Claude de Bernales
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1876 – 1963
Who was Claude de Bernales?
Claude Albo de Bernales was a Western Australian mining entrepreneur whose business activities and marketing did much to stimulate investment in Western Australia during the early years of the twentieth century. During the 1930s gold production in the State increased from £1,600,000 to £11,800,000 and employment in the industry quadrupled due in considerable part to de Bernales' marketing of the goldfields to overseas investors.
De Bernales accumulated immense wealth through complex and elaborate schemes by which he acquired many mining companies and attracted overseas investment and personal support. In the latter part of his life however, financial difficulties and ill-health saw him live as a recluse in Selsey, Sussex.
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- Born
- May 31, 1876
Brixton - Spouses
- Lived in
- Western Australia
- Died
- Dec 9, 1963
Chelsea
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on July 23, 2013
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