William Arnott (biscuit manufacturer)

William Arnott was born 6 December 1827, in Pathhead, Fife, Scotland, His father was David Millie and his mother was Isobella Arnott. In October 1847, he and his brother David set out for Sydney, Australia on board the assisted-immigrants' ship Sir Edward Parry; they reached Sydney some 135 days later, on 17 February 1848. ==Career==

Arnott's Biscuits After arriving in Australia, he first started a baking company in Morpeth, New South Wales, 22 miles north-west of Newcastle. Arnott decided to try his luck gold mining in 1851, and left for the Turon River diggings alone. He was not successful; he failed to find any gold and eventually returned to life as a baker. It was so named as his biscuit-making machines (or "rotary ovens") were steam-powered. In 1894, Arnott employed numerous workers Arnott also produced Tim Tam, Jatz and SAO biscuits. ==Personal life==

William Arnott was a prominent member of the Wesleyan Church and taught Sunday school for close to 25 years. In 1848, Arnott wed Monica Sinclair, who already had four children at the time of the marriage; Sinclair died aged 36 on 11 April 1865. It is not in the Australian Dictionary of Biography had been transported here for breach of trust, fraud and embezzlement following sentence in 1837. ==Death and legacy==

On 22 July 1901, aged 73. Shortly after his death, Arnott's sons spread out the business to other parts of the world, including East Asia and South Africa. ==References==