Boyd, Ben
Entrepreneur in pastoral and whaling industries.
Milestones
Born
London, England
21 Aug 1801
Arrived Sydney
18 Jul 1842
Died
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
15 Oct 1851
Boyd, Ben
by Alison Vincent, 2008
A flamboyant businessman who arrived in Sydney on his own ship, Wanderer, Boyd was an ambitious and somewhat dubious entrepreneur whose schemes failed because of a shortage of labour, and who eventually left the colony for California.
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