18-819: Oatley may refer to: People [ edit ] Bob Oatley (1928–2016), Australian businessman, winemaker, yachtsman and philanthropist Charles Oatley (1904–1996), electrical engineer George Oatley (1863–1950), architect Jacqui Oatley (born 1975), broadcaster James Oatley (c. 1769–1839), convict and landowner Keith Oatley (born 1939), novelist and psychologist Kristy Oatley (born 1978), Australian equestrian Lyndal Oatley (born 1980), Australian equestrian Michael Oatley (born 1935), MI6 officer Neil Oatley (born 1954), automotive engineer Thomas Oatley , Archdeacon of Lewes, 1486 Places in Australia [ edit ] Oatley, New South Wales (NSW),
36-459: A lung infection on 10 January 2016, aged 87. Oatley married Rosemary Nell Bray on 12 April 1951 in St Clement's Church, Mosman; and divorced on 2 December 1982, about seven weeks before Rosemary died. They had three children, Andrew "Sandy", Ian, and Rosalind. Two of Oatley's grandchildren, cousins Kristy Oatley and Lyndal Oatley , are Olympic equestrians. Oatley later married Valerie. Oatley
54-501: A number of convictions, dating back to 1806, when he had stolen one ton of cheese. He was sent to Australia for stealing shirts and bedding. Oatley arrived in Sydney on 27 January 1815 on board the Marquis of Wellington . On 25 October 1821, he was given a conditional pardon. In this record, Oatley is mentioned as a "native of Warwickshire", and a physical description is also provided; he
72-697: A suburb of Sydney Oatley Bay , a bay in the Georges River Council, NSW Oatley Park, New South Wales , a reserve beside the Georges River in Oatley, NSW Oatley Pleasure Grounds , a bush park in Oatley, NSW Oatley railway station , on the Illawarra line in Oatley, NSW See also [ edit ] Oatly , a Swedish food company Oatey Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
90-770: A villa in Sardinia, Italy . Oatley also established the Rosemount winery, in the Hunter Valley in 1969. Robert Oatley was born in the Sydney suburb of Mosman in 1928, the son of Geoffrey Oatley and Isabel "Jean" née Brown. Oatley was a great, great grandson of British clock maker James Oatley . and a great grandson of James Oatley, Lord Mayor of Sydney and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales . Oatley's mother, Jean, died from melanoma 13 months after his birth, leaving him as an only child. Oatley's father
108-474: Is described as being pale, with dark brown hair, grey eyes, 5'5", and "stout" (with the remainder of the instrument of pardon being difficult to read). Oatley was awarded several land grants; in 1831 and on 30 October 1832, 24 December 1833, 23 January 1834, and 27 July 1835. Areas covered by these land grants include Snugborough (in the vicinity of the modern Moorefields Road, Kingsgrove ), which he farmed, and Needwood Forest (now Hurstville Grove ). In total,
126-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bob Oatley Robert Ian Oatley AO , BEM (11 June 1928 – 10 January 2016) was an Australian businessman, winemaker, yachtsman and philanthropist. He was perhaps best known for owning the nine-time Sydney-Hobart -winning yacht Wild Oats XI . He bought Hamilton Island , Queensland in 2003 for $ 200 million, he also owned retirement homes and
144-476: The Victoria Barracks . The original Oatley land between Moorefields Road and the railway line through Kingsgrove Station remained largely as open paddocks until it was subdivided for housing and industry in the early 1970s. A street off Kingsgrove Road was named after James Oatley. Just north of Moorefields Road are Robert Street and Eleanor Avenue. The personal life of James Oatley was well documented in
162-400: The southern Sydney suburb of Oatley was named after the family. Prior to that, the area west of the railway line was known as New Oatley's, which was a sub-district of Hurstville, and Oatley Platform; east of the railway line was known as Oatley's, which was a sub-district of Kogarah. In 1905, Frederick Street, Oatley, named after Frederick Stokes Oatley, was constructed as the main street of
180-527: The 1825 Muster of New South Wales, and in his will. Oatley married twice. In England, he married Sarah Bennett. Little is known about this marriage. James than had a de facto relationship with Mary Stokes, his housekeeper. Mary was the mother of his three sons, James Stokes Jnr, Frederick Stokes, and George (1820–1821) shown as James' children in the 1825 Muster, and each described in James' will as "my adopted son". Mary arrived in Sydney on 8 June 1815 on board
198-600: The Colyer company from his employer and changed its name to Angco . Oatley then expanded his company both in Papua and by establishing trade with northern hemisphere countries, an enterprise which earned him a British Empire Medal about fifteen years later, in 1985. Soon afterwards he sold the last of his Papuan businesses. After Papua gained independence in the mid-1970s Oatley had begun to sell off his business holdings there. Oatley had also established his successful Rosemount winery, in
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#1732851734931216-435: The Hunter Valley, started in 1968. Actually, the name was not original for the district. The original Rosemount winery was established in the same area, near Denman , during the 1860s. Oatley's Rosemount winery was sold in 2001. By this time Oatley and his family had established other wineries, including, in the early 1990s, another winery, near Mudgee , with the company name Oatley Wines and label Wild Oats . He died from
234-517: The company's inkwells. Later, as Bob gained expertise and business acumen, he accompanied his employer on business trips. The Colyer Watson firm also owned a coffee division on Papua New Guinea; a division which owed money to the parent company. The task of recovering the money was handed over to the increasingly competent business employee, Robert Oatley. Oatley started out as a businessman in the 1950s trading coffee and cocoa beans from Papua New Guinea. In his early 40s Bob bought this Papuan Division of
252-681: The land approximately covered is similar to that now bounded by Canterbury Road, Belmore , to the north, King George Road to the west, Kingsgrove Road to the east, and the Georges River to the south. James Oatley died on 9 October 1839. His death notice in the Sydney Monitor gives his age as 72 years; the Parish record of his burial gives James' age as 70 years. Oatley was buried on his property, Snugborough . Oatley and his family's and his son salah legacy has been reflected via geography. In 1903,
270-552: The new suburb. Oatley Street, Woollahra , lying between Ocean Street and Edgecliffe Street, existed in the 1850s and early 1860s. Frederick Stokes Oatley resided between Ocean Street and Oatley Street, Woollahra. Oatley Lane, Oatley Street, and Oatley Road, all of which were named after James Oatley Jnr, existed in East Sydney. Oatley Road extended into Paddington . A remnant of Oatley Road still exists in Paddington, running beside
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306-639: Was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1984, for his service to the coffee industry in Papua New Guinea. In 2014, Oatley was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia . James Oatley James Oatley Snr (c. 1769–1839) was a British-born colonial Australian watch and clock maker and one-time convict. Oatley, allegedly from Stafford and aged 44, was sentenced to penal transportation for life at Hampshire Assizes on 7 March 1814. Oatley had
324-542: Was employed in the wool industry, which meant spending much of his working life was spent travelling in rural New South Wales. Consequently, Oatley was raised by his mother's sister, Muriel, the wife of Duncan A. Cameron. Oatley attended the Mosman Primary School. Oatley's first employment, in about 1943 and still wartime, was by the firm, Colyer Watson, owned by Rupert Alexander Colyer. His tasks included delivering letters by hand to other local businesses and to fill
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