South Australia - The Colony

Personal Reminiscences

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The Reminiscences of John Chambers - Published in 1888

There were five altogether... I can recollect well meeting Stephen Hack walking up the Adelaide Plains from Glenelg to Adelaide, just past the place [Cummins] where Sir John Morphett resides. There were [not many horses] in the colony at the time. Mr J.B. Hack had about half a dozen, Mr Osmond Gilles had [one] and Sir John Morphett had a little white pony. Governor Hindmarsh owned two mules and for the rest there were about twenty horses belonging to the Government.

I was the first man who built a house in the colony with a fireplace, door, and glass window. It was made of mud, rushes and grass. The situation was between the Railway Station and where the Government Garden now is. I believe the old place is standing, at any rate the walls are, and after I left it the Government Gardener lived there for years.

While it was being built the Colonial Architect, Mr White, and others used to come and see my work. They were very pleased with it at the time, but were afraid that the reed and grass in the mud might burn. The house was 16 by 10. I carried the rafters and everything required. The rafters and battens were taken from the Pine Forest beyond North Adelaide, just above where the Windmill Hotel now is.. It was hard work to carry these things on my shoulders, but when the work was done I had a more comfortable hut than any one else here.

There was a great deal of variety in the structures first put up in Adelaide. They were all tents; poles and rails covered with all kinds of bed-clothing, blankets, patchwork quilts, and anything else which would serve the purpose of giving shelter... The chief of these residences were along North Terrace from below Trinity Church as far up as where the Buck's Head now stands. They were placed there in that position because it was the most convenient for obtaining water from the Torrens. Water carting was a great work in the early days. Barrels of all kinds were fixed on wheels, and men, women and children all had to help drag these filled with water from the Torrens to the tent door.

The work in those days was hard. It had to be done and there were few here to do it. Along the track from the Bay to Adelaide, which extended from the end of Hindley Street directly past Netley to the mouth of Patawalonga Creek, one could see all kinds of goods left lying while the owners rested or went for a drink. There was no fear of anything being stolen. Our community was so small that if a man did take anything he could not sell it, and it would soon be recognised by the rightful owner. It was this and not the honesty of the people altogether, that prevented robbery.

People living on the Park Lands, as we were, only did so on sufferance, and I was the last to leave. Extra liberty was given to me because I had a good deal to do with the Government. We did all the Government carrying work, and moved surveying parties wherever they required. Governor Gawler at one time thought of taking a long tour, and asked me to go with him. He gave instructions that I was to remain in the house I had built till he returned. He never made the tour, but I went with him on a trip he did make down to the south of Encounter Bay, Currency Creek, the Meadows and Willunga...

At one time on this journey we divided into parties, Governor Gawler giving instructions to the surveyor where they were to camp. The surveyor made a mistake and guided the drays into the wrong place. The others did not come at nightfall, and we fired off guns and lit fires on the top of a hill to show where we were. The Governor got to the camp, after travelling all night... Mr Hall, the private secretary, came in about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr Inman, the Inspector of Police, was still out, and I and another of the party went to look for him. We found his saddle some distance from the camp, but could not see him. Afterwards we lit a fire on the top of a hill, and about 6 o'clock Mr Inman turned up, half dead with hunger and thirst. This was at Currency Creek, then quite an unknown country.

I did the first ploughing in the colony. It was on city acre 55, where the Castle Inn now stands, on the Morphett Street frontage between Hindley Street and North Terrace. The land belonged to Mr Birdsey, who gave me #10 for the work. The plough was of the most innovative description. It was brought here by the Hon B.T. Finniss, who came here before Mr Allan McLean [who] has claimed that he turned the first sod here, but it is a mistake. I have two letters here, one from Mr John Templer, of Two Wells, and another from Mr Windebank, of Hamilton, mentioning that I ploughed the first acre of land in South Australia. Windebank, who came out as a farm bailiff to the late Mr Robert Thomas, was I remember well the first constable in the colony.

The ploughing was done with a team of six bullocks. I guided the plough, and George Parsons drove the bullocks. Afterwards I ploughed 2 acres of land on the south corner of Hurtle Square for Mr George Milner Stephen, who paid me #20 for the work. The land which Mr McLean ploughed was about 3 acres near Keswick now is, and that he sowed with wheat. Mr Donald McLean built a house there, and he and his family resided at the place for many years.

It is true that I had a good deal to do with Mr Stuart and his explorations. He was at Port Lincoln with his friends when, through Mr Finke, I got him to survey our northern stations. There were the Oratunga, Bolmuna, West Pasley's Springs, Mount Chambers, Balcaracana, and others... I took him up to do the work. While up there in the course of conversation he said that he could cross the colony. I promised to supply him with everything he wanted if he would make the attempt. He agreed, and I fitted him out with horses and food, and men off the station formed the party. No one off the station knew of the enterprise until he had started.

After failing in his attempt Mr Stuart returned to Oratunga Station. In subsequent expeditions my brother James, Mr Finke and myself all assisted in fitting him out. I started him on his final expedition from Moolooloo, which was made the head station instead of Oratunga. William Cave and myself shod all his horses and punched all the spare shoes which he took with him on that journey.

When Stuart was returning after his successful journey I was at Bolmuna West when the first news that he was coming back arrived. I went up to Leigh's Creek, now a railway station below Farina, to meet him. At that time the furthest settlement north was Chamber's Creek Station, about 150 miles further up, held by Humphrey & Barker, and that was the last point of civilisation Stuart passed on his way out, and the first he touched on his return.

At Leigh's Creek I met him and his party and brought them through to Adelaide, about the last 400 miles of their journey. They were all emaciated when I saw them. Stuart would never have got through but for Auld and others of the party. Coming down I had great the great pleasure of witnessing the receptions of the party at the Burra, Kapunda and Gawler, and the enthusiastic termination of the journeyings in Adelaide.

Yes, it is a pleasure to look back on those old days and see what the colony is now. We had to work then, and did work, but we were all the better for it... Fresh meat was worth something in those days. I remember Basil Sladden, who lived at the Horseshoe [Noarlunga] and used to supply the people with kangaroo meat and wild turkeys at one shilling a pound; vegetables were scarce too. The first man who grew vegetables here was a shipmate of mine name Hobbs, and the first produce he sold was some cabbages. Another man used to sell some native vegetable which he called cabbage, in small bunches at sixpence each, and we were glad to buy it.

Although the life was hard then, we used to enjoy ourselves and were very happy. We never expected to see such progress as has been made. To receive letters from England in a month we could not have believed possible... It is pleasant to look back now and see what has been done here... [and] have a chat with one whom I knew in those old times.

Sources
Observer, 14 January 1888, p. 13. A letter from Allan McLean claiming to be the first man to "turn the sod" in SA at the Reedbeds is in the Register, 12 December 1887, page 7b - dissenting comments and rebuttals follow on 13 and 14 December 1887, pages 3h and 3h and 5 January 1888, page 7f: "The first land turned up was in North Adelaide, in what was then known as Hack's Garden, also a small piece of land on South Terrace and that by the pioneer ploughman, John Watson." Also see Register, 6, 11, 12 and 18 January 1888, pp. 7a, 7d, 6e and 7c and The Mail, 24 May 1924, page 2f.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Immigration - Emigrant Ships - Miscellany.

A story of the foundation of South Australia taken from the journal of a passenger in the Buffalo is in the Advertiser,
24 December 1932, page 8e.

A letter from a passenger in the Duke of York alluding to "The First Man to Land in South Australia" is in the Advertiser, 31 December 1892, page 6h:

Duke of York

The South Australian Record, published in London over the period 1837-1841, reproduces letters from colonists in almost every edition.

"A Pioneer of '36 - A Chat with Mr W.L. Beare" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1905, page 5i.

A photograph of Mrs McCarthy (nee Pyke) who was born on the Buffalo and "was the first child baptised in Adelaide", is in the Observer, 10 May 1913, page 32.

"A Pioneer of '37", James Marshall, a deserter from the Coromandel, is in the Observer,
10 December 1898, page 14e.

"A Pioneer of the Thirties', the reminiscences of Mrs de Saddington Plush, is in the Observer,
2 January 1904, page 33c.

"Memories of Long Ago [1851] - A Sparkling Letter" is in the Advertiser,
24 May 1924, page 14c.

"What the Pioneers Thought" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1922, page 8d.

"Home Correspondence of New Chums" is in the Observer,
11 April 1868, page 13b.

"Some Social Aspects of Early Colonial Life" is in the Register,
26 October 1878, page 5f,
"Some Present Aspects of Colonial Life" on
1 November 1878, page 6b,
"The Social Outlook for the Future" on
9 November 1878, page 5e.

The Advertiser of
4 and 12 October 1886, pages 7b and 7g,
27 December 1886, page 5d has several personal recollections of the early days of the colony; also see
19 January 1887, page 5f for the reminiscences of W.J.S. Pullen.
An old colonist's view of South Australia is in the Register,
9 March 1875, page 6f - W.J.S. Pullen recounts his adventures as a surveyor in association with Colonel Light; also see
8 April 1875, page 5f.

The Adelaide Chronicle of 22 and 29 July 1840, pages 3c and 3e recounts and comments on the experiences of William Pratt and family.

The experiences of an 1839 migrant are in the Register,
2 May 1855, page 3a.

A letter from John Hill, formerly a crew member of the Buffalo, appears in the Register, 30 March 1865, page 3f - "[I was] the first person that hoisted the Union Jack on that ever-memorable occasion" (ie, the proclamation of South Australia under the old gum tree at Glenelg).

Register

Also see Place Names - Glenelg - Old Gum Tree.

The reminiscences of Thomas Allen concerning the arrival of the Africaine, including extracts from a passenger's diary, are in the Register, 24 December 1868, page 2h.

The "Struggles of an Old Colonist" is in the Register,
6 December 1876, page 6e.

"An Immigrant's Impressions of SA" is recorded in the Register,
11 January 1878, pages 4g and 6a.

Reminiscences of the "Unexplored Bush" in 1839 are in the Register,
13 March 1878, page 6a.

A letter from B.T. Finniss - "The Early Days of South Australia" is in the Register,
11 August 1881, page 7a.

Comment on the early days from Mr James Hoare of Clare who came out in the Cygnet is in the Register,
2 December 1882, page 5d:

I made a wheelbarrow and took Mr Finniss' goods in it to Adelaide [from Holdfast Bay] at the latter end of January... I wheeled them over the plains - about 2 cwt. a day.
(Also see Register,
27 October 1886, page 7e,
12 August 1889, page 7e,
17 and 20 June 1901, pages 3f and 8i.)

The reminiscences of John Barton Hack are in the Register,
22, 23 and 28 April 1884, pages 6a, 6c and 7b,
3, 12, 19 and 29 July 1884, pages 6d, 1b (supp.), 1a (supp.) and 7b,
9 August 1884 (supp.), page 1d.
His obituary appears on
6 October 1884, page 5f.

A report of an address by J.C.F. Johnson, MP, entitled "The Situation of the Colony" is in the Register,
20 and 27 April 1886, pages 4f and 7h.

The Register of 4 July 1887 at page 7g has a letter from Samuel J. Stuckey headed "Experiences of an Early Colonist" - "I was born at Glenelg on 21 March 1837 and am therefore the oldest male born in the province...".
Thomas Giles and J.D. Sutherland also make their contributions on
11, 12 and 29 July 1887, pages 7h, 7f and 3f; also see
16 December 1887, page 7g (Thomas Giles).

A letter from Allan McLean claiming to be the first man to "turn the sod" in SA at the Reedbeds is in the Register,
12 December 1887, page 7b -
dissenting comments and rebuttals follow on
13 and 14 December 1887, pages 3h and 3h and
5 January 1888, page 7f:

Register

The Mail

A photograph of a sketch of Mr McLean's house at Hilton is in the Chronicle,
2 June 1923, page 34.
An obituary of John McLean is in the Observer,
19 December 1903, page 44a.

"A Chat With an Old Colonist" (John Chambers) is recorded in the Register,
11 January 1888, page 6e.

"Early Colonial Reminiscences" is in the Register,
3 April 1890, page 6c.
Similarly, experiences during the 1850s appear on
26 May 1890, page 6c.

The reminiscences of Henry Moseley are in the Observer,
6 September 1890, page 6e.

Pioneering difficulties are discussed in the Register,
9 June 1891, page 6e.

Entertaining and informative reminiscences of David Morgan are in the Register,
26 February 1892, page 6d.
His interesting obituary, and further reminiscences, appear on
17 July 1896, page 7f.

Interesting colonial stories told by inmates of the Destitute Asylum appear in the Register,
12 January 1892, page 7a,
3 March 1892, page 6e.

"An Escort Veteran", the reminiscences of Isaac Bewson (sic-Dewson?) is in the Register,
13 June 1892, page 5d.

"The Infancy of South Australia - Reminiscences of a Buffalo Man" is in the Register,
27 June 1892, page 6c.

Reminiscences of the Wright brothers of Yankalilla who came out in the Cygnet are in the Register,
10 January 1894, page 6c,
"Old Time Memories - An Ancient Whaler" on
29 January 1894, page 6c,
"A Woman Pioneer [Mrs George Marchant] - Ninety-Two Today" on
7 March 1894, page 6d;
her obituary appears on
1 September 1894, page 31b and
her husband in the Observer,
2 December 1905, page 38a.

"A First Ship Pioneer", the reminiscences of Charles Powell, are in the Register,
30 October 1895, page 7d.

John Watts reminiscences are in the Register,
26 August 1896, page 6h and
of the voyage of the Pestonjee Bomanjee in 1838 on
19 and 20 November 1896, pages 5e and 5d,
William Reid (Pestonjee Bomanjee) on
12 September 1896, page 5,
Charles B. Powell (Duke of York) on
12 January 1898, page 6e.

The reminiscences of Mrs John Bevis are in the Register,
31 July 1896, page 6h,
Observer,
1 August 1896, page 30c and
30 July 1898, page 42d
of S. Stuckey in the Chronicle,
12 September 1896, page 25b
of G. Holden (Trusty) in the Observer,
16 January 1897, page 14c.

The reminiscences of Mrs William Mackintosh of life in the north of SA are in the Chronicle,
12 March 1898, page 21b.

"Old Time Memories" of W. Finlayson is in the Register,
28 December 1898, page 5g,
Mrs Samuel Field (Katherine Stewart Forbes) in 1837 on
9 February 1899, page 7b,
George Foreman on
8 January 1902, page 6e,
a letter written by Dr C.G. Everard is reproduced on
30 December 1901, page 6f.

Informative articles on Proclamation Day, which include personal reminiscences of early settlers, are in the Register,
28 and 29 December 1896, pages 6a and 5h; also see
6 February 1897, page 6f.

The reminiscences of James Blatchford are in the Observer,
10 December 1898, page 14c,
of Richard Day (Royal Admiral) on
4 February 1899, page 41d.

The reminiscences of Peter Lamont (Buckinghamshire) are in the Observer,
29 April 1899, page 14c,
of A. MacGeorge (Ariadne) on
25 November 1899, page 34c.

"Fifty Years in the Bush - A Chat With A.D. Sawers" is in the Chronicle,
29 December 1900, page 34e.

The reminiscences of Mrs Maria I'Anson are in the Register,
8 July 1901, page 7b,
Observer,
20 July 1901, page 31c,
of George Foreman on
18 January 1902, page 3c,
of Samuel Stanton on
17 May 1902, page 34c,
of "Mrs Stevens of Walkerville" on
1 March 1902, page 32a.

Reminiscences of William Hodges, who came out in the Rapid with Colonel Light, are in the Register,
22 April 1902, page 6e.
"Last Survivor of the Rapid", the death of William Hodges, appears on
10 July 1906, page 6b; the article includes reminiscences about Colonel Light.

Also see Place Names - Light.

John Jacob's reminiscences, which include an account of overlanding from NSW, are in the Register, 21 April 1902, page 6d.
The obituary of William Jacob (an assistant surveyor to Colonel Light), with appended reminiscences, appear on
16 July 1902, page 8a.

The reminiscences of Rev James Rowe are in the Register on
16 February 1903, page 5b,
those of J.A. Hill (Buffalo) and Henry Douglas (Emma) on
7 July 1903, pages 5i-6a,
Henry D. Melville (Lalla Rookh) on
19 August 1903, page 6g and
Thomas Baird (Navarino) on
30 January 1904, page 10d.

Those of W.C. Calder are in the Register,
9 July 1904, page 4a,
J.A. Hill (Africaine) on
13 July 1904, page 5a,
Joseph Fisher on
23 November 1904, page 9e.
Those of H.T. Morris (Buffalo) are in the Advertiser,
28 December 1904, page 5c (biographical details are in the Observer,
31 August 1901, page 33d).

"Notes by an Old Colonist" is in the Register,
28 December 1903, page 7b and
the reminiscences of Mrs S. Plush (Adelaide, Victor Harbor and Angaston) on
31 December 1903, page 7h.

The reminiscences of Mrs F.E. Renner are in the Register,
13 February 1904, page 9c,
Observer,
13 February 1904, page 5b.

Joseph Pepper - "A Link with Colonel Light" is in the Register,
3 November 1909, page 8e.

The reminiscences of William Gilbert, MP, in which he talks of his milling experiences, etc are in the Register,
29 March 1905, page 6c and
C.J. Valentine, a veteran stock inspector, on
5 July 1905, page 6g -
a presentation to Mr Valentine is reported in the Observer,
30 September 1905, page 48d.

Reminiscences of Albert Molineux, former agriculture editor of the Observer are in the Register,
9 August 1905, page 6c,
26 August 1905, page 10c,
Joseph Mercer in the Register on
27 December 1905, page 7a,
Charles William Webb on
5 and 8 March 1906, pages 5h and 6d.

Those of Alexander Kirk and Robert Smart are in the Register,
5 April 1906, page 6g,
Archibald Thomson (Duke of York) on
8 December 1906, page 11f,
J.N. Perry on
12 May 1908, page 3g,
John Halliday on
13 July 1908, page 5g,
H.D. Melville on
5 October 1908, page 7a,
W.F. Hughes in the ,
8 August 1908, page 45a.

The reminiscences of William Gibbons (Lady Lilford) are in the Register,
14 December 1905, page 8g,
Observer,
23 December 1905, page 4e (supp.),
of Charles W. Webb on
10 March 1906, pages 29( photo.)-49a,
of W.F. Campion on
27 October 1906, page 48a.

The reminiscences of William Hayes - "From Bullock Driver to Pastoralist" are in the Register,
20 February 1908, page 5d.
Those of H.J. Congreve (Conegreve?), doctor, bullock-driver, station-hand, gold-digger, journalist and preacher, appear on
31 March 1909, page 8a; also see
12 July 1918, page 4g.

Mr J.W. Duck's reminiscences are in the Observer,
25 April 1908, page 38c,
of John Halliday on
18 July 1908, page 41a,
of H.D. Melville on
10 October 1908, page 41a,
of H.E. Brookes (Fairlie) on
29 May 1909, page 38c.

Photographs of male and female pioneers are in the Chronicle,
2 January 1909, page 27.

Arthur Hardy's reminiscences are in the Register,
14 July 1909, page 5c,
John Jacob(s), pioneer pastoralist, on
30 July 1909, page 6i.

"Men Who Made the State", an interview with several pioneers, is reproduced in the Advertiser,
29 December 1909, page 4h.

The reminiscences of William Kither are in the Observer,
19 February 1910, page 44a,
of Frederick Dodd on
26 February 1910, page 39e,
of D.H. Weir (Prince Regent) on
30 April 1910, page 41d,
of Stephen Bastian on
28 January 1911, page 39d,
of William Galbraith on
25 February 1911, page 53a,
of Mrs M.A. Foote (Winchester) on
29 April 1911, page 24c.

"A Pioneer's Diary - Incidents of Early Days" (J.M. Skipper) is in the Register,
20 May 1911, page 14e.

The reminiscences of J.L.F. Roberts are in the Register on
14 June 1910, page 8i,
William Galbraith (Hooghly - 1848) on
17 February 1911, page 6a,
Thomas Richard Bowman on
18 February 1911, page 14f,
Helen Mantegani on
28 December 1911, page 8b.

The reminiscences of Samuel Mills are in the Register,
16 March 1912, page 18a,
Henry Kelly on
29 April 1912, page 7b,
Mrs M.A. Foote in the Advertiser,
25 April 1912, page 9c,
James Chittleborough (Buffalo), on
29 November 1912, page 12b -
a photograph of the family is in the Observer,
14 July 1906, page 30.

"Jackerooing Fifty Years Ago" is discussed by Samuel Dixon in the Register on
6, 12, 19, 20, 23 and 27 July 1912, pages 18c, 6a, 9a, 18a, 8e and 15d,
3 August 1912, page 18d.

"Old Memories by A.T. Saunders" is in The Mail,
12 July 1913, page 9f.

Reminiscences of Henry Rosewarne (Warrior ) are in the Register,
10 January 1914, page 15c,
John Pile, junior, on
25 February 1914, page 13c,
A.H. Pegler on
14 and 15 May 1914, pages 7d and 11a,
10 June 1914, page 8f,
Mr and Mrs John B. Fry on
5 August 1914, page 5f.

The reminiscences of John Bodey are in the Advertiser,
30 August 1913, page 19g,
Henry Rosewarne on
6 September 1913, page 6f,
J.G. Moseley on
13 September 1913, page 6f,
William Moyse on
10 November 1913, page 6h,
T. Day on
29 November 1913, page 8g,
of John Battle in the Express,
17 July 1914, page 2c,
of R.H.S. Brown on 2 October 1914, page 3b.

"A Girl Pioneer" is in the Advertiser,
17 January 1914, page 6g,
William Magar's reminiscences on
21 January 1914, page 10d,
James Hiern on
3 February 1914, page 10d,
Charles Laycock on
11 November 1915, page 9e,
George McLeish (Dauntless) on
5 May 1916, page 7b,
Thomas Griggs on
6 April 1917, page 10e.

The reminiscences of D.H. R. Weir are in the Observer,
16 August 1913, page 37d,
of Andrew Loutit on
5 June 1915, page 49b,
of J.B. Champion on
18 December 1915, page 45e,
of Mrs Isabella Brock on
16 June 1917, page 29e,
of A. Beviss on
25 August 1917, page 14e,
of J.H. Boothby on
26 April 1919, page 12a,
of H.H. Mildred on
23 August 1919, page 41d.

An interview with Mr Thomas Pitman is in
The Mail,
4 July 1914, page 8h;
the reminiscences of Thomas Griggs appear on
11 July 1914, page 8f.

Reminiscences of Mrs Clindening, "A Pioneer Doctor's Wife" are in the Register,
20 and 23 October 1914, pages 7a and 9a,
Mrs F. Holbrook on
6 January 1915, page 8h,
William Oakley (Buffalo) on
24 July 1915, page 8h,
John Bosworth on
22 June 1916, page 5b.

The reminiscences of William Oakley (Buffalo) are in the Observer,
31 July 1915, page 50a,
of Mrs J.G. Wright on
14 August 1915, page 36a,
of John Black on
30 October 1915, page 46d,
of Mrs M. Fraser and Mrs J. McLeay on
30 October 1915, page 49a,
of Daniel Le Poidevin on
30 October 1915, page 49b,
of John McIntyre on
6 January 1917, page 35a,
of Mrs C. Amey on
20 January 1917, pages 12a-27 (photo.).

The reminiscences of Mr & Mrs G.H. Brown are in the Express,
10 November 1915, page 3g,
of Charles Laycock on
11 November 1915, page 2e,
of Albert Buttfield in the Observer,
23 September 1916, page 15a.

Reminiscences of James Vanstone are in the Register,
24 March 1917, page 9c,
J.H. Boothby on
19 and 21 April 1919, pages 4g and 7b (also see
22 April 1919, page 3g),
Paul Martin on
9 March 1920, page 7c,
Charles Lodge on
27 July 1922, page 7f.

"In the Droving Days", the reminiscences of Robert Douglas, is in the Observer,
28 December 1918, page 4a.

"Four Pioneering Sisters - An Interesting Reunion" is in the Advertiser,
18 December 1918, page 7c.

The reminiscences of Paul Martin are in the Observer,
20 March 1920, page 45d,
of L. Judell on
14 and 28 August 1920, pages 44a and 44d,
of W.S.C. Collins on
9 July 1921, page 2a,
of Mrs Susannah Dalcum on
13 August 1921, page 37a,
of Henry Graves on
9 September 1922, page 50d,
of William Agincourt Stevens on
17 February 1923, page 33b,
of Mr & Mrs Thomas Thorpe on
24 February 1923, page 42d,
of C.A. Halliday on
26 April 1924, page 2c.

"Women Pioneers - Reminiscences of Early Days" is in The Mail,
30 December 1922, page 16c.

Henry Graves reminiscences are in the Register on
2 September 1922, page 9g,
Mrs Charles Myles on
20 December 1922, page 9d,
Thomas Thorpe on
10 February 1923, page 6h,
John Kelly on
22 February 1923, page 11c,
J.H. Wiles on
22 March 1923, page 7f,
J.O. Bull on
31 March 1923, page 9b.

Those of Charles Dawson (Hooghly) are in the Register,
24 May 1923, page 6e,
Mrs Sophia Stevens on
19 June 1923, page 6c,
J.H. Haycraft on
3 September 1923, page 13e,
Marianne Fisher (Buffalo) on
28 December 1923, page 7e,
Mrs E. Stokes (Hartley) on
28 December 1923, page 8c,
H.W. Breaker (Buffalo) on
16 January 1924, page 9c and
23 October 1924, page 9d.

In a series of articles commencing in The News on 25 July 1923, page 5b Mr John Conrick reminisces on his life as a pastoralist, etc.

The reminiscences of Mr M.J. Solomon are in the Advertiser,
14 June 1924, page 14c.

"Trials of Pioneer Days", the reminiscences of G.A. Payne, is in the Advertiser,
27 June 1924, page 14b,
Mrs C.B. Young on
8 June 1925, page 13b.

William Maiden's reminiscences are in the Register on
21 January 1924, page 10f,
Mr J. Rimes on
5 April 1924, page 10a,
John McCoy on
15 September 1924, page 11f,
Mrs F.W. Stokes on
19 November 1925, page 10c,
Hilary Boucaut on
29 December 1925, page 8f,
John Henry Watson on
5 May 1926, page 10d.

The life and times of John B. Phipson are recalled by Rev John Blacket in the Observer,
3 and 10 January 1925, pages 47a and 17c; also see
17 January 1925, page 58c.

The reminiscences of Anders Hjorth are in the Register,
17 January 1925, page 4c.

"A Southern Pioneer - Reminiscences of H.B. Welch" is in the Advertiser,
9 July 1925, page 12a,
"The Very Early Days" by Mrs L.H.S. Myles on
5 October 1925, page 11c,
those of Ursula Miners on
28 December 1926, page 10b.

The reminiscences of Mrs F.W. Stokes (nee Giles) are in the Observer,
28 November 1925, page 12c.

Reminiscences of Paris Nesbit are in the Register,
17 and 24 May 1926, pages 9a and 9a
(Also see under South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment - Law - Lawyers and Solicitor),
Miss J.C. Finlayson on
10 July 1926, page 13e,
Joseph Turner (Baboo) on
6 December 1927, page 10,
Paul Martin, (Henry Porcher) on
27 December 1927, page 13a,
A.H.D. Tolmer on
26 January 1928, page 10g,
Christopher Bolt on
2 February 1928, page 7a,
Mrs Ann Rendell on
21 February 1928, page 11e,
Francis Davison on
24 April 1928, page 11a.

"Mothers of South Australia - Chats with Women Pioneers" is in the Register,
30 December 1922, page 11a,
"Pioneer Women - Stories of the Early Days" on
30 December 1924, page 7c; also see
29 December 1925, page 8g.

"Examples of the Women Pioneers", the reminiscences of Mrs Mary G. Hyde, Mrs Eliza Coward, Mrs Mary A. Remes, Mrs G. Foreman, Mrs E.E. Burrows and others are in the Register, 29 December 1923, page 9c.

The reminiscences of Mr W.J. Cobbledick are in the Observer,
3 November 1923, page 38e,
William J. Farrant on
5 January 1924, page 48d,
John McCoy on
20 September 1924, page 50d,
Mrs Elizabeth May in the Chronicle,
16 January 1926, page 53d,
William Pritchard in The Mail,
8 December 1928, page 24f and
Mrs Emily Ramsay on
29 June 1929, page 18c.

The reminiscences of Mr W. Jarvis are in the Chronicle,
14 August 1926, page 53.

The reminiscences of Mrs W.H. Reynolds, who was born in Adelaide in 1838, are in the Chronicle,
12 September 1929, page 51,
of Norman Richardson commencing in the Chronicle,
3 May 1934, page 5.

"Whaling Ships and Mud Huts", the reminiscences of Mrs Shiels, is in the Advertiser,
9 April 1935, page 14c.

"Memories of Hugh McCallum" is in the Chronicle,
17 and 24 October 1935, pages 48 and 48.

" The Four John Warren's" is in a series of articles commencing in the Chronicle,
29 October 1936, page 50.

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