Joseph Thomas Burton-Gibbs

Joseph Thomas Burton-Gibbs was one of Sydney's "oldest business identities".[1] Born in Derby, England, Burton-Gibbs emigrated to Melbourne in 1853 aboard the ship Indian Queen. In 1866 he helped establish a printing and publishing house, Clarson, Shallard & Co, with partners Joseph Shallard, Alfred Henry Massina and William Clarson. In 1862 he moved to Sydney to open a branch of the company at 207 Pitt Street.[2] Although the original partnership was dissolved in 1866, Burton-Gibbs continued his partnership with Joseph Shallard, trading as Gibbs, Shallard and Co, which went on to become a leading printer and publisher in the city. One well-known publication was the Illustrated Sydney News. In 1889, he became a founding director of the Imperial Arcade Company Ltd which developed the Imperial Arcade, Sydney.[3]

Burton-Gibbs died on 28 January 1925 at his home "Hillcrest", Church Street, Randwick, and was buried in Rookwood Cemetery.

References
  1. "MR. J. T. BURTON-GIBBS". The Sydney Morning Herald (27, 166). New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Gibbs, Shallard and Co". Gibbs, Shallard and Co. Austlit. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. "Advertising". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. XLVI, (6386). New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1889. p. 7 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)


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