Arthur Aloysius Fox

Arthur Aloysius Fox (22 October 1847 – 11 April 1901) was a landowner and politician in the colony of South Australia.

He was the only son of Rundle Street auctioneer Arthur Fox (c. 1814 – 1 May 1853) and his wife Frances Ellen Fox née Nihill (c. 1826 – 25 May 1895), who established the property "Marybank" near Athelstone (also mentioned in connection with Hectorville), profited handsomely from shares in the Kapunda and Burra copper mines, and died from accidental drowning.[1] Frances Ellen's sister Mary Nihill (c. 1811–1893) married Daniel Michael Paul Cudmore (1811–1891) around 1835.

He was Secretary of the Athelstone Institute, and prominent in organising the erection of the Institute building. He was a man of some means, and owned property adjacent to the town of Mintaro[2]

He was elected as a Protectionist candidate (and received much support from fellow Catholics) to the seat of West Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly and sat from April 1884 to March 1887,[3] with C. C. Kingston as his colleague. He was unsuccessful at the following election. He was appointed Justice of the Peace around 1885, but seldom sat on the Bench.[4]

He married Winifred Phillips of "Redlands", St. Leonards, New South Wales, on 31 May 1893.[5] Winifred was a friend of Sister Mary MacKillop.[6]

He died at his residence, "Marybank", and was buried in the Catholic section of the West Terrace Cemetery.

  1. ^ "Two Inquests on One Body". Adelaide Observer. 7 May 1853. p. 7. Retrieved 31 August 2015 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Register. 26 May 1910. p. 12. Retrieved 31 August 2015 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Arthur Aloysius Fox". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "The Late Mr. A. A. Fox". The Advertiser. 12 April 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2015 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Foundation of the Church in South Australia". The Southern Cross. Adelaide. 9 January 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 31 August 2015 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Mother Mary of the Cross". The Southern Cross. 2 March 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 31 August 2015 – via Trove.