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22 Facts About John Morphett

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Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician.

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John Morphett's younger brother George Morphett was an early settler in South Australia.

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John Morphett walked three miles there and back from Camden Town.

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John Morphett advertised in similar terms in the Globe and Traveller, 30 July 1835.

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On 20 March 1836, John Morphett sailed for South Australia in the Cygnet, which arrived at Kangaroo Island on 11 September 1836.

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George Gawler, John Morphett selected land in sections 1553 and 1554 to the south of the Barossa South Survey.

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In December 1839, John Morphett was elected Director of the South Australian Railway Company.

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John Morphett was one of the originators of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, presiding over the introductory meeting on 24 April 1844.

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John Morphett was a director of the Adelaide Mining Company, and a director of the South Australian Mining Association which owned the Burra mine.

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John Morphett was appointed treasurer to the town corporation on 5 December 1840, and on 15 June 1843 was nominated as one of four non-official members of the expanded South Australian Legislative Council.

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John Morphett was chief secretary in the Thomas Reynolds ministry from February to October 1861, and on 31 March 1865 was elected President of the South Australian Legislative Council, a position he held until his retirement.

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John Morphett was knighted on 16 February 1870 for his services to South Australia.

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John Morphett was elected as a member and initiated into the Craft on 27 November 1834 in London when The Lodge of Friendship, a Lodge especially founded to become South Australia's first Lodge, held its very first meeting.

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John Morphett returned to England twice: alone in 1846, leaving Mrs Morphett at home with four daughters and a son; then in December 1855 with his wife, ten children and two servants.

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John Morphett died at his home, Cummins House, Novar Gardens, on 7 November 1892.

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John Morphett was survived by his wife Elizabeth, six daughters and four of his five sons.

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John Morphett had faith in the colony from the beginning: although he realized that for a period South Australia would be regarded as a pastoral colony, depending chiefly on its export of wool, as early as 1838 he had hopes of raising wine, olive oil, figs, maize, flax, silk, rice, indigo and tobacco.

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John Morphett supported Fisher and Gouger in their quarrels with Hindmarsh, later becoming a force in the Legislative Council, and he worked hard for responsible government.

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John Morphett took an active part in the formation of the Literary Association and the Mechanics Institute, and was an early supporter of St Peter's College.

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John Morphett was one of the earliest men to take an interest in horse racing in South Australia, and Morphettville Racecourse was named after him.

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John Morphett was born on 4 May 1809 in London, England, the second son of Nathaniel and Mary, nee Gliddon.

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John Morphett married Elizabeth Hurtle Fisher on 15 August 1838 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide.