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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 Somersetshire on 24 August 1839.[1][2][3]
He started a distillery on the banks of the River Torrens at Klemzig, but was closed down by the Governor George Grey.[2]
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.[2]
In June 1861[4] 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.[5] He retired from teaching late 1879 or early 1880.[6] He sold the family house in August 1894, having moved to live with his son in Port Lincoln, where he died.[7]
- ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. 21 February 1899.
- ^ a b c Death of Mrs A. W. Bennett South Australian Register 21 February 1899 p.5 accessed 26 September 2011
perhaps misprint for E. W. (Elizabeth Wiggins?) - ^ "The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Thomas Boutflower Bennett [B 47769/13D] - Photograph". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Adelaide Educational Institution.—Distribution of Prizes". South Australian Advertiser. 15 June 1861.
- ^ Death of Mr Thomas B. Bennett South Australian Register 15 September 1894 accessed 26 September 2011
According to this reference he was buried in Port Lincoln. Remarkably, he has a gravestone in Moonta cemetery which mentions SPSC but not AEI. - ^ Presentation to Mr. Thomas Bennett South Australian Register 24 January 1880 Supplement p.4 accessed 26 September 2011
- ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. 2 August 1894.