Dictionary of Sydney

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Montefiore, Joseph Barrow

Merchant and financier who helped to found the Bank of Australasia to encourage investment in New South Wales. Bankruptcy did not stop his later involvement in finance both in London and in Adelaide.

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Born
London, England
24 Jun 1803
Arrived Sydney
1829
Departed Sydney
1841
Died
Brighton, England
08 Sep 1893
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