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He moved to Sydney in 1840,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264503639 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Hobart)]] |issue=240 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=28 January 1840 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> where he first came to public notice as licensee of the "Clown Tavern" (previously Newman's "Cornwallis Frigate")<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32184247 |title=No Title |newspaper=[[The Sydney Monitor And Commercial Advertiser]] |volume=XV |issue=1634 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 August 1840 |accessdate=8 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on [[Pitt Street, Sydney|Pitt Street]], opposite the [[Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney|Victoria Theatre]]. In 1844 Dind sold his interest in the "Clown" to [[George Coppin]]{{efn|Coppin lost money while its licensee; he quit the hotel business and the stage and left for [[Melbourne]]; he sold out to George Skinner;<ref name=memoirs/> it was demolished in 1846 and rebuilt as the "Shakespeare Tavern" by William Knight. A notable licensee was Thomas Spencer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230945888 |title=Milestones |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=9697 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1941 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> By 1850 Skinner had his own hotel at the corner of George and Hunter streets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167210687 |title=Annals of the Turf |newspaper=[[Sydney Sportsman]] |volume=IV |issue=227 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1905 |accessdate=26 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>}} He then took over the "Star and Garter", over the road and adjacent the theatre, which he co-managed with [[Joseph Wyatt (theatre owner)|Joseph Wyatt]].<ref name=memoirs>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166745259 |title=Mummer Memoirs |newspaper=[[Sydney Sportsman]] |volume=VII |issue=352 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 April 1907 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He moved to Sydney in 1840,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264503639 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Hobart)]] |issue=240 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=28 January 1840 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> where he first came to public notice as licensee of the "Clown Tavern" (previously Newman's "Cornwallis Frigate")<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32184247 |title=No Title |newspaper=[[The Sydney Monitor And Commercial Advertiser]] |volume=XV |issue=1634 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 August 1840 |accessdate=8 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on [[Pitt Street]], opposite the [[Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney|Victoria Theatre]]. In 1844 Dind sold his interest in the "Clown" to [[George Coppin]]{{efn|Coppin lost money while its licensee; he quit the hotel business and the stage and left for [[Melbourne]]; he sold out to George Skinner;<ref name=memoirs/> it was demolished in 1846 and rebuilt as the "Shakespeare Tavern" by William Knight. A notable licensee was Thomas Spencer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230945888 |title=Milestones |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=9697 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1941 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> By 1850 Skinner had his own hotel at the corner of George and Hunter streets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167210687 |title=Annals of the Turf |newspaper=[[Sydney Sportsman]] |volume=IV |issue=227 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1905 |accessdate=26 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>}} He then took over the "Star and Garter", over the road and adjacent the theatre, which he co-managed with [[Joseph Wyatt (theatre owner)|Joseph Wyatt]].<ref name=memoirs>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166745259 |title=Mummer Memoirs |newspaper=[[Sydney Sportsman]] |volume=VII |issue=352 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 April 1907 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He relinquished that hotel when he took up residence at [[Milsons Point, New South Wales|Milson's Point]], and in 1848<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59767403 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer]] |volume=IV |issue=155 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 July 1848 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> took over a hotel on the Western Wharf Road, the "Cornish Arms", which he renamed the "Lily of St Leonards",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12918110 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXVII |issue=4060 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 May 1850 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards]] being the township now known as [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]], and perhaps a humorous reference to the [[Thomas John Dibdin#Selected works|Dibdin]] play. By October 1853, when the hotel was put on the market, it was commonly called "Dind's Hotel".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28643696 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=5115 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 October 1853 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The name "Lily of St Leonards" stuck until at least 1910.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15138430 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=22,532 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 April 1910 |accessdate=8 November 2021 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He relinquished that hotel when he took up residence at [[Milsons Point]], and in 1848<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59767403 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer]] |volume=IV |issue=155 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 July 1848 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> took over a hotel on the Western Wharf Road, the "Cornish Arms", which he renamed the "Lily of St Leonards",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12918110 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXVII |issue=4060 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 May 1850 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards]] being the township now known as [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]], and perhaps a humorous reference to the [[Thomas John Dibdin#Selected works|Dibdin]] play. By October 1853, when the hotel was put on the market, it was commonly called "Dind's Hotel".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28643696 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=5115 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 October 1853 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The name "Lily of St Leonards" stuck until at least 1910.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15138430 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=22,532 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 April 1910 |accessdate=8 November 2021 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


By 1858 Dind had established another inn, registered as "Dind's Hotel", his eldest son William Dind jun. being the licensee.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13009084 |title=Annual Licensing Meeting |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXXIX |issue=6201 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 April 1858 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
By 1858 Dind had established another inn, registered as "Dind's Hotel", his eldest son William Dind jun. being the licensee.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13009084 |title=Annual Licensing Meeting |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=XXXIX |issue=6201 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 April 1858 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The cottage-style hotel, with its garden and uninterrupted view of the harbour, and Dind's store of theatrical anecdotes and memorabilia (he had a remarkable collection of photographs), became a favorite haunt of actors and artists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246073134 |title=An Old North Sydney Inn |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=13,819 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 August 1923 |accessdate=25 October 2021 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The cottage-style hotel, with its garden and uninterrupted view of the harbour, and Dind's store of theatrical anecdotes and memorabilia (he had a remarkable collection of photographs), became a favorite haunt of actors and artists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246073134 |title=An Old North Sydney Inn |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=13,819 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 August 1923 |accessdate=25 October 2021 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


=== Sydney theatres ===
=== Sydney theatres ===
In 1855 Wyatt built the [[Prince of Wales Theatre, Sydney|Prince of Wales Theatre]] on [[Castlereagh Street, Sydney|Castlereagh Street]], and Dind served as its general manager until 3 October 1860, when the theatre was destroyed by fire,{{efn|Wyatt had meanwhile been declared insolvent and died on 19 July 1860.}} and Dind returned to the "Vic" as its lessee.<ref name=memoirs/>
In 1855 Wyatt built the [[Prince of Wales Theatre, Sydney|Prince of Wales Theatre]] on [[Castlereagh Street]], and Dind served as its general manager until 3 October 1860, when the theatre was destroyed by fire,{{efn|Wyatt had meanwhile been declared insolvent and died on 19 July 1860.}} and Dind returned to the "Vic" as its lessee.<ref name=memoirs/>
During this time he acted as Australian agent for Mary Provost,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5683108 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=4,063 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 June 1859 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the Marsh Family,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60494985 |title=The Marsh Family |newspaper=[[The Empire (newspaper)|The Empire]] |issue=3029 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1861 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and procured other acts for the two theatres.
During this time he acted as Australian agent for Mary Provost,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5683108 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=4,063 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 June 1859 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the Marsh Family,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60494985 |title=The Marsh Family |newspaper=[[The Empire (newspaper)|The Empire]] |issue=3029 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1861 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and procured other acts for the two theatres.


The Prince of Wales, rebuilt as the Prince of Wales Opera House, opened on 23 May 1863, and Dind succeeded Coppin as lessee in 1868, then it too was destroyed by fire in January 1872,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8917891 |title=Destructive Fire |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)]] |volume=XXI |issue=3446 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=12 January 1872 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and Dind quit the theatre business. In his 20 years as theatre lessee and manager he won the respect and friendship of many prominent theatre people, including [[William Andrews (Australian actor)|William Andrews]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107937053 |title=Funeral of Mr. William Andrews, Comedian |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)]] |issue=3498 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 October 1878 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[James H. Rainford]], and [[William Hoskins (actor)|William Hoskins]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13988360 |title=The Sydney Morning Herald. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=17,738 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1895 |accessdate=25 October 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The Prince of Wales, rebuilt as the Prince of Wales Opera House, opened on 23 May 1863, and Dind succeeded Coppin as lessee in 1868, then it too was destroyed by fire in January 1872,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8917891 |title=Destructive Fire |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)]] |volume=XXI |issue=3446 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=12 January 1872 |accessdate=27 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and Dind quit the theatre business. In his 20 years as theatre lessee and manager he won the respect and friendship of many prominent theatre people, including [[William Andrews (Australian actor)|William Andrews]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107937053 |title=Funeral of Mr. William Andrews, Comedian |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)]] |issue=3498 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 October 1878 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[James H. Rainford]], and [[William Hoskins (actor)|William Hoskins]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13988360 |title=The Sydney Morning Herald. |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=17,738 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1895 |accessdate=25 October 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He was universally recognised as an honorable businessman: he dealt fairly with every contract, and in the months when the theatre was making heavy losses, no employee had a reduction in salary.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164371655 |title=Theatrical and Amusements |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=XII |issue=572 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 June 1871 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=493 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He was universally recognised as an honorable businessman: he dealt fairly with every contract, and in the months when the theatre was making heavy losses, no employee had a reduction in salary.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164371655 |title=Theatrical and Amusements |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=XII |issue=572 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 June 1871 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=493 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


=== Local government ===
=== Local government ===
As a resident of Sydney's North Shore, Dind was interested in local affairs, and in 1868 when the [[Borough of East St Leonards]] was declared, Dind was elected alderman, and in 1873, shortly after he retired from theatre management, he became mayor, and was re-elected 1874, 1875, and 1876. In 1888 he was obliged to absent himself from meetings on account of illness,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237211473 |title=East St Leanords |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=2770 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 June 1888 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and resigned four months later.
As a resident of Sydney's North Shore, Dind was interested in local affairs, and in 1868 when the [[Borough of East St Leonards]] was declared, Dind was elected alderman, and in 1873, shortly after he retired from theatre management, he became mayor, and was re-elected 1874, 1875, and 1876. In 1888 he was obliged to absent himself from meetings on account of illness,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237211473 |title=East St Leanords |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=2770 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 June 1888 |accessdate=30 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and resigned four months later.


Dind died at "Shadwell", Cowles Road, [[Mosman's Bay, New South Wales|Mosman's Bay]], home of his granddaughters.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13988325 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=17,738 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1895 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His remains were buried at [[St Thomas Rest Park|St Thomas's cemetery]].
Dind died at "Shadwell", Cowles Road, [[Mosman Bay]], home of his granddaughters.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13988325 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=17,738 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1895 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His remains were buried at [[St Thomas Rest Park|St Thomas's cemetery]].


== Family ==
== Family ==
William Dind (c. 1813 – 23 January 1895) married Eliza Rebecca Paterson (c. 1814 – 22 November 1893)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164364926 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LVI |issue=1743 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 December 1893 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=1193 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> in 1834. Eliza was daughter of William Joseph Paterson and Elizabeth Paterson, née Fidler.
William Dind (c. 1813 – 23 January 1895) married Eliza Rebecca Paterson (c. 1814 – 22 November 1893)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164364926 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail|The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LVI |issue=1743 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 December 1893 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=1193 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> in 1834. Eliza was daughter of William Joseph Paterson and Elizabeth Paterson, née Fidler.
*William Forster Dind (1836 – 9 April 1907), only son of William Dind, born in [[Hobart]], but lived on Sydney's North Shore district from around 1848 until his death. He built the hotel at Milson's Point, at the corner of Fitzroy and Alfred streets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45809281 |title=Current Topics |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=LXVI |issue=89 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=15 April 1907 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was a champion rower; both he and his father competed at the Hobart Regatta of 1862.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8802808 |title=Monday Morning |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)]] |volume=VI |issue=1282 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 December 1861 |access-date=30 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He married Jane Fowler (1839 – 22 December 1885) on 19 June 1858. They had eleven children, including:
*William Forster Dind (1836 – 9 April 1907), only son of William Dind, born in [[Hobart]], but lived on Sydney's North Shore district from around 1848 until his death. He built the hotel at Milsons Point, at the corner of Fitzroy and Alfred streets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45809281 |title=Current Topics |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=LXVI |issue=89 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=15 April 1907 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was a champion rower; both he and his father competed at the Hobart Regatta of 1862.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8802808 |title=Monday Morning |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)]] |volume=VI |issue=1282 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 December 1861 |access-date=30 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He married Jane Fowler (1839 – 22 December 1885) on 19 June 1858. They had eleven children, including:
:*Florence Eliza "Tottie" Dind (27 March 1859 – 11 January 1929)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246598659 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=5 |issue=175 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1935 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Thomas Goodwin Brocklehurst (died 23 March 1912)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239144724 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=10,245 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 March 1912 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 4 March 1885
:*Florence Eliza "Tottie" Dind (27 March 1859 – 11 January 1929)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246598659 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=5 |issue=175 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1935 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Thomas Goodwin Brocklehurst (died 23 March 1912)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239144724 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=10,245 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 March 1912 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 4 March 1885
:*William Don Wilton "Sonnie" Dind (27 February 1861 – 18 October 1895)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238533261 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=5096 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 October 1895 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Mary Ann Stockman (1861 – 25 April 1897)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14092997 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=18,446 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1897 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on c. June 1887. The Dind's Hotel license was transferred by Mary Ann Dind to George Edward Goosey in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108860949 |title=Water Police Licensing Bench |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)]] |issue=9239 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 January 1897 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*William Don Wilton "Sonnie" Dind (27 February 1861 – 18 October 1895)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238533261 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |issue=5096 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 October 1895 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Mary Ann Stockman (1861 – 25 April 1897)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14092997 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=18,446 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1897 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on c. June 1887. The Dind's Hotel license was transferred by Mary Ann Dind to George Edward Goosey in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108860949 |title=Water Police Licensing Bench |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)]] |issue=9239 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 January 1897 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
<!--:*Claude Frederick Dind (18 February 1863 – 5 August 1882)-->
<!--:*Claude Frederick Dind (18 February 1863 – 5 August 1882)-->
:*Arthur Tait Dind (8 November 1864 – 27 July 1933) married Florence Josephine Ancher (died 8 September 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133464435 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[The North Western Courier]] |volume=7 |issue=68 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 September 1925 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 28 April 1888.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231444481 |title=Death of Mr. A. T. Dind |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=7357 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 July 1933 |access-date=4 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Some family in Katoomba.
:*Arthur Tait Dind (8 November 1864 – 27 July 1933) married Florence Josephine Ancher (died 8 September 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133464435 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[The North Western Courier]] |volume=7 |issue=68 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 September 1925 |accessdate=5 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 28 April 1888.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231444481 |title=Death of Mr. A. T. Dind |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=7357 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 July 1933 |access-date=4 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Some family in Katoomba.
:*Alice Rebecca Dind (31 August 1868 – 10 March 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220282693 |title=Supreme Court of NSW |newspaper=[[Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales]] |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 July 1961 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=2266 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Capt. John Duthie Sydney Phillips (c. 1865 – 28 October 1945)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17957964 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=33,651 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 October 1945 |access-date=4 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 11 October 1894.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162835705 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LVIII |issue=1791 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 November 1894 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=933 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*Alice Rebecca Dind (31 August 1868 – 10 March 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220282693 |title=Supreme Court of NSW |newspaper=[[Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales]] |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 July 1961 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=2266 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Capt. John Duthie Sydney Phillips (c. 1865 – 28 October 1945)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17957964 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=33,651 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 October 1945 |access-date=4 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 11 October 1894.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162835705 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LVIII |issue=1791 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 November 1894 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=933 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*Adelaide Louise Dind (c. 1870 – 26 June 1952) married Capt. Arthur Eyre Dabelle (c. 1868 – 18 October 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16249429 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=27,391 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 October 1925 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 9 April 1896<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162824427 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LXI |issue=1869 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 May 1896 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=941 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*Adelaide Louise Dind (c. 1870 – 26 June 1952) married Capt. Arthur Eyre Dabelle (c. 1868 – 18 October 1925)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16249429 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=27,391 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 October 1925 |accessdate=4 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on 9 April 1896<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162824427 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LXI |issue=1869 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 May 1896 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=941 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
<!--Ethel May Dind (1871–1871) -->
<!--Ethel May Dind (1871–1871) -->
:*Forster George Heddle Dind (2 July 1873 – 24 June 1930) was hotelier in 1911.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221586825 |title=Hotel Transfers |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=253 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 April 1911 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Anne Robertson Charles on 21 August 1904, divorced 1925. On army enlistment form<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3507588 |title=Dind Foster George : SERN 4397 |date=18 November 1915 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> wrote his name as Foster George Dind, gave false age indicating DOB c. July 1876.<!--disch. premature senility (VD) --> She divorced him for desertion 1925<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16216357 |title=In Divorce |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=27,261 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 May 1925 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> but published, as "loving wife", an ''In Memoriam'' notice eight years later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16967918 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=29,789 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 June 1933 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They had two children.
:*Forster George Heddle Dind (2 July 1873 – 24 June 1930) was hotelier in 1911.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221586825 |title=Hotel Transfers |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=253 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 April 1911 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Anne Robertson Charles on 21 August 1904, divorced 1925. On army enlistment form<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3507588 |title=Dind Foster George : SERN 4397 |date=18 November 1915 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> wrote his name as Foster George Dind, gave false age indicating DOB c. July 1876.<!--disch. premature senility (VD) --> She divorced him for desertion 1925<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16216357 |title=In Divorce |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=27,261 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 May 1925 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> but published, as "loving wife", an ''In Memoriam'' notice eight years later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16967918 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=29,789 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 June 1933 |access-date=3 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They had two children.
:*Leslie Albert Dind (13 October 1874 – 27 April 1940)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17668610 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=31,928 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1940 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Jean Webster.
:*Leslie Albert Dind (13 October 1874 – 27 April 1940)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17668610 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=31,928 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1940 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Jean Webster.
:*Melbourne Hall Dind (born 6 January 1878) married Janet Wright Simpson (1876–1949) on October 1896; divorced 1902, she later became Janet Wright Armour.
:*Melbourne Hall Dind (born 6 January 1878) married Janet Wright Simpson (1876–1949) on October 1896; divorced 1902, she later became Janet Wright Armour.
::*Melbourne Forster Dind (born 1897)<ref name="£20 Fines for Youths">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231787440 |title=£20 Fines for Youths |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=10094 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 May 1942 |accessdate=3 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Pamela Joan Mudge?
::*Melbourne Forster Dind (born 1897)<ref name="£20 Fines for Youths">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231787440 |title=£20 Fines for Youths |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)]] |issue=10094 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 May 1942 |accessdate=3 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> married Pamela Joan Mudge?
:::*(possibly) Melbourne Forster/Foster Dind, born c. 1925<ref name="£20 Fines for Youths"/> was lawbreaker in Sydney 1942.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17822717 |title=Law Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=32,583 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 June 1942 |accessdate=3 November 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:::*(possibly) Melbourne Forster/Foster Dind, born c. 1925<ref name="£20 Fines for Youths"/> was lawbreaker in Sydney 1942.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17822717 |title=Law Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=32,583 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 June 1942 |accessdate=3 November 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
::M. H. Dind married again, to Jessie Mackenzie Boyle in Queensland, moved c. 1908 to New Zealand, where in 1919 she divorced him for desertion. He was working for the Defence Department at the time<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19190816.2.46 |title=Divorce Cases |newspaper=[[Evening Post (New Zealand)]] |volume=XCVIII |issue=40 |date=16 August 1919 |page=5 |access-date=6 November 2021|via=PapersPast}}</ref> and playing cricket at club level. He has been confused with the [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]] cricketer [[M. Dind]].
::M. H. Dind married again, to Jessie Mackenzie Boyle in Queensland, moved c. 1908 to New Zealand, where in 1919 she divorced him for desertion. He was working for the Defence Department at the time<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19190816.2.46 |title=Divorce Cases |newspaper=[[Evening Post (New Zealand)]] |volume=XCVIII |issue=40 |date=16 August 1919 |page=5 |access-date=6 November 2021|via=PapersPast}}</ref> and playing cricket at club level. He has been confused with the [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]] cricketer [[M. Dind]].
::*Forster Boyle Dind (1909– )<!-- born [[Sandgate, Queensland]], married Joyce Marie Farey (1914– ), became Woolworths executive-->
::*Forster Boyle Dind (1909– )<!-- born [[Sandgate, Queensland]], married Joyce Marie Farey (1914– ), became Woolworths executive-->
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:*Nea Emily Dind (1880–1946) married Charles H. Hicks in 1915 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247169751]
:*Nea Emily Dind (1880–1946) married Charles H. Hicks in 1915 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247169751]
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:*Sydney Septimus Dind (1885<!--same year mother died-->–1958) married Lillian; enlisted with [[First AIF]] but repatriated due to [[iritis]] 1917.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15705552 |title=Wounded and Sick |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=24,753 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 May 1917 |accessdate=7 November 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*Sydney Septimus Dind (1885<!--same year mother died-->–1958) married Lillian; enlisted with [[First AIF]] but repatriated due to [[iritis]] 1917.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15705552 |title=Wounded and Sick |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=24,753 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 May 1917 |accessdate=7 November 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:W. F. Dind married again, to Emily Rosetta Horne, née Paterson, perhaps a cousin, (c. 1855 – c. 5 August 1934).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17106932 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,138 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1934 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> of Cremorne,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247388113 |title=Family Church Chosen For Wedding |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=I |issue=286 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1937 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> sometime after 1885. Emily was daughter of Thomas (died in [[Auckland]] 28 April 1877) and Rosetta (died in [[Dunedin]] 20 June 1891) Paterson,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13829122 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=16,614 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 June 1891 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> previously of Hobart. She was executor of W. F. Dind's will.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226593193 |title=In the will of William Forster Dind |newspaper=[[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]] |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 July 1907 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=4115 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:W. F. Dind married again, to Emily Rosetta Horne, née Paterson, perhaps a cousin, (c. 1855 – c. 5 August 1934).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17106932 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,138 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1934 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> of Cremorne,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247388113 |title=Family Church Chosen For Wedding |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=I |issue=286 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1937 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> sometime after 1885. Emily was daughter of Thomas (died in [[Auckland]] 28 April 1877) and Rosetta (died in [[Dunedin]] 20 June 1891) Paterson,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13829122 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=16,614 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 June 1891 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> previously of Hobart. She was executor of W. F. Dind's will.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226593193 |title=In the will of William Forster Dind |newspaper=[[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]] |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 July 1907 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=4115 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*David Dind<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17106976 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,138 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1934 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
:*David Dind<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17106976 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,138 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1934 |accessdate=31 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
::*David Saville Dind (10 June 1915 – 1997), solicitor, born at [[Wanganui]], New Zealand; married Helen Mabel Steel (born 8 October 1913),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17716242 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=32,110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 November 1940 |accessdate=1 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> youngest daughter of A. W. Steel of Mosman,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248391054 |title=Five Killed, 15 Hurt in Road Crashes |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=XIII |issue=90 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 July 1948 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> previously of Cootamundra, in February 1937 and flew to New Zealand for their honeymoon.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237458096 |title=City and Country Weddings |newspaper=[[The Labor Daily]] |issue=4121 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1937 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
::*David Saville Dind (10 June 1915 – 1997), solicitor, born at [[Wanganui]], New Zealand; married Helen Mabel Steel (born 8 October 1913),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17716242 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=32,110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 November 1940 |accessdate=1 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> youngest daughter of A. W. Steel of Mosman,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248391054 |title=Five Killed, 15 Hurt in Road Crashes |newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |volume=XIII |issue=90 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 July 1948 |accessdate=2 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> previously of Cootamundra, in February 1937 and flew to New Zealand for their honeymoon.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237458096 |title=City and Country Weddings |newspaper=[[The Labor Daily]] |issue=4121 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1937 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==

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William Dind (c. 1813 – 23 January 1895) was an hotelier and theatre manager in Sydney, Australia, where he was the longtime lessee of the Royal Victoria, and Prince of Wales theatres. He settled on Sydney's North Shore, where he was active in local government, and he and his son William Forster Dind, aka W. Forster Dind (frequently misspelled "Foster") or William Dind jun, ran hotels which were popular with theatrical people.

History

William Dind

Dind was the youngest son of Francis Dind MD, of Shadwell, London,[1] and emigrated to Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), arriving as a single cabin passenger on the barque Duckenfield in May 1834.[2] He was licensee of (in turn from 1836) the Mitre Tavern, corner of Argyle and Collins streets; the Mogul Tavern on Argyle Street; and the Bricklayers Arms on Elizabeth Street,[3] He became well-known in Hobart for his proficiency as an oarsman.[4]

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He moved to Sydney in 1840,[5] where he first came to public notice as licensee of the "Clown Tavern" (previously Newman's "Cornwallis Frigate")[6] on Pitt Street, opposite the Victoria Theatre. In 1844 Dind sold his interest in the "Clown" to George Coppin[a] He then took over the "Star and Garter", over the road and adjacent the theatre, which he co-managed with Joseph Wyatt.[7] He relinquished that hotel when he took up residence at Milsons Point, and in 1848[10] took over a hotel on the Western Wharf Road, the "Cornish Arms", which he renamed the "Lily of St Leonards",[11] St Leonards being the township now known as North Sydney, and perhaps a humorous reference to the Dibdin play. By October 1853, when the hotel was put on the market, it was commonly called "Dind's Hotel".[12] The name "Lily of St Leonards" stuck until at least 1910.[13]

By 1858 Dind had established another inn, registered as "Dind's Hotel", his eldest son William Dind jun. being the licensee.[14] The cottage-style hotel, with its garden and uninterrupted view of the harbour, and Dind's store of theatrical anecdotes and memorabilia (he had a remarkable collection of photographs), became a favorite haunt of actors and artists.[15]

Sydney theatres

In 1855 Wyatt built the Prince of Wales Theatre on Castlereagh Street, and Dind served as its general manager until 3 October 1860, when the theatre was destroyed by fire,[b] and Dind returned to the "Vic" as its lessee.[7] During this time he acted as Australian agent for Mary Provost,[16] the Marsh Family,[17] and procured other acts for the two theatres.

The Prince of Wales, rebuilt as the Prince of Wales Opera House, opened on 23 May 1863, and Dind succeeded Coppin as lessee in 1868, then it too was destroyed by fire in January 1872,[18] and Dind quit the theatre business. In his 20 years as theatre lessee and manager he won the respect and friendship of many prominent theatre people, including William Andrews,[19] James H. Rainford, and William Hoskins.[20] He was universally recognised as an honorable businessman: he dealt fairly with every contract, and in the months when the theatre was making heavy losses, no employee had a reduction in salary.[21]

Local government

As a resident of Sydney's North Shore, Dind was interested in local affairs, and in 1868 when the Borough of East St Leonards was declared, Dind was elected alderman, and in 1873, shortly after he retired from theatre management, he became mayor, and was re-elected 1874, 1875, and 1876. In 1888 he was obliged to absent himself from meetings on account of illness,[22] and resigned four months later.

Dind died at "Shadwell", Cowles Road, Mosman Bay, home of his granddaughters.[23] His remains were buried at St Thomas's cemetery.

Family

William Dind (c. 1813 – 23 January 1895) married Eliza Rebecca Paterson (c. 1814 – 22 November 1893)[24] in 1834. Eliza was daughter of William Joseph Paterson and Elizabeth Paterson, née Fidler.

  • William Forster Dind (1836 – 9 April 1907), only son of William Dind, born in Hobart, but lived on Sydney's North Shore district from around 1848 until his death. He built the hotel at Milsons Point, at the corner of Fitzroy and Alfred streets.[25] He was a champion rower; both he and his father competed at the Hobart Regatta of 1862.[26] He married Jane Fowler (1839 – 22 December 1885) on 19 June 1858. They had eleven children, including:
  • Florence Eliza "Tottie" Dind (27 March 1859 – 11 January 1929)[27] married Thomas Goodwin Brocklehurst (died 23 March 1912)[28] on 4 March 1885
  • William Don Wilton "Sonnie" Dind (27 February 1861 – 18 October 1895)[29] married Mary Ann Stockman (1861 – 25 April 1897)[30] on c. June 1887. The Dind's Hotel license was transferred by Mary Ann Dind to George Edward Goosey in 1897.[31]
  • Arthur Tait Dind (8 November 1864 – 27 July 1933) married Florence Josephine Ancher (died 8 September 1925)[32] on 28 April 1888.[33] Some family in Katoomba.
  • Alice Rebecca Dind (31 August 1868 – 10 March 1961)[34] married Capt. John Duthie Sydney Phillips (c. 1865 – 28 October 1945)[35] on 11 October 1894.[36]
  • Adelaide Louise Dind (c. 1870 – 26 June 1952) married Capt. Arthur Eyre Dabelle (c. 1868 – 18 October 1925)[37] on 9 April 1896[38]
  • Forster George Heddle Dind (2 July 1873 – 24 June 1930) was hotelier in 1911.[39] married Anne Robertson Charles on 21 August 1904, divorced 1925. On army enlistment form[40] wrote his name as Foster George Dind, gave false age indicating DOB c. July 1876. She divorced him for desertion 1925[41] but published, as "loving wife", an In Memoriam notice eight years later.[42] They had two children.
  • Leslie Albert Dind (13 October 1874 – 27 April 1940)[43] married Jean Webster.
  • Melbourne Hall Dind (born 6 January 1878) married Janet Wright Simpson (1876–1949) on October 1896; divorced 1902, she later became Janet Wright Armour.
  • Melbourne Forster Dind (born 1897)[44] married Pamela Joan Mudge?
  • (possibly) Melbourne Forster/Foster Dind, born c. 1925[44] was lawbreaker in Sydney 1942.[45]
M. H. Dind married again, to Jessie Mackenzie Boyle in Queensland, moved c. 1908 to New Zealand, where in 1919 she divorced him for desertion. He was working for the Defence Department at the time[46] and playing cricket at club level. He has been confused with the Wellington cricketer M. Dind.
  • Forster Boyle Dind (1909– )
  • Jean Adelaide Dind (1911–2002)
M. H. Dind married again, to Deborah Mary Costello (c. 1900 – 15 March 1961)[47]
  • Nea Emily Dind (1880–1946) married Charles H. Hicks in 1915 [1]
  • Sydney Septimus Dind (1885–1958) married Lillian; enlisted with First AIF but repatriated due to iritis 1917.[48]
W. F. Dind married again, to Emily Rosetta Horne, née Paterson, perhaps a cousin, (c. 1855 – c. 5 August 1934).[49] of Cremorne,[50] sometime after 1885. Emily was daughter of Thomas (died in Auckland 28 April 1877) and Rosetta (died in Dunedin 20 June 1891) Paterson,[51] previously of Hobart. She was executor of W. F. Dind's will.[52]
  • David Saville Dind (10 June 1915 – 1997), solicitor, born at Wanganui, New Zealand; married Helen Mabel Steel (born 8 October 1913),[54] youngest daughter of A. W. Steel of Mosman,[55] previously of Cootamundra, in February 1937 and flew to New Zealand for their honeymoon.[56]

Further reading

Mick Roberts (6 November 2019). "Dind's Hotel, Milson's Point". WikiTree.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Coppin lost money while its licensee; he quit the hotel business and the stage and left for Melbourne; he sold out to George Skinner;[7] it was demolished in 1846 and rebuilt as the "Shakespeare Tavern" by William Knight. A notable licensee was Thomas Spencer.[8] By 1850 Skinner had his own hotel at the corner of George and Hunter streets.[9]
  2. ^ Wyatt had meanwhile been declared insolvent and died on 19 July 1860.
  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Evening News (Sydney). No. 8624. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Ship News". Trumpeter General. No. 53. Tasmania, Australia. 30 May 1834. p. 2. Retrieved 31 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". Colonial Times. Vol. 26, no. 1219. Tasmania, Australia. 8 October 1839. p. 8. Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "No Title". The Austral-Asiatic Review, Tasmanian and Australian Advertiser. Vol. XI, no. 596. Tasmania, Australia. 10 December 1839. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Advertiser (Hobart). No. 240. Tasmania, Australia. 28 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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