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 * **__Elder Smith and Co__** 1863 partners Thomas Elder and Robert Barr Smith formed a company which became the most important pastoral firm in Australia.
 * Elder introduced camels into Australia and brought out the Afghan (Pakistani) camel drivers.
 * Elder made bequests to the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Elder Conservatorium of Music and the Medical School at the University of Adelaide.
 * Robert Barr Smith donated to the Barr Smith Library and paid off the debt on the Trades Hall.
 * Peter Waite, a Scot, was chairman of Elder Smith by 1888 and founded Waite Research institute.

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