E. E. Wagstaff sitting in a Daimler automobile Printed on verso: Post Card Carte Postale-Postkarte. Source: State Library of Victoria Image H82.254/23 E. E. Wagstaff collection. Ernest Edward Wagstaff (1870-1965) was born in Essex, England and came to Melbourne in 1904 to become the first General Manager of British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. He held this position until 1927, when the company changed it's name to Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. He was a motoring enthusiast, and made trips such as a Melbourne to Sydney trip in 1901, and Melbourne to Adelaide in 1908.