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John Tait (entrepreneur)

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123:, Scotland, and his English wife Sarah, nÊe Leeming. He migrated to Victoria in 1862 and settled at Castlemaine where he married Sarah. They had nine children: including Charles (1868–1933), John (1871–1955), James Nevin (1876–1961), Edward Joseph (1878–1947) and Frank Samuel (1883–1965) (later Sir Frank). John was educated at Castlemaine State School before the Taits moved in about 1879 to Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. 182: 263: 248: 253: 258: 219: 167:
Van Straten, F., 'Tait, John Henry (1871–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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John Henry Tait originally worked as a lawyer before going into the theatre. He managed Dame
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film and theatre entrepreneur who often worked with his brothers
115:, the son of John Turnbull Tait (1830–1902), a tailor from 193: 72: 64: 56: 41: 34: 213: 8: 91:(21 August 1871 – 23 September 1955) was an 264:Australian film production company founders 220: 206: 31: 249:Australian theatre managers and producers 27:Australian film and theatre entrepreneur 159: 254:Australian people of Scottish descent 150:and became a noted theatre producer. 7: 178: 176: 192:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 259:People from Castlemaine, Victoria 180: 188:This theatrical biography is a 146:merged their film interests in 130:'s 1902 tour of Australia for 1: 68:Film and theatre entrepreneur 60:23 September 1955 (aged 84) 285: 175: 169:accessed 2 February 2012 269:Theatrical people stubs 113:Castlemaine, Victoria 49:Castlemaine, Victoria 148:Amalgamated Pictures 103:, Edward and Frank. 201: 200: 111:Tait was born in 86: 85: 16:(Redirected from 276: 222: 215: 208: 184: 177: 170: 164: 121:Shetland Islands 32: 21: 18:J. & N. Tait 284: 283: 279: 278: 277: 275: 274: 273: 229: 228: 227: 226: 174: 173: 165: 161: 156: 140:Millard Johnson 132:George Musgrove 109: 89:John Henry Tait 52: 46: 37: 36:John Henry Tait 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 282: 280: 272: 271: 266: 261: 256: 251: 246: 241: 231: 230: 225: 224: 217: 210: 202: 199: 198: 185: 172: 171: 158: 157: 155: 152: 144:William Gibson 108: 105: 84: 83: 74: 70: 69: 66: 62: 61: 58: 54: 53: 47: 45:21 August 1871 43: 39: 38: 35: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 281: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 236: 234: 223: 218: 216: 211: 209: 204: 203: 197: 195: 191: 186: 183: 179: 168: 163: 160: 153: 151: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 124: 122: 118: 114: 106: 104: 102: 98: 94: 90: 82: 78: 75: 71: 67: 65:Occupation(s) 63: 59: 55: 50: 44: 40: 33: 30: 19: 194:expanding it 187: 162: 128:Nellie Melba 125: 110: 88: 87: 77:Charles Tait 29: 244:1955 deaths 239:1871 births 51:, Australia 233:Categories 154:References 93:Australian 81:Nevin Tait 117:Scalloway 107:Biography 97:Charles 138:, and 73:Family 136:Nevin 101:Nevin 190:stub 142:and 57:Died 42:Born 235:: 119:, 99:, 79:, 221:e 214:t 207:v 196:. 20:)

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J. & N. Tait
Castlemaine, Victoria
Charles Tait
Nevin Tait
Australian
Charles
Nevin
Castlemaine, Victoria
Scalloway
Shetland Islands
Nellie Melba
George Musgrove
Nevin
Millard Johnson
William Gibson
Amalgamated Pictures
Van Straten, F., 'Tait, John Henry (1871–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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