Roberts, John Garibaldi.

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John Garibaldi Roberts was born at Italian Gully, Vic. in 1860. He attended school in Scarsdale and Cape Clear and moved to Ballarat in 1877. In 1885, he joined the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, was appointed manager of the cable system at the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1920, and retired in 1923. An avid reader, book collector and theatregoer, he entertained literary and artistic friends at his weekend retreat in Kallista, Vic. He died in 1933.

From the description of Scrapbooks. ca. 1854-1932. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222883916

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associatedWith Croll, Robert Henderson, 1869-1947. person
associatedWith Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James), 1876-1938. person
associatedWith Gilbert, C. Web. person
associatedWith Gunn, Aeneas Mrs, 1870-1961. person
associatedWith Johns, Fred, 1868-1932. person
associatedWith Roberts, Francis William, d. 1918. person
associatedWith Shirlow, John, 1869-1936. person
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Scarsdale (Vic.)
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Kallista (Vic.)
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