The South Australian Company was formed in London on 9 October 1835 by George Fife Angas and other wealthy British merchants to develop a new settlement in South Australia
List of people associated with the South Australian Company[edit]
Most of the major streets in the Adelaide city centre were named after the founding directors of the company. Naming of the settlements streets was completed on 23 May 1837 and gazetted on 3 June by the Street Naming Committee (Adelaide).
| Who | Association | Streets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Fife Angas (1789–1879) | Commissioner | Angas Street | |
| Raikes Currie (1801–1881) | Founding director | Currie Street | |
| Divett, Edward | Trustee | Divett Place | |
| Sir James Hurtle Fisher (1790–1875) | Resident Commissioner (#1) | Hurtle Square | [41] |
| Fussell, John | Trustee | ||
| George Gawler (1795–1869) | Governor of SA (1838–1841) | Gawler Place | Gawler (town), Gawler Ranges, etc. Refer Gawler (disambiguation)[42] |
| William Giles (1791–1862) | Colonial Manager (1841–1860) | [9] | |
| Robert Gouger (1802–1846) | Colonial Secretary (#1) | Gouger Street | [43] |
| Pascoe St Leger Grenfell (1798–1879) | South Australian Church Society | Grenfell Street | |
| Sir George Grey (1812–1898) | Governor of SA (1841–1845) | [44] | |
| Charles Hindley | Founding director | Hindley Street | [3] |
| Sir John Hindmarsh (1785–1860) | Governor of SA (1836–1838) | Hindmarsh Square | [45] |
| William Hutt | Commissioner | Hutt Street | |
| Henry Kingscote | Founding Director | Kingscote, Kangaroo Island[3] | |
| Sir George Strickland Kingston (1807–1880) | Deputy Surveyor General | Kingston SE[46] | |
| William Light (1786–1839) | Surveyor General | Light Square | [47] |
| David McLaren (1785–1850) | Colonial Manager (1837–1841) | [8] | |
| Moore, Henry Percival | Colonial Manager (1901–1929) | [14][15] | |
| Sir John Morphett (1809–1892) | Land Agent | Morphett Street | [48] |
| Muller, Arthur Leopold Albert | Colonial Manager (1930–1936) | [16][17] | |
| Sir John Pirie | Founding director | Pirie Street | [3] |
| Rawson, Christopher | Founding director | [3] | |
| Frederick Robe (1801–1871) | Governor of SA (1845–1848) | Robe, South Australia[49] | |
| John Rundle | Founding director | Rundle Street | [3] |
| Smith, Thomas | Founding director | [3] | |
| Sparks, Henry Yorke | Colonial Manager (1894–1900) | [11][12][13] | |
| Edward Stephens (1811–1861) | First manager of SA Banking Co | [50] | |
| Samuel Stephens (1808–1840) | Colonial Manager (1836–1837) | [7] | |
| Todd, James Ruddell | Founding director | [3] | |
| Robert Torrens (1780–1864) | Commissioner | River Torrens[51] | |
| Daniel Bell Wakefield (1796–1862) | Drafted the bill that became the founding act | Wakefield Street | [52] |
| Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862) | Early proposer of colonisation | [53] | |
| Henry Waymouth | Founding director | Waymouth Street | [3] |
| William Wolryche-Whitmore | South Australian Church Society | Whitmore Square | |
| Sir Henry Edward Fox Young (1803–1870) | Governor of SA (1848–1854) | [54] |
