John Barton Hack
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John Barton Hack was an early settler in South Australia
; a prominent farmer, businessman and public figure. He lost his fortune in the financial crisis of 1840 and despite his best efforts, never regained anything like his former influence and prosperity. His son Theophilus Hack, younger brother Stephen Hack and nephew Wilton Hack
were all figures of some significance in the history of the Colony.
, England
to Stephen Hack, a banker, and the educational writer Maria Hack
(née Barton), sister of the poet Bernard Barton
. He was educated at Southgate, Middlesex
before going into the leather trade, building up a business in Sussex
. On 9 July 1827, Hack married Bridget Watson (born 27 September 1806), daughter of William Watson of Hardshaw, Lancashire. After an illness which affected his lungs, he was advised to move to a warmer climate. While in Portsmouth he met Captain Lipson, who was fitting out the "Buffalo
" for its first voyage to South Australia which captured his imagination. He read Robert Torrens
's book The Colonization of South Australia and met with Edward Gibbon Wakefield
and some members of the South Australian Company and was so convinced of the colony's future that he sold up his considerable business interests and purchased three 134-acre sections with their three accompanying town acres. In September 1836 he embarked with his wife, six children and younger brother Stephen (who was to become an explorer of some note and father of Wilton Hack
), on the Isabella, commanded by Captain Hart for the owner Griffiths of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land
. A surprise last-minute addition to the passenger list was Sir John Jeffcott
, who had been appointed Chief Justice of South Australia, and was "slipping away" surreptitiously to avoid creditors. The Isabellas first stop in Australia was Launceston, where he spent a month purchasing livestock and equipment, which were loaded on the Isabella for shipping to South Australia
. His purchases included nearly 400 sheep, six cows and a bull, ten bullocks, a large wagon and a dray, three horses and a Timor pony
.
(again on the Isabella, whose captain was the future South Australian Premier John Hart) in February 1837, his goods and livestock were unloaded, but by an oversight the sheep dispersed and were never recovered. He set up the two prefabricated two-room "Manning's Portable Cottages" he had loaded at Portsmouth; one at Glenelg and one in Adelaide, on the site of the present Railway Station. The bullock wagon was kept busy, carting goods between Holdfast Bay and Adelaide, making £15 in the first week apart from his own work. He was supplying milk (he purchased, for £27 a head, a herd of cows that were subsequently landed from South Africa) and, with his gardener, developing a garden in North Adelaide. In March 1837, at the beginning of the first land sales in Adelaide
, Hack purchased a further sixty acres (24 ha). In May he lost another consignment of sheep and cattle when the Isabella foundered on rocks off Cape Nelson. He built a more substantial residence in Hindley Street
, which a few years later the Government purchased for conversion into a police station. He purchased 1000 acres on the Little Para River
for a dairy, and produced butter for sale in the city.
Hack also became involved in public life, sitting on the Street Naming Committee
, which decided the names of streets that now run through Adelaide city centre
and North Adelaide
, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and several other bodies. As part of his business ventures, he was paid £800 for cutting the original channel in Port Adelaide
. In 1838, he purchased Blenkinsop’s whaling station at Encounter Bay
(Blenkinsop had drowned with Sir John Jeffcott at the Murray Mouth the previous December). He squatted 400 head of cattle at Mount Barker
, but was moved on in 1839. Not put off, he then bought 4,000 acres (1619 ha) of land at nearby Echunga
and made his home there. His farming venture was initially very successful and it was at this time that he planted some of the first wine-grape vines in the colony.
In 1839 he had formed the shipping agency Hack, Watson and Co. with brother-in-law Henry Watson, and spent much of his time and energy travelling between his home at Echunga and Port Adelaide.
In 1843, with little or no capital, Hack made a living with a bullock team, which he expanded in 1845 with several bullock drays carting copper ore from the new mines at Burra
to Port Adelaide and living at Kapunda. He undertook several prospective diggings but found no minable copper. By 1848, he had interests in a timber business associated with the building of Christ Church in North Adelaide, but the death of the contractor and the loss of his his workers to the Bendigo goldfields resulted in another business failure. In 1851 he went to the Victorian
goldfields
, where he was modestly successful and returned to South Australia, where he was engaged as mercantile manager for the solicitor Atkinson (who he left in 1852), then with Hart and Hughes of Port Adelaide. In 1859 he purchased a dairy farm along the Coorong
, which proved uneconomical. He tried sheep-farming in partnership with G. M. Brown but footrot caused unsupportable losses and in 1863 the family returned to Adelaide. He worked as accountant for H. Hill & Co, then John Rounsevell, then as an independent agent. Finally he was employed as an accountant for the South Australian Railways
from 1870 to 1883, when he retired, having reached the position of Controller of Railway Accounts.
, and many of the Adelaide church's first meetings were held at his home. He donated land on Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, and contracted for erection there of the Friends’ meeting house
, a prefabricated wooden building from the same H. Manning, which is still in use. One of his children, who died in infancy, was buried in its yard. He converted to Wesleyan Methodism
in Kapunda around 1845 and later was active in church finance committees and management committee of Prince Alfred College
. He was noted for his friendliness to Aboriginals
and ex-convicts
(notably one Jack Foley, who became a trusted employee to the extent of accompanying Stephen Hack to London in 1840), and as a temperance
advocate. He was a firm friend and mentor of Henry Inman
.
on 4 October 1884 (his wife had died on 20 July 1881). Together they produced at least twelve children, including eight sons and four daughters. The first six were born in England.
"With his wife, six children and his younger brother, he arrived at Holdfast Bay in February 1837."
At least three of his sons received tuition at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution: between December 1854 and December 1857, Theodore, Charles and Frank figured prominently at prizegivings, as did their cousin Wilton (1843 – 1923).
He was by turns landing officer at the Semaphore
, harbormaster at Port Willunga
, clerk with the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, railway storekeeper, timber merchant (with Elvira's sister Stella Ann Robin after the death of her husband Theophilus Robin), then valuer and architect. He was member of the Port Adelaide council (and for two years its mayor) and the first mayor of Semaphore, as well as a member of the South Australian Parliament, representing the former electorate of Gumeracha
between 1890
and 1893
.
He was a judge at the Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, a member of the Central Roads Board and the Fire Brigades' Board, a lay preacher for the Methodist Church and active with several Methodist organizations. He was president of the Local Teachers' Association, the governing body of Prince Alfred College
, chairman and treasurer of the Prisoners' Aid Society and an active member of the Chamber of Manufactures. He died of Bright's disease
, from which he had suffered for some time.
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...
; a prominent farmer, businessman and public figure. He lost his fortune in the financial crisis of 1840 and despite his best efforts, never regained anything like his former influence and prosperity. His son Theophilus Hack, younger brother Stephen Hack and nephew Wilton Hack
Wilton Hack
Wilton Hack was an Australian artist, traveller, lecturer and utopist with interests in Theosophy and Eastern cultures.-Early life:...
were all figures of some significance in the history of the Colony.
Early life
Hack was born in ChichesterChichester
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to Stephen Hack, a banker, and the educational writer Maria Hack
Maria Hack
-Life and family:Maria was born to John Barton and his wife Maria Done in Carlisle on 16 February 1777. Both her parents were Quakers. The family moved to London before Maria's mother died. Her father married again to Elizabeth Horne of Tottenham, with whose family Mary lived after her father's...
(née Barton), sister of the poet Bernard Barton
Bernard Barton
-External links:* at Find-A-Grave...
. He was educated at Southgate, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
before going into the leather trade, building up a business in Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
. On 9 July 1827, Hack married Bridget Watson (born 27 September 1806), daughter of William Watson of Hardshaw, Lancashire. After an illness which affected his lungs, he was advised to move to a warmer climate. While in Portsmouth he met Captain Lipson, who was fitting out the "Buffalo
Buffalo
-Bovine:* African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo * American Buffalo, North American colloquial name for American Bison * Wisent, or Eurasian Buffalo...
" for its first voyage to South Australia which captured his imagination. He read Robert Torrens
Robert Torrens (economist)
Colonel Robert Torrens was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, MP, owner of the influential Globe newspaper and prolific writer.Born in Ireland, son of Protestant Robert Torrens of Hervey Hill....
's book The Colonization of South Australia and met with Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonisation of South Australia, and later New Zealand....
and some members of the South Australian Company and was so convinced of the colony's future that he sold up his considerable business interests and purchased three 134-acre sections with their three accompanying town acres. In September 1836 he embarked with his wife, six children and younger brother Stephen (who was to become an explorer of some note and father of Wilton Hack
Wilton Hack
Wilton Hack was an Australian artist, traveller, lecturer and utopist with interests in Theosophy and Eastern cultures.-Early life:...
), on the Isabella, commanded by Captain Hart for the owner Griffiths of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
. A surprise last-minute addition to the passenger list was Sir John Jeffcott
John Jeffcott
Sir John William Jeffcott BA MA was the first judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. He also served as Chief Justice of Sierra Leone.-Biography:...
, who had been appointed Chief Justice of South Australia, and was "slipping away" surreptitiously to avoid creditors. The Isabellas first stop in Australia was Launceston, where he spent a month purchasing livestock and equipment, which were loaded on the Isabella for shipping to South Australia
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...
. His purchases included nearly 400 sheep, six cows and a bull, ten bullocks, a large wagon and a dray, three horses and a Timor pony
Timor Pony
The Timor Pony was developed on Timor Island, likely from Indian breeds of horses and ponies that were imported to the island. The Timor Pony is thought to be closely related to the Flores Pony, which was developed on nearby Flores Island. Both breeds are used by the local people for cattle work, ...
.
From carting to farming
Arriving at Holdfast BayHoldfast Bay
Holdfast Bay is a small bay in Gulf St Vincent, next to Adelaide, South Australia. Along its shores lie the City of Holdfast Bay and the popular beach-side suburb of Glenelg.-European settlement:...
(again on the Isabella, whose captain was the future South Australian Premier John Hart) in February 1837, his goods and livestock were unloaded, but by an oversight the sheep dispersed and were never recovered. He set up the two prefabricated two-room "Manning's Portable Cottages" he had loaded at Portsmouth; one at Glenelg and one in Adelaide, on the site of the present Railway Station. The bullock wagon was kept busy, carting goods between Holdfast Bay and Adelaide, making £15 in the first week apart from his own work. He was supplying milk (he purchased, for £27 a head, a herd of cows that were subsequently landed from South Africa) and, with his gardener, developing a garden in North Adelaide. In March 1837, at the beginning of the first land sales in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Hack purchased a further sixty acres (24 ha). In May he lost another consignment of sheep and cattle when the Isabella foundered on rocks off Cape Nelson. He built a more substantial residence in Hindley Street
Hindley Street, Adelaide
Hindley Street is located in the West End of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley....
, which a few years later the Government purchased for conversion into a police station. He purchased 1000 acres on the Little Para River
Little Para River
The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide plains of South Australia, whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs...
for a dairy, and produced butter for sale in the city.
Hack also became involved in public life, sitting on the Street Naming Committee
Street Naming Committee (Adelaide)
The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, South Australia, as it had been laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to the modern Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide...
, which decided the names of streets that now run through Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre
The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...
and North Adelaide
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.-History:...
, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and several other bodies. As part of his business ventures, he was paid £800 for cutting the original channel in Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
. In 1838, he purchased Blenkinsop’s whaling station at Encounter Bay
Victor Harbor, South Australia
Victor Harbor is a city located on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 80 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. The city is the largest population centre on the peninsula, with an economy based upon agriculture, fisheries and various industries...
(Blenkinsop had drowned with Sir John Jeffcott at the Murray Mouth the previous December). He squatted 400 head of cattle at Mount Barker
Mount Barker, South Australia
Mount Barker is an expanding city, home to 10 258 residents that is 33 kilometres up the South Eastern Freeway, east of Adelaide, in South Australia. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, is the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, and is one of the fastest growing areas in the...
, but was moved on in 1839. Not put off, he then bought 4,000 acres (1619 ha) of land at nearby Echunga
Echunga, South Australia
Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia.The area was initially settled in 1839, with the town laid out in 1849. Gold was discovered in 1852 and Echunga became the first proclaimed goldfield in South Australia. This led to a gold rush,...
and made his home there. His farming venture was initially very successful and it was at this time that he planted some of the first wine-grape vines in the colony.
In 1839 he had formed the shipping agency Hack, Watson and Co. with brother-in-law Henry Watson, and spent much of his time and energy travelling between his home at Echunga and Port Adelaide.
The Recession and after
South Australia was plunged into an economic depression in 1841 when the South Australian Company repudiated debts incurred by Governor Gawler. Hack had numerous creditors who could not pay him, debts to the bank, workers to pay and other ongoing commitments with little coming in and no support from his bank. He was forced to sell his Echunga property and whaling interests at a huge discount. His shipping company ceased trading in 1842 and its assets taken over by their U.K. manager, Jacob Hagen. Through Hack's efforts, a position was found for Watson as Chief Clerk in the Customs Department.In 1843, with little or no capital, Hack made a living with a bullock team, which he expanded in 1845 with several bullock drays carting copper ore from the new mines at Burra
Burra, South Australia
Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. The town began as a single company mining township that, by 1851, was a set of townships ...
to Port Adelaide and living at Kapunda. He undertook several prospective diggings but found no minable copper. By 1848, he had interests in a timber business associated with the building of Christ Church in North Adelaide, but the death of the contractor and the loss of his his workers to the Bendigo goldfields resulted in another business failure. In 1851 he went to the Victorian
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
goldfields
Victorian gold rush
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years the Australian population nearly tripled.- Overview :During this era Victoria dominated the world's gold output...
, where he was modestly successful and returned to South Australia, where he was engaged as mercantile manager for the solicitor Atkinson (who he left in 1852), then with Hart and Hughes of Port Adelaide. In 1859 he purchased a dairy farm along the Coorong
Coorong National Park
The Coorong is a national park and lagoon ecosystem in South Australia , 156 km southeast of Adelaide. Its name is thought to be a corruption of the local Aboriginal people's word kurangh, meaning "long neck"; a reference to the shape of the lagoon system...
, which proved uneconomical. He tried sheep-farming in partnership with G. M. Brown but footrot caused unsupportable losses and in 1863 the family returned to Adelaide. He worked as accountant for H. Hill & Co, then John Rounsevell, then as an independent agent. Finally he was employed as an accountant for the South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 to the incorporation of its non-urban railways into the Australian National Railways Commission in 1975, together with the former Commonwealth Railways and the former Tasmanian Government Railways...
from 1870 to 1883, when he retired, having reached the position of Controller of Railway Accounts.
Religion and social concerns
Hack was brought up as a QuakerReligious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
, and many of the Adelaide church's first meetings were held at his home. He donated land on Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, and contracted for erection there of the Friends’ meeting house
Friends Meeting House, Adelaide
The Adelaide meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends is situated on Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, literally in the shadow of St Peters Cathedral, on its west side. It is substantially made of timber, the only such church building in the City...
, a prefabricated wooden building from the same H. Manning, which is still in use. One of his children, who died in infancy, was buried in its yard. He converted to Wesleyan Methodism
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
in Kapunda around 1845 and later was active in church finance committees and management committee of Prince Alfred College
Prince Alfred College
Prince Alfred College is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia...
. He was noted for his friendliness to Aboriginals
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
and ex-convicts
Convicts in Australia
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government. One of the primary reasons for the British settlement of Australia was the establishment of a penal colony to alleviate pressure on their...
(notably one Jack Foley, who became a trusted employee to the extent of accompanying Stephen Hack to London in 1840), and as a temperance
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
advocate. He was a firm friend and mentor of Henry Inman
Henry Inman (police commander)
Henry Inman , cavalry officer, Pioneer of South Australia, founder and first commander of the South Australia Police, overlander, Anglican clergyman.-Origins:...
.
Family
Hack died at his home in SemaphoreSemaphore, South Australia
Semaphore is a north-western seaside suburb of Adelaide of the LeFevre Peninsula 14km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Semaphore South, Glanville, Exeter and Largs Bay. The postcode for Semaphore is 5019...
on 4 October 1884 (his wife had died on 20 July 1881). Together they produced at least twelve children, including eight sons and four daughters. The first six were born in England.
- William (1828 – 20 April 1900) married Emma Harding (1846-1929), was a farmer and grazier at Stewart's Range near Naracoorte.
- Edward (1829 – 25 Setember 1904) was a carter, surveyor, storekeeper and Primitive Methodist local preacher.
- Annie Mary (1830 – 17 February 1839)
- Louisa (1831 – 7 August 1865) married Patrick James Tod (died 30 May 1855) on 20 January 1849; married Kingston Linden, of PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
, England. - Alfred (1833 – 7 June 1908) auctioneer and commission agent, married Susan Pengilly on 25 October 1870
- Bedford (1835 – 26 April 1912) worked in the Surveyor-General's Department and was Manager of the Sewerage Farm.
"With his wife, six children and his younger brother, he arrived at Holdfast Bay in February 1837."
- Emily Margaret (1837 – 7 January 1873)
- Theodore (1840 – 27 December 1902) had a diverse career - see below.
- Charles (30 May 1842 – 1915) married Anne Brooks Meyrick on 27 December 1866
- Francis ("Frank") (4 December 1843 – 17 August 1903)
- George (27 May 1845 – )
- Jessie Maria (20 Jul 1848 – 31 Mar 1867)
At least three of his sons received tuition at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution: between December 1854 and December 1857, Theodore, Charles and Frank figured prominently at prizegivings, as did their cousin Wilton (1843 – 1923).
Theodore Hack
His fifth son, Theodore Hack (17 November 1840–27 December 1902) was born at Echunga, educated at A.E.I., and married Elvira Louisa Ansell (ca. 1842 – 7 October 1890) on 17 November 1864.He was by turns landing officer at the Semaphore
Semaphore, South Australia
Semaphore is a north-western seaside suburb of Adelaide of the LeFevre Peninsula 14km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Semaphore South, Glanville, Exeter and Largs Bay. The postcode for Semaphore is 5019...
, harbormaster at Port Willunga
Willunga, South Australia
Willunga is a town south of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga local government area. It is 5 km away from the wine growing region of McLaren Vale and is approx. 47 km from the Adelaide CBD...
, clerk with the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, railway storekeeper, timber merchant (with Elvira's sister Stella Ann Robin after the death of her husband Theophilus Robin), then valuer and architect. He was member of the Port Adelaide council (and for two years its mayor) and the first mayor of Semaphore, as well as a member of the South Australian Parliament, representing the former electorate of Gumeracha
Gumeracha, South Australia
Gumeracha is a town near Adelaide, South Australia, located on the Adelaide-Mannum Road. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area. At the 2006 census, Gumeracha had a population of 731.-History:...
between 1890
South Australian state election, 1890
State elections were held in Australia on 9 April 1890. All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent government led by Premier of South Australia John Cockburn defeated the opposition led by Leader of the Opposition Thomas Playford II. Each district...
and 1893
South Australian state election, 1893
State elections were held in Australia on 15 April 1893. All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent conservative government led by Premier of South Australia John Downer was defeated by the liberal opposition led by Charles Kingston, with the support...
.
He was a judge at the Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, a member of the Central Roads Board and the Fire Brigades' Board, a lay preacher for the Methodist Church and active with several Methodist organizations. He was president of the Local Teachers' Association, the governing body of Prince Alfred College
Prince Alfred College
Prince Alfred College is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia...
, chairman and treasurer of the Prisoners' Aid Society and an active member of the Chamber of Manufactures. He died of Bright's disease
Bright's disease
Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. The term is no longer used, as diseases are now classified according to their more fully understood causes....
, from which he had suffered for some time.
Sources
- G. C. Morphett, John Barton Hack: A Quaker Pioneer (Adel, 1943)
- A Chequered Career - Reminiscences of a Pioneer Outline South Australian Register 22 April 1884 p.6 accessed 7 September 2011
Remarkably, this autobiographical series contains no reference to any involvement with the Quaker church. - A Chequered Career - Reminiscences of a Pioneer I South Australian Register 22 April 1884 p.6 accessed 7 September 2011
- A Chequered Career - Reminiscences of a Pioneer II South Australian Register 23 April 1884 p.6 accessed 6 September 2011
- A Chequered Career - Reminiscences of a Pioneer III South Australian Register 28 April 1884 p.7 accessed 7 September 2011
- Early Settlement in South Australia No. 1 South Australian Register 3 July 1884 p.6 accessed 7 September 2011
- Early Settlement in South Australia No. 2 South Australian Register 12 July 1884 Supplement p.1 accessed 7 September 2011
- Early Settlement in South Australia No. 3 South Australian Register 19 July 1884 Supplement p.2 accessed 7 September 2011
- Early Settlement in South Australia No. 4 South Australian Register 29 July 1884 p.7 accessed 7 September 2011
- Early Settlement in South Australia No. 5 South Australian Register 9 August 1884 Supplement p.1 accessed 7 September 2011