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John Ellis (c. 1803 – 22 March 1873) generally known as "Captain Ellis", was a pastoralist and businessman prominent in the early days of South Australia. He was a son of an Oxford clergyman of the Church of England.〔 ==Career== He arrived in South Australia from England on the ''Buckinghamshire'' on 22 March 1839, listed as "Captain Ellis", though on what basis it is not known, and in company of a George Ellis.〔http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1839Buckinghamshire.htm〕 In July 1839 he and his longtime friend Captain William Allen purchased two thirds of "Milner Estate" near Port Gawler from George Milner Stephen, the misrepresentation of which transaction was to haunt Stephen in later years. In 1855 he purchased Allen's share. This area includes the land later known as Buckland Park, which he sold to Dr. J. H. Browne and Col. P. J. Browne in 1856. He took up the nearby Hummocks run in 1842,and Barabba, north-east of Mallala, South Australia, in August 1844. He bought land in New Zealand. Starting in 1851, he purchased over 50,000 freehold acres in the Hundreds of Benara and Blanche, between Mount Gambier and Port MacDonnell and 34 square miles of leasehold land, where he ran some 73,000 sheep, He purchased the remainder of Benara (originally spelled Benaira) and an adjacent station, Coola comprising 22,000 acres of freehold and 36,000 acres of leasehold, from the South Australian Company in 1875. 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「John Ellis (pastoralist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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