South Australian Company
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The South Australian Company, also referred to as the South Australia Company, was formed in London on 9 October 1835, after the South Australia Act 1834 had established the new British Province of So
First office, erected 1836 at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island. (c. 1870)
Company office c. 1900
"Gawler Chambers" c. 1914
Company office c. 1914
George Fife Angas
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George Fife Angas was an English businessman and banker who, while residing in England, played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Province of South Australia. He established
South Australian Company
…Colonization Commission, but turned out to be indispensable in allowing emigration to the new colony to begin. The founding board of the company, headed by George Fife Angas, consisted of wealthy British merchants, with the purpose of developing a new settlement in South Australia, building a new colony by meeting an essential…
George Fife Angas
Rosetta Angas, wife of George Fife Angas, about 1840
George Fife Angas (c.1860)
George Fife Angas, 1870