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 404 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY Messrs. W. H. Burford and Wm. Burford TH¥. Pilgrim Fathers of South Australia have nearly all disappeared. In the fullness of time they have passed out of existence, but not of memory. Any history of South Australia would be incomplete without the names of the score or two of men who fought and struirgled undauntedly, though with small return at first. And while memory and history perpetuate their names, their children remain to main- tain the position won by the pioneers and makers of the Province. In this sketch an account is given of a Father of the Province who built up a great business, and of the son who succeeded to the position and work. The late William Henville Burford, and William Burford, his son, are worthy typ(s of the success- ful colonial family ; and their com- mercial progress as individuals not inadecjuately typifies the history of South Australia as a Province. Mr. W. H. Burford was born at St. Catherine's, Middlesex, England, on January 24, 1807. The youngest of five sons, he early decided to learn butchering as a trade. He spent seven years as an apprealice to that calling, and then followed a period engaged in the oil and color trade, under which came such work as tallow rendering and tallow candle- Duryea, Photo I, 1 1 M N. w. 11. Bu KFOKu niakine. Thus the substratum of that knowledge and experience was laid which served to fit him for a prominent branch of colonising. When entering his prime, in 1838, full of bodily strength and vigor, he embarked on the ship I'cstonjcc lioiiianjcc for the Antipodes. Among other passengers on the vessel was Governor Gawler. On October 12, 1838, Mr. Burford, with an invalid wife and two young children, arrived at Glenelg, South Australia. This Province was not then out (jf the infantile stage. There were few conveniences and few buildings, and new arrivals had literallv to make th(ir own homes and carve out some distinctive career for themselves- often inaugurate new industries. The first experiences in this far-away country were not reassuring, and the j^ioneer needed a courageous heart when landing in the new