Background
Sidney Yeates was born in London, and arrived in South Australia when 6 years of age.
Sidney Yeates was born in London, and arrived in South Australia when 6 years of age.
He selected Crown land at Mount Remarkable (now Melrose township), South Australia, grazing sheep until 1863, when he sold up to move to Queensland. Sidney Yeates was a keen politician in the days of McIlwraith and Griffith, and fought vigorously for the transcontinental land grant railway scheme in the early 1880s. Sidney married Dymphna Maria Cudmore (1837 – 4 March 1899), daughter of Daniel Cudmore), on 27 March 1857.
He was survived by nine sons.
Albert (1860–1941) and the other older sons were pastoralists, while the two youngest, Kenneth and Herbert (1879–1945) were the principals of the firm of Yeates Bros, and Company, stock and station agents, Toowoomba, while Milo was in charge of the Dalby branch.
He was a prominent member of the Wangaratta Divisional Board. Herbert was a member of Queensland"s Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1945.
