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Edward Nucella Emmett (18 February 1817 – 18 March 1874) was an English born Australian entrepreneur and politician, briefly a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.〔 ==Career== Emmett worked as an auctioneer in Adelaide, South Australia.〔 〕 He lived in Bendigo from 1852 to 1870, first as a gold digger and auctioneer〔(Parliament of Victoria, former members Emmett, Edward Nucella )〕 He was said to be the first discoverer of the Hustler's Reef near Bendigo.〔 〕 and later, with Hugh Smith, he established the Bendigo Bank (subsequently purchased by the then Bank of Victoria).〔 He later started a brewery and a number of mining companies. To secure Bendigo’s future, Emmett worked to establish a reliable water supply and was the main promoter of the Bendigo Waterworks Company (now part of Coliban Water). Given the financial problems of the Victorian colonial government and the lack of local government funds he worked to privately fund a new water supply. The council controlled a 22-acre water reserve site along the Bendigo Creek at Golden Square. With funding from wealthy investors in Melbourne he formed the company which was incorporated by parliament. Joseph Brady was the first engineer for the project.〔(History: "Water for Gold! - The fight to quench Central Victoria's Goldfields", Coliban Water, See slides 20-25 ) retrieved 18 December 2012〕 He went to Sydney after 1870 where he was a broker, legal manager and mining agent.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Nucella Emmett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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