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William George James Mills (7 September 1859 – 20 September 1933), generally referred to as W. G. Mills, was a sheep breeder and politician in South Australia.

History

William was born at "Millbrae", Native Valley, near Nairne, South Australia, the son of Richard Mills the younger (1840–1870). He was educated at Nairne public school and Rev. A. Law's grammar school at Mount Barker. He gained experience as a jackaroo for Robert Browne, manager of Winnininnie Station in the north of the State. He took over his father's farm around 1880 and continued breeding Merino sheep^[1] with some success, purchasing valuable rams from Alick J. Murray, and expanded the farm from {{convert|500 to 5000|acres|ha}}, including "Bondleigh" farm, later held by his eldest son, W. Champion Mills.^[2]

In 1928 he took on his son Alec Mills as partner in "Millbrae". He purchased another property, in the Adelaide Hills, which he named "Sturtbrae", which was later subdivided as Bellevue Heights by his daughters Margaret and May.

Politics

He was in 1915 a foundation member of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and for five years its president. This Association was to become the nucleus of the Country Party in South Australia.^[3] In 1918 he successfully stood for a Northern district seat in the South Australian Legislative Council, and held that seat until 1933, when he declined to stand due to poor health.

Family

He married Elizabeth Martha "Lizzie" Champion (1861–1961) on 19 July 1882; they had five sons and four daughters:

Bibliography

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47003016 |title=Death of Mr. W. G. Mills |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=21 September 1933 |accessdate=10 November 2014 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147842885 |title="Millbrae" Native Valley |newspaper=The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser |location=SA |date=23 August 1929 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^Penelope Hetherington, 'Mills, William George (1859–1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mills-william-george-7595/text13265, published in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 10 November 2014.
4. ^Helen Jones, 'Mills, May (1890–1984)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mills-may-14963/text26152, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 11 November 2014.
5. ^Jenny Tilby Stock, 'Loveday, Ronald Redvers (1900–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/loveday-ronald-redvers-14351/text25423, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 11 November 2014.