Dictionary of Sydney

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Plummer, George

Founder of the first Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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Plummer, George

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Otherwise unknown, George Plummer owned the name 'Sydney Symphony Orchestra', until the ABC bought it from him in 1937. An earlier group by that name had formed in 1908 and gave performances until 1914.