Person
Robertson, Macpherson (1859 - 1945)
- Born
- 6 September 1859
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 August 1945
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Science patron and Industrialist
Summary
(Sir) Macpherson Robertson developed a steam confectionary works in the 1880s in Melbourne and introduced chewing gum and fairy floss to Australia. His company, Maize Products Pty Ltd pioneered the manufacture of glucose.
Archival resources
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
- Macpherson Robertson - Records, 1880 - 1945; Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Details
Published resources
Books
- Robertson, J., MacRobertson: the Chocolate King. (South Melbourne: Lothian, 2004), 256 pp. Details
- Robertson, Jill, Macrobertsonland (Melbourne: Arcade Publications, 2010). Details
Book Sections
- Clarsen, Georgine, 'The 1928 MacRobertson Round Australia Expedition: colonial adventuring in the twentieth century modern world' in Expedition into empire: exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world, Thomas, Martin, ed. (New York: London: Routledge, 2015), pp. 194-213. Details
- Lack, John, 'Robertson, Sir Macpherson (1859-1945)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 418-419. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110427b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6724947. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41311842. Details
- 'Robertson, Macpherson (1859-1945)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-642214. Details
Reviews
- Robertson, J., MacRobertson: the chocolate king (2004)
Woods, C., Victorian Historical Journal, 76, (2005), 112-4. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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