Thomas Boutflower Bennett
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Thomas Boutflower Bennett (1808- 14 September 1894) was an early colonist of South Australia
, remembered as a schoolmaster at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and at Saint Peter's College.
He married Elizabeth (14 January 1811 – 11 February 1899) and with two children arrived at Holdfast Bay on the "Somersetshire" on 24 August 1839.
He started a distillery on the banks of the River Torrens at Klemzig
, but was closed down by the Governor George Grey
An attempt at sheep farming at Lovely Valley was unsuccessful, so he got a job at Moonta
as accountant in the Boord Brothers store, then joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields.
In June 1861 he joined the staff of J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, and for 10 years taught English and bookkeeping and assisting in the school's running, then around 1871 when the school transferred to Parkside, took a position with St. Peter's College
, perhaps for its greater proximity to his Payneham Road, Stepney
home. He retired from teaching late 1879 or early 1880. He sold the family house in August 1894, having moved to live with his son in Port Lincoln
, where he died.
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, remembered as a schoolmaster at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and at Saint Peter's College.
He married Elizabeth (14 January 1811 – 11 February 1899) and with two children arrived at Holdfast Bay on the "Somersetshire" on 24 August 1839.
He started a distillery on the banks of the River Torrens at Klemzig
Klemzig, South Australia
Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is the location of the first settlement of German emigrants to Australia in the 19th century and is named after a village near the city of Zuellichau in southeastern Brandenburg in the German state of Prussia, where they...
, but was closed down by the Governor George Grey
George Grey
George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...
An attempt at sheep farming at Lovely Valley was unsuccessful, so he got a job at Moonta
Moonta, South Australia
Moonta is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history....
as accountant in the Boord Brothers store, then joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields.
In June 1861 he joined the staff of J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, and for 10 years taught English and bookkeeping and assisting in the school's running, then around 1871 when the school transferred to Parkside, took a position with St. Peter's College
St Peter's College, Adelaide
St Peter's College, , is an independent boy's school in the South Australian capital of Adelaide...
, perhaps for its greater proximity to his Payneham Road, Stepney
Stepney, South Australia
Stepney is a small triangular near-city suburb of Adelaide within the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. Stepney contains a mix of retail, manufacturing, professional services and distribution outlets within a cosmopolitan population strongly influenced by post World War II immigration...
home. He retired from teaching late 1879 or early 1880. He sold the family house in August 1894, having moved to live with his son in Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Transport :Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsular Railway.There is also a subsidiary port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. Port...
, where he died.
Family
- Ann Eliza Bennett (ca. 1835 – 5 November 1889)
- Charles Bennett married Sarah (died 19 May 1880)
- John William Ogilvie Bennett (11 November 1845 – 28 May 1869) was a member of B. T. Finniss's 1864 expedition, and one of his few supporters. On George Woodroffe Goyder's 1869 expedition he and a companion were attacked by aborigines. He died 28 May 1869 after Dr. Peel removed a section of spear which had penetrated a lung. Bennett and William Guy were on a working party with surveyor Richard Knuckey at Fred's PassFreds Pass, Northern TerritoryFreds Pass is an outer rural locality in Darwin. The name Fred's Pass originally referred to a gap in the Daly Ranges through which the Fred's Pass Road ran, and was named by surveyor W. P. Auld for his fellow-explorer Fred Litchfield, whose name is also commemorated in the nearby Litchfield...
on the Adelaide RiverAdelaide RiverAdelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia. It starts in Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, being crossed by both the Stuart Highway and the Arnhem Highway...
on 24 May 1869. They had been left alone in the camp to do their drafting work when the attack occurred, which it was suggested was in retribution for the slaying of several natives after the murder of Marie Ward at Escape Cliffs several years before. J. W. Ogilvie Bennett had been on good terms with them previously and was working on an atlas of Wuna (WulnaWulna languageWulna is a presumably extinct indigenous language of Australia. It had one speaker left in 1981....
) placenames. He was interred near the top of Fort Hill overlooking the harbour - the first white man to be buried in Darwin. Guy completely recovered from his wounds. - Nathaniel William Ogle Bennett (ca.1850 – 26 August 1882), an officer with H. M. Customs Service.
- William Ogle Bennett (21 January 1855 – 7 March 1906), a Government agent in Port LincolnPort Lincoln, South Australia- Transport :Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsular Railway.There is also a subsidiary port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. Port...
then MoontaMoonta, South AustraliaMoonta is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history....
.
- N. W. O. Bennett and W. O. Bennett married sisters Rebecca Caroline Raphael and Laura Raphael on 9 June and 4 October 1877 respectively.