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Melbourne, managed by James Cooke, and an office in Bendigo under Archibald Cooke. They purchased River Murray steamboats, which while the Murray was in flood proved the most efficient way of servicing the goldfields, and bullock teams and wagons, though not without risk: one bullock driver sold the dray, team and load, and was never seen again. A shipment of gold was lost when the
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in 1853 decided to start housekeeping together, and purchased a house adjoining the Green Dragon
Brewery on South Terrace from Alfred Watts, with an agreement that whichever of them married first should have the option of taking over the house and furniture. This proved to be Acraman, who married
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In 1851 he visited India, but while in
Calcutta heard news of the Victorian gold finds, and returned to Adelaide. The firm was able to capitalize on the increased demand, and made huge profits despite the shortage of staff, most able-bodied men having joined the rush. The firm opened a temporary
479:" at Walkerville was destroyed by fire in October 1876, and they lived for a time at George Hawker's mansion "The Briers" They lived at "Agivey", Molesworth Street, North Adelaide, from sometime before 1904, and it was there he died. The property was sold to Frank Irwin in 1908.
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He was a Vice-President of the South
Australian Cricketing Association, the South Australian Rowing Association, and the South Australian Lacrosse Association. He was a regular attendant at cricket and football matches on the Adelaide Oval, and followed the play closely.
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94:, Devon, England. Theirs was an old and honorable Somersetshire family, whose surname was formerly spelled Akerman, or Ackerman. John's grandfather Daniel Wade Acraman, a Bristol businessman, was a noted connoisseur of art.
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Acraman (19 August 1867 – 11 April 1923) married Matilda Huxley "Tillie" Hunter ( – ) on 20 June 1900. Chaff merchant with Frederic Acraman and Herbert Gerald Tolmer as Tolmer and Acraman, dissolved March
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Acraman (21 September 1871 – ) married Flora Eunice Tolmer ( – 25 August 1948) on 30 November 1904. She was a daughter of Alexander H. D. Tolmer (1839 – 30 October 1928) and granddaughter of
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Acraman was a great sportsman—while a student at Clifton, he played senior cricket for Mortimer House School, which was kept by Dr. John E. Bromby, later Canon Bromby, headmaster of
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Harold Arthur
Acraman (6 July 1858 – 28 February 1902) married Rose Evelyn Middleton ( – ) on 7 October 1897, business partner of Albert Ernest Middleton. Auctioneer at
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Acraman (26 January 1865 – 7 September 1946) married Emilie Mary Cunningham ( – 22 April 1950) on 4 July 1905. She was the widow of Alexander Cunningham.
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bankrupt shortly before his death, which followed a fall during a hurdle race. He was reckoned by A. B. "Banjo" Paterson as perhaps the best amateur rider of his day.
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led the other). He served as the club's president, then as the number of clubs grew, transferred to the North Adelaide side and served as a Vice-President.
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John Acraman (c. 1829 – 22 June 1907) married Sydney Sarah Knox (c. 1835 – 23 October 1902) on 17 October 1854. Their children were:
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stations in the Gawler Ranges, and Gum Flat on the west coast. Later they acquired the Wilpena leases on the glowing commendation of
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consigned to Acraman, Cooke, & Co., arriving at the Semaphore in April 1848. He carried letters of introduction to
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Sydney Sarah Knox on 17 October 1854 at Christ Church, North Adelaide. She had been a passenger on the
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This article gives father William Edward Acraman's life span as 1790–1875
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Mary Adelaide Acraman (17 February 1857 – 30 October 1932)
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