| 词条 | Walter Duffield |
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Duffield was born in Great Baddow, Essex, England, son of William Duffield, a farmer.[1] Walter arrived in South Australia in the William Barras in December 1839.[1] His first occupation was as manager for fellow-passenger Jacob Hagen's estate at Echunga, where his wine was some of the first produced in the colony.[2] He left Echunga to build up the Para Para estate, near Gawler, and produced hams, wines and orchard fruit; he later had 40,000 Merino sheep.[1] He started business in Gawler as a flour miller ("The Victoria Steam Flour Mill", founded by Stephen King JP) and merchant in September 1847,[3] and, in conjunction with Harrold Brothers as Duffield, Harrold and Company (later Duffield, Harrold and Hurd), owned Weinteriga and Outalpa stations.[4] Duffield was member for Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly from 9 March 1857 to 6 April 1868 and from 14 April 1870 to 13 December 1871,[5] and was Treasurer in the John Hart Government from 23 October 1865 to March 1866,[6] and in the Ministry of James Boucaut, which succeeded it, from the latter date till 3 May 1867.[5] Duffield subsequently sat in the South Australian Legislative Council from 3 April 1873 to 27 May 1879, when every four years one third of the Legislative Council was elected by the whole colony as one electorate "The Province".[5] Duffield died in Gawler on 5 November 1882 and was buried in Willaston General Cemetery.[1] FamilyWalter Duffield married Phoebe Johnstone (c. 1814 – 15 May 1890) on 7 March 1842; their children were:
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Molly |last=Huxley |title=Duffield, Walter (1816–1882) |id2=duffield-walter-3449 |accessdate=13 December 2013}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208269113 |title=Death of Mr. Walter Duffield |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=XIX |issue=5,648 |location=South Australia |date=6 November 1882 |accessdate=21 November 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29595248 |title=Presentation to the Hon. W. W. Duffield |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=6 October 1877 |accessdate=4 September 2015 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48098330 |title=The Late Mr. Joseph Harrold |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=8 April 1891 |accessdate=19 October 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www2.parliament.sa.gov.au/formermembers/Detail.aspx?pid=4147 |title=Mr Walter Duffield |publisher=Parliament of South Australia |accessdate=13 December 2013}} 6. ^{{cite Australasia|Duffield, Walter}} 7. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Deaths| day_of_week=Friday |date=3 October 1902 |page_number=1 |issue=36889}} –– {{DEFAULTSORT:Duffield, Walter}} 8 : 1816 births|1882 deaths|Members of the South Australian House of Assembly|Members of the South Australian Legislative Council|Treasurers of South Australia|Australian flour millers and merchants|Australian pastoralists|19th-century Australian politicians |
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