Albert Toll Explained

Albert Toll
Birth Name:Albert Frederick Toll
Birth Date:1865
Death Date:1960
Occupation:Transport and logistics provider, Politician
Children:Dora Birtles

Albert Frederick Toll (1865–1960) was the founder of Australia and New Zealand's largest transport company, Toll Group and Toll NZ and a former mayor of Wickham, New South Wales.[1] [2]

He founded Toll in 1888, when he hauled coal with a horse and a cart.[3]

He was the father of Australian novelist Dora Birtles and founding president of Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, Victor Toll. A street in the Lake Macquarie suburb Valentine, Albert Street, was named after him.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Moore . Deirdre . Newcastle made him : a memoir of AF Toll . 1991 . Bob James.
  2. News: Kirkwood . Ian . Toll Holdings Newcastle roots . Newcastle Herald . 2015.
  3. News: $150m for Corrigan, not two cents for Toll family. https://web.archive.org/web/20071009003929/http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/150m-for-corrigan-not-two-cents-for-toll-family/2006/04/15/1144521547552.html. 9 October 2007. live. Chad. Watson. 16 April 2006. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media.
  4. Web site: Albert Street . Lake Mac Libraries.