About Sir Eric Fleming Smart
Lived 1911 – 1973 (aged 61–62). Sir Eric Fleming Smart was a farmer.
Sir Eric Fleming Smart OBE (12 October 1911 – 10 June 1973) was a Western Australian wheat-farmer, grazier, and local government councillor. His innovation achieved record grain and wool yields; he also pioneered modern agricultural methods for fertilisation and pest control. Smart was knighted in 1966 for outstanding service to agriculture.
Early life Smart was born at Narridy, South Australia, on 12 October 1911 to farmer Percival Horace Smart and his wife Lilian Louise, née Rogers. He was their third child. Smart attended Washpool Public School, and Adelaide's Prince Alfred College as a boarder. As an 18-year-old Smart was sharefarming, and had a salt delivery business.
Smart was recognised as one of the most influential Western Australian businessmen in The West Australian 2013 list of the 100 most influential.
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(1911-1973) wheat-farmer and grazier
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Sir Eric Fleming Smart was born on 12 October 1911.
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Sir Eric Fleming Smart died in 1973.
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Sir Eric Fleming Smart was a farmer.
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