Person

Shoobridge, William Ebenezer (1846 - 1940)

Born
7 January 1846
Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
Died
17 March 1940
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Agriculturalist and Industrial innovator

Summary

William Shoobridge experimented with methods of pruning, hop drying and irrigation in the New Norfolk area, Tasmania.

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Archival resources

University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection

  • William Ebenezer Shoobridge - Records, 1870 - 1940, S.3; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Chapman, Peter, 'Shoobridge, William Ebenezer (1846-1940), politician, agriculturalist and industrial innovator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 601-603. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110616b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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