Wallace, Donald Smith (1844–1900)
by Alan W. Black
This article was published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, 1976 online in 2006
Donald Smith Wallace (1844-1900), pastoralist, racehorse owner and parliamentarian, was born at Ballark station near Morrisons, Victoria, on 10 August 1844, eldest son of John Wallace, squatter, and his wife Elizabeth, née Smith. He was educated at Charles Goslett’s Academy in Melbourne. After pastoral experience at Alexander Wilson’s property, Vectis, he went to Queensland about 1870 to a series of sheep station partnerships, including large ventures with (Sir) Samuel Wilson. He returned to Victoria in 1878, and in 1880 failed to win the seat of Grant in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Next year he headed a syndicate that sought to establish an agricultural college on crown…
