Work
Abbott was admitted as a solicitor in 1865, and practiced law in Murrurundi, specialising in land cases. He was appointed a commissioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, for the district of Maitland.
Founding a firm, Abbott & Allan in Sydney, Abbott established himself as an expert in property and land law.
He was a director, and later chairman, of the Australian Mutual Provident Society.
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