Lindsay Lawrence Hosking 8 July 1938 - 29 September 2025
Born Kalgoorlie 8 July 1938. Died Melbourne 29 September 2025.
Father of three, grandfather of three.
Fan of the minutiae of numbers, accounting and otherwise.
JP, FCPA, A Fin, ACSA, AMAMI.
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Ancestors
- Grandad - Thomas Henry Hosking. 22 August 1880 - 1 January 1945
- Grandmother - Lillian Maud Hosking (nee Tremayne). 22 November 1888 - 12 February 1961
- Grandfather - James McConnell. 11 November 1876 - 17 November 1957
- Grannie - Dorothy Jane McConnell (nee Robinson, late Gordon) 1871 - 16 August 1955
- Father - Arthur Lawrence Hosking. 25 February 1908 - 18 July 2008
- Mother - Dorothy Alice Hosking (nee McConnell) 18 June 1908 - 2 January 2014
Kalgoorlie (1938 - 1958)
Lindsay Hosking was born in Kalgoorlie on 8 July 1938.
At that time everyone had air-raid shelters and blackout curtains. Lindsay remembers the searchlights
regularly being switched on in Kalgoorlie and Cottesloe.
Lindsay's first schooling was at a Catholic kindergarten in Butler Street. He lasted one week.
In 1944 he started at North Kalgoorlie State School and completed his primary education there in 1950.
Lindsay's first full time job was at the Bank of New South Wales in Kalgoorlie.
He worked there for two years before transferring to Perth.
Perth (1958 - 1972)
Lindsay transferred to Perth in March 1958 and spent most of his remaining time with
the bank at their head office. He did not appreciate the bank culture.
He commenced 'going out' with Nola Finlay in May 1960 and they were married on
26 August 1961.
Lindsay joined the naval reserve on 13 May 1958 and at the time of his resignation
on 6 July 1961 he was an acting sub-lieutenant.
Building was part of the business, homes in Nollamara, Wembley Downs and City Beach
saw the family moving around before most of the children attended school.
At last check the City Beach house on Chipping Road still stands.
New South Wales (1972 - 1978)
Lindsay and family headed to Sydney in January 1972.
He soon found a job as a plumbing salesman before moving to a position at ITP accountants.
The Bellevue Hill apartment had its attractions, such as location and Cooper Park.
The Bondi house backed on to another park.
Lindsay spent time renovating the Bondi house, though was careful not to disturb the neighbours.
In 1973 Lindsay was made a Justice of the Peace for New South Wales. In October that year he received
an offer to work as assistant to the chairman at Viscount Holdings in Albury, he accepted the job
and the family moved to Albury.
Albury saw the family again moving around, east Albury, Lavington and Ebden on Lake Hume before
settling in central Albury near the Viscount Holdings office.
The Wilson Street house became home to the family for many years but no longer exists.
Mandurah (1978 - 1988)
As business changes occurred, in September 1978, Lindsay returned to Western Australia and his family
followed in December after the end
of the school year.
Moving to the new subdivision south of Mandurah the family lived in temporary accommodation before moving to the new
Lindsay-designed house, earlier planned to be built in West Albury.
Lindsay's restarted his partnership with Peter O'Loughlin, a friend from his earlier Kalgoorlie and Perth days.
The first task was to develop the Lazy Crab holiday village which was opened 9 November 1979
by the Shire President. Peter's duties concentrated on land sales; Lindsay's on building and management.
Between building the local roads, water supply, accommodation, restaurant, convenience store,
boat hire and other entertainment a lot happened.
Melbourne (1988-2025)
After his marriage dissolved, in June 1988, Lindsay moved to Sydney and proceeded to liquidate a group of bridal wear shops.
He stayed at a motel in Oxford Street and was able to walk to work.
Living in Sydney Lindsay opened an unsuccessful backpackers' hostel in Kings Cross.
Lindsay spent most of 1989 in Melbourne where he assisted in the sale of the Brown Gouge
dry cleaning business with which he had previously been involved during his time with Viscount Holdings.
In 1991 Lindsay opened Tax Affair on Commercial Road Prahran and continued to work there until shortly before his death.
On 8 March 2024 Dons Prahran posted a comment on Instagram
about Lindsay being a regular customer - "His work ethic, sense of humour and ability to pull up a stool
after a hard days work are all traits we’ve taken on board.". The story was picked up by 3AW Drive on 11 March 2024.
Favorite anecdote
Working as assistant to the chairman at Viscount Holdings Lindsay noticed at board meetings every man
was wearing a white shirt. He started wearing coloured shirts. When every man was wearing coloured
shirts, he switched back to white.
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Acknowledgements
Text includes timeline and excerpts from Lindsay's autobiography, some photos from family albums.
2024-03-12 photo from Dons Prahran Instagram page.
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