{{Short description|Australian pioneer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} '''George Synnot''' (23 February 1819 – 1 July 1871)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Synnot, 1820 Settler b. 23 Feb 1819 Ballymoyer, County Armagh, Ireland d. 1 Jul 1871 Geelong, Victoria, Australia: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa |url=https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I136065&tree=master |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=www.1820settlers.com}}</ref> was one of Victoria's pioneer settlers arriving in the Port Phillip District about 1837 and rising to become a prominent land owner and Geelong businessman.
thumb|414 George Synot 1830
George Synnot was son of Captain Walter Synnot,<ref>"The Children of Walter Synnot Esq" Painting by Joseph Wright of Derby</ref> a prominent Australian Colonial, one of numerous children. His Brother Monckton Synnot was also a well known squatter and wool brokers. His sister Jane married into the Manifold family.
George Synnot travelled to the Port Phillip District and established the stock and station agency, George Synnot & Co., in 1854, taking Thomas Guthrie (1833–1928), into the partnership in 1857.<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/guthrie-thomas-3683/text5757 J. Ann Hone, 'Guthrie, Thomas (1833–1928)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 20 June 2014]</ref> They operated hide and skin stores, wool and grain warehouses in Claire Street Geelong, and also engaged in trade. Synnot is credited with holding one of the first auction sales of wool in Geelong in November 1858.<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/synnot-monckton-4683/text7749 Mary Turner Shaw, 'Synnot, Monckton (1826–1879)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 20 June 2014]</ref> Hawkes Bros. took over the business in 1882. In 1850, Synnot purchased over 18,000 acres under pre-emptive rights in the parishes of Bulban and Wurdi Yowang. With his brother Monkton Synnot, he managed the main station known as 'Station Peak', while the Mouyong property (also known as Mowyong Mayong, Moyong, Mouyong or Bareacres).<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/groups/799686@N21/discuss/72157632778702882/ Werribee – The area, its people and heritage. Bill Strong Flickr stream, 'Synnot family' Geelong Historical Records Collection]</ref>
Synnot bought the gabled Scottish manse style house 'Fernside' in Geelong at an auction in 1866.<ref>[http://www.honeycombe-archive.com/thegreatwork/07books/books/AFM/book140.html Gordon Honeycombe ''thegreatwork'' accessed online 20/6/2014]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Synnot, George}} Category:1819 births Category:1871 deaths Category:Australian pastoralists Category:Colony of New South Wales people Category:People from the Colony of Victoria Category:Australian stock and station agents Category:19th-century Australian businesspeople