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William Bower Dawes (c. 1807 – 3 August 1869) was a farmer in the colony of South Australia, and member of the first fully elected House of Assembly.

Dawes was a farmer in the Nairne district, then partner with Samuel Stocks jnr. in the district's first flour mill.^[1] He was active in the Mount Barker Agricultural Society, and their president in at least one year.^[1]

He was one of the councillors when the District Council of Nairne was proclaimed in 1853.^[2] He served as the first Member of the House of Assembly for the seat of Onkaparinga in association with (later Sir) William Milne from March 1857.^[3] He resigned in November 1857^[4] after a series of financial reverses. He took a position as manager of a mine at Kanmantoo,^[5] which he filled conscientiously, then tried mining at Karkarilla, near Moonta on Yorke Peninsula. He was later an active trader on the Stock Exchange, though without any spectacular success.^[6]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71623526 |title=Mount Barker Agricultural Association |newspaper=The South Australian |location=Adelaide |date=17 April 1849 |accessdate=5 April 2015 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48548134 |title=District Council for Nairne |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=2 September 1853 |accessdate=5 April 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^South Australian Names.
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158117424 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |date=28 November 1857 |accessdate=5 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
5. ^South Australian Names.
6. ^¹{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41402060 |title=The Late Mr. W. B. Dawes |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=5 August 1869 |accessdate=5 April 2015 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}