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George Hall, M.L.C., (2 March 1811 – 28 January 1867) often styled "Captain Hall", was a South Australian shipping agent, company director and politician. He was born at Bromley, Kent and left school at an early age to become a merchant seaman, and later captained ships on the East Indian and West Indian trade routes. His involvement with the South Australian Company began when David McLaren, manager of the South Australian Company, controversially contracted him to transport goods for the Company from Singapore to Port Adelaide in the "Guiana",〔(South Australian Company ) ''South Auustralian Register'' 19 February 1842 p.4 accessed 27 June 2011〕 becoming, on 7 October 1840,〔(Shipping Intelligence ) ''South Australian Register'' 10 October 1840 p.2 accessed 28 June 2011〕 the first to unload goods at the new wharf. ==Business== A George Hall acted as private secretary to Harbour Master Thomas Lipson from around May 1840〔(Sailing Directions for the Port Lincoln &c ) ''South Australian Register'' 6 June 1840 p.4 accessed 1 July 2011〕 to April 1841 〔(The "Ville de Bordeaux" ) ''South Australian Register'' 24 April 1841 p.3 accessed 1 July 2011〕 which may have been him, though it is difficult to reconcile the first date with the record of Captain Hall's movements. In 1844 he returned to South Australia on the "Taglioni",〔(The "Taglioni" from England ) ''South Australian Register'' 19 June 1844 p.2 accessed 27 June 2011〕 and started a business salt-curing beef using a setup of his own design.〔(Captain Hall's Salting Machine ) ''South Australian Register'' 17 July 1844 p.4 accessed 27 June 2011〕 He worked for a time on a cattle property near Angaston then set up a shipping business in Port Adelaide; the ships he represented included "David Malcolm", "Punch" and "Velocity".〔(Advertisement ) ''South Australian Register'' 19 December 1849 p.1 accessed 1 July 2011〕 He was on the committee of the South Australian Railway Company〔(Proposed South Australian Railway Company )''South Australian Register'' 28 February 1846 p.4 accessed 27 June 2011〕 which in 1849 amalgamated with the Adelaide City and Port Railway Company〔(South Australian Railway Company ) ''South Australian Register'' 18 July 1849 p.2 accessed 1 July 2011〕 and subsequently folded.〔(Vice Chancellor Wood ) ''South Australian Register'' 2 April 1854 p.2 accessed 1 July 2011〕 It would appear the shareholders lost their money.〔(To the Editor ) 20 February 1856 p.3 accessed 1 July 2011〕 He was on the committee of the Chamber of Commerce from its first AGM in 1851〔(Chamber of Commerce )''South Australian Register'' 13 August 1851 p.3 accessed 1 July 2011〕 to 1860 and chairman 1856 – 57〔(Chamber of Commerce )''South Australian Register'' 5 November 1856 p.3 accessed 1 July 2011〕 He was a director on the board of several mining companies, notably, from 1851, the South Australian Mining Association, owners of the Burra Burra mine.〔(The Burra Burra ) ''South Australian Register'' 17 April 1851 p.2 accessed 1 July 2011〕 He was founder (with J. C. Verco, Philip Santo, F. H. Faulding and a few others) of the Kurilla mine near Wallaroo, purchased in 1863.〔(Sale of the Kurilla Mine ) ''South Australian Register'' 18 December 1863 p.2 accessed 1 July 2011〕 He was a founder, with Henry Ayers, F. H. Faulding and a dozen others in 1861, of the South Australian Gas Company.〔(Prospectus of the South Australian Gas Company ) ''South Australian Register'' 10 May 1861 p.1 accessed 1 July 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Hall (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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