Joseph Thomas Burton-Gibbs

Joseph Thomas Burton-Gibbs was one of Sydney's "oldest business identities".[1] Born in Derby, England, Burton-Gibbs emigrated to Melbourne in 1853 aboard the ship Indian Queen. In 1866 he helped establish a printing and publishing house, Clarson, Shallard & Co, with partners Joseph Shallard, Alfred Henry Massina and William Clarson. In 1862 he moved to Sydney to open a branch of the company at 207 Pitt Street.[2] Although the original partnership was dissolved in 1866, Burton-Gibbs continued his partnership with Joseph Shallard, trading as Gibbs, Shallard and Co, which went on to become a leading printer and publisher in the city. One well-known publication was the Illustrated Sydney News. In 1889, he became a founding director of the Imperial Arcade Company Ltd which developed the Imperial Arcade, Sydney.[3]

Burton-Gibbs died on 28 January 1925 at his home "Hillcrest", Church Street, Randwick, and was buried in Rookwood Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ "MR. J. T. BURTON-GIBBS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (27,166). New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Gibbs, Shallard and Co.". Gibbs, Shallard and Co. Austlit. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Advertising". The Maitland Mercury And Hunter River General Advertiser. XLVI, (6386). New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1889. p. 7 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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