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Gadsden, Jabez (1858 - 1936)

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Business executive

Born: 29 November 1858 Bilsworth, Northamptonshire, England. Died: 12 December 1936 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.

Jabez Gadsden was employee, partner and later sole proprietor of a business printing and sewing bags from about 1882-1896. In 1896 he imported a flatbed lithographic press from England and established a tinprinting and decorating works. The company produced the first printed can in Australia - a tea caddy commemorating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003551. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 31 July 2006

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