Walter Duffield
Treasurer of South Australia
In office
23 October 1865 (1865-10-23) – 3 May 1867 (1867-05-03)
PremierJohn Hart, James Boucaut
Preceded byArthur Blyth
Succeeded byThomas Reynolds
Member for Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly
In office
9 March 1857 (1857-03-09) – 6 April 1868 (1868-04-06)
Serving with Six people
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byRichard Chaffey Baker
In office
14 April 1870 (1870-04-14) – 13 December 1871 (1871-12-13)
Preceded byPhilip Santo
Succeeded byJ A T Lake
Member of South Australian Legislative Council
In office
3 April 1873 (1873-04-03) – 27 May 1879 (1879-05-27)
Personal details
Born1816 (1816)
Great Baddow, Essex, England
DiedNovember 5, 1882(1882-11-05) (aged 65–66)
Resting placeWillaston General Cemetery
OccupationPastoralist

Walter Duffield (1816 – 5 November 1882) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial South Australia, Treasurer of South Australia 1865 to 1867.[1]

Duffield was born in Great Baddow, Essex, England, son of William Duffield, a farmer;[1] the solicitor William Ward Duffield was a brother.[2] Walter arrived in South Australia in the William Barras in December 1839.[1] His first occupation was as manager for fellow-passenger Jacob Hagen's estate at Echunga, where his wine was some of the first produced in the colony.[3] He left Echunga to build up the Para Para estate, near Gawler, and produced hams, wines and orchard fruit; he later had 40,000 Merino sheep.[1]

He started business in Gawler as a flour miller ("The Victoria Steam Flour Mill", founded by Stephen King JP) and merchant in September 1847,[4] and, in conjunction with Harrold Brothers as Duffield, Harrold and Company (later Duffield, Harrold and Hurd), owned Weinteriga and Outalpa stations.[5]

Duffield was member for Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly from 9 March 1857 to 6 April 1868 and from 14 April 1870 to 13 December 1871,[6] and was Treasurer in the John Hart Government from 23 October 1865 to March 1866,[7] and in the Ministry of James Boucaut, which succeeded it, from the latter date till 3 May 1867.[6] Duffield subsequently sat in the South Australian Legislative Council from 3 April 1873 to 27 May 1879, when every four years one third of the Legislative Council was elected by the whole colony as one electorate "The Province".[6]

Duffield died in Gawler on 5 November 1882 and was buried in Willaston General Cemetery.[1]

Family

Walter Duffield married Phoebe Johnstone (c. 1814 – 15 May 1890) on 7 March 1842; their children were:

  • Mary Ann Hawkes Duffield (1844– 21 August 1902) married Eli Thomas Humphry in 1880[8]
  • Louisa Caroline Duffield (1846– ) married Frank Makin in 1870
  • Eleanor Duffield (1848 – 13 May 1934) married J(ohn) Davies Thomas MD (c. 1845 – 30 January 1893) on 10 June 1878. Thomas was for a time partner of H. T. Whittell MD.
  • Emily Martha Duffield (1849– ) married Thomas Hopkins Bowen on 2 July 1873[9] Bowen later acted as attorney for the Duffield estate.
  • David Walter Duffield (1851 – 24 January 1922) married Florence Evangeline Kirkpatrick on 15 August 1878
    • Walter Geoffrey Duffield (1879 – 1929) grandson, astronomer buried at Mount Stromlo[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Huxley, Molly. "Duffield, Walter (1816–1882)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chelmsford's G.O.M.: Mr. W. W. Duffield Passes Away at 92". The Essex County Chronicle. No. 7, 716. Chelmsford. 9 August 1912. p. 5. Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Death of Mr. Walter Duffield". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XIX, no. 5, 648. South Australia. 6 November 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 21 November 2016 – via Trove.
  4. ↑ "Presentation to the Hon. W. W. Duffield". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 October 1877. p. 15. Retrieved 4 September 2015 – via Trove.
  5. ↑ "The Late Mr. Joseph Harrold". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 8 April 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via Trove.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mr Walter Duffield". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Duffield, Walter" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  8. ↑ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36889. London. 3 October 1902. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Family Notices". The Bunyip. No. 434. South Australia. 5 July 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2020 – via Trove.
  10. ↑ Allen, C W (1981). "Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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