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Birth
David Arnott was born in Fife, Scotland on the 9th of May, 1829 (AN). He was born to parents David Millie Arnott and Isabella Smith (NFHS, AN). His Father, David Millie was a convict transported to Australia on a 7 year sentence of breach of faith (NFHS). His Mother Isabella, and 4 of his siblings followed David Millie out To Australia (NFHS). This left David with his older Brother William (NFHS, MBR), who was later the founder of Arnotts Biscuits Holdings.

Journey to Australia
David finished his apprenticeship as a baker in Scotland, and decided to join the rest of his family in Australia (MBR). He left behind the famines of Ireland, and the bleak economic outlook of Scotland (IBBE). In October 1847 (Farrer, Keith 2005), David boarded the Sir Edmund Parry (IBBE, NFHS, AN), with William, from Plymouth (IBBE) headed to Australia. With a total sailing time of around 20 weeks (IBBE), the brothers arrived in Sydney on the 17th of February 1847 (AN).

Wife and Children
In 1853, at the age of 24, David married Elizabeth Taylor (MBR, AN). They had 12 children over 13 years (AN).

Life in Maitland
David made his way from Sydney to Maitland in 1850 to start his life in Australia as a baker (IBBE). His father David Millie had been released from his conviction and was working nearby as a shepherd in New England (MBR). David was employed in West Maitland with his brother William for 5 shillings a day as bakers(NFHS).

The Gold Rush
In 1851 Edward Hargraves discovered a grain of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst (AUS). He recognized that the area had similar geological features to the Californian goldfields where he had been (AUS). As was the times, David left for the goldfields and ended up at the Turon river goldfield just outside Bathurst (NFHS, IBBE). David had limited success on the gold field front, although made a decent living for 3 years as a baker selling food to the miners with brother William (NFHS).

Post-Goldfields
A few years later, after David’s stint at the goldfields was up, he moved back to Maitland, living and baking on Hunter Street (NFHS). David worked in the same building as William (MM), expanding the family business with ‘dedication and marketing flair’ (IBBE). David moved to Morpeth in around 1862, and worked in the Morpeth bakehouse (MBR). This bakehouse marked the renowned start of William’s business (MBR). In the late 1860’s David moved to Hunter Street in Newcastle (MBR) to follow the prospects and population growth there. He encouraged his older to move there after his wife passed away (MBR), and this ended up being William’s lucky break and was where he set up the original Arnott’s bakery (ARN).

Crimes
David Arnott had various troubles with the law. In 1854, David was charged with abusive language towards a Constable (MM). The bench had difficulty ascertaining what was meant by David’s slang and the case was dismissed (MM). This was not the end of his mix ups with the law, in 1859 David was found guilty of keeping pigs within 40 yards of the High Street, and fined 6 shillings (MM). In 1861 David was once again charged and dismissed, this time for mislabeling the weight of his bread, although the court found that this was due to evaporation of water out of the bread (MM).

Death
David Arnott died on the 4th of May 1905, aged 76 (AN).