John Hay Goodlet (22 March 1835 – 13 January 1914) was a Scottish-born Australian timber merchant and philanthropist.
[1] On 3 May 1860 he married Ann Dickson, who would go on to be the third president of the Young Women's Christian Association's Australian branch in 1886.
[3] John Goodlet had a sawmill in Erskine Street and later a brickworks at Granville, a pottery in Surry Hills and two further mills.
[4] Goodlet survived the 1893 bank crash with difficulty, but had recovered well and became known for charitable donations, including Sydney Hospital, the Benevolent Society and, most significantly, the Presbyterian church.
[4] His nephew, Alfred Ingram Macfarlan (1861-1929), had come from Glasgow to join the business in 1900, serving as secretary for many years.