoods trade in Ireland, eventually joined the firm of A. Macgeorge & Co., Adelaide, later becoming sole proprietor. He was a foundation member of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures in 1869 and from 1874 owner of a tailoring and outfitting business, briefly at Moonta, and then in King William Street, Adelaide.
Like other Adelaide businessmen, Doolette speculated in the 1880s in Broken Hill and other mining ventures. He also had interests in pastoral properties, establishing a partnership with Philip Charley. In 1893, with (Sir) George Brookman and others, he formed the Adelaide Prospecting Party, which dispatched W. G. Brookman and S. W. Pearce to Western Australia—their mineral claims were at the heart of the later Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. The syndicate was reconstructed as the Coolgardie Gold Mining and Prospecting Co. (W.A.) Ltd, but a desperate need for finance forced it to send Doolette, a director, to London. Arriving in March 1894 during a temporary investing slump, he needed the help of the financier John Waddington to float off the Great Boulder and other claims. Doolette remained in London as mining promoter and administrator though his role was not without question in Australia. Chairman of the Western Australian Mine Owners' Association and of several companies, including the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and Oroya Brown Hill Co. Ltd, and director of the Sons of Gwalia Ltd, he dined regularly at the City Liberal Club with Lionel and W. S. Robinson and William Clark, the great promoters of Australian mines. He also financed various of his son's explorations. Doolette was received with acclaim in Kalgoorlie in 1907 but thereafter his contacts with Australia were less direct. During World War I he took an active interest in the Australian Red Cross Society and in hospital facilities for Australian soldiers, and was knighted in 1916.
In South Australia, Doolette had been a supporter of philanthropic causes. A justice of the peace from 1887, he was vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-85, treasurer of the London Missionary Society and in 1885-86 president of the Congregational Union. In England he became a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute (1894) and of the Royal Geographical Society (1907). He owned a fine estate at Caterham, Surrey, where he was keenly interested in flower-growing. His first wife Mary Bartlett McEwin, whom he had married on 9 November 1865 with Presbyterian forms at Glen Ewin, Highercombe, South Australia, had died in 1890; she was survived by her son Dorham and a daughter. On 25 September 1895 in Birmingham Doolette married Fanny Lillie Robinson (d.1916), daughter of the noted Congregational clergyman R. W. Dale. Doolette died on 19 January 1924 at Caterham, leaving an estate valued for probate at £10,186. His ashes were taken to Adelaide for interment in North Road cemetery." - This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981
"A London cable message states that the remains of the late Sir George Doolette have been cremated and the ashes are to be forwarded to Adelaide." - Tambellup Times, Saturday 26 January 1924, page 1
"Sir George Philip Doolette (82), father of Mr. D. L. Doolette, of Perth, and a pioneer of the West Australian mining industry, died in England recently. Deceased was an Irishman from Dublin, but came to Australia in his youthful days." - Perth Sunday Times, Sunday 27 January 1924, page 3
"Doolette, Sir George Philip (1840–1924) by R. M. Gibbs and A. McLeary
Sir George Philip Doolette (1840-1924) and his son Dorham Longford Doolette (1872-1925), were mining entrepreneurs. George was born on 24 January 1840 at Sandford, near Dublin, son of George Dorham Doolette and his wife Eliza, née Raynard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1855 in the Nashwauk. Doolette, with some experience in the softgoods trade in Ireland, eventually joined the firm of A. Macgeorge & Co., Adelaide, later becoming sole proprietor. He was a foundation member of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures in 1869 and from 1874 owner of a tailoring and outfitting business, briefly at Moonta, and then in King William Street, Adelaide.
Like other Adelaide businessmen, Doolette speculated in the 1880s in Broken Hill and other mining ventures. He also had interests in pastoral properties, establishing a partnership with Philip Charley. In 1893, with (Sir) George Brookman and others, he formed the Adelaide Prospecting Party, which dispatched W. G. Brookman and S. W. Pearce to Western Australia—their mineral claims were at the heart of the later Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. The syndicate was reconstructed as the Coolgardie Gold Mining and Prospecting Co. (W.A.) Ltd, but a desperate need for finance forced it to send Doolette, a director, to London. Arriving in March 1894 during a temporary investing slump, he needed the help of the financier John Waddington to float off the Great Boulder and other claims. Doolette remained in London as mining promoter and administrator though his role was not without question in Australia. Chairman of the Western Australian Mine Owners' Association and of several companies, including the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and Oroya Brown Hill Co. Ltd, and director of the Sons of Gwalia Ltd, he dined regularly at the City Liberal Club with Lionel and W. S. Robinson and William Clark, the great promoters of Australian mines. He also financed various of his son's explorations. Doolette was received with acclaim in Kalgoorlie in 1907 but thereafter his contacts with Australia were less direct. During World War I he took an active interest in the Australian Red Cross Society and in hospital facilities for Australian soldiers, and was knighted in 1916.
In South Australia, Doolette had been a supporter of philanthropic causes. A justice of the peace from 1887, he was vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-85, treasurer of the London Missionary Society and in 1885-86 president of the Congregational Union. In England he became a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute (1894) and of the Royal Geographical Society (1907). He owned a fine estate at Caterham, Surrey, where he was keenly interested in flower-growing. His first wife Mary Bartlett McEwin, whom he had married on 9 November 1865 with Presbyterian forms at Glen Ewin, Highercombe, South Australia, had died in 1890; she was survived by her son Dorham and a daughter. On 25 September 1895 in Birmingham Doolette married Fanny Lillie Robinson (d.1916), daughter of the noted Congregational clergyman R. W. Dale. Doolette died on 19 January 1924 at Caterham, leaving an estate valued for probate at £10,186. His ashes were taken to Adelaide for interment in North Road cemetery." - This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981
"A London cable message states that the remains of the late Sir George Doolette have been cremated and the ashes are to be forwarded to Adelaide." - Tambellup Times, Saturday 26 January 1924, page 1
"Sir George Philip Doolette (82), father of Mr. D. L. Doolette, of Perth, and a pioneer of the West Australian mining industry, died in England recently. Deceased was an Irishman from Dublin, but came to Australia in his youthful days." - Perth Sunday Times, Sunday 27 January 1924, page 3
Sir George Philip Doolette (1840-1924) and his son Dorham Longford Doolette (1872-1925), were mining entrepreneurs. George was born on 24 January 1840 at Sandford, near Dublin, son of George Dorham Doolette and his wife Eliza, née Raynard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1855 in the Nashwauk. Doolette, with some experience in the softgoods trade in Ireland, eventually joined the firm of A. Macgeorge & Co., Adelaide, later becoming sole proprietor. He was a foundation member of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures in 1869 and from 1874 owner of a tailoring and outfitting business, briefly at Moonta, and then in King William Street, Adelaide.
Like other Adelaide businessmen, Doolette speculated in the 1880s in Broken Hill and other mining ventures. He also had interests in pastoral properties, establishing a partnership with Philip Charley. In 1893, with (Sir) George Brookman and others, he formed the Adelaide Prospecting Party, which dispatched W. G. Brookman and S. W. Pearce to Western Australia—their mineral claims were at the heart of the later Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. The syndicate was reconstructed as the Coolgardie Gold Mining and Prospecting Co. (W.A.) Ltd, but a desperate need for finance forced it to send Doolette, a director, to London. Arriving in March 1894 during a temporary investing slump, he needed the help of the financier John Waddington to float off the Great Boulder and other claims. Doolette remained in London as mining promoter and administrator though his role was not without question in Australia. Chairman of the Western Australian Mine Owners' Association and of several companies, including the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and Oroya Brown Hill Co. Ltd, and director of the Sons of Gwalia Ltd, he dined regularly at the City Liberal Club with Lionel and W. S. Robinson and William Clark, the great promoters of Australian mines. He also financed various of his son's explorations. Doolette was received with acclaim in Kalgoorlie in 1907 but thereafter his contacts with Australia were less direct. During World War I he took an active interest in the Australian Red Cross Society and in hospital facilities for Australian soldiers, and was knighted in 1916.
In South Australia, Doolette had been a supporter of philanthropic causes. A justice of the peace from 1887, he was vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-85, treasurer of the London Missionary Society and in 1885-86 president of the Congregational Union. In England he became a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute (1894) and of the Royal Geographical Society (1907). He owned a fine estate at Caterham, Surrey, where he was keenly interested in flower-growing. His first wife Mary Bartlett McEwin, whom he had married on 9 November 1865 with Presbyterian forms at Glen Ewin, Highercombe, South Australia, had died in 1890; she was survived by her son Dorham and a daughter. On 25 September 1895 in Birmingham Doolette married Fanny Lillie Robinson (d.1916), daughter of the noted Congregational clergyman R. W. Dale. Doolette died on 19 January 1924 at Caterham, leaving an estate valued for probate at £10,186. His ashes were taken to Adelaide for interment in North Road cemetery." - This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981
"A London cable message states that the remains of the late Sir George Doolette have been cremated and the ashes are to be forwarded to Adelaide." - Tambellup Times, Saturday 26 January 1924, page 1
"Sir George Philip Doolette (82), father of Mr. D. L. Doolette, of Perth, and a pioneer of the West Australian mining industry, died in England recently. Deceased was an Irishman from Dublin, but came to Australia in his youthful days." - Perth Sunday Times, Sunday 27 January 1924, page 3
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