Martin Basedow

Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow (25 September 1829 – 12 March 1902) was a native of Hanover, Germany who arrived in South Australia aboard the Pauline in March 1848.

Basedow, C. H. Barton, and Georg Valentine Eimer (c. 1824 – c. 3 April 1901), trading as George Eimer & Co. purchased the German language newspaper Süd Australische Zeitung in late 1862 and, contrary to promises and expectations, immediately moved production from Tanunda to Adelaide.[1] The partnership was dissolved on 31 January 1863 and Eimer became sole owner,[2] then brought in Basedow as partner in Basedow, Eimer & Co. In January 1870 they founded the Australische Zeitung,[3] and Süd Australische Zeitung continued to be published until December 1874, when it was absorbed into Australische Zeitung, and Dr. Carl Muecke was appointed editor.[4] In 1876 they absorbed the Neue Deutsche Zeitung, a competing paper published by G. C. L. and F. A. Reiger, and J. W. A. Sudholz.[5]

Basedow represented Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly from 20 May 1876 to 22 April 1890 when he failed to be reelected. He was Minister of Education in the Morgan Ministry from March to June 1881. He entered the South Australian Legislative Council for the electorate of North-Eastern District on 19 May 1894 and held the seat until 18 May 1900.[6][7] His second son, Bernard Basedow (c. 1880 – 13 July 1930), born in Tanunda, was the vigneron of Horndale with his brother Alfred Basedow. Herbert Basedow, his youngest son, born in Kent Town, South Australia, was a well-known anthropologist and geologist.

  1. ^ "Tanunda". The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. V, no. 1391. South Australia. 7 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. Vol. XXVII, no. 5099. South Australia. 26 February 1863. p. 1. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Latest News". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Vol. II, no. 312. South Australia. 12 January 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Dr. Carl Muecke". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXII, no. 9, 505. South Australia. 17 July 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2016 – via Trove. Muecke left SA for Victoria in late 1869. When did he return?
  5. ^ "Law Courts". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XXI, no. 1, 039. South Australia. 20 July 1878. p. 11. Retrieved 8 July 2016 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Basedow, Martin Peter Friedrich" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ "Mr Martin Basedow". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.