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from his rental properties dropped away, and he invested in no new properties. In 1855 he added to his portfolio some 900 acres (360 ha) of good cereal-growing
Barossa land, which he leased and later sold to German settlers at a sizable profit. In 1858 he was able to purchase from Joseph Johnson, "Frogmore", a 500 acres (200 ha) Reedbeds farm, and moved into its attractive (now long since demolished) cottage near what is now the north-west intersection of
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258:. He gifted the extensive Reedbeds property to his five sons, his West Terrace property to his wife and daughter Jane, and his North Adelaide properties to daughters Bessie and Edith in order to avoid inheritance taxes. His remaining properties were willed for the benefit of his children, and then his grandchildren "share and share alike".
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completed his city survey in March 1837 and purchasers of preliminary town acres were able to make their selections in turn, as determined by lot. City acres not selected were then auctioned, and Gray picked up another 14 of the 595 offered, at a total cost of £126 6s. Most of Gray's selections were
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He died in the early Spring of 1896, and was interred in the vault, with a large attendance which included his friend the retired Rev. Woods, his doctor
Benjamin Poulton (died 1921) and lawyer Moulden. The burial service was conducted by Woods' successor the Rev. Alexander Wilson. Beneficiaries of
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Gray enjoyed good health to the age of 80, then was forced by failing eyesight and susceptibility to winter cold to spend less and less time at his beloved sheep farm at the
Reedbeds and more time at "Campden", the comfortable house on town acre 63 at the southern corner of Hindley Street and West
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Reedbeds area, but later that year an exodus of able-bodied men from South Australia to the Victorian goldfields began, and until late 1853 when the tide started to turn, income
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was sent out to replace him, and effected strict economies. In the resulting recession, many colonists were made insolvent, and Gray, who relied on rent from his city cottages for much of his income, was forced to borrow heavily in a desperate gamble to avoid joining them. By 1845 however, with a
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land. Gray knew of Eyre's description of extensive grassy plains and reckoned if only permanent water were found, he could make a fortune from the property. To that end he sent a party of workers, led by one
William Marks, to dig a well. They spent six months chipping away at the obdurate rock,
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William Kuhnel, orig. Kühnel, (1862 – 18 April 1916) on 1 March 1892; He was a champion cyclist and piano merchant, had a home "Ranfurly" on Brougham Place, North Adelaide. They divorced 1910. The house, renamed "Lordello", was later owned by Sir
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District Council of West Torrens at least 1868–1878, reportedly for twenty years. He had in 1862 been accused by longtime antagonist George Dew of membership of the Council for his own ends, notably the road which the council had run from Glenelg to
113:, Childers Street and Barton Terrace. Acre 727 on Brougham Place and 722 on Kermode Street were contiguous, and Gray drove a thoroughfare (Bagot's Lane) through their centres. Town Acre 747 on Barton Terrace he left intact and later became the site of Ru Rua Hospital.
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Terrace (between Newmarket and Gray streets) and built a new one in its place, architect
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Foundry Hotel on the north-east corner of Hindley and Gray streets (Acre 60) and two smaller ones on the north side of Currie Street: the Yorke Peninsula Inn at c. 248 (Acre 123) and the Ship Inn at c. 190 (Acre
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Larrakeeyah Gold Mining Company and the Nina Reef Gold Mining Company, both Northern Territory prospects, but appears to have relinquished them later that year.
233:, who were of similar ages and arrived in the colony in the same year, knew each other well. Gray and Miss Bagshaw may have met at field days run by the Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
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Terrace which he had purchased half a century earlier. He became obsessed with death, and attended funerals of even the slightest acquaintance. He personally supervised the construction of a
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22:(18 January 1808 – 6 September 1896), generally known as W. H. Gray, was a pioneer colonist of South Australia who amassed considerable wealth through ownership and development of land.
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William Henry Gray (18 January 1808 – 6 September 1896) at age 53 married Rosetta Bagshaw (c. 1840 – 23 February 1918) on 16 January 1861. Among their children were:
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The Gray Prize is, or was at least until 1977, awarded annually by Bacon's School, Bermondsey, England, in recognition of Gray's £300 bequest to the school.
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Walter Edwin Gray (1897 – 1971) married Marjory Lorna (Lorna Marjorie?) Trudgen (23 October 1899 – 13 December 1977) in 1923
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586:"Papers of William Henry Gray [PRG 1690/1/5/1] • Manuscript: Indenture certificate, W. H. Gray"
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Herbert George Gray (17 April 1866 – 17 June 1945) married Emilie Smith ( – 1948) in 1886
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949:. Vol. XXXIX, no. 11833. South Australia. 19 September 1896. p. 4
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725:. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 25, 310. South Australia. 23 July 1921. p. 10
619:. Vol. LXI, no. 15, 544. South Australia. 7 September 1896. p. 6
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837:. Vol. VI, no. 1, 590. South Australia. 11 March 1869. p. 2
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266:, the Institution for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb but, surprisingly, not the
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He was in 1860 a founding member of the Reedbeds Cavalry, a unit of the
809:. Vol. IV, no. 193. South Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3
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William Henry Gray (1808–1896) of the Reedbeds, Adelaide, c. 1870
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562:W. H. Gray:A Pioneer Colonist of South Australia
144:In the early 1840s the Colony was bankrupted by
125:area. This was the beginning of his holdings in
373:He was in 1878 a promoter and director of the
180:It is likely that Gray was brought up in the
56:and the projected colony of South Australia.
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991:"NT Place Names Register: Bagshaw Crescent"
893:. South Australia. 26 April 1878. p. 2
865:. South Australia. 26 March 1878. p. 6
1028:– via National Library of Australia.
957:– via National Library of Australia.
929:– via National Library of Australia.
901:– via National Library of Australia.
873:– via National Library of Australia.
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817:– via National Library of Australia.
789:– via National Library of Australia.
761:– via National Library of Australia.
733:– via National Library of Australia.
705:– via National Library of Australia.
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281:Agricultural and Horticultural Society
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404:Places named for Gray and his family
86:. Gray and his manservant built a
1084:People educated at Bacon's College
971:. History Trust of South Australia
941:"The Late Mr. W. H. Gray's Estate"
689:"Yesterday's Government Land Sale"
588:. State Library of South Australia
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806:South Australian Weekly Chronicle
857:"Representation of West Torrens"
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890:The South Australian Advertiser
862:The South Australian Advertiser
316:, 100 miles (160 km) from
196:. He was a friend of the Rev.
1017:The Evening Journal (Adelaide)
1012:"Eloped with the Grocer's Man"
432:Palmerston, Northern Territory
395:Gray was a longtime friend of
65:First Fleet of South Australia
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969:"SA History Hub: W. H. Gray"
375:Holdfast Bay Railway Company
308:In 1868 Gray purchased from
297:In 1867 he made a voyage to
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1079:History of South Australia
801:"District of West Torrens"
451:, footpath as part of the
213:" Catherine Helen Spence,
946:The Advertiser (Adelaide)
834:The Express and Telegraph
778:South Australian Register
750:The Express and Telegraph
694:South Australian Register
616:South Australian Register
611:"Death of Mr. W. H. Gray"
564:. E. Hasenohr, Adelaide.
386:Port Darwin Sugar Company
299:Albany, Western Australia
279:Gray was a member of the
288:South Australian Militia
73:South Australian Company
63:, six months after the "
722:The Register (Adelaide)
639:"Campden, West Terrace"
449:North Terrace, Adelaide
510:Luther Robert Scammell
390:De Lissa Sugar Company
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661:"Sale of Crown Lands"
512:(1826 – 1910) in 1888
409:Gray Street, Adelaide
248:West Terrace Cemetery
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773:"The September Show"
560:E. Hasenohr (1977).
215:Hugh Lindsay's Guest
1074:History of Adelaide
717:"Concerning People"
453:Jubilee 150 Walkway
268:Children's Hospital
264:Home for Incurables
231:John Stokes Bagshaw
198:John Crawford Woods
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918:Adelaide Observer
913:"The Week's News"
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327:Nullarbor Station
314:Head of the Bight
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439:Recognition
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333:"Frogmore".
150:George Grey
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534:References
382:G. T. Bean
364:W. H. Bean
329:homestead.
237:Last years
163:West Beach
123:West Beach
32:Bermondsey
421:Rosewater
256:per annum
139:Underdale
84:Port Road
69:town acre
370:in 1878.
252:codicils
135:Lockleys
88:thatched
246:at the
225:, 1867)
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