ARDAGH Marchant ATKINSON John Jagger, Hannah (wife), Fdk BALL John BARLOW Eliza BATTINSON Jane BEST Sarah Ann BROADBENT Levi, Sarah (wife), Sarah Ann, 2 dau, son, 3 dau (inc John, Jas, Hannah, Colin, Sophia, Molley, Lucy?) BROOK / BROOKE Charles, wife (d@sea), dau, son
BUTTERWORTH, Joseph, Alice BROADBENT, John William, James Broadbent, Eli, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Bramley
BUTTERWORTH, Joseph
BUTTERWORTH, Alice nee BROADBENT
BUTTERWORTH, John William NORMANVILLE, November 23.-Mr. John Butterworth, a very old resident, died yesterday. He was born at Diggle Edge, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, on July 22, 1824, and arrived in the colony in the ship Baboo in January, 1840. In the forties he took up farming land in Aldinga. On October 31, 1850, he was married to Miss Isabella Macmillan in St. Stephen's Church, Willunga. The couple celebrated the jubilee of their married life on October 31 last. With his brother Ely Mr. Butterworth erected a flourmill at Yankalilla, and at the same, time carried on farming operations at Aldinga. In 1860 the trade in cereals and, flour from the districts south of Adelaide with Melbourne had so developed that the firm secured interests in several sailing vessels. In 1863 Mr. Butterworth sold his farm at Aldinga and removed to Normanville, where he resided until his death. For many years he was president of the local Agricultural Society. He was on the commission of the peace, and gave attention to the duties which the holding of this office imposed upon hiin. Mr. Butterworth is survived by his wife, three sons, and one daughter.
Adelaide Observer Saturday 01 December 1900 page 13
BUTTERWORTH, James Broadbent
BUTTERWORTH, Eli
BUTTERWORTH, Mary
BUTTERWORTH, Sarah
BUTTERWORTH, Joseph
BUTTERWORTH, Bramley
CHALLINER / CHALLINOR / CHALLONER, Thomas, wife
CHALWIN, William
CHALWIN, William
COMMONS / COMMYNS James, (wife) CONNOR Patrick, wife (Mary WHITE?) COX George COX Harry COX Robert COX W J CULLEN / MCCULLEN Sarah
DEW, George, Dinah POMEROY, daughter
DEW, George
Courtesy of the State Library of South Australia
DUERDEN / DUERDIN Mary DWYER Ellen FRAZER Hugh M, Ellen/Eleanor ADAMS, son, dau (Janet?), son FRY George, wife (Eliza DAVIS?), son, dau GODFREY James HALL Elias, Alice (wife), Joseph Holmes, My, Hrt
HALL Isaac, wife (Sarah?)
The death Is announced of Mr. Isaac Hall at Cumberland Park, Mount Pleasant. He was one of the seven children of Mr. W. Hall, and arrived off Holdfast Bay in the ship Baboo on March 9, 1840. He spent two successful seasons whaling in Encounter Bay, and during his stay in the south became acquainted with many of the characters, scenes, and incidents 'which Mr. S. Newland has depicted in 'Paving the Way.' The journey between Adelaide and Encounter Bay had to be done on foot in those days, as there was neither sea nor rail communication. Mr. Hall covered the distance several times, taking two days for the journey. He with his father construct ed the first winnowing-machine in the State. He spent several years at his trade building carts and drays for the Burra and Gawler roads, and. in the employ of various firms, and after successfully conducting the Black Lion Hotel for a considerable time he settled on the land. His property at Salt, Creek, near Mount Pleasant, was named after his native English county, and for 45 years past he had lived upon it. Although he never entered into public life many residents of the Tungkillo district are thankful to him for the action he took in getting the present road constructed to the Murray Flats. Mr. Hall maintained full possession of his faculties to the last, although he was 83 years of age. He was a man of fine physique and commanding presence. He left a widow— his second wife— two daughters, and a son. The last named is farming on Yorke Peninsula.
Chronicle Saturday 02 January 1904 page 32
HALL Thomas Frederick, Eliza (wife) HALL William, Sarah ROGERS, Eliz, Sarah, Wm, John, My, Ed HANDBY Godfrey, Eliza LEE HEAP George HEAP Priscilla HOSIER Henry Nye/(Ney), Ann Gunniman LEE, Anne Eliza, My E, Sarah
HUGGINS, William Henry, Harriet GUNSON, dau (Henriette?)
HUGGINS, William Henry
HUNT Mary Ann HUTCHINSON Elizabeth C HUTCHINSON Thomas JEFFERY Elias, wife (Jane JEFFERY?) JEFFERY James, wife (Susan?), dau (Ann?), son JOLLY James JONES Edward
KELLY Alexander Charles
Dr. A. C. Kelly, the well-known vigneron, formerly of the Tintara, Vineyard, Morphett Vale, died at his residence, Norwood, on Tuesday night, October 9. The deceased gentleman— who took his medical degree at Edinburgh in 1832— arrived in the Baboo in the year 1840, and for some time held the position of Assistant Surgeon at the Hospital. In 1846 he returned to England, having been appointed Emigration Lecturer in Scotland in the years 1846-7. Towards the end of 1847 he returned to the colony in the emigrant ship Lady McNaughton, of which he was the surgeon superintendent. He then settled upon some land which he had previously purchased at Morphett Vale. In 1804 he removed to the Tintara Vineyard, where be remained— with the exception of the years 1870-2, when he was in England again — till about a year ago. Since then he has been living at Norwood. Dr. Kelly wrote a valuable work on winemaking, end also at various times delivered acceptable lectures on the subject. He leaves a widow and two sons and three daughters. The remains of the late Dr. Kelly were interred at the Clayton Chapel Cemetery, Kensington, on Friday, October 12. The chief mourners were Mr. Kelly, eldest son, and Mr. T. B. Kelly, brother of the deceased. Amongst the others present at tho grave were the Rev, J. C. Woods, D. Cleland; and Messrs. S. Davenport, W. ailey, J. B. Hughea, J. .Crompton, A. S. Clark, T. Hardy, 'W. H. Formby, J. Gillard, and W. H. Harris. Tho funeral service was read by the Rev. T.Hope.
South Australian Register Saturday 03 November 1877 page 5
Alexander Charles Kelly, MD., L.R.C.S.: who was born at Dunbar, Scot-land, 5/6/1811, and died at Norwood 9/10/1877. He obtained his degree at Edinburgh in 1832, and in 1840 arrived here in the Baboo, and was assistant surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital.. In 1846 he went to England, having been appointed the emigration lecturer for this province in 1848, but returned here about the end of 1847 as surgeon of the emigrant ship Lady Macnaughton. He then settled on land he had previously bought at Morphett Vale and remained there till 1884, when he returned to the Tintara vineyard, which was owned by Sir Thomas Elder, Sir Samuel Davenport, and Dr. Kelly in partnership. In .1870 the doctor returned to Scotland to open an agency in London for Australian wine with Mr. P. B. Burgoyne. He had, I think, to have an operation on his jawbone, and returned here in 1872. In 1878 he removed from Tintara to Norwood, in which year Tintara vineyard was bought by Thomas Hardy. Dr. Kelly wrote a valuable work on winemaking, and often lectured on the subject. In 1885 the doctor married Ann Worthington, daughter of George Worthington, barrister. His two sons were J. G. Kelly, of Lyndoch, and F. C. Kelly, of England. There were three daughters— Mrs. William Fletcher; of North Adelaide, Mrs. C. C. Driffield, and Mrs. H. W. Varley. It has been claimed that Mr. Reynell and Dr. Kelly were the first to plant vines here, but I do not think that is correct. George Stevenson was, I think, the first to do so, and Cock and Fergusson, at Magill (how Penfold's) were also pioneers.
The Register Monday 16 May 1927 page 12
KEMPT, Elijah, wife (Mary TIDMAN)
KIRBY, John, Katherine FIELD, Richard, William H T, John George, Catherine/Katherine Mary, Matilda
KIRBY, John George
We have to record the death of Mr. John G. Kirby, who passed away on Thursday morning at his residence, Park View, Gilberton. He arrived in the colony in the year 1840 in the ship Baboo, and later on accompanied John McKinlay, the well-known explorer, across the continent in search of Burke and Wills. During this expedition Mr. Kirby lost the rest of the party, but afterwards found them in a range of mountains in Queensland, which were afterwards called the Kirby Range. A few years after this he revisited Ireland, his native country, and on his return to South Australia entered into business with a fair amount of success. His wife met with an accident through being thrown out of her vehicle and was killed about six years ago. There remain three sons and one married daughter. The funeral took place at the West-terrace Cemetery on Friday morning, the Rev. Thos. Field, M. A., officiating. Messrs. Mayfield & Sons were the undertakers.
The Advertiser Saturday 17 June 1893 page 7
LASSON / LASSEN John, Arabella HUHES / (HUGHES?) (d aft arr), (Hannah, Mary {1 d bef dep}), Emma (b@sea, d aft arr) LATTIN Charles, Jane BOOTH, dau LATTIN William, wife LAVER John, wife LAWSON Edward, Hannah SCOTT
LITHELL Emanuel, Elizabeth, John, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Susannah, William
LITHELL, Emanuel
LITHELL, Elizabeth
LITHELL, John
MCDOUGALL MCVITTIE William, wife MILLER Ann MONTGOMERY Alexander, Martha WATSON nee HARRIS, Mgt NELSON J(ohn, wife, dau?)
NEWMAN Thomas, Elizabeth POMEROY, son (Wm Thos?)
NEWMAN, Thomas
DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.—Our obituary contains a notice of the death of another old colonist of forty-one years—Mr. Thomas Newman, of Thebarton. He arrived here in the Baboo in 1840, and has ever since resided at Thebarton. He at first engaged in farming, but soon relinquished that pursuit for storekeeping. He was a member of the M.U. Oddfellows almost since its local foundation, and has identified himself with various philanthropic and religions movements. He leaves six sons and one daughter, the eldest of the family being the Rev. O.T. Newman, Wesleyan Minister, of Kadina.
Evening Journal Friday 16 September 1881 page 2
O'CONNOR James HORROCKS James, Sarah HEAP, dau, son OWENS Bridget OWENS Edward, Cecilia KELLY, son (Pat?) PARSLOW Catherine POLDEN Thomas POTTER Michael (d@sea), Ann NASH, son (Thos?), 2 dau, son (1 child d aft arr), Em (b@sea) PUTLAND Ellen RANDALL John RHODES Mary, 2 sons
RICHARDSON Rueben, Ann (wife), (Ann)
The ranks of old pioneers have again been broken by the death, on Saturday, at Cumberland Farin, Golden Grove, of Mr. Reuben Richardson, who arrived in South Australia on March 9, 1840, by the Baboo. 'For some years Mr. Richardson was in the police force, from which he resigned. He then entered into farming'pursuits at Gould's Greek, and afterwards on the Para River, where in addition to farming he carted ore on the Burra road, in conjunction with Mr. Thomas Atkinson, another old surviving colonist, now of Willunca. Early in the fifties Mr. Richardson bought the section which forms the homestead of Cumberland Farm, and he was one of the first to grow wheat in the Golden Grove district. The first year of his operations lit Cumberland Farm was during the Victorian gold boom, and he was highly successful, as lie realized 21/ a bushel for his wheat, and reaped 1,700 bushels. Mr. Richardson then visited Cumberland, his native county in England, after which he c had named his farm. On returning he settled at Cumberland Farm, in which district he was respected for his strict integrity, and by industry and frugality steadily added to his freehold property, which at the time of his decease had increased to several thousand acres. The deceased gentleman leaves, one daughter (Mrs. Ann Richardson, widow of the late Joseph Richardson, of Lower Light), and numerous grandchildren and great-grand children.
Adelaide Observer Saturday 29 November 1902 page 32
ROBINSON, William, wife
SAINT, John, Charlotte COX, John, Edward, William Moulton, Frederick, Thomas, Alfred
SAINT, John snr.
SAINT, Charlotte nee COX
SAINT, John jnr. On Thursday last Mr. John Saint died at his residence, Saint's Station, after a long and painful illness. The deceased was the last surviving son of the late Mr. John Saint, of Yeovil, Somerset. He was born in 1825, and arrived in South Australia by the ship Baboo in the year 1840. He worked as a plasterer at Hindmarsh, Dry Creek, and Kapunda, and in 1851 he went to Bendigo by the old trade through the Ninety -mile Desert. After staying there for a year he returned to this colony, when, meeting with a gun accident, he settled down as a farmer at Virginia, where he was one of the crack shots of the old Virginia Rifles. For the last 25 years Mr. Saint has resided at Saint's Station. He was one of the founders of the Balaklava and Dalkey Agricultural Society, and was for some years chair man of the Balaklava District Council and of the board of advice; while he was also a justice of the peace. Mr. Saint was one of those to whom the recent land laws have been of no benefit, as he purchased his farm many years ago. He leaves a widow, 15 children, and 36 grandchildren to mourn him, while he will be regretted by a large circle of friends. On Sunday the funeral took place at Balaklava Cemetery, when 70 vehicles and about 20 horsemen followed the coffin, while the grave was surrounded by a crowd of sympathisers who had arrived on foot. The Church of England minister could not make it convenient to conduct the service, although Mr. Saint was a member of his congregation, and the Rev. J. Pearce, of the Bible Christian denomination, who was most kind and attentive to the sufferer during his long illness, officiated.
South Australian Chronicle Saturday 23 April 1892 page 11
SAINT, Edward
SAINT, William Moulton
SAINT, Frederick
SAINT, Thomas
SAINT, Alfred
SAINT, Mary
SKIPWORTH Augustus Frederick, Maria JOHNSON, John, Joel, Amos, Augustus Fdk, Thos, Hrt (d@sea)
Golden Wedding.—On January 7 the rare event of a golden wedding was celebrated at the house of Mr. George Skipworth, Green's Plains West. Mr. G. Skipworth's parents having reached the jubilee of their wedded life on that day, 21 of their own offspring, children, and grandchildren, and a large number of friends, including four ministers of different denominations, assembled to celebrate the occasion. After dinner, which was served in a large tent in the front of the house, several interesting speeches were delivered, in which the venerable couple, who are aged 74 and 70 years respectively, were warmly congratulated, as were also their family, on the joyous event which had so seldom occurred in South Australia. Mr. and Mrs. Skipworth arrived in the colony by the ship Baboo in March, 1840, and are thus colonists of 38 years' standing. Having lived at Salisbury for about a quarter of a century they removed to Green's Plains, where they have dwelt with the larger portion of their family for the last 13 years. They have six sons and one daughter living, all of a stature seldom seen, even in Australia, and 41 grandchildren.
Adelaide Observer Saturday 19 January 1878 page 20
SKIPWORTH Henry, (wife Jane), (Rebecca), Jane/(Sarah), Hannah SMITH James SMITH Robert STUCKEY R PLANT Elizabeth TILLER Richard, Sarah HALL, Wm Hall, Sarah Hall, Ellen Hall, My Hall, Rd Hall TOSTER
UNDERWOOD Emanuel, Janet Wingfield SMITH, Jessie, Sarah Ann, Cecila Ewing
UNDERWOOD, Emanuel
The narration of the early experiences of Captain Underwood, who came out to this colony in 1840, will, we are sure, be read with interest as indicative of the many difficulties the pioneers of South Australia had to contend with, and as an example of the pluck and energy with which they over came them. His exploits in the good ship Governor Gawler formed a frequent theme of comment in the early days, and it is fortunate that we can give his own account of his adventures in that celebrated craft. There are men who look ahead of the present and determine to carve their own way in the world. The hero of this narrative was one of them. We are glad to say that as a hale and hearty septuagenarian he still lives amongst us. Having had enough of the sea, he has settled down in a quiet rural residence, and enjoys the fruits of his labors — not only metaphorically but actually — under his own vine and figtree. Chapter I ARRIVAL IN COLONY. I landed at Holdfast Bay from the good ship Baboo, Captain Forester, in the month of March, 1840. I walked along the beach northward to the present Semaphore, then marked by a flagstaff, and crossed over the Peninsula to what was then called the Port (now the Old Port). I met a gentle man named Porter, whom I had known in England as a shipowner of considerable reputation. He had arrived home months before me with two brigs, the Porter and the Dorset. I had an hour's interview with him, and my first impressions were anything but agreeable. He assured me that I had landed in the midst of thieves, robbers, and backlegs of all descriptions ; and gave such a description of the country of my intended adoption that my courage and hopes sunk far below zero. I felt it was a forlorn hope indeed. He had bought land in Port Lincoln, and advised me at once to purchase a lot from him and go and settle there, where I might be secure and in peace. All the cash I could command was about 20s., and as he said nothing about long credit, I did not fall in with his kind offer. After my interview with him I left the Old Port with a very heavy heart, to nudge my way as best I could to Adelaide, where there were several huts among the trees of the forest. Long ere I reached it I was ready to faint with fatigue and hunger, and was overtaken by darkness. In the dark I met with a negro (not a native of this land) who offered to guide my way to the young forest city. REACH ADELAIDE. About 9 p.m. we arrived at a ' pub' or hotel, then known, as at present, by the distinguished name of the Royal Admiral. Finding it full of rowdy-looking ' chaps' I felt shy of making acquaintance with such old chums, especially after the description I had from friend Porter. My negro pilot offered to take me to another hotel called the Southern Cross. There I found quiet, and was soon ensconced in the best parlor. I ordered supper, and long before it was ready I was fast fixed in the land of nod, whence I was summoned by the kind hostess to refresh the inner man. After that I retired again quickly to the bliss of oblivion, for I was thoroughly done up, both physically and mentally. Rising early next morning to make an ocular survey of the city that was to be, I could discern among the venerable old foresters at various distances the looming establishments of the new settlers. No thief, robber, or blackleg could I discover, though I felt happy I had escaped the first night without molestation, even though I had nothing to lose except what I stood up in. I soon met some old familiar faces, and enjoyed some happy recognitions. Next evening I went to visit an old friend in the then far bush, and was soon at home and felt secure. Everything of course was in really primitive style, but I spent a happy day — happy in the conviction that all in the colony were not of the sort first described to me. A BED IN THE BUSH. When night came on I had my first taste of bush repose. Kindness had done everything it could to make matters comfortable for an old friend and a new chum. A mattress, with sheets of snowy whiteness, were laid on the floor of course— for who could dream of anything else at that early stage of our career. When I was ready to delve below the covers I perceived that something resembling pepper was strewed all over the beautiful white. On examination I found it was a collection of little animals resembling in action our famous kangaroos. I tried hard to clear them away, but not one inch would they retreat from a new chum; so I tried to make a truce by placing myself at their mercy. It was no use ; poor Gulliver among the Lilliputians was nothing to it — I beat a retreat, and seeing a piano in the room thought I could gain a tack to wind ward of my little friends. I shook the sheets and mattress and laid them carefully on the piano and as carefully placed myself upon it. 'Here goes for the land of nod, all right,' I thought. The piano was placed alongside a slab wall with bark on the slabs, and after a few minutes I perceived a new kind of motion — one anything but pleasant. I had left the light burning on the floor, and on rising to see who was there I was rather surprised to find myself taken in charge of by a swarm of B flats. Being thus beaten fairly on both tacks, I made a fair retreat out of doors. The night was fine, clear, and temperate, so I lay down at the foot of a venerable gum tree, when a legion of black ants soon began to make me feel I was intruding on their rights. 'Well,' I thought, ' I am done now; that is the last resort,' so I had to keep sentry by pacing about all the rest of the night. Right glad I was to see the break of day : it was far from a happy night's repose, and I found whatever paucity there might be of big thieves and robbers there was no lack of little ones. Next day I returned to the ship, and remained on board till she could be got round to the Port. There were several hundred immigrants on board and about eight or nine of us in the cabin. I had left my family in England and all I could with them while I made the experiment of trying what prospect the colony could offer to persons like myself. Four laborers, who agreed to remain with me so long as I might require their services in return for my procuring them a passage out, had remained on board. I had also brought with me the frame and fittings of a boat, to be set up after landing, to be used if required for the purpose of discharging ships in harbor. This, with some salt and other provisions to serve our turn while building operations were going on was MY STOCK-IN-TRADE. After some delay and a good deal of trouble (for there were no steam-tugs then) the ship was got to the Port, and her passengers discharged. I landed with my squad, and erected my tent on the ground now occupied by the Government boat sheds, on the Peninsula. We made a raft of my planks, timber, &c, alongside the ship, and placed on it all our stock of salt pork, oatmeal, peas, &c. In the night the raft broke up, and all our provisions went to the bottom of the river. We had some trouble to fish them up again; we did get them, but the oatmeal and peas were soaked and partly spoiled. After some difficulty we got every thing landed among the mangroves, which then everywhere skirted the banks of the river. It was Hobson's choice with us ; we had to eat our spoiled stock or go without, for it was then difficult to get anything in the shape of food at the Port; besides there were no funds in hand, though credit was then easily obtained. TO WORK we went, and had considerable difficulties to cope with in getting through the building operations. I had one handy man, three who could do very little to assist, and I was only an amateur 'chips.' We worked very hard by day and night, and lived very hard too ; in fact, it almost broke me down before we got through our job. At times I felt inclined to set fire to the whole and return again to the old country, where I had been about seven years in command of some very fine ships, trading to the East Indies, compared with which I found my new life in the colony a considerable contrast, and not very palatable, but I stuck to it without flinching, and at length hoisted my flag on board the good ship ' The Governor Gawler,' so named in compliment to Her Majesty's representative. She was the FIRST CRAFT LAUNCHED AT THE COLONY. Her dimensions were 40 feet over all, 9 feet beam, 6 feet deep, ketch-rigged, with a deck forward for the crew to sleep under. Her measurement was about 16 tons. Three months' hard work in building and fitting her out left me about £100 in debt, and with that incubus I began my career and adventures. There are not many now in the colony, especially of the new or late chums, who have any idea of the difficulties and shifts we scrambled through at first starting. Up to this period I had met with nothing among or from my fellow-colonists but uniform kindness and every consideration that could be expected under our then circumstances. But the first impressions made on my mind by the misconceptions of another were anything but cheering, and altogether contrary to my experience. MY FIRST CARGO. A day or two after our launch I went to work to discharge flour, in 300-lb. bags, from a ship from Calcutta, to be landed at the Old Port, on a mudbank that was frequenly under water at high tide. A miserable place it was to deposit goods of any kind; boats were hauled into a sort of canal cut in the mud to make sufficient depth of water at high tide to get stuff landed somehow; and some of it was at times washed away afterwards. There was much scrambling, fighting, cursing, and tearing to get the first or best landing. I paid some men about 10s. an hour to discharge my cargo, for I was unable to manage such large heavy bags. The first day's work left me about £3 10s. clear, but I would have no more to do with such heavy stuff ; so the Governor Gawler was laid up in ordinary for about a fortnight. The Government of the day then engaged me to go to Yankalilla to bring hay for horses in the public service. I went and took from the beach there about two tons in loose trusses, and just as we had finished getting it on board, after a very fine day, a furious north wester, with heavy rain, came down on us before we could get out of the bay. Night came on, with a heavy gale. As the Governor Gawler had no deck, and the hay was about three feet above the gunwale, we did our best to keep off shore, and towards morning we saw the rocks of the north-west bluff almost hanging over our heads. We were on a dead lee shore, and I thought all was over with us. The rain was falling in torrents, when, just at the right moment to save us from destruction, the wind shifted to the southward and drove us out of danger against a furious head sea. We just escaped as with the skin of our teeth. A boat we had in tow was lost, being torn away by the heavy sea. In a fortnight I made three trips, all successful in the issue. The freight on those six tons of hay was about £70, so the order was to stop the trade in future, as good hay in Adelaide could be bought at half the price. It was, however, a small experiment to see how the thing would do. We were all new chums at that time. At that period of our history it was not uncommon for the Port to be so void of shipping of all sorts that my little craft was the only vessel at the wharf, and consequently attracted the notice of persons of all kinds visiting the Port, His Excellency Governor Gawler included, who, in company with the Harbor-Master, would come along side and make remarks and ask questions. MACLAREN WHARF, Called the New Port, was opened by Governor Gawler in person, and a great fete given in the Company's store. The day ended with a drama, as a sort of set-off to the gay scene of feasting and joy that had just passed away. A furious dust storm came on just as the festive scene broke up ; the cavalcade on the road was enveloped in a dense cloud of dust ; away went parasols, hats, and all the light gear the storm could tear away. Then came down suddenly a deluge of rain, which transmogrified the ladies — and gentlemen too — into queer looking things. The scene is well remembered to the present hour by some who were there. The opening of the port was noted by the good ship Guiana, Captain Hall, just returned from India with a cargo of tea, part of which was landed that day by Miss Gawler, the Governor's daughter, the tea being swung from the ship's yard arm at the new wharf and received by the lady on the quay. A VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE. On the same day my good ship of 16 tons, without deck, was chartered to take in tea from the Guiana to proceed to Melbourne, and loaded next day accordingly, and was then dispatched by the mercantile house of Messrs. Gorton & Andrews. In about a week I arrived off the Heads of Hobson's Bay in a heavy south-west gale. Never having been to that port before I bore away to Western Port, and was there three days, until the weather abated. There were then no lights on the coast, no marks, no guides, and the coast was little known. In Western Port I met a vessel weather-bound from Sydney, six weeks out, bound to Melbourne. We got underweigh together, and proceeded towards the Heads. I got safely through, but my companion was never again heard of. Only a mail he had on board was picked up about the Heads. Melbourne was then a small place, a mere village. I discharged my cargo of tea all right, and the Governor Gawler loomed large at the side of the river bank, where two or three other small craft were lying at the time. I then took in a cargo of twelve tons of sugar, to be delivered in Adelaide to the charterers ; we broke down the bush on the bank of the river to make dunnage for the sugar ; such was the Yarra Yarra at that time. While there I engaged with a party of sheepfarmers, by name Furlong, to return to Portland from Adelaide with thirty able bodied men as shepherds, to be landed at Portland to the order of Messrs. Stephen Henty & Co. On my way down the River Yarra I sailed against an overhanging tree and pulled down one of the two masts of the good ship. That cost me some work and trouble to put to rights again. At length we got to sea without the aid of a pilot, and proceeded on towards Adelaide. When about three days out, to the west of King's Island I encountered a heavy westerly gale, and hove-to for a day or two ; at the end of the gale the head of my main mast broke off, but did not tumble down. I had great difficulty to fix it securely aloft in a heavy sea, but it was managed at length, and we weathered the gale most gallantly ; the ship was tight, and we could bale out any little water she made with a pannikin and bucket. I had but one lad besides myself, so we never forgot who had the watch above board, for we had no deck. Damages being repaired, we pressed on again, and in about eight days from starting we reached Adelaide in safety and good order ; landed our cargo of sugar at the wharf, without damage ; amount of freight was £80. The fame of the good ship as the first coaster between the colonies was now established. She was the first packet ship be longing to the Port that opened the coast ing trade. EMIGRATION FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA. That voyage being ended, I advertised for 30 able men as shepherds for Portland Bay. As hundreds were then out of employment, and wages at 2s. per day for laborers in this colony, my call was responded to with delight. I advertised " for Melbourne via Portland," took on board about five tons of iron railing, which made good ballast for the ship and good beds for the boys. I then laid in my stock and store of provisions and water, and down came about 60 fine fellows, from whom I made a selection. Rare contention there was among them to get the preference. I soon selected 30 men, and had them all ready to come on board. Meanwhile the Collector of Customs was corresponding with head-quarters with a view to stop me taking away the laborers from the colony after having them sent out at the expense of the colonists. A stoppage in transitu was put in force, and a great hubbub began among my passengers. The worthy Collector came to me and talked big about the danger of so many persons being exposed in such a craft to all the dangers of the ocean. Then the Chief Clerk was deputed to examine the accommodation and report on the sufficiency of provisions and water, &c. His report being found favorable, of course, only that there was no surgeon except Dr. Cook with his soup-ladle, and he was my man Friday. During the delay occasioned by these official obstacles I was offered a charter to take a cargo of specie round to Sydney, but declined it on the ground that in such a ship as mine I had not sufficient force to repel any heavily-armed pirate by the way. After much big palaver the Act was made to stretch in my favor, and I was allowed to take 15. So the Government officer saw 15 on board and called over their names, but he did not see another five who were in the steerage, the rest being intermediate passengers. The officer was satisfied, and with 20 on board off we started for our destination. After we got outside Kangaroo Island a stiff breeze and slight motion quieted their appetites, so they were not much trouble to the cooks or stewards. On the fourth, day I landed them safe and sound to the care of Messrs. Henty Brothers, and received £100 for their passage. I transhipped the iron-railing into a craft at Portland bound to Melbourne ; purchased a cargo of flour on the beach there, at the then low price of £25 per ton, and sailed direct for Port Lincoln. I heard before leaving Adelaide they were almost starving there for the staff of life ; arrived there in a few days all right, sold my flour, and bought up the fowls, ducks, &c, at Port Lincoln, and shipped them for Adelaide market. Some bad weather we met with knocked them about on the passage, and settled the hash of a large portion of the duckies. Therefore they did but little good as a part of the venture on the voyage, though on the whole it was pretty profitable and successful. It cost me six weeks to complete the round. The flour did not prove to be first-class ; some of it tasted more like lime than anything else, but any thing did for flour in those days, especially in the far away district of Port Lincoln. It was on that occasion of my visit to that fine Port, I formed the idea of settling there, so I bought a house and garden, and furnished the house, and made all things very comfortable to receive my family when they should arrive from the old country. So Port Lincoln became my head-quarters for seven years, until I was fairly starved out of it.
The South Australian Advertiser Friday 31 May 1878 page 3
UNDERWOOD, Janet Wingfield nee SMITH
UNDERWOOD, Jessie
UNDERWOOD, Sarah Ann Mrs. Sarah Ann Stewart, relict of the late Mr. Duncan Stewart, died at her residence, Bleakfield), on June 19 at the age of 85 years. She was the daughter of the late Capt. E. Underwood, of Edwardstown. Her father,. leaving his family in England, arrived at Holdfast Bay, South Australia, in the ship Baboo (Capt. Forester) in March 1840, bringing with him the frame and fittings of a boat about 16 tons, which he put together, naming her the Governor Gawler. Without a deck, with' a cargo of tea, he sailed from Port Adelaide for Melbourne on October 14, 1846. He was the first packet ship to open the interstate trade. Mrs. Underwood sailed in the Hopkinson (Capt. Stevens) from England-with her family, and joined her husband in May, 1842, and proceeded to Port Lincoln, at which place the captain had made his headquarters. There they lived foureeten years, afterwards removing to Adelaide. In 1861 Miss Underwood was married to Mr. Duncan Stewart, overseer for Messrs. Leake Brothers, of Gleneoe Station, where they lived until Mr. E. J. Leake died in 1868, when Capt. Lindsay acquired the property. They then removed to Mount Gambier, and Mr. Stewart entered into partnership with Mr. J. G. Smith as mail contractors. In 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, with their family removed to Rendelsham, where Mr. Stewart had. selected land now known as Bleakfield, and here Mrs. Stewart lived for over 40 years. Her husband predeceased her by seven years. She has left two sous and three daughters—Messrs. H. A., E. E., Misses L- C. Stewart, Mrs. G. J. Schulz, of Rendelsham, and Mrs. C. J. P. Davidson, of Aden, Benola; also five grandchildren.
Observer Saturday 03 July 1920 page 13
UNDERWOOD, Cecilia Ewing
UNDERWOOD Francis, (wife poss d bef dep) WALTON Frederick, Mary (wife) WHITE Thomas, Elizabeth LYNCH, son, dau
WICKHAM, William, Sarah BRADSHAW, William Murray, Jane Anne, James Edwin, John Edward, Thomas Richard, George, Hercules Bradshaw, Edward Henry, Elizabeth Carolinn, Henry Edward
WICKHAM, Thomas Richard The ranks of the old colonists are being rapidly lessened, and yesterday another pioneer in the person of Mr. Thomas Richard Wickham, a colonist of 74 years, crossed the bar. Born in Ireland Mr. Wickham arrived in South Australia in the ship Baboo in 1840. For a time he worked in the. Humbug Scrub and then went to Port Pirie, where he built a home at what he called Humbugtown. He came from a family of long-livers and was in his. eighty-sixth year when he died. A brother, Mr. George Wickham, of Reynella, and a sister, Mrs. E. Robert son, of Thebaiton, aged respectively 83 and 79 years, survive him. He leaves a widow and four children, all the latter of whom are married. One of his sons is president of the Port Wakefield branch of the United Labor Party.
Daily Herald Friday 30 January 1914 page 4
WILLIAMSON William WOOD Henry, Mary BATTINSON, son WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, dau YOUNG George, Sarah (wife)