{{Short description|Founder of an Australian delivery company and former mayor (1865–1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert Toll | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Albert Frederick Toll | birth_date = 1865 | birth_place = | death_date = 1960 | occupation = Transport and logistics provider, Politician | children = Dora Birtles }} '''Albert Frederick Toll''' (1865–1960) was an English-born Australian businessman and politician who founded Australia and New Zealand's largest transport company, Toll Group (along with its subdivision, Toll NZ). He also served as mayor of Wickham, New South Wales.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Deirdre |title=Newcastle made him : a memoir of AF Toll |date=1991 |publisher=Bob James}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirkwood |first1=Ian |title=Toll Holdings Newcastle roots |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/2891467/toll-holdings-newcastle-roots/ |agency=Newcastle Herald |date=2015}}</ref>
He founded Toll in 1888, when he hauled coal with a horse and cart.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/150m-for-corrigan-not-two-cents-for-toll-family/2006/04/15/1144521547552.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009003929/http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/150m-for-corrigan-not-two-cents-for-toll-family/2006/04/15/1144521547552.html|archivedate=9 October 2007|url-status=live|title=$150m for Corrigan, not two cents for Toll family|first=Chad|last=Watson|date=16 April 2006|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref>
He was the father of Australian novelist Dora Birtles, and founding president of Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, Victor Toll. A street in the Lake Macquarie suburb Valentine, Albert Street, was named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=3027 |title=Albert Street |website=Lake Mac Libraries}}</ref>
thumb|An A.F. Toll marked Albion vehicle, when the business operated out of Sydney, Newcastle and Cessnock thumb|Opening of A.F. Toll's Storage Depot. 1933
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==External links== *[https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/448364/glimpse-of-newcastles-history-revealed/ Glimpse of Newcastle's history revealed]
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