Benjamin Mendes da Costa
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Benjamin Mendes da Costa (1803-1868) was an English merchant and philanthropist. In July 1840 he emigrated to the newly settled colony of South Australia, becoming a successful merchant on Hindley Street and acquiring significant landholdings in the city centre. Da Costa left the colony in 1848, but bequeathed a significant sum of money to St Peter's College, Adelaide upon his death in 1868. The school has named a hall, a house and a scholarship in his honour.[1]
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- ^ Blainey, Ann; Mary Lazarus. "Mendes da Costa, Benjamin (1803 - 1868)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050272b.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
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