Younghusband. On the River Murray near Mannum and Bowhill. The local hall and public school. Built in 1889. The school closed after World War Two in 1949 but it is still used as the local hall..
Younghusband.
William Younghusband was a merchant, banker, land developer and politician who became a member of the Legislative Council from 1851 to 1861 before he died in 1863. He married and English woman in India in 1836 and arrived in South Australia in 1840 with his wife and three children. He lived in a city house (town acre 763) on two acres of land and it was said in the newspapers that it was the equivalent of Government House. After his retirement from parliament he returned to England in 1861 and his city house was rented at £300 a year to Sir Thomas Elder of Birksgate. Younghusband later went from England to Rome where he died of typhus fever in May 1863. Almost upon his arrival in Adelaide he was chartering ships from India, England and Singapore to Port Adelaide with goods then for sale and for export. He mainly exported wool to the port of Liverpool. In 1845 he founded a wool broking and shipping business with George Young which traded as the William Younghusband Company with their store in Hindley Street selling everything from nutmeg and spices to fabrics and silks and spirits. He also took out a sheep run in the Flinders Ranges in 1845. As his business expanded he moved his store to King William Street. He was a director of the Bank of Australasia and he was one of the promoters of the Murray River Steam Navigation Company formed in 1853 by Captain Cadell of Goolwa. In fact Younghusband had one of his three daughters launch the Eureka a vessel which left Goolwa at the time the Lady Augusta did. It was the tender vessel with supplies for the Lady Augusta en route. The Lady Augusta steamed off with the Governor and his party to see if the River Murray was navigable to the Darling and beyond in August 1853. William Younghusband, his wife, her maid and his three daughters were all in the Vice Regal party on the Lady Augusta for this historic voyage from Goolwa. It reached Swan Hill in 23 days later. The Eureka was left 40 miles downstream from Swan Hill and took on a load of baled wool for the return trip for Younghusband and Co. This was the start of Younghusband’s shipping services on the River Murray and beyond. He traded from Gundagai downstream on the Murrumbidgee and from Victorian ports along the Murray River. He also did much coastal shipping in SA especially from Robe to Port Adelaide.
Not surprisingly a few years later in 1860 the Hundred of Younghusband was named after William Younghusband as was the Younghusband Peninsula on the Coorong near where the party set off from in 1853. His retirement from the Legislative Council was noted in 1860 as he had been Chief Secretary of the Legislative Council for many years and he had been a major shipping agent along the River Murray. The Hundred of Younghusband was declared in 1860 but nothing much happened at that time. Prior to the declaration of the Hundred John Baker had the Wall run at Younghusband which had 20 miles freehold and 20 miles leasehold frontage to the River Murray in its 50 square miles or 32,000 acres. In 1872 John Baker sold the Wall run before the government began to resume it. The first survey of the Hundred was done in 1875 when it was mapped and some farmers began to move into the region then. Around 3,000 acres were sold in government land sales in Younghusband in 1875. By 1878 there was a public pound in Younghusband to impound any cattle straying onto Crown Lands. More settlement occurred in the 1880s with several thousand acres taken up in 1884 alone. As more farmers moved into the Hundred it was annexed to the District Council of Mannum in 1887. The Hundred was fully surveyed by 1893. The school and public hall opened in 1889 and closed in 1949. The first teacher was appointed in September 1889. The hall is still in use as the Younghusband public hall. The school and chapel land was marked on the 1893 map of the Hundred of Younghusband. Historic Brinkley farm house at Younghusband is on the SA heritage Register. Mr David Brinkley moved to Younghusband in 1889 and he was chairman of the school for more than 30 years. One of the early farmers at Younghusband was Joahann Jeaschke who took up land here in 1886 on an irrigation leasehold along the river for growing osiers, hops etc. These irrigation blocks were often around 50 to 100 acres or less. Mr Jeaschke became one of the first Mannum Councillors for Younghusband ward in 1888. These small irrigation blocks increased the district population significantly hence the need for a school by 1889. There were 18 children at Younghusband School in 1941 but it closed a few years after that.
Younghusband. On the River Murray near Mannum and Bowhill. The local hall and public school. Built in 1889. The school closed after World War Two in 1949 but it is still used as the local hall..
Younghusband.
William Younghusband was a merchant, banker, land developer and politician who became a member of the Legislative Council from 1851 to 1861 before he died in 1863. He married and English woman in India in 1836 and arrived in South Australia in 1840 with his wife and three children. He lived in a city house (town acre 763) on two acres of land and it was said in the newspapers that it was the equivalent of Government House. After his retirement from parliament he returned to England in 1861 and his city house was rented at £300 a year to Sir Thomas Elder of Birksgate. Younghusband later went from England to Rome where he died of typhus fever in May 1863. Almost upon his arrival in Adelaide he was chartering ships from India, England and Singapore to Port Adelaide with goods then for sale and for export. He mainly exported wool to the port of Liverpool. In 1845 he founded a wool broking and shipping business with George Young which traded as the William Younghusband Company with their store in Hindley Street selling everything from nutmeg and spices to fabrics and silks and spirits. He also took out a sheep run in the Flinders Ranges in 1845. As his business expanded he moved his store to King William Street. He was a director of the Bank of Australasia and he was one of the promoters of the Murray River Steam Navigation Company formed in 1853 by Captain Cadell of Goolwa. In fact Younghusband had one of his three daughters launch the Eureka a vessel which left Goolwa at the time the Lady Augusta did. It was the tender vessel with supplies for the Lady Augusta en route. The Lady Augusta steamed off with the Governor and his party to see if the River Murray was navigable to the Darling and beyond in August 1853. William Younghusband, his wife, her maid and his three daughters were all in the Vice Regal party on the Lady Augusta for this historic voyage from Goolwa. It reached Swan Hill in 23 days later. The Eureka was left 40 miles downstream from Swan Hill and took on a load of baled wool for the return trip for Younghusband and Co. This was the start of Younghusband’s shipping services on the River Murray and beyond. He traded from Gundagai downstream on the Murrumbidgee and from Victorian ports along the Murray River. He also did much coastal shipping in SA especially from Robe to Port Adelaide.
Not surprisingly a few years later in 1860 the Hundred of Younghusband was named after William Younghusband as was the Younghusband Peninsula on the Coorong near where the party set off from in 1853. His retirement from the Legislative Council was noted in 1860 as he had been Chief Secretary of the Legislative Council for many years and he had been a major shipping agent along the River Murray. The Hundred of Younghusband was declared in 1860 but nothing much happened at that time. Prior to the declaration of the Hundred John Baker had the Wall run at Younghusband which had 20 miles freehold and 20 miles leasehold frontage to the River Murray in its 50 square miles or 32,000 acres. In 1872 John Baker sold the Wall run before the government began to resume it. The first survey of the Hundred was done in 1875 when it was mapped and some farmers began to move into the region then. Around 3,000 acres were sold in government land sales in Younghusband in 1875. By 1878 there was a public pound in Younghusband to impound any cattle straying onto Crown Lands. More settlement occurred in the 1880s with several thousand acres taken up in 1884 alone. As more farmers moved into the Hundred it was annexed to the District Council of Mannum in 1887. The Hundred was fully surveyed by 1893. The school and public hall opened in 1889 and closed in 1949. The first teacher was appointed in September 1889. The hall is still in use as the Younghusband public hall. The school and chapel land was marked on the 1893 map of the Hundred of Younghusband. Historic Brinkley farm house at Younghusband is on the SA heritage Register. Mr David Brinkley moved to Younghusband in 1889 and he was chairman of the school for more than 30 years. One of the early farmers at Younghusband was Joahann Jeaschke who took up land here in 1886 on an irrigation leasehold along the river for growing osiers, hops etc. These irrigation blocks were often around 50 to 100 acres or less. Mr Jeaschke became one of the first Mannum Councillors for Younghusband ward in 1888. These small irrigation blocks increased the district population significantly hence the need for a school by 1889. There were 18 children at Younghusband School in 1941 but it closed a few years after that.