A remarkable true story about a young family that left England more than 150 years ago, laid out a new village half way around the world and named it after their hometown in West Sussex. A true and quite fascinating story about a man that was born in Littlehampton in 1810 and lived in a flint cottage that still stands in Church Street. The book follows his life and how he went to South Australia and eventually mapped out a new village in the heart of the Barker Hills and named it after his hometown. Benjamin Gray is well documented in the Barker Hills near Adelaide. In 2009 our local press reported, ‘He was a pioneer, and left a legacy for us of a relationship with another town that most of us do not even know we have’. Since the book was published it was discovered that it is the first to have ever been released in South Australia.
Benjamin and wife Eliza and son Guildford arrived in South Australia on board 'The Resource', 23 Jan. 1839. Moved to Blakiston 1838.
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Benjamin and wife Eliza and son Guildford arrived in South Australia on board 'The Resource', 23 Jan. 1839. Moved to Blakiston 1838.