Gabriel Bennett (23 December 1817 – 13 September 1895) was an auctioneer, stock and cattle salesman and horse breeder in South Australia.
This partnership, despite the business being quite profitable, ended in insolvency, due largely to embezzlement[2] on the part of his sons Henry and (to a lesser extent) Simeon, who was employed as a clerk.
At a private meeting held on 2 June 1861, a steering committee was formed consisting of Sir J. H. Fisher, W. H. Formby, W. Filgate, C. B. Fisher, and James Chambers, determined to re-form the old South Australian Jockey Club and draw up rules.
At a second meeting held on 1 July 1861, a committee consisting of E. M. Bagot (chairman), W. K. Simms, P. B. Coglin (starter), and Gabriel Bennett was elected to establish facilities and organise the first racing program.
Horses for which he was, later, better known were Emulation, Impudence, Loquacity, Ada, Vibration, and Presumption, and was involved with William Gerrard of Yoho estate, near Delamere, in the breeding of thoroughbreds.
[9] Bennett was a commissioned officer in the Reedbeds Cavalry in the South Australian Volunteer Force.
A. T. Boas arrived in South Australia on 13 February 1870, and in the following July laid the foundation stone of the new synagogue.