Tom Elder Barr Smith


Thomas Elder Barr Smith was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist.
Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith,
and his wife Joanna Lang, née Elder.
On 5 May 1886 he married Mary Isabel Mitchell, at St. Andrew's Church, Walkerville.
In 1917 Smith's estate was subdivided to form the Adelaide suburb of Torrens Park.
In 1928 he gave £30,000 to the University of Adelaide to enable the building of the Barr Smith Library.
His interests included competing in car rallies. A steam locomotive was named after him in 1926.
There is a plaque in his honour on the Jubilee 150 Walkway.

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