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[td]Williams, his wife Catherine, nΓ©e Codd, and much of their family emigrated on the ''Platina'', arriving in South Australia in February 1839, and for a time they lived in "The Barn", in [[Wakefield Street, Adelaide|Wakefield Street]], a rambling thatched wooden structure built in 1837, perhaps Adelaide's first permanent residence, whose previous tenants included [[H. B. T. Strangways]], [[John Hindmarsh|Lady Hindmarsh]], then Hindmarsh's sons-in-law [[Milner Stephen]] and [[Alfred Miller Mundy]]. The place was destroyed by fire in May 1857.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158116818 |title=Fire in Wakefield Street |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |date=9 May 1857 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Williams, with Governor Gawler and [[J. B. Hack]] had a "Special Survey" of [[Little Para River|Little Para]] farm land taken out in the Para Wirra area, and by him named "The Hermitage", his portion being {{convert|2000|acres|ha}}. He fenced the property, and built a homestead where he lived, and as early as 1840 was growing wheat. He established a garden and vineyard, asserted to have been SA's first.<ref name=late/> To pay for this and for his children's education, he liquidated almost every one of his shares in the South Australian Company, coupled with an overdraft on his account with the [[Bank of South Australia]] of some Β£2,900.[/td]
[td]Williams, with Governor Gawler and [[J. B. Hack]] had a [[special survey]] of [[Little Para River|Little Para]] farm land taken out in the Para Wirra area,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43818165 |title=Early Settlement of South Australia β No. 5 |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=XLIX |issue=11,775 |location=South Australia |date=9 August 1884 |accessdate=3 September 2025 |page=1 (Supplement) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and by him named "The Hermitage", his portion being {{convert|2000|acres|ha}}. He fenced the property, and built a homestead where he lived, and as early as 1840 was growing wheat. He established a garden and vineyard, asserted to have been SA's first.<ref name=late/> To pay for this and for his children's education, he liquidated almost every one of his shares in the [[South Australian Company]], coupled with an overdraft on his account with the [[Bank of South Australia]] of some Β£2,900.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]He was in June 1843 appointed by [[Governor Gawler]] to one of the four newly created "non-official" (i.e. without portfolio) seats on the second Legislative Council.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4152 |name=Thomas Williams |former=yes |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Unfortunately for him, the value of his land had not increased as expected, and he had difficulties meeting the interest on his loan. He mortgaged the choicest 1,700 acres with his daughter Elizabeth, without mentioning the fact to the bank, which held the deeds as security on the overdraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27445642 |title=Insolvent Court |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |date=4 October 1843 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}[/td]
[td]He was in June 1843 appointed by [[Governor Gawler]] to one of the four newly created "non-official" (i.e. without portfolio) seats on the second Legislative Council.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4152 |name=Thomas Williams |former=yes |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Unfortunately for him, the value of his land had not increased as expected, and he had difficulties meeting the interest on his loan. He mortgaged the choicest 1,700 acres with his daughter Elizabeth, without mentioning the fact to the bank, which held the deeds as security on the overdraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27445642 |title=Insolvent Court |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |date=4 October 1843 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}[/td]
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[td]Williams, his wife Catherine, nΓ©e Codd, and much of their family emigrated on the ''Platina'', arriving in South Australia in February 1839, and for a time they lived in "The Barn", in [[Wakefield Street, Adelaide|Wakefield Street]], a rambling thatched wooden structure built in 1837, perhaps Adelaide's first permanent residence, whose previous tenants included [[H. B. T. Strangways]], [[John Hindmarsh|Lady Hindmarsh]], then Hindmarsh's sons-in-law [[Milner Stephen]] and [[Alfred Miller Mundy]]. The place was destroyed by fire in May 1857.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158116818 |title=Fire in Wakefield Street |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |date=9 May 1857 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 23:30, 2 September 2025
[/td][td]Williams, his wife Catherine, nΓ©e Codd, and much of their family emigrated on the ''Platina'', arriving in South Australia in February 1839, and for a time they lived in "The Barn", in [[Wakefield Street, Adelaide|Wakefield Street]], a rambling thatched wooden structure built in 1837, perhaps Adelaide's first permanent residence, whose previous tenants included [[H. B. T. Strangways]], [[John Hindmarsh|Lady Hindmarsh]], then Hindmarsh's sons-in-law [[Milner Stephen]] and [[Alfred Miller Mundy]]. The place was destroyed by fire in May 1857.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158116818 |title=Fire in Wakefield Street |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |date=9 May 1857 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Williams, with Governor Gawler and [[J. B. Hack]] had a "Special Survey" of [[Little Para River|Little Para]] farm land taken out in the Para Wirra area, and by him named "The Hermitage", his portion being {{convert|2000|acres|ha}}. He fenced the property, and built a homestead where he lived, and as early as 1840 was growing wheat. He established a garden and vineyard, asserted to have been SA's first.<ref name=late/> To pay for this and for his children's education, he liquidated almost every one of his shares in the South Australian Company, coupled with an overdraft on his account with the [[Bank of South Australia]] of some Β£2,900.[/td]
[td]Williams, with Governor Gawler and [[J. B. Hack]] had a [[special survey]] of [[Little Para River|Little Para]] farm land taken out in the Para Wirra area,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43818165 |title=Early Settlement of South Australia β No. 5 |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=XLIX |issue=11,775 |location=South Australia |date=9 August 1884 |accessdate=3 September 2025 |page=1 (Supplement) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and by him named "The Hermitage", his portion being {{convert|2000|acres|ha}}. He fenced the property, and built a homestead where he lived, and as early as 1840 was growing wheat. He established a garden and vineyard, asserted to have been SA's first.<ref name=late/> To pay for this and for his children's education, he liquidated almost every one of his shares in the [[South Australian Company]], coupled with an overdraft on his account with the [[Bank of South Australia]] of some Β£2,900.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]He was in June 1843 appointed by [[Governor Gawler]] to one of the four newly created "non-official" (i.e. without portfolio) seats on the second Legislative Council.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4152 |name=Thomas Williams |former=yes |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Unfortunately for him, the value of his land had not increased as expected, and he had difficulties meeting the interest on his loan. He mortgaged the choicest 1,700 acres with his daughter Elizabeth, without mentioning the fact to the bank, which held the deeds as security on the overdraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27445642 |title=Insolvent Court |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |date=4 October 1843 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}[/td]
[td]He was in June 1843 appointed by [[Governor Gawler]] to one of the four newly created "non-official" (i.e. without portfolio) seats on the second Legislative Council.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4152 |name=Thomas Williams |former=yes |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Unfortunately for him, the value of his land had not increased as expected, and he had difficulties meeting the interest on his loan. He mortgaged the choicest 1,700 acres with his daughter Elizabeth, without mentioning the fact to the bank, which held the deeds as security on the overdraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27445642 |title=Insolvent Court |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |date=4 October 1843 |access-date=17 November 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}[/td]
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