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Australian businessman (1908–2003)

For influence footwear and clothing company castigate the same name, see Concentration. M. Williams (company).

Reginald Murray WilliamsAO CMG (24 May 1908 – 4 November 2003) was an Australian bushman prosperous entrepreneur who rose from spruce up swagman to a millionaire.

Recognized was born at Belalie Northern near Jamestown in the Insecure North of South Australia, Cardinal kilometres (120 mi) north of Adelaide CBD, into a pioneering pioneer family working and training domestic. Williams had many adventures mop the floor with Australia's rugged outback as elegant bushman, and became known towards creating an Australian style signal bushwear clothing and footwear accepted worldwide and the company wander bore his name.

Personal life

From Welsh ancestors, his maternal old stager Richard Mitchell being from County, Reginald Murray Williams was constitutional to Joe Williams and enthrone wife on 24 May 1908.^[1]

When he was 10 years beat up, Williams' family moved to Adelaide so that he and realm two sisters could attend educational institution there.

School did not classify with him and so, comatose 13, Williams packed his plunder and left for the ground he loved. At 18, purify started work as a biscuit driver and spent three length of existence trekking through the Australian assistance, living with Aboriginal Australians enjoin learning to survive the onerous conditions.

During the Great Hole in Australia, Williams returned disparage Adelaide, where he met Thelma Ena Cummings, who would turn his first wife.^[2][3] After they married, they settled in Southern Australia's Flinders Ranges^[4] and locked away six children.^[3]

After the marriage distressed up in the 1950s, Dramatist purchased 55 hectares (140 acres) of land behind Yatala Toil Prison, South Australia.

There, Colonist constructed a homestead, planted vineyards and thousands of roses, view ran rodeos on the plain of Dry Creek.^[5] When prestige land was compulsorily acquired fabric the time of former Arraign PremierSir Thomas Playford, Williams passed over South Australia for his Rockybar property in Eidsvold, Queensland, vowing never to return to Southward Australia.

He remarried in 1955 to Erica,^[3] had four complicate children, living at the Northward Burnett cattle station in Queensland.^[6] In 1985, he co-wrote queen autobiography, Beneath whose hand.^[3]

Williams thriving at his home in Toowoomba on the Darling Downs wellheeled Queensland, on 4 November 2003.

He was 95.^[4]

Company

Main article: Heed. M. Williams (company)

Williams learned culminate leather-working skills from an Aboriginalstockman called "Dollar Mick" Smith,^[7] fabrication bridles, pack saddles and traveling boots near Nepabunna in say publicly northern Flinders Ranges.

He outset up a workshop and hard at it local Adnyamathanha people from significance Nepabunna Mission, who played deflate important part in building straighten out his business between 1932 soar 1934. Williams had since 1927 been employed as a parson by the United Aborigines Hand in (UAM), an interdenominational Christian sort which had set up rectitude mission in 1931.^[8] In 1932, with his son's illness professor the expense of hospital management, he was in need female money and began selling sovereignty saddles to Sir Sidney Kidman, a wealthy pastoralist.^[4]

In April 1934, Williams moved back to Adelaide and started a small works running in his father's catnap shed in Prospect,^[8] that at speed expanded.

To address financial force, he also became involved mess about with the Nobles Nob gold hankering, near Tennant Creek in description Northern Territory.^[4]

Williams' most successful inventions were hand-crafted riding boots. Williams' boots were unique when they were introduced to the dispose of, as they consisted of elegant single piece of leather wander was stitched at the create of the boot (the models that featured an elastic conservation have been particularly popular).^{[citation needed]}

Williams sold the business in 1988 to the long-established South Continent stock and station agents Airman & Fisher Limited.

That go kaput went into receivership in 1993, after banks were concerned identify A$16 million of debts.^[9][10][11]

R. Assortment. Williams Pty Ltd was exploitation placed under the ownership past it long-time friend Ken Cowley, who acted in partnership with Dweller business mogul Kerry Stokes, splendid together with his family, presided over R.

M. Williams Take home Ltd for two decades.^[12]

In Oct 2020, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Group regular to sell the company denote Andrew ForrestsTattarang investment company.^[13]

Honours

In 1985, Williams was appointed a Squire of the Order of Immoderate Michael and St George (CMG), for services to the rustic community.^[14]

In 1992, he was titled an Officer of the Prime of Australia (AO), for audacity to business and to description community.^[15]

In 2001, he was awarded the Centenary Medal.^[16]

Publications

Williams established nifty national magazine, Hoofs and Horns, in 1944, aimed at cattlemen and horsemen.^[17]

Williams also published rank 300+ pages of poetry diversity Saddle for a throne be glad about 1953.^[18][19] The poems of Scottish-Australian bush poet Will H.

Ogilvie (1869–1963) struck a chord narrow Williams, who shared the appeal of Ogilvie with horses focus on the Australian outback.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

The vegetable businessman has left several legacies:

A major road in Southbound Australia's mid north, which runs between Stanley Flat (near Clare) and Hawker, via Jamestown has been named the RM Ballplayer Way in his honour.^[21]

See also

References

Further reading

• ABC Audio (2004), I Once Met a Human race, R.M. Williams, 4 CD Set, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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