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Type of entity
Person
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George Newton Levy
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Description area
Dates of existence
1855-1932
History
Mr. Levy was a builder and contractor and prominent figure in the business and public life of Devonport and district. Two of the best-known buildings he erected are the present E.S. and A. Bank at Devonport (built for the old Bank of Van Diemen's Landin 1891) and the Devonport Town Hall in 1899.For a number of years he was a member of the old Devonport Town Board, subsequently being elected a member of the South Ward in the Devonport Municipal Council at its inception in1907, upon which he retained his seat for nine years, and served as Warden in 1909. Shortly after the adoption of an elective Marine Board for Mersey in 1906, and upon the resignation of the late Warden Chas. A. Littler, Mr. Levy was elected to the vacancy, and served for about 18 months, when he resigned upon undertaking a contract for the Board. He was a prominent Oddfellow for the greater part of his life, and filled at various times all the offices of that institution. A keen follower of bowls, he was known on most of the greens in the State.
From https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68145766