Robert Radford

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☨ Robert Radford
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	owner 1847-1849
Location	at Radfords Royal Circus in Australia

Biography details

Robert Avis Radford , circus director in Australia

Born 1814 dead 1865 .

in December 1847, a publican and professional equestrian named Robert Avis Radford (1814–65) opened Radford's Royal Circus at the rear of his Horse & Jockey Inn. [11] After some two years of almost continuous circus activity, the enterprise eventually left Radford insolvent. But the development of a colonial circus industry had been set in motion. Two of his equestrians, Golding Ashton (1820–89) and John Jones (c1826–1903), eventually established colonial circus dynasties in the tenting tradition, under the professional names (' noms d'arena') of 'James Henry' Ashton and 'Matthew St Leon' respectively. As a result of their efforts, the history of almost any Australian circus of note, including several in existence today, can be traced, directly or indirectly, to Radford's pioneering circus enterprise.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Robert Avis Radford in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2150. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/circus

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