George Sutherland Smith
George Sutherland Smith (1830 – 18 August 1903) was a Scotsman who migrated to Australia, working as a builder and paddle-steamer captain. He turned to winemaking with considerable success, founding the All Saints winery in the Rutherglen region of Victoria. History Smith was born in Caithness, Scotland in 1830 (some sources have 1828), and together with John Banks (1833–1876) trained as a construction engineer, apprenticed as a joiner to Banks's father. They emigrated to Australia at the time of the gold rush, arriving in Victoria in 1852. They were partners in a gold claim in Beechworth, Victoria. Builder and contractor They formed a partnership "Smith & Banks", builders and contractors of Wangaratta and Beechworth in 1857. They engaged in a number of public contracts including the bridge over the Edward River at Deniliquin, extensions to Beechworth prison, and built the hospital and Presbyterian church in Beechworth. In 1872 they purchased a sawmill at Barnawatha to supply sleepers for the rapidly advancing railway. The sawmill was destroyed by fire in 1875. Riverboats Smith was a partner in Smith & Harris (1863–1866) then Smith & Banks (1865), acting as a local agent for Murray & Jackson, two Americans who ran, and part-owned,