Tom Elder Barr Smith

Thomas Elder Barr Smith (8 December 1863 – 26 November 1941) was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist,

Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith, and his wife Joanna Lang, née Elder.

On 5 May 1886 he married Mary Isabel Mitchell, at St. Andrew's Church, Walkerville.

In 1917 Smith's estate was subdivided to form the Adelaide suburb of Torrens Park.

In 1928 he gave £30,000 to the University of Adelaide to enable the building of the Barr Smith Library.

His interests included competing in car rallies. A steam locomotive was named after him in 1926.

There is a plaque in his honour on the Jubilee 150 Walkway.