Albert Toll
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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]
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Albert Toll | |
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Born | Albert Frederick Toll 1865 |
Died | 1960 |
Occupation(s) | Transport and logistics provider, Politician |
Children | Dora Birtles |
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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]