RILEY, ALBAN JOSEPH (1844-1914), draper and politician, was born on 8 June 1844 at Balmain, Sydney, son of Alban Joseph Riley, softgoods merchant, and his wife Juliana, née Lyons. About 1850 his family moved to Maitland where he was educated at a private school with (Sir) Samuel Griffith. In 1859 he was apprenticed to Farmer & Co. in Sydney and attended logic and Greek classes conducted by Dr Woolley at the School of Arts. He became chief clerk and gained experience in drapery and in the counting-house. About 1868 he and his brother Philip, who had been with David Jones & Co. for many years, set up as drapers in Sydney and Goulburn as Riley Bros. They opened branches in Bathurst and in 1874 at Maitland. Their '£5 Bale system' of delivering goods throughout the colony enlarged their operations. On 4 October 1870 Alban had married Eleanor Harriet Birkenhead.
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