Thomas Giblin

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Thomas Giblin

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1808–1880

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Arrived in the V.D.L from England on 3rd January, 1827, with his father, mother and family in the ship Sir Charles Forbes. He became manager of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hobart Town Gas Company, and a Director of the Colonial Mutual Insurance Company. He also took a lively interest in the Royal Society of Tasmania, and was for a long time a member of the Salman Commission. Amongst other offices which he held were the following :—Member of the Hospital Board, churchwarden of St. David's Cathedral, trustee of the Public Library, trustee of the Savings' Bank, and chairman of the West Bischoff Mining Company. He was a man of an enterprising spirit, and contributed in no inconsiderable degree to the development of the mining resources of the colony.
For more information see: http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/giblin-thomas-16396

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