William Everard (South Australian politician)

For the Victorian politician, see William Everard (Victorian politician).

William Edward Everard (December 1819 – 25 August 1889) was a South Australian businessman and politician.

Everard was the son of Dr. Charles George Everard (1794–1876) and his wife Catherine (1786–1866), originally of London.

The family, which included his mother and brothers Charles John Everard (ca.1822 – 22 July 1892) and James George (died 3 May 1840, aged 15), arrived in Adelaide on the ship Africaine under Captain John Finlay Duff in 1836.[1] His father was one of the first eighteen elected to South Australia's unicameral Legislative Council in 1839.[2]

By 1843 William and his brother Charles were farming a jointly-owned property in Myponga, while Dr. C. G. Everard was developing his properties "Ashford" and "Marshfield", to the west and east of the Bay Road respectively, and comprising much of the land between Keswick and Glenelg.[3][4] Dr. Everard was the first colonist to grow wheat, on one of his City selections on Morphett Street.[3]

  1. ^ "Africaine passenger list - Bound for South Australia". 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Death of Mr W. Everard". South Australian Register. 26 August 1889. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b "Old-time memories". The Register. 20 November 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 19 November 2011 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 24 June 1843. p. 1. Retrieved 18 November 2011 – via Trove.