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Alexander Wallace Sandford
Alexander Wallace Sandford (23 April 1849 – 31 December 1905), often written A. Wallace Sandford or Wallace Sandford, was a produce merchant and engineer in Victoria then South Australia, where he was served in Parliament for five years. His eldest son, Sir James Wallace Sandford was a prominent figure is South Australian public life.
==History==
Sandford was born near Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and emigrated to Melbourne, Victoria with his parents around 1864. He joined in the rush to the goldfields, where he worked for several years.〔 This appears to be the more reliable of the two quite divergent obituaries here cited.〕 He worked for a produce firm 1871 to 1874, then with a number of partners founded his own bacon curing business with a factory in Yarraville and stores in Melbourne, and was soon doing business in the Riverina district in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland, later specialising in dairy products. In 1880 they opened branches in Mount Gambier and Port Adelaide. They established butter factories and creameries in various country towns, investing heavily in the most modern machinery and large refrigeration plant. The transferred their head office to Adelaide around 1881,〔 leaving his brother John W. Sandford, who was a junior partner, in charge of the Melbourne operation. They developed a thriving export trade. As his health deteriorated his eldest son J. Wallace Sandford took over much of the management duties.
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