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Michell Group of Companies

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76:'s "Apollo Works" soap factory, and also destroyed George Wilcox's skin depot and a number of houses. David Reid's tannery was spared. Another major fire, in 1943, at fellmonger David Jowitt and Sons, spared both Michell's and Burford's factories, but on 24 April 1945, yet another fire destroyed their wool treatment factory at the corner of Mandon and Adam Streets. 79:
In 1938 the company was listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange with a signed-up capital of £500,000 in £1 shares. (and doubled to £lm. in 1953) The wool business thrived during wartime, and major expansion was carried out on Adam Street, but expansion onto South Road (then known as Taylor's Road) was
107:, with his wife Catherine (ca.1840 – 11 September 1919) and her widowed mother Catherine Donnithorne (ca.1816 – 16 July 1898), by the iron sailing vessel "Trevelyan", reaching Adelaide on 21 March 1866. After a short time following his trade of bootmaker, he tried farming at 135:
Brothers George Henry II, James Alfred and Edgar Michell with John White Mellor and Stanley Charles Mellor founded Commonwealth Agricultural Service Engineers (C.A.S.E.) and National Guarantee Corporation which failed in 1925. This company was found to have been set up fraudulently.
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Joseph Michell (c. 1844 – 20 June 1886) married Priscilla (c. 1850 – 6 November 1934) Joseph was a builder then market gardener who was killed in a horse carriage accident. They lived at 140 Gibson Street, Bowden, later Unley Park. Their children
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opposed by nearby residents, no doubt on account of the smell which accompanies wool processing. In 1947 a new private company, G. H. Michell & Sons (SA) Ltd., was formed with a nominal capital of £100,000 and two shareholders: R. J. and G. H. Michell.
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Educated at Prince Alfred College, with G H Michell and Sons from 1949, was General Manager of the Michell Group of Companies 1978–2000 and prominent in a number of national and international bodies.
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Apart from his business and his associations with the Hindmarsh Congregational Church, he took no prominent part in public affairs. His home was at "Stoneleigh", 29 John St, Hindmarsh.
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Kenneth Renfred (28 August 1898 – c. 1952) married Doreen Reid on 18 June 1924; their home was in Labrina Ave., Prospect, then "Kentleigh", Northcote Terrace, Medindie
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James Alfred ( – c. 22 February 1937) married Ethel Beatrice Shearing ( – c. 14 November 1936) on 15 July 1903; they lived at "Highbury", Hughes Street,
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then in 1870 moved to Undalya (in some references "Mundalya"), where he made a start in the wool business by buying small lots from the farmers in the district, and
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George Henry Michell (c. 1832 – 2 February 1918) married Catherine Donnithorne (c. 1840 – 11 September 1919) in October 1865. Their six children were:
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William Edward (c. 1866 – 22 January 1905) married Jessie Ada Mathews (c. 1876 – 26 May 1918) on 15 May 1895, lived at McDonnell Avenue, New Hindmarsh
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There is another Michell family for which there is evidence of a familial relationship (i.e. several members buried with G. H. Michell's family at Hindmarsh):
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Mary Ann ( – 28 May 1923) married John Edward Isaacson on 22 November 1893, lived at "Kennedya", Undalya and "Stoneleigh", East Parade, Kensington Park
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George Henry Michell II. ( – 31 December 1938) married Ann Jane ("Annie") ( – c. 13 November 1948). Their home was "Woollahra" at Parker Street,
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Gwendolyn Elva ("Gwen") (26 January 1917 – ) married John Batton Hastings. They divorced in December 1944. She was a major benefactor of the
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Ronald James Michell, William Edward Michell, George Edward Michell, Colin Edgar Michell and Gwendolyn Elva Hastings were the first directors.
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William Edward "Will" (1906– ) married Beatrice E. Eaton on 14 May 1930 lived Martin Ave, Fitzroy. He was a director and major shareholder in
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He was appointed to the Chamber of Manufactures in 1937 and M.D. of G. H. Michell and Sons in 1943. He started trade with China in 1949.
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Founded Hindmarsh Engineering Co. Ltd. with engineers Samuel Ward and John Albert Wesley in 1925 with offices in Adam Street, Hindmarsh.
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Edgar (1873 – 29 December 1936) married Lottie Richards (c. 1879 – 7 March 1966), living at Undalya, then Lurline St,
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John Alfred (1932 – ) married Patricia Mary "Pat" Catcheside on 20 October 1956. Pat was an illustrator for
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On 25 December 1907 his premises were destroyed in one of South Australia's largest fires, which commenced at
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Lorenzo Joseph "Laurie" (c. 1903 – 23 October 1981) married Linda Maud (c. 1908 – 4 March 1976)
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He was noted for buying wool during slumps in trade; sometimes he was the only serious buyer at auctions.
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Clarice Eveline married architect Stanley Alfred Seaton (originally Schramm) on 5 July 1919, lived in
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In 2004 Chairman David and MD Peter Michell set up a US$ 10 million scouring and carbonising plant at
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George Henry Michell founded the company G. H. Michell & Sons of wool brokers and processors at
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James Raymond Michell AM was appointed to the board in 1950, elected Chairman 1992 – 2002.
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Lorenzo T. (c. 1883 – 17 February 1958) married Rose A. (c. 1883 – 25 April 1955)
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William Edward (c. 1896 – 12 October 1917) fought in World War I and was killed at
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Ronald James "Ron" (8 December 1904 – ) married Rene Walsh, living at Alpha Road,
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George Henry Michell (ca.1832 – 2 February 1918) came to South Australia from
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around 1895, then in July 1903 purchased the wool-scouring works at 33 Adam Street,
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Helen married Alan Morris on 24 November 1949, living at "Dunluce",
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Percy Clive (youngest son) married Lilian May Green on 13 July 1911
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In 1947 a new company "Woolcombers (WA) Pty. Ltd." was formed in
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George Henry Michell II, James Alfred Michell and Edgar Michell
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He retired in 1909, leaving the business to three of his sons.
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was an Australian wool processing and broking company based in
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Gordon D(onnithorne) Michell (c. 1884 – 28 October 1908)
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Colin Edgar (23 February 1915 – 1960) was educated at
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and with a change in company structure in the 1980s became
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in 1990 for services to the wool industry and the arts.
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Index

Michell Pty Ltd
Hindmarsh, South Australia
Salisbury, South Australia
Undalya, South Australia
Hindmarsh
W. Peacock and Sons
W. H. Burford & Son
Perth
Fremantle
Hayle
Cornwall
Cudlee Creek
scouring
Howard Michell
AC
Suzhou
Jiangsu Province
Mile End
Thorngate
AC
Medindie
University of Adelaide
Kent Town
Henley Beach South
Fitzroy
Crafers
Dulwich
King's College
Mile End, South Australia
Thorngate

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