Cribb, Benjamin
Personal
Birth Date:
7 November 1807 (Poole, Dorset)
Death Date:
11 March 1874 (Ipswich, Queensland)
Parents:
John Galpin Cribb and Mary (nee Dirham)
Family:
(2) Clarissa Foote on 30 March 1853, 4 sons, 3 daughters, (1) Elizabeth Brideson on 28 August 1839 in Douglas, Isle of Man, 2 sons, 3 daughters
Education:
Lancastrian School, Poole
Religion:
Congregational
Career
Grocer's assistant and then manufactured and sold blacking in London; Arrived in Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 and began business in Ipswich as a general merchant; Formed Cribb & Foote; Foote in 1854, which promoted cotton growing in West Moreton; Founder and shareholder, Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Co., incorporated in December 1855
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Ipswich Town Council, 1862 to 1863
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | NONE | West Moreton | 26 Apr 1861 | 2 Jul 1867 | |
| Assembly | NONE | Ipswich | 12 Aug 1870 | 14 Nov 1873 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Benjamin was strongly influenced by the ideas of John Dunmore Lang's `Cooksland' and emigrated to Moreton Bay. Cribb & Foote financed farmers and built ginneries at Fernvale and Churchbank. Expanded as a merchant banking house. Benjamin's major achievements lay in the economic and social development of Ipswich; Trustee and treasurer, Ipswich Boys' Grammar School; president and treasurer, Ipswich School of Arts;
Sources:
Johnson B, Robert Cribb: from an iceberg to Brisbane town. Auchenflower, Qld. :Longleat House Publishing, 2005.; Image courtesy of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg:60837; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Cribb, Margaret Bridson, 'Cribb, Benjamin (1807 - 1874)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, pp 493-495
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