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Macpherson Robertson

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Sir Macpherson Robertson KBE (6 September 185920 August 1945) was an Australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of chocolate and confectionery company MacRobertson's. [1]

30 relations: Antarctica, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Ballarat, Cadbury, Cherry Ripe (chocolate bar), Douglas Mawson, Fiji, Fitzroy, Victoria, Freddo, Herbarium, Horrie Miller (aviator), Karrier, Knight Bachelor, Kraft Foods, Leith, Mac. Robertson Land, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, MacRobertson Air Race, MacRobertson Bridge, MacRobertson International Croquet Shield, MacRobertson Miller Airlines, MacRobertson's, Melbourne, Mondelez International, Order of the British Empire, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Scotland, Shrine of Remembrance, Yarra River, 1934 Centenary of Melbourne.

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.

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Ballarat

Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

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Cadbury

Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.

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Cherry Ripe (chocolate bar)

Cherry Ripe is a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury Australia.

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Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra.

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Freddo

Freddo (originally Freddo Frog) is a brand of chocolate bar shaped like an anthropomorphic cartoon frog.

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Herbarium

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

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Horrie Miller (aviator)

Horace Clive "Horrie" Miller OBE (30 April 1893 – 1980) was a pioneering Australian aviator and co-founder of MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA).

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Karrier

Karrier was a British marque of motorised municipal appliances and light commercial vehicles and trolley buses manufactured at Karrier Works, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, by Clayton and Co., Huddersfield, Limited.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Northfield, Illinois, part of the Kraft Heinz Company.

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Leith

Leith (Lìte) is an area to the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the Water of Leith.

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Mac. Robertson Land

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Mac.Robertson Girls' High School

The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (also known simply as Mac.Rob or MGHS) is an academically selective, public high school for gifted students, located in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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MacRobertson Air Race

The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place October, 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations.

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MacRobertson Bridge

The MacRobertson Bridge is a road bridge that carries Grange Road from Toorak on the south bank into Burnley, over the Yarra River and the Monash Freeway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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MacRobertson International Croquet Shield

The MacRobertson International Croquet Shield is the premier croquet teams event in the world.

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MacRobertson Miller Airlines

MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA), callsign "Miller", IATA code "MV", was established in Australia in late 1927, by pilot Horrie Miller with the backing of chocolate millionaire Sir Macpherson Robertson.

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MacRobertson's

MacRobertson's, officially the MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works, was an Australian company that produced chocolates and various other confectionery.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Mondelez International

Mondelēz International, Inc., is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs about 107,000 people around the world.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanic gardens across two sites - Melbourne and Cranbourne.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Shrine of Remembrance

The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly known among locals as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road.

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Yarra River

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Aboriginal: Berrern, Birr-arrung, Bay-ray-rung, Birarang, Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in east-central Victoria, Australia.

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1934 Centenary of Melbourne

The Melbourne Centenary was a 1934 centennial celebration of the founding of the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macpherson_Robertson

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