George Hall (Australian politician)

For Governor Gawler's Private Secretary, see George Hall (British administrator).

George Hall, M.L.C., (2 March 1811 – 28 January 1867) often styled "Captain Hall", was a South Australian shipping agent, company director and politician.

He was born at Bromley, Kent and left school at an early age to become a merchant seaman, and later captained ships on the East Indian and West Indian trade routes. His involvement with the South Australian Company began when David McLaren, manager of the South Australian Company, controversially contracted him to transport goods for the Company from Singapore to Port Adelaide in the "Guiana",[1] becoming, on 7 October 1840,[2] the first to unload goods at the new wharf.

  1. ^ "South Australian Company". South Australian Register. 19 February 1842. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2011 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". South Australian Register. 10 October 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2011 – via Trove.