Biographical entry Tallerman, Daniel (c. 1832 - ?)

Summary

Daniel Tallerman had a varied career, including exporting potted meat to England.

Details

Born London, ca 1832. Date of death unknown. Purser on ship to Melbourne, arriving 1853; to gold diggings, opened stores and hotels various fields; made fortune supplying Tarrengower rush, but lost in speculation; attempted India rubber import business in Melbourne, failed; to New Zealand with theatrical troupe; returned to Melbourne and established meat trade to Britain with plain and kosher potted meat.

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Tallerman, Daniel', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473336. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003987. Details
• Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, A Settlement Amply Supplied: Food Technology in Nineteenth Century Australia, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1980, 332 pp. Details