Bishop Family

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Agent TypeFamilyIdentifierUMA-AG-000000018Activities & OccupationsCoach buildersPublishersHistoryJoseph Bishop arrived in Melbourne during the goldrushes, ultimately establishing a coachbuilding business at Beechworth, which was later transferred to Euroa. The family moved to Melbourne in the late 1880s, where one son became the proprietor of the trade journal 'The Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler'. In 1922, Tom Bishop became the organiser of the Caulfield Citizens' Defence League, a group created to oppose the VATC's proposal for the extension of Caulfield Racecourse Reserve.Search records of this agent

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