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William Lavington Marchant

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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}William Lavington Marchant (30 May 1828 – 1889) was a pastoralist and businessman in South Australia.^[1]^[2]

Marchant was born in Freashford in Somerset in 1828 and arrived in Australia aboard the Fairlie in 1840. He arrived with his father, William L. Marchant Snr, who died shortly after arriving, his mother and five brothers.^[1]

His brother, Thomas Balne Marchant, established the Mannanarie run initially as a cattle station but eventually changed to become a sheep station in the 1840s. After the death of Thomas in 1852 and a new lease was issued to William in 1854.^[3]

Marchant introduced Durham cattle and Clydesdale horses to South Australia and was involved in many stations in the north of South Australia including Mannanarie, Edeowie, Aroona and Burnside Station. He eventually retired to Adelaide and returned to England where he died.^[1]

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1. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=61&c=5184|title=S.A. Northern Pioneers: W.L. Marchant|work=SA Memory|date=16 June 2008|accessdate=14 October 2014|publisher=Government of South Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90877635 |title=OUR ANGLO COLONIAL LETTER. |newspaper=South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895) |location=Adelaide, SA |date=17 August 1889 |accessdate=23 January 2016 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/mannanarie.htm|title=Mannanarie - The first fifty years|year=2012|accessdate=14 October 2014|publisher=Flinders Range Research}}

3 : 1828 births|1883 deaths|Australian pastoralists

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