Arrivals in South Australia, November 1839: William Warland

William Warland (1803 - 1867) was the son of William and Ann Warland and brother of William Henry Warland who arrived in Australia in 1823.

William Warland his wife Alicia/Ebshie (nee Ferris)(1809 - 1867) arrived on the Singapore with William's brother Robert in late 1839.

It seems likely, from the birthdate of their first child, that William and Alicia probably married sometime between 1824 and 1826 in the UK, although if Alicia was born in 1809 this would have made her very young - from 15 to 17. One family story suggested that William and Alicia were living in Yeovil, Somerset, before they travelled to London to travel to Australia.

The children born to William and Alicia in the UK were as follows:

Departure for Australia - July 1839

William and (the newly pregnant) Alicia Warland and their five children, together with William's brother Robert and his wife Eliza, departed the UK on the Singapore bound for Australia under the command of Captain Hamilton, on 8 July 1839.

The South Australian Register of 23 November 1839 carried an article about the arrival of the Singapore and noted the following 'casualties on the voyage':

After arrival in South Australia

The Singapore arrived in Adelaide in November 1839. One family story states that the family arrived in Botany Bay (NSW) around Christmas 1839, but there is no evidence of this. The Singapore arrived in Port Adelaide in November 1839, then travelled back to the East Indies on 12 January 1840. During that year, after travel to Asia, the Singapore arrived at Port Jackson on 14 December 1840, having left Port Philip in November with cargo from Singapore. It seems most likely that the family of William (and his brother Robert) disembarked at Port Adelaide, as South Australian newspaper references to the deaths on board ship indicate that the family disembarked there.

According to the book 'Echunga', by Jack Whimpress, William was employed by one J.B. Hack on his arrival in 1839, another stating that he remained with Hack until 1842. He may have then left for Normanville, South of Adelaide. He farmed, made butter, and apparently sent (or tried to send) the produce in casks to Adelaide, although this endeavour failed because the butter spoiled by the time it arrived. One story suggests that William also lived in Yankalilla and attempted to send the butter to Sydney, presumably with the same problems.

From 1839 - William and Alicia's children born in Australia

By the time they arrived in Australia, William and Alicia had only the following children:

William and Alicia had four more children after 1839:

See below for details of each child.

From 1842 - Early life of Wheatsheaf Inn (now 762 Strathalbyn Road, Mylor - TBC)

Location of Wheatsheaf Inn, maps shows proximity to Echunga and Balhannah

After Normanville, William Warland moved to Mylor in the Adelaide Hills, about half way between Adelaide and Echunga, then on the main road to Melbourne and Victoria. He built a hotel there in 1842, noted on Section 3825 in the 'Three Brothers Special Survey' taken by J B Hack in 1840, which he named the Wheatsheaf Inn. The hotel was built from stone from the nearby Onkaparinga River. The Inn was reputed to have had walls 18 inches thick, 20 rooms, and was a popular stopping place during the mining boom after gold was discovered in the area. William was recorded in the local Business Directory in 1851, and again in 1861 as the licensed victualler of the Inn.

From 1845 - the Heuzenroeder family

One of William's granddaughters, the daughter of his son James, Alice Adeline May Warland (1872 - 1894), would marry into the Heuzenroeder family in 1893. The Heuzenroeders were an old German Catholic family who migrated to South Australia from 1845.

An M (probably Moritz Joseph, see below) Heuzenroeder arrived on the ship Heerjeebhoy Rustomjes Patel in September 1845 which sailed from Bremen with mostly German passengers (South Australian Register 20 September 1845). He was one of several cabin passengers who wrote a letter to the South Australian of 23 September 1845 praising the captain and crew for 'the friendly and kind treatment which we have experienced on our voyage from Bremen to Port Adelaide'. By December 1845, he was living with a Mr Heinrich Wilhelm Bernhard Buttner (also from Bremen) at Rundle Street 'next door to Mr Sayer's public house' (South Australian, 12 December 1845). On 1 January 1846, Messrs Buttner and Heuzenroader opened their business as manufacturing chemists and druggists at the same address (Adelaide Observer, 3 January 1846).

It seems possible that the two men then set up shop in Tanunda. Heinrich Wilhelm Bernhard Buttner, of Tanunda, married Caroline Way of Gawler Town at Gawler Town on 17 July 1850 (Adelaide Times, 22 July 1850).

The brother of the above, Heinrich/Henry Heuzenroeder and two sisters arrived from Bremen on the Hermann Von Beckerat on 15 December 1847. According to his obituary in the Adelaide Observer of 19 November 1898 and the Southern Cross of 18 November 1898, Henry Heuzenroeder first joined his brother as a chemist and druggist at 50 Rundle Street, eventually becoming the sole proprietor (presumably as his brother had moved to Tanunda). He was naturalised on 14 August 1849 along with 60 mostly-German other men. He travelled to the Victorian goldfields in 1852, before returning to South Australia where he was well known as being 'intellectual and highly cultured, and a world-famed numismatist'. He married Amalie Ritter, who arrived in Adelaide aged 14 with her parents in 1850, in 1859.

Another brother, Joseph Heuzenroeder, apparently also arrived before 1860, see below.

Henry and Amalie Heuzenroeder (nee Ritter) had several children:

According to this Wikipedia page on Moritz Heuzenroeder, 'Joseph Heuzenroeder took over the Tanunda business (when Moritz died) and (despite the fact that the) stock were liquidated in 1866 ... somehow the business remained in the family for four generations'.

Moritz Joseph Heuzenroeder died at Tanunda on Friday 22 April 1864. The South Australian Register of 27 April 1864 reported that M Heuzenroeder had been a chemist there for 14 years and 'after having retired from it, he paid a farewell visit to his relations here (Adelaide), intending to proceeed to Germany, not thinking that the place of his long abode would finally be his resting place'. The SA BDM records his name as Moritz Heuzenroeder (SA BDM Ref 17/184).

Amalie Heuzenroeder died on 16 January 1927 (The Register (Adelaide), 17 January 1927)

Another Heuzenroeders

Another two Heuzenroeder's arrived in South Austraia in this same time frame. The first was Johann Theodor ('Theo') Heuzenroeder (1840, Schwanewede, near Bremen, Hanover Germany) - 27 October 1893, Angaston (SA BDM Ref 213/415)). According to his death notice in The Advertiser of 31 October 1893, Theodore Heuzenroeder arrived in Adelaide in 1859 and 'after a residence of six years in Adelaide, he removed to Hahndorf where he had charge of the post and telegraph office, which he carried on in connection with his chemists shop' In 1866, he removed to Tanunda where he has carried on a very extensive business. In 1867, he married Miss Mathilde Louisa Martha Fiedler (abt 1842 - 20 March 1893) of Tanunda. His obituary noted that he left a brother, Moritz Heuzenroeder and five sons and three daughters.

Johann Theodor Heuzenroeder's brother Moritz Heuzenroeder was, according to the Wikipedia page about, born in Ottersberg to a prominent medical practitioner and was talented musically. He arrived in South Australia in 1871 and settled in Gawler where he established a jewellery but, with his strong love of music, returned to Germany for 3 to 4 years to continue studies there. On return to South Australia, he settled in Adelaide and advertised as a singing teacher. He founded an orchestra at Tanunda and a choral society at Angaston. He died in 1897, having never married.

Carl Heuzenroeder (7 February 1800, Duderstadt, Hanover, Germany - 30 August 1896) was also a chemist. According to The Advertiser of 1 September 1896, he arrived in 1855 and lived mainly in Blumberg and Lobethal where he practised as a doctor and chemist. Carl is somehow related to the other Heuzenroeders above. He was father of Selmar Heuzenroeder who moved to Broken Hill; the Western Grazier of 26 December 1941 noted that he was born in Bremen in 1855 and his parents had brought him to Australia when he was a month old. The same paper noted that Selmar grew up in Birdwood in South Australia and at the age of 14 lived in Adelaide where he became the head of a drapery firm. In 1876/77 he headed to the outback. He lived in Wilcannia at one point. In 1880 he mostly walked the 190 miles along bush track to Milparinka. Eventually the came back to Adelaide.

1846 - Wheatsheaf and Warland's farm

The earliest newspaper reference to William Warland's property was the granting of a trading licence to a Joseph Hopkins at 'Wheatsheaf, Warland's farm, near Mount Barker', recorded in the South Australian Register of 28 March 1846. Warland must have taken over as the licensee as the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal of 18 March 1848 noted that 'William Warland, Wheatsheaf, Warland's Farm' was granted a licence to trade by the bench of magistrates at their regular annual meeting.

1851 - Henry Warland travells to the Victorian gold fields

In 1851, William's son Henry Warland, then aged 26, went to the Victorian gold diggings, according to his obituary (see below).

From the early 1850s - Cumming family

James Cumming married Catherine Stevenson in 1853 (Vic BDM Ref 151). They had the following children:

The youngest daughter, Esther, would work with her sisters and marry Alfred Warland - see below from 1915.

1854 - William Warland, licensee of the Wheatsheaf Inn

William Warland's licence continued to be renewed annually, as recorded in local newspapers. William was noted as the owner of the Wheatsheaf Inn in the South Australian Register of 14 January 1854.

1855 - William Warland of the Wheatsheaf Inn

In 1855 William Warland 'of the Wheatsheaf Inn near the Echunga Diggings', was fined for neglecting to keep his lamp alight from sunset of the 4th to sunrise of the 5th. In his defence, William stated that 'having been busily employed on his farm that day and much fatigued, he retired to bed early and, although not personally cognizant of the act, he would not attempt to dispute the allegation of the officer ... as the neglect was not intentional. He was fined 10s and costs. (Source: South Australian Register, 16 January 1855).

1857 - William Warland sells his farming stock

The South Australian Register of 4 March 1857 noted the sale of William's entire farming stock.

From 1857 - George Warland (1830 - ?) marries Emily Kelsh

George Warland married Emily Kelsh ( - 1927 (SA BDM Ref 473/427)), the third daughter of John Kelsh of Kooringa, on 12 January 1857 (SA BDM Ref 29/188, also reported in the South Australian Register of 31 January 1857). They were said to have had the two children recorded below but neither is listed in SA BDM against both parents. The original source of this information is not known.

George Warland is probably the person of that name, said to be a sheepfarmer on the land around Kooringa (possibly on a property called Audgoudgina), and his wife, who were badly affected by a large lightning bolt that hit their house on 13 March 1858.

NOTE: Some of the following information about a George Warland is speculation, and assumes it is the same person. This George Warland was previously thought to be George's cousin, also called George Warland, the son of George Warland. However, the dates shown would appear to be more consistent with an older George Warland, hence the placement of this information here.

South Australia assumed control of the Northern Territory in 1863, based on the passing of the Northern Territory Bill. An initial 29 men left South Australia on the 'Henry Ellis' in April 1864. In June 1864, Boyle Travers Finniss, the leader, decided that the capital should be located at Escape Cliffs; this choice was later veto'ed by the Government, and Finniss was replaced by John McKinlay.

1864 - George Warland and the Northern Territory Expedition

George Warland is believed to the the person of that name who applied for an appointment as a labourer in the second expedition to the Northern Territory, recorded in The Adelaide Express of 26 October 1864.

The second expedition left Adelaide on 29 October 1864 on board the 'South Australian', bound for Adam Bay, Northern Territory, via Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. However, The Adelaide Observer of 29 October 1864 refers to George Warland but not his brother Albert (who was also believed to have gone on the expedition). The South Australian Register, which recorded all the passenger names on the South Australian, notes that George Warland was on board, but not Albert Warland. Accordingly, it cannot be yet confirmed that Albert also travelled to the Northern Territory. In his own testimony to the Northern Territory Commission (see below), George, a labourer, 'had charge of the stock on board, all of which was landed in good condition'.

A third boat, the 'Forlorn Hope', left Adelaide for the Northern Territory with 7 men in May 1865.

According to the statement made by George Warland at the second sitting of the Northern Territory Commission, as reported in The South Australian Register of 27 March 1866, George arrived at Adam Bay on 5 December 1864. He noted that when he got there, 'there was a shell of a house, a small log building, a stockyard, the rails tied to trees with ropes'. He noted that the dissatisfaction at Escape Cliffs was tremendous. He went on two exploring parties, the first under Mr Auld, which went to Port Darwin, the second under Litchfield, which went to the Adelaide River.

The South Australian Register of 31 July 1865 recorded that:

'A party under the command of Mr Auld went to inspect Port Darwin. On their way they crossed two or three extensive creeks described as being almost as large as rivers, and as containing abundance of fish. The report of most of the members of the expedition was unfavorable to Port Darwin; but Mr Warland, however, an experienced bushman and competent person, stated that it was very good country, with a gradual rise from the sea; that the harbour was good and that there was plenty of stone and building material equally accessible'.

According to the book 'The Voyage of the Forlorn Hope from Escape Cliffs to Champion Bay, 1865 - With the Author's Account of the First Northern Territory Settlement and of the Condition of Western Australia', by Jefferson Pickman Stow (Originally appeared as a series of articles in Adelaide's South Australian advertiser, Aug. 21 through Sept. 1, 1865), some time after their arrival, George Warland and a group of others set out to explore the countryside surrounding the settlement; mangrove swamps were encountered in all directions. Eventually, a small party including George Warland made its way to Port Darwin and reported back good conditions for settlement and possible mining deposits.

See also: A History of South Australia's Northern Territory by Peter F Donovan, UoQ Press.

The South Australian Register of 31 July 1865 carried a letter from J P Stow who appeared unhappy with the expedition and the state of affairs. He noted the following case 'in which Mr George Warland is concerned':

Warland belonged to a survey party who had collected some rain water and stored it in a Government tank. The Government Resident had caused some spouting for catching rain water to be placed round his house and round no other building. He then sent men to collect tanks. They took, among others, the tank belonging to Warland's party; throwing away the water. Warland being afraid to use the well-water, it having produced severe sickness with him and others, took some rain water from one of the Resident's tanks. The Resident sent for him next day, professedly to rebuke him for taking the water, but really, as it appeared, to abuse him for giving his opinion respecting the country. He called Warland a thief and a scoundrel, recommended him to drink sea water and told him he was led away by the iles of the Doctor and his scroundrel friends. All this passed in the open air, and was heard by a number of people, including three of the officers, as they sat at the doors of their tents.

George Warland's altercation with Boyle Travers Finniss was recorded on page 23 of the book by J P Stow noted above.

According to the South Australian Register of 31 July 1865, the expedition returned back to South Australia after travelling by ship from the Northern Territory to Batavia (present day Jakarta), then to Melbourne. The South Australian Weekly Chronicle of 17 February 1866 noted the arrival of the Ellen Lewis with the expedition (including George Warland), arriving in Port Adelaide on 13 February 1866.

The Northern Territory Commission held its first sitting on 7 March 1866 in Adelaide. The leader of the expedition, Lt Col Finniss, was charged with a number of failures, as recorded in The South Australian Advertiser of 27 March 1866. On the second day of the Commission it was noted that George Warland was 'one of the most plausible and discontented men'.

The final report of the Commission, dated 1866 and available from the AIATSIS web site here (caution - large PDF file in link) noted the following about George Warland:

From 1859 - Mary Ann Warland (1841 - 1925) and Benjamin Boothby (jnr)

William Warland's daughter Mary Ann Warland married Benjamin Boothby on 1 December 1859 at Blakiston Church, Littlehampton.

Benjamin Boothby was the son of Justice Benjamin Boothby, a notable (some might suggest notorious) South Australian colonial judge. For details see:

There are several other publicly available sources of information. The details below are mostly from these open sources but also from a descendant, Michael Clark, the great-great grandson of Benjamin and Mary Ann Warland.

Justice Benjamin Boothby (5 February 1803 - 21 June 1868) married Maria Bradbury Robinson (c. 1807 – 18 June 1889) in May 1827, and lived at "The Glen", Glen Osmond, in South Australia. They had twelve (or 15) children who were all born in England before they migrated to Australia.

Their second child, Benjamin Boothby (18 February 1831, Nottingham, UK - 13 August 1883, Adelaide South Australia), was articled to a London architect and surveyor before migrating to Australia with his parents and siblings. He was appointed a surveyor-engineer with the South Australian Central Road Board in 1854. On 1 December 1859, Benjamin Boothby married Mary Ann Warland (1841 - 15 May 1925) at Blakiston Church, Littlehampton, South Australia. They had six sons and at least one daughter:

After his marriage to Mary Ann Warland, Benjamin became manager of the waterworks in 1861 but, after a bitter dispute with the engineer over plans for a new reservoir, returned to the Road Board. In the economic recession of 1870 his office was abolished and he practised as an engineering consultant. In 1872-73 he superintended the construction of the Adelaide-Glenelg railway and managed it until he retired in 1879. He died at Glenelg on 13 August 1883. (Source: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boothby-benjamin-3321)

Benjamin Boothby and his wife Mary Ann (nee Warland), who outlived him by 42 years, are buried together at North Road Cemetery in Adelaide.

1862 - William Warland's licence renewed

William Warland's licence was renewed in March 1862, according to the South Australian Register of 12 March 1862. The Wheatsheaf Inn passed to William's son Alfred (1847 - ) in 1862 for a period of twelve months, possibly something to do with William's illness.

Before 1863 - Henry and James Warland farm in the north

According to his obituary (see below), Henry Warland and his brother James Warland took up some country in the North 'but with many others in the bad years before 1863 they lost heavily'.

1864 - James Warland (1834 - 1910) marries

According to the obituary of James Warland's brother Henry, both Henry and James '... took up some country in the North, but with many others in the bad years before 1863 they lost heavily. They went to the Mount Barker district, and in the early seventies deceased came to the South-East'.

The Adelaide Observer of 29 October 1864 has a similar reference in an article about various travellers. It states that 'Warland, (who will) be remembered started with Mr John Rounsevell from Adelaide some four months ago to go away to the north-west in search of pastoral country. (Warland) proceeded to Adelaide per mail vessel from Port Lincoln some time before those parties left, and doubtless ere this has made some preliminary arrangements for stocking the country'.

The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser of 11 September 1947 carried this detail about James Warland under the title 'A Jewel Casket - Echunga - Old Gold Mining Town'.

One last and final recording in this comprehensive historical review of Echunga. It has reference to the late (Mr. James Warland who died at his residence "Grantala" in July 1912, aged 76. At the time of his demise he was one of the oldest and best known identities in the Echunga district. He was born at Winborne, Dorsetshire and came to South Australia with his parents in the ship Singapore, Captain Hamilton, in November 1839. The greatest part of his life was spent at Echunga. He resided in Adelaide with his parents for a brief period. Then, they took over "Messrs. Hack Bros" dairying farm at Echunga. They went to Yankalilla and took Captain Field's immense dairy, 120 cows being milked every day, while 500 pigs were kept. Although it was all open country and free run, it did not pay, owing to insufficient population. There were no consumers, the roads were bad, and there was no shipping to get produce away. Almost everything was wasted. The family returned to Echunga where Mr. Warland's father, William Warland, built the Wheatsheaf Hotel now known as "Warrakilla," tlie late Mr. G. W. Goyder's residence. Mr. James Warland, accompanied by the late Mr. George Spark, the first man to pilot a bullock dray from Adelaide to Echunga diggings. It was then quite an adventure to get a dray through, as there were no roads or bridges. From Echunga he drove the bullock team to the Burra mines and carted ore from there to Adelaide. He accompanied Mr. Spark to the Victoria diggings with bullock teams and drays, and when at Strathalbyn purchased a ton of flour which they carted to Bendigo and sold at 4110 a bag. The bullock teams were used for conveying goods from Melbourne to the Bendigo diggings, and on one of the trips bushrangers stuck them up. the bullocks were taken, and the contents of the wagons stolen. Mr. Warland escaped, but Mr. Spark was kept prisoner by the bushrangers for some days. Mr. Warland returned to Echunga and with his brother Edward, who later died at Victor Harbour, carted goods from Adelaide to the Echunga gold diggings. He later went North to study stock, and was for a time on various stations held by Dr. William E. John Brown. Later he turned his attention to mining and was successful. The mine known as Donkey Gully, was 'discovered by him. Being an enthusiast "he lost no chance of pushing forward the Echunga goldfields, and was one of the largest gold buyers. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of John Maynard, who was the first white man in Clare. He took up blacksmithing and helped to ring fence the property of J. H. Angus. The Hagen Arms Hotel was purchased by him, and he was for many years the proprietor of that house.

James Warland married Sarah Jane Maynard (1843 - 1913) on 15 November 1864 in South Australia. They had the following children and grandchildren:

James Warland was recorded as being the licensed victualler of the other main hotel in Echunga, the Hagen Arms, in 1865. Family members recall that James 'had a lot of property around Echunga ... but took over the Hagen Arms Hotel in Echunga in 1865 and was there when the Duke of Edinburgh had dinner on his way to Melbourne in 1867 and gave James permission for the Royal Coat of Arms to be displayed over the hotel which, as far as anyone knows, is the only Royal Coat of Arms to be so displayed. The first four children of James were born while he was at the Hagen Arms Hotel'. (Source: letter dated 1988).

A recent photograph of the Hagen Arms Hotel, showing the crest. Source: http://www.sahb.com.au/property/hagen-arms-hotel/

1865 - Sylvia Warland (1843 - ?) marries Guildford Gray

Sylvia Warland married Guildford Emery Gray, the only son of Benjamin Gray, of Blakiston Hall, on 6 April 1865. (Source: South Australian Register, 26 April 1865 and The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), 8 April 1865).

GRAY - WARLAND. On the 6th of April, by special licence, at St James Church, Blakiston by the Rev W W Ewbank, Guildford Emery, only son of Mr Benjamin Gray, of Blakiston Hall, to Sylvia, second daughter of Mr William Warland, Onkaparinga.

Guildford Emery’s father Benjamin was born 1810 in Littlehampton England and after travelling on the ship Resource to Australia in 1838. He built the town of Littlehampton in South Australia.

Curiously, a Guildford Emery Gray was baptised in Littlehampton England on 5th November 1837 at St Mary’s church and he is mentioned on the Resource’s passenger manifest. But there is also a record of a Guilford Emery Gray being baptised on 30 November 1842 in Adelaide to parents Benjamin and Eliza. This discrepancy needs further investigation.

Before he married Sylvia Warland, Guildford Gray was married to an Elizabeth Chapman (marriage location not known - not obviously in SA BDM records, possibly in the UK) and they had two children: Francis Edgar Chapman Gray born 1861 (not apparently listed in SA BDM records) and Eva Amelia Chapman Gray (1864, Mouth Barker (SA BDM Ref 30/477) - ). An Elizabeth Chapman with a relative David Chapman died in Nairne in 1865 (SA BDM Ref 20/121), so this may be the reason Guildford was seeking a new wife.

Guildford Gray died on 22 June 1906. His life was summarised in an article that appeared in the Express and Telegraph Adelaide of 22 June 1906 and on 23 June 1906 in The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA).

No name is more closely associated with the history of Blakiston in the Mount Barker district that that of Gray. The squire of 'Blakiston Hall' (Mr Benjamin Gray) died many years ago, and now his son, Mr Guilford E. Gray, who was widely known, as also passed away, his death occuring at the old family residence on Wednesday. Mr Gray, who was born at Blakiston on September 19, 1842, received his early education at a local private school conducted by an Anglican clergyman, and thence went to St Peter's College. On the completion of his term there he entered the brewery of Littlehampton and [sic - land? which was owned by his father. In 1865 he was married to Miss Sylvia Warland, and went to Melrose, where he opened a brewery, but a great drought told against the success of the venture, and after an absence of four years Mr Gray returned to Blakiston. Within a year he was appointed manager and brewer at Messrs Boucant and Lewis's brewery at Macclesfield, and after two years' service in that capacity he secured an appointment from Messrs. Bailey and Stanley to act in a similar capacity at the Lion Brewery at North Adelaide, where he remained for 14 years. He bought the Hyde Park Brewery in 1885, and during the three years that he was there was elected as councillor for the Unley ward and was proposed for the position of mayor, an honor which he agreed to accept, but subsequently found it impossible to do so. In 1888 Mr Gray, with others, built a brewery at Broken Hill, the specifications and work being supervised by him. A severe drought occurred, however, and after obtaining supplies of water from Adelaide for some time, the company had to suspend operations. Mr Gray returned to Blakiston and then went back to Broken Hill to act as manager and brewer for the Waverley Brewery, owned by Messrs Beaglehole and Simpson, whence he went to control the Union Brewery in Adelaide for Messrs Primrose and Co. Six years later (says the Mount Barker 'Courier'), Mr Gray's health broke down and he returned to Blakiston, which had been his home ever since. Although he had been under the doctor's care for a good while it was not until Sunday morning that he took to his bed. The cause of death was heart failure. He left a widow, but no family.

1865 - Matilda Warland (1845 - ?) marries Frederick Read

Matilda Warland married Frederick Read, of Melrose, Manager of the Copper Miner's Company of South Australia, on the 21st June 1865 at the residence of Henry Warland. Frederick was the son of James Brice Read. (Source: Adelaide Observer, 24 June 1865). The following children are recorded:

Frederick Read may be the person of that name injured in an accident at Wallaroo Mines on 9 May 1902, as recorded in the Chronicle of 17 May 1902.

Until 1866 - ownership of Wheatsheaf Inn

The Wheatsheaf Inn passed back from Alfred Warland to his father William again until 1866.

1867 - Land for sale near Warland's Bridge

On 16 January 1867, section No 3326 'abutting on Warland's Bridge, Onkaparinga, also allotments Nos 78 and 79, Queenstown' were advertised for sale in the Express and Telegraph (Adelaide).

1867 - Deaths of William Warland and Alicia Warland

William Warland is believed to have fallen sick in around 1861, based on his death notice in 1867 which stated that he had died after six years of severe suffering. His brother, George Warland, died on 6 June 1861 not far away at Blakiston. William's son, Alfred Warland, was badly affected by lightning which struck a tree and a nearby house where Alfred 'and two friends were conversing, striking Mr Warland to the ground.' The South Australian Register of 27 December 1861 noted that 'he has not yet recovered the shock, his head being much affected'.

William Warland's wife Alicia died on 19 March 1867. Her obituary in the South Australian Register of 12 April 1867 read as follows:

From our own Correspondent. Echunga April 10. With much regret I have to announce the death of one of the oldest residents in our district namely, the wife of Mr. William Warland, of the Wheatsheaf Hotel. She was only taken seriously ill three days before her death, during which she suffered the severest agony from internal inflammation, terminating fatally on the 19th of March. The deceased was most highly and deservedly respected by all who knew her, and her loss will be severely felt by a large number of friends, and also by many families in Adelaide, who were in the habit, during the summer months, of resorting to the delightfully cool and quiet climate in which the Wheatsheaf Inn is situated. Mrs. Warland was always most energetic and kind in her endeavours to promote the comfort of those who visited her house. The funeral took place on the Sunday following, and was attended by a large number of persons from the surrounding townships, as well as several Adelaide gentlemen. The funeral service was read by the Rev. H. Howitt, of Strathalbyn, and the remains of her who will long be missed and regretted by us all were deposited in their last resting-place in our beautiful little Echunga Churchyard.

William Warland died on 28 May 1867 at the Wheatsheaf Inn, 'after six years of severe suffering'.

1867 - Edward Warland and the Wheatsheaf Inn

Presumably at the death of his father, William Warland's son Edward Warland was granted a licence for the Wheatsheaf Inn until December 1867 when the licence was transferred to Charles Willmott - see below.

1867 - Wheatsheaf Inn sold

The Wheatsheaf Inn, stated to be 'Section 3825, containing 80 acres, on which is erected the well known Roadside House, Warland's Hotel', along with Section 3826 (?) of 23 acres 'adjoining the above', was advertised for sale by the executors of the late W Warland, in the South Australian Register of 19 August 1867. It was to be auctioned on 11 September 1867, according to the same newspaper on 3 September 1867.

1868 - Death of Robert Warland (William's brother)

William's brother Robert Warland died on 19 January 1868 at nearby Balhannah.

1869 - Alfred Warland, farmer

Alfred Warland, William's son, was recorded as a farmer of the Gawler River, on 2 March 1869 (Source: South Australian Register). He moved to Melbourne, Victoria, sometime after that - see below.

After 1869 - The history of the Wheatsheaf Inn

The Wheatsheaf Inn passed to Charles H Willmott until 1871, and possibly continued operation until at least 1875. The Mount Barker Bible Society presented the "Wheat Sheaf Inn" with a bible in that year. In 1879, G W Goyder, the Surveyor General, purchased the property and added rooms to it, while at the same time renaming it Warrakilla. Goyder moved into Warrakilla in 1879, living there until his death in 1898. Goyder is well known for having lived in the property.

The property was sold a few years later and was owned by the Crafter family for some time. The hotel was partially destroyed by bushfire in 1983. The Peacock family owned it around that time and renamed it the Warland Inn. In 1988, the property was purchased by Ed Shoefer, and has since been completely rebuilt (as a winery and convention centre). Over the front doors of the Hotel, there is a glass panel with the name Warrakilla on it.

1874 - Mary Ann Warland marries Edwin Taylor

A Mary Ann Warland, of Harben Vale, married Edwin Taylor on 1 July 1874. (Adelaide Observer, 4 July 1874). She ia a cousin of the children of William and Ann Warland and should not be confused with their daughter who married Benjamin Boothby in 1849 (see above).

1875 - James Warland (1834 - 1910) at Aroona Station

The photograph below is of James Warland when he was at Aroona Station in 1875.

James Warland, Aroona Station, in 1875. Source - https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+6912/B8

1876 - George Warland at Kooringa

George Warland (born 1830) returned to Kooringa. He is recorded as a Justice of the Peace in Kooringa in the Evening Journal, South Australia, of 24 July 1876. He is noted as being 'of World's End', a remote part of South Australia near Kooringa, in July 1876 (Source: The South Australian Advertiser of 7 July 1876). He wrote a letter to the editor of the South Australian Advertiser, concerning the extent of rabbits in the area, on 27 October 1876.

1876 - T Warland arrives in South Australia

The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail of 2 December 1876 noted that T Warland had arrived in Port Adelaide on board the Duntrune that departed London on 25 August 1876.

From 1877 - Edward Warland (1839 - 1922)

Most of the following is drawn from the booklet 'Brief Encounter', in a section written by Irma Springbett, who was living 11 Warland Avenue, Victor Harbour when this information was collated in the late 1980's. It is reproduced with her permission.

As noted above, Edward Warland was the last member of the family to run the Wheatsheaf Inn. Family history states that Edward worked on the Echunga goldfield, where his brother James had a lease, as well as at Gympie in Queensland and the Peralilla flux quarries in Hindmarsh Valley. He was a member of the Encounter Bay District Council, and was a committee man and trustee for the Institute Hall. In his younger days, he apparently was renowned for his pure tenor voice, and frequently appeared at concerts throughout the southern districts of South Australia. He then took up farming in the north of South Australia, and later on the Angas Plains. Drought and pestilence hampered his efforts, so he moved to Strathalbyn to try his luck with a bakery. He became a Councillor there and married Harriet Cooper McLean, the daughter of a pioneering family in that area. The McLean family history has been written by Diane Facey of Millicent, South Australia, and includes all details on the descendants of Edward and Harriet.

The family moved to Port Elliot in August 1877, where Edward was one of the founders of the Port Elliot Institute Hall. Edward and Harriet had the following children:

Edward, Harriet and their two sons moved to Victor Harbour and built a two storey house on the seafront, which they named Austral House. Austral House became a licenced hotel in 1881. Harriet became well-known for her generosity with leftover food. The hotel later became the Pipiriki Guest House and was demolished in the 1970's.

For the history of Laurence and Albert in Victor Harbour, go to this page.

Edward Warland died on 14 August 1922. His wife Harriet died on 21 January 1942, aged 96. Both are buried in the Victor Harbour cemetery.

1869 - Alfred Warland, farmer

Alfred Warland, William's son, may be the Alfred Warland who partnered with May as bottlers for the Lion Brewery in North Adelaide in 1878. (The Express and Telegraph (SA) 2 August 1878).

1888 - George Warland at Esley Station, Northern Territory

George Warland (born 1830) may be the person who was appointed Manager at Elsey Station, Northern Territory, in May 1888 as reported in the Northern Territory Times and Gazette of 5 May 1888, and who was reported in various newspapers having strong views on Government policy in regard to Chinese (see Christian Colonist, 13 July 1888)? This same George Warland was also reported to have visited Adelaide in April 1891, presumably to visit family there. (Source: The Queenslander, 4 April 1891, also reported in the Adelaide Observer of 21 March 1891.)

From 1889 - Alfred Warland (1847 - 1924)

One son who did not stay in South Australia was Alfred Warland (1847 - 1924).

Alfred Warland appears from 1887 in Church Street, Hawthorn, Victoria. From 1888 to 1889 he is recorded in Victoria Street (corner of Walmer Street), Collingwood. A Mrs Gladys Warland is recorded in the Victorian Sands and Macdougall directories at 205 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy. Alfred would not be listed as only one 'owner' can be listed; it seems likely, based on later information (see below) that Gladys owned this property. This would appear to indicate that Alfred and Gladys married by 1892 but a record of this marriage has not yet been found.

See below from 1894.

1893 - Alice Adeline May Warland marries

Alice Adeline May Warland (1872 - 1894), the daughter of James and Sarah Warland (nee Maynard), married William/Wilhelm Eberhard Heuzenroeder (1868, Adelaide (SA BDM Ref 55/336) - ), the son of Henry Heuzenroeder ( - 1898), on 22 April 1893 at the Woodlands, Echunga, in South Australia. (The Advertiser, 30 May 1893, SA BDM Ref 175/405).

According to his obituary in 1938, William was educated at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. William and Alice Heuzenroeder had one child:

Alice died in 1894 and William moved to Tanunda in 1895 where he was the founder and first president of the Tanunda Bowling Club. William remarried, to Gertrude Pauline Birrell Haynes, the daughter of the Reverend JC Haynes of St Peter's College Chapel on 1 September 1900. They had two children at Angaston, near where other Heuzenroeders were living:

William Eberhard Heuzenroeder died on 24 April 1938.

1894 - Alfred and Gladys Warland

Alfred Warland, but not Gladys, appears in the Sands and McDougall directory from 1894 to 1899 at 43 Stephen (Exhibition) Street, Melbourne.

1897 - Ada Victoria Alicia Warland marries

Ada Victoria Alicia Warland (1867 - 1921), the daughter of James and Sarah Warland (nee Maynard) married Archibald Bramley Dalwood in 1897 (SA BDM Ref 191/982). They had the following children (none of whom appear in the SA BDM registers):

1897 - Birth of Gladys Bertina Elizabeth Warland

A daughter named Gladys Bertina Elizabeth Warland was born in Collingwood in 1897 to Alfred Warland and Helen Elizabeth Sharpe [sic - this may be an error if her name was Gladys Helen Sharp originally](VIC BDM Ref 2292). There is no record of this daughter after her birth; the assumptions are that she was 'adopted' out, or perhaps died and the BDM record has not been found.

1899/1900 - Alfred Warland (1847 - 1924)

In March 1899, Gladys Warland was noted in local newspapers running a boarding house at an unstated location in Melbourne; this may have been either 43 Exhibition Street or 43 Collins Street. She was giving evidence at an inquest into the death of a twin girl who died after being put into the care of a registered nurse. The mother gave birth in the boarding house (something Gladys Warland said in evidence was not uncommon); she was ill so remained there while the twins were taken by the nurse.

In the 1899 electoral rolls (La Trobe, Melbourne) Gladys Warland appears at 43 Collins Street, Melbourne, her occupation shows as 'independent means'. Alfred is not listed but he may have been living elsewhere at that time (research is underway).

Gladys H Warland appears without Alfred in the electoral rolls in 1900 at 45 Exhibition Street. Alfred re-appears in the rolls in 1905.

See below from 1905 for further information.

1901 - Death of George Warland

It is believed that George Warland (born 1830), the son of William Warland (1803 - 1867) and Alicia Warland (1809 - 1867), is the person of that name who died at Echunga on 27 July 1901, aged 72. (Source The Advertiser, 7 August 1901). The SA BDM Ref is 279/193, death at Mount Barker. Neither a father's nor a relative's name is given.

1905 - Arthur Horace Hugo Warland marries

Arthur Horace Hugo (Jack) Warland (1876 - 1962), the son of James and Sarah Warland (nee Maynard) married Minnie Gertrude Woodgate in Norwood in 1905 (SA BDM Ref 223/905). Jack and Minnie had the following children:

1905 - Alfred and Gladys Warland

The electoral rolls for 1905 show both Alfred Warland, a 'money taker' with the Victorian Racing Commission (VRC), and Gladys Warland 'independent means' at 45 Collins Place, Melbourne (La Trobe subdivision, Melbourne).

Their story continues from 1910, see below.

1906 - Laurence Edward Warland marries

Laurence (Laurie) Edward Warland (1871 - 1948) was the eldest son of Edward Warland (1839 - 14 August 1922). Laurie married Lucy Emily Myra Smith (21 October 1885 - 22 December 1966). They had the following children:

Lawrence Edward Warland died at his residence, Torrens Street, Victor Harbour, on 21 October 1948. He was 77.

His obituary was carried in the Victor Harbour Times of 29 October 1948:

After leaving school at Victor Harbour, he was apprenticed to Martin’s Engineering Works at Gawler for a term of five years as a fitter. After his apprenticeship period had expired, he went to sea on a small coastal steamer, trading to West Australia, The Lubra, which was subsequently wrecked off Bunbury. Mr. Warland joined the West Australian Railways, and worked in the Fremantle shop under that eminent engineer, C. Y. O’Connor, of Kalgoorlie water scheme fame. Later he transferred to the power house of the Great Boulder at Kalgoorlie. Returning to South Australia, he was an employee of the South Australian Railways and served at Peterborough, Port Wakefield (where he was a member of the local council), and Mount Gambier, at the latter two places as locomotive foreman.

When he retired in 1936, the Border Watch (Mount Gambier) of 1 February 1936 noted that 'a large number of the Railway staff assembled to bid farewell to the retiring loco-foreman, Mr LE Warland, who has had charge of the running shed for the past eight years'.

His obituary continues:

On reaching the retiring age, he lived in Adelaide and was in the service of Shearers and Holdens, still continuing to work. Later he returned to Victor Harbour and lived in retirement for the last seven years of his life. The late Mr. Warland was a very prominent high-wheel bicycle rider in his younger days, competing against the best riders in the State. He married Miss Lucy Smith, of Victor Harbour, and four children survive, viz., Alan (postmaster at Katherine, Northern Territory), Helen (Mrs. Gage), Linda (Mrs. Richter, of Adelaide), and Sister Warland. There are four grand-children.

1907 - William Lloyd Herbert Warland marries

William Lloyd Herbert Warland (1870 - 1945), commonly known as Lloyd, the son of James and Sarah Warland (nee Maynard) married Bertha Ida Ethel Witte in Nairne in 1907 (SA BDM Ref 233/55). They had the following children:

1908 - Death of Henry Warland (1824 - 1908)

When Henry Warland died in 1908 his obituary, published in the Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, provided an overview of his life, repeated below, with additional information added as shown.

Another old resident of Millicent in the person of Mr H. Warland (says the S.E. Star) died on Tuesday night, after a long illness. The deceased was a very old colonist and had experienced the ups and downs of the early days. He arrived in 1839, landing at Holdfast Bay. He took up his residence in the Mount Barker district and indulged in farming, in which he did not meet with much success. [Henry married Sophia Seymour in 1846 (SA BDM Ref 1/211), but they had no children]. The deceased [possibly with his wife Sophia?] went to the Victorian diggings in 1851, where he did fairly well. He then returned home, and after a time he went to the North to the Hill River Station, which he managed for the late Mr. C. Campbell. Some time afterwards he and his brother James took up some country in the North, but with many others in the bad years before 1863 they lost heavily. They went to the Mount Barker district, and in the early seventies deceased came to the South-East. He resided at Mount Gambier for a time; then took up land near the Hanging Rocks, near Tantanoola; and afterwards went to Wyrie Ridge, which property he gave up some few years ago owing to ill health and increasing years. The deceased was a fine type of our old pioneers and a man of sterling worth. He was of a very kindly disposition, making all who came in contact with him respect him. He was in his 84th year, and leaves a wife [Sophia], but no family. He was a brother of Mr. James Warland of Echunga.

Millicent cemetery records include the deaths of Henry Warland on 4 June 1908 and Sophia Warland on 6 December 1910.

1909 - Percival Maynard Warland marries

Percival (Percy) Maynard Warland (12 September 1882, Mount Barker (SA BDM Ref 290/254) - 18 September 1949), married Meta Selma Hedwig Paech at Nairne in 1909 (SA BDM Ref 239/288), related to the Liebelt family of Hahndorf, and has his full family history recorded in the Liebelt family history. They had the following children:

1910 - Harold Edward Lancelot Warland marries

Harold Edward Lancelot Warland (1880 - 1969), the son of James and Sarah Warland (nee Maynard) married Adeline May Trotman (3 October 1885 - ) in Adelaide in 1910 (SA BDM Ref 242/328). They had the following children:

1910 - Death of James Warland

James Warland (born 1834) died on 14 July 1910 at Echunga leaving (according to the Chronicle of 30 July 1910) 'five sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren'. His obituary was published in The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser of 15 July 1910. It read as follows:

Mr. James Warland, J.P., who was probably the oldest and best-known resident of the Echunga district died at his residence, 'Woodlands', on Thursday afternoon. Deceased had resided in the South for a great many years and had been prominently connected with the Echunga Goldfields from their discovery. He had taken a leading part in all public matters, and was a member of the district council and institute for a lengthy period. A widow and family survive, and Mr. Edward Warland, of Warland's Hotel, Victor Harbor, is a brother and Mrs. Guildford Gray, Blakiston, a sister of the deceased, who was highly respected and was personally known to many of the old colonists.

The Observer of 23 July 1910 carried a similarly worded obituary.

From 1910 - Alfred Warland (1847 - 1924)

As noted in the previous point, Alfred Warland's brother James Warland died in South Australia in 1910. A brother 'Alfred' was recorded in his death notice in the SA Chronicle on 23 July 1910.

Alfred Warland was listed at 23 Collins Place Melbourne from 1910 to 1916.

Both Alfred Warland, 'clerk' and Gladys Helen Warland 'home duties', appear in the voting subdivision of LaTrobe in 1912 living at 23 Collins Place, Melbourne.

See below from 1915 for the continuation of Alfred's story.

1912 - Victor George Howard Warland marries

Victor George Howard Warland (1884 - 1956) married Agnes Lydia Gee (1893 - 8 July 1966) in 1912. Their engagement notice in the Chronicle of 10 August 1912 states that Agnes was the daughter of Mrs William Gee of Echunga, and Victor was the son of the late James Warland, of 'Grantala', Echunga. Victor and Agnes had two children:

Victor Warland was a talented musician who often provided music for events. For example, he was recorded in The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser on 28 November 1913 and again on 2 April 1926, providing music for events.

1913 - Death of Sarah Jane Warland

Sarah Jane Warland, the wife of James Warland (born 1834), died on 8 July 1913. Her obituary in the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA) of Saturday 19 July 1913 read as follows.

On July 8, Mrs S J Warland, relict of Mr James Warland, died at Echunga after a long illness, aged 71. She was born at Burnside in 1842, and since her marriage, 50 years ago, had been a constant resident of Echunga. In her young days she was always a willing helper in anything for the benefit of the town. She was a supporter to the local institute, and was a member till the time of her death. She left seven children: Mrs H Douglas (Albany), Mrs J Dalwood (Echung), Messrs A H H Warland, H E L Warland, P M Warland and V Warland (Echunga), and Mr W L H Warland (Balhannah) - and fourteen grandchildren. Mrs Warland was highly respected.

According to Mrs Julie Priem of Highbury, South Australia, in the late 1980's, the family of James and his wife Sarah were mainly self-taught musicians, many playing for the silent movies and dances. This musical interest was passed down to the next two generations.

From 1915 - Alfred Warland (1847 - 1924)

In 1915, a Gladys Helen Warland, stated in the BDM record to be the daughter of Robert Sharp and Elizabeth (no surname shown), died in Melbourne East aged 57 (Vic BDM Ref 10148).

The 1915 electoral rolls for the subdivision of Gipps in Melbourne show the following members of the Cumming family living and working from 295 Swanston Street Melbourne:

In 1915, Alfred Warland, now 68, married the then 39 year old Esther Stevenson Cumming (1876, Alexandra/Acheron, Victoria (Vic BDM Ref 6364) - 1963, Melbourne (Vic BDM Ref 1385, second name 'Stephenson')(Marriage - VIC BDM Ref 11064).

Alfred and Esther Warland had one son:

In 1918, Alfred Warland was recorded at 98 Athol Street, Moonee Ponds. Alfred is not recorded in the Melbourne directories in 1920. In 1921, he appears with Esther at 428 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne where they lived until 1924.

By 1924, Alfred and Esther Warland had moved to 83 The Crescent, Ascot Vale, where Esther is recorded until 1935 (at least).

Alfred Warland died on 24 April 1924 (VIC BDM Ref 3897) at 83 The Crescent, Ascot Vale. His death notice in the The Argus (Melbourne) of 28 April 1924 states that he was 'the dearly beloved husband of Esther S Warland and dear father of Alfie'.

Esther Stephenson [sic] Warland is recorded in the 1915 electoral rolls at 83 The Crescent, Ascot Vale as a shopkeeper. It is not known (yet) what she sold in her shop.

Alfred Warland's son, also Alfred Warland (born 1918), boarded at Scotch College from 1930 to 1932, leaving at the age of 15. See below from 1939 for further details of his life.

See below for details of Esther after the death of Alfred.

1924 - Death of Emily Warland (nee Kelsh

Emily Warland (nee Kelsh) died in 1924 (SA BDM Ref 473/427, relative George Warland)(or 6 October 1925? See The Advertiser, 27 September 1927). A stained glass memorial window was placed in her memory in the porch of St John's Anglican Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide. The newspaper noted that Emily devoted herself to the choir boys of St John's for many years 'and many remember her with feelings of deep affection and gratitude'. The window was donated by relatives of Mrs Warland 'and is the work of Mr William Aikman of London. It bears the figure of St Elizabeth, behind which is a pomegranete tree in full fruit and is inscribed with the words 'In Memory of Emily Warland'.

1928 - Eric Allan Warland of the Post Office, Port Lincoln

Eric Allan Warland (born 1907) was the son of Laurence (Laurie) Warland and Lucy Emily Myra Smith (1885 - 1966), noted above.

The Port Lincoln Times of 19 October 1928 reported that EA Warland of the Port Lincoln Post Office staff left for Adelaide on his annual leave.

1929 - Eric Allan Warland travels to Minnipa

The Port Lincoln Times of 1 November 1929 reported that EA Warland travelled from Port Lincoln to Minnipa (where his future wife lived).

1931 - Eric Allan Warland comes of age

The Port Lincoln Times of 9 January 1931 reported that Eric Allan Warland, along with his future wife Ruth Derbyshire (see below) who lived at Minnipa, attended a coming of age party. 'Mr E A Warland proposed a toast to the health of Miss M Derbyshire'.

1932 - A Warland from Port Lincoln holidays in Mt Gambier

The Port Lincoln Times of 15 April 1932 reported that 'Mr A Warland of the Port Lincoln Post Office staff has returned, after having spent his annual holiday leave at Mount Gambier'.

1934 - A Warland of the Port Lincoln Post Office

An A Warland of the Port Lincoln Post Office was reported travelling to Adelaide in February 1934 (Port Lincoln Times, 16 February 1934). This person may be Eric's father.

1935 - Eric Allan Warland marries

Eric Allan Warland, the son of L E Warland of Mount Gambier, married Ruth Harrison Derbyshire, of Raldon Grove, Myrtle Bank, South Australia, on 26 March 1935. The bridesmaids were Eric's sister, Phyllis Warland, and Mildred Solomon, a friend of the bride. According to the Port Lincoln Times, 5 April 1925, the couple honeymooned in Victoria but returned to Port Lincoln to live.

Both Eric Allan and Ruth Warland were tennis players, noted very regularly in tournaments in Port Lincoln (Port Lincoln Times, The Advertiser).

Eric and Ruth Warland had one daughter.

1936 - Phyllis Warland in Port Lincoln

The Port Lincoln Times of 27 March 1936 reported that Miss Phyl Warland of Adelaide had returned there from a holiday at Port Lincoln with her brother and sister in law, Mr and Mrs EA Warland.

1939 - Warlands in Port Lincoln

In an article about the Country Women's Association in that location, the Port Lincoln Times of 14 December 1939 reported that a meeting was attended by Mrs Charles Perry and Mrs A Warland.

WW2 - Eric Allan Warland enlists

Eric Allan Warland enlisted for WW2. His service number was S57149 and he enlisted at Port Lincoln, giving his next of kin as R Warland. According to the McLean family history (see below), Eric was a signalman wiht the PMG and served in the Northern Territory.

From 1939 - Alfred Warland (1918 - 2007), work and marriage

Alfred Warland worked for six years from 1932 as a mercery salesman before joining the Government Explosives factory where he worked from September 1939 to 1949. He married Lalla Margaret Ransome (born 22 November 1920) on 22 March 1942 in Ascot Vale and lived at 83 The Crescent Ascot Vale. They had four children, two boys and two girls.

Alfred's mother, Esther Stephenson Warland, moved back in and lived with her son and his family at the family house (83 The Crescent, Ascot Vale, purchased by Alfred from his mother) until her death in 1963, aged 86 (Vic BDM Ref 1385, mother recorded incorrectly as 'Paterson').

Alfred became a foundation member of the Spastic Society 1948 and retired in 1981 as Senior Vice President and life member of 23 years. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as an Insurance Clerk. He then joined Lightening Zipps in 1951 and worked there until 1978.

Lalla Margaret Warland (nee Ransome) died 25 November 1969 (aged 49 yrs).

Alfred finished his working life at Diners Club 1978 – 1982 before retiring in 1982 to Rye Victoria where he lived until his death on 27 February 2007. (Source of above details: Alfred's daughter, in May 2021).

1943 - Eric Allan Warland divorces

Eric Allan Warland appears to have lived (at least temporarily) in Cowell by 1943. He may have separated from Ruth as early as 1941 and was divorced from his wife, Ruth Harrison Warland (nee Derbyshire) of Fullarton Road, Rosefield, in February 1943. (Chronicle, Adelaide, 25 February 1943).

1943 - Eric Allan Warland moves to Pine Creek

Eric Allan Warland, a postal clerk at Port Lincoln for many years, was appointed acting postmaster at Pine Creek in December 1943, according to the Port Lincoln Times of 16 December 1943.

After 1948 - Eric Allan Warland re-marries

Eric Allan Warland, 'only son of Mr and Mrs LE Warland of Victor Harbour', announced his engagement to Pauline Alice Lamshed (1916 - 9 August 1979) the youngest daughter of Charles Arthur Lamshed and Alice Elizabeth Lamshed (nee Rowe) of Forestville, in June 1948 (The Chronicle, 17 June 1948)

Pauline's father, Charles Arthur Lamshed, 'the well-known and popular postmaster of Yorketown' South Australia, died on 31 October 1931. His obituary was carried in the Pioneer (Yorketown) of 6 November 1931.

Pauline worked in the telephone exchange in Yorketown and Adelaide before marrying Eric, who she may have met through her father's work.

Eric and Pauline Warland had two sons and a daughter.

RL Warland married to initials SP, they had two children, initials D and S Warland RC Warland married to initials KA H, they had two children, JM and KR Warland.

1947 to 1949 - Eric Allan Warland trustee

Eric Allan Warland was appointed as trustee and Chairman of trustees of the Katherine Recreation Reserve of the Northern Territory on 27 November 1947. This appointment was terminated on 26 August 1949. (Source for both - Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 8 September 1949).

1951 - Eric Allan Warland in Victor Harbour

Eric Allan Warland's mother in law, Mrs AE Lamshed of Forestville, stayed with her daughter and son-in-law during November 1951, according the The Advertiser of 10 November 1951.

1954 - Eric Allan Warland, Postal Clerk

Eric Allan Warland was reported to be a Senior Postal Clerk (Grade 1) at Victor Harbour in September 1953, according to the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette of 21 January 1954. The same Gazette reported him as a Postmaster Grade 3 in 1972.

He received the Imperial Service Medal (ISM) on his retirement from the Postal service.

1979 - Death of Pauline Alice Warland

Pauline Alice Warland (nee Lamshed), died on 9 August 1979 at Wallaroo. (Source, McLean family webpage quoted above).

1998 - Death of Eric Allan Warland

Eric Allan Warland died in Adelaide on 9 September 1998.

Page created 1985, updated 16 May 2021 (mostly updates to Alfred Warland and family born 1875). Copyright © 2021 Andrew Warland. (andrewwarland(at)gmail.com)