Name George Doolette | Died January 19, 1924 | |
Sir George Philip Doolette (24 January 1840 – 19 January 1924) was a mining entrepreneur and chairman of the Western Australian Mine Owners' Association.
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Doolette was born in Ireland, and at the age of 15 emigrated with his parents (George and Eliza Doolette) to South Australia on the Nashwauk, arriving in 1855. With experience in the softgoods trade from his youth in Ireland, Doolette joined the firm of A. Macgeorge & Co., Adelaide, and later became the business's sole proprietor. He later speculated in mining ventures in Broken Hill and formed the Adelaide Prospecting Party in 1893 with Sir George Brookman and others. Doolette was also chairman or a director in many other mining companies, including Oroya Brown Hill Co. Ltd, the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and the Sons of Gwalia Ltd.
Doolette was knighted in 1916. He died on 19 January 1924 at Caterham, England and his ashes were taken to Adelaide where they were interred in North Road Cemetery.
Family
Doolette's first marriage was to Mary Bartlett McEwin, daughter of orchardist George McEwin, on 9 November 1865. Mary Doolette died in 1890.
On 25 September 1895 Doolette married Fanny Lillie Robinson (d.1916).