Agency:
Godfrey Swanton
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1909
End Date:
31 Dec 1997
Description:
Godfrey Swanton arrived in Tasmania from Melbourne in about in 1933. He was Branch Manager of Wm Crosby & Co Pty Ltd, Shipping Merchants, Chairman of the Shipping Committee of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce, member of the Board of the YMCA and organist and choir master of St Johns Presbyterian Church. From 1939 to 1948 he was a Warden of the Hobart Marine Board and in 1961 he became General Manager of the Port Huon Fruitgrowers Association. He was also honorary consul for the Netherlands in Tasmania.
Related Agencies:
Port Huon Fruitgrowers Co-Op Association Ltd (NG982) | 01 Jan 1919 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS3877 Travel Diaries | 24 Mar 1932 | 11 Nov 1963 |
NS1926 Notes on the Tasmanian Fruit Industry | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1970 |
NS3878 Newspaper Cuttings | 22 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1969 |