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McIlwraith, Thomas (1835 - 1900)

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Member of Parliament and Capitalist

Born: 17 May 1835 Ayr, Scotland. Died: 17 July 1900 London, England.

(Sir) Thomas McIlwraith provided some of the capital for the Strathleven experiment in shipping refrigerated meat and butter to Britain (in 1879-80). The ship was chartered by his brother Andrew of McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd.

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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=P003765. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 2 August 2006

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