{{Short description|Australian businessman}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Harry Andreas | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1879<ref>[https://archive.today/20121127013754/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Andreas&gname=&fname=Phillip&mname=Hannah&event=births&frange=1878&trange=1879&place=&x=86&y=6&SessionID=35984010 BD&Ms – NSW Births.] Retrieved 8 September 2012</ref> | birth_place = Sydney | death_date = 21 May 1955<ref name="BD&Ms – NSW Deaths">[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Andreas&gname=&fname=Phillip&mname=Hannah&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=1956&place=&x=75&y=9&SessionID=35984010 BD&Ms – NSW Deaths.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214050923/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Andreas&gname=&fname=Phillip&mname=Hannah&event=deaths&frange=1955&trange=1956&place=&x=75&y=9&SessionID=35984010 |date=14 December 2013 }} Retrieved 8 September 2012</ref> | death_place = Bowral, New South Wales | death_cause = | education = Newington College | occupation = | known_for = Big-game fishing | spouse = Alice May (née Burton) | parents = Hanna (née Denning) and Phillip Andreas | children = 2 daughters & 2 sons | relatives = Son-in-law<br>Clive Evatt QC<br>Grandchildren<br>Elizabeth Evatt AC<br>Penelope Seidler AM<br>& Clive Evatt Jnr }} '''Harry Andreas''' (born '''Ehenriech Phillip Andreas'''; 1879–1955)<ref name=wwia>{{Citation | title=Who's who in Australia, 1935 : biographical sketches and photos of representative commercial, professional, financial, pastoral, and business men of Australia | publication-date=1935 | publisher=Sydney | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10288693 | accessdate=10 December 2013 }}</ref> was an Australian businessman and company director. As a big-game fisherman he pioneered the sport in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17665092 |title=Much Tenacity and Skill Required. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 February 1940 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=6 Supplement: Women's Supplement |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was the inventor of the Andreas Fortuna Game Fish Reel and is described in the 1935 edition of ''Who's Who in Australia'' as being of "Independent Means".<ref name="wwia"/>
==Birth and education== Harry Andreas was born in Sydney, the first son of Australian-born Hannah (née Denning) and English-born Phillip Ehenriech Andreas. His younger brother, Charles Denning Andreas (1880{{spaced ndash}}1882), died as an infant.<ref>[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Andreas&gname=&fname=Phillip&mname=Hannah&event=deaths&frange=1880&trange=1883&place=&x=90&y=6&SessionID=35984010 BD&Ms – NSW Deaths.] Retrieved 8 September 2012</ref> During his childhood, the Andreas family lived in Palace Street, Petersham, New South Wales.<ref name="wwia"/> Andreas was educated at Newington College (1891{{ndash}}1895)<ref>''Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998'' (Syd, 1999) pp 4</ref> where he was a talented sportsman and shot.<ref>''The Newingtonian 1992'' (Syd, 1992) pp 237</ref> In 1893, he competed in the Queen's Rifle Shoot at Bisley, England whilst still at Newington.<ref>[https://australianfishingmuseum.com/andreas/ Australian Fishing Museum] Retrieved 25 November 2018.</ref>
==Sportsman== From his earliest years out of school, Andreas is notable as a sportsman with his activities chronicled by the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and other newspapers.
==Leura and Kirribilli== right|thumb|150px|Leuralla – the Andreas family home in Leura Leuralla was Andreas's house in Leura. In 1903 a house was built on the current site but was destroyed by bushfire in 1909. Between 1910 and 1914 the present house was built and is a notable example of an early 20th Century holiday residence for a wealthy family.<ref name=hbw>{{cite web | title = NSW Heritage Branch – Leuralla, Garage, Outbuilding, Amphitheatre and Gardens | publisher =NSW Government | url =http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_04_2.cfm?itemid=1170133 | accessdate = 8 September 2012 }}</ref> The property is being sold by the family and previously housed a toy and railway museum.<ref>[http://www.toyandrailwaymuseum.com.au/ New South Wales Toy & Railway Museum]. Retrieved 8 September 2012.</ref> Andreas also maintained a family residence on Sydney Harbour at Elamang Avenue, Kirribilli.
== Inventor and businessman== In 1905, Andreas Applied to the Commonwealth Commissioner of Patents to register his improvements to an acetylene generator.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9911930 |title=APPLICATIONS BY INVENTORS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=28 January 1905 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=17 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Only 46 of his "Fortuna Reel Andreas Pat. No 123405/18 & 19 Ex Wide" were produced between 1934 and 1936 and one was sold at auction in London on 14 July 2012 for £5,200.<ref>[http://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot-49225-reel_hardy_fortuna_andrea's_patent_9"_ex_wide.html Mollock's – LOT 300 – REEL: Hardy Fortuna Andrea's Patent 9" Ex Wide.]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 8 September 2012.</ref> His friend and fellow Old Newingtonian, George Harker, was the inventor of a patented system of extinguishing fires at sea and fumigation<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=raYxtwAACAAJ Collection of Booklets about the Harker Patent Fire Extinguisher and Fumigator.] Retrieved 8 September 2012.</ref> and in 1908 when the Harker Fire Extinguisher and Fumigator Company was formed Andreas became a director.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15000081 |title=NOTES AND COMMENTS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 September 1908 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Royal connections== right|thumb|150px|Queen Elizabeth II arriving in Leura for her visit to Leuralla During the 1927 Royal Tour of Australasia, Andreas acted as a fishing guide for The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) in the Bay of Islands.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54884539 |title=ROYAL ANGLERS. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=25 February 1927 |accessdate=1 September 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Whilst her parents were fishing with Andreas the young Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) was at home in London but during the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia, Andreas welcomed Her Majesty and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as guests at Leuralla.<ref>[http://www.toyandrailwaymuseum.com.au/leuralla-househistory.html Leuralla – Guests] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724052719/http://toyandrailwaymuseum.com.au/leuralla-househistory.html |date=24 July 2013 }}. Retrieved 8 September 2012.</ref>
==Old Newingtonian== From as early as 1906, Andreas was the Country Vice-president in Leura for the Old Newingtonians' Union (ONU) and he continued to serve in that position until his death in 1955.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14813757 |title=OLD NEWINGTONIAN'S UNION. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 October 1906 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Andreas presented annually a Hardy Brothers medal to the Newington College boy who was the highest scorer in the AAGPS shooting competition. From 1956 until 1969 the Andreas Medal continued to be presented in his honour by the ONU.<ref>Newington Across the Years, A History of Newington College 1863 – 1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 347</ref> In 1994 the Andreas Medal was funded in perpetuity by his grandchildren.<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists</ref>
==Family and death== In 1902, Andreas married Alice May Burton, the daughter of William Henry Burton<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16792264 |title=MR. W. H. BURTON. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 July 1931 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> of Leicester, England.<ref name="wwia"/> The marriage produced two sons and two daughters:<ref>[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Andreas&gname=&fname=&mname=Alice&event=births&frange=1900&trange=1911&place=&x=61&y=12&SessionID=35984010 BD&Ms – NSW Births.] Retrieved 8 September 2012</ref> Marjorie, Mrs. Clive Evatt;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16437735 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 January 1928 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Phillip Andreas; Lucy, Mrs. Erling Aargaard;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17292743 |title=BRIDAL GOWNS OF MANY SHADES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 December 1936 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and William Andreas. Alice Andreas died, aged 73, in Leura in 1952.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18288974 |title=DEATH OF MRS. E. P. ANDREAS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 November 1952 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Harry Andreas died in Bowral, New South Wales, survived by his four children.<ref name="BD&Ms – NSW Deaths"/>
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