George Morphett was a settler in the colony of South Australia, and younger brother of John Morphett.
10 Facts About George Morphett
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George Morphett travelled to Egypt in 1833 to meet up with his brother John.
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George Morphett emigrated to South Australia, arriving at Holdfast Bay on 12 December 1840 on the Brightman.
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On 2 March 1841 George Morphett was sworn in as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
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George Morphett lived at North Adelaide, set up a legal practice in the city and returned to England.
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George Morphett returned to South Australia in 1846 on the barque Enmore with his wife and three children.
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George Morphett was involved in a large number of profitable transactions in the land speculation frenzy that the orderly Adelaide real estate market had become.
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Morphett was named in an article in the Adelaide Times in December 1856, along with his friend James Philcox, John Grainger, Edmund Trimmer, and George Aston condemning certain land speculators for underhand practices, including conspiring to purchase government land at less than market prices.
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George Morphett was a conscientious and able member, a supporter of Robert Torrens's Real Property Act, but left the colony for London on the Orient on 31 October 1860 and never returned.
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George Morphett was a Director of Underground Railways London and Metropolitan Railway Company.