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John Lewis CMG (12 February 1844 – 25 August 1923) was a pastoralist and politician in the colony and State of South Australia. He was the father of Essington Lewis. ==History== Lewis was born in Brighton, South Australia, the son of James Lewis, who had been a member of original party, under William Light, which surveyed the City of Adelaide, and had accompanied Charles Sturt on his 1844 expedition down the Murray. He left school at the age of twelve to work on his father's farm at Richmond, leaving him two years later to work as a sheep drover and other occupations.〔Walsh, Kay & Wooton, Joy W. ''Australian Autobiographical Narratives: Vol 2; 1850-1900'' National Library of Australia, 1998 ISBN 0 642 10794 7〕 From 1867 to 1885 he was employed as Liston, Shakes and Co.'s agent in Burra. In 1871 he made a trip to the Northern Territory with his brother James to secure a property on behalf of George McLachlan. He set down details of this trip in his autobiography ''Fought and Won''.〔 He returned to Adelaide in 1876, when he married and settled in Burra. He joined William Liston (ca.1840–1901) and James Shakes in their stock and station agency, and acted as their agent in Burra from 1876 to 1885 when Liston resigned and the company operated as Lewis & Shakes until 1888 when they joined with George W. Bagot as Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. The company absorbed Luxmoore, Dowling & Jeffrey in May 1906 and about the same time Lewis left Burra for Adelaide, moving into the imposing residence "Benacre" in Glen Osmond, built for William Bickford. He acquired various pastoral properties in South Australia: Dalhousie Springs, Witchelina, Mount Nor'-West, Ediacara, Nappa Merrie, Coronga Peak, and Newcastle Waters, many in conjunction with Sir Thomas Elder. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis was absorbed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. in 1924. 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 Lewis (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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