Early Settlers

People who were early settlers or were involved in the establishment of our districts.

John Weymouth

John Weymouth

John Weymouth was born 28th August 1802 in Gampton, England and died 7th June 1887, in Coromandel Valley South...

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Mr Alexander Murray snr

Alexander Murray and Family

When Alexander Murray and his family arrived in South Australia in 1840, the colony was barely four years old – about the same age as the Murray’s eldest child, Alexander Jr. Born in Glasgow in 1803, Alexander was a 40 year old man when he left his Scottish homeland, not a young, brash...

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The Gamble family

The Gamble Family

The Gamble family's links to Coromandel Valley began in the mid 19th...

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