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 522 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY Mr. H. J, Richman were capable of darker crimes on occasion, and old colonists well recollect the murder of Mr. Brown, whose station (Mount Arden) border(^d on that of Mr. Richman. In the early "fifties" the discovery of gold in X'ictoria caused a general stampede of shepherds and station-hands to the diogings in that colony, and in 1852 Mr. Richman was compelled to sell his sheep at a low figure and follow his employes to the F.ldorado of the East. He remained at the diggings for a brief period ; but meeting with little success, returned to .South .Australia. It was then still impossible to procure hands to man the station, and, having a little capital left, Mr. Richman purchased two teams of bullocks, with which he followed the occupation of a carter until the requisite supply of labor was forthcoming. Then returning to the North, he shortly afterwards removed to the western side of Port Augusta, in consequence of the resumption by the Government of the land around Mount Brown. In those days squatters' licences were issued, giving no definite title to any distinct piece of ground ; and it was under one of these that Mr. Richman had held his land at the Yalley. The new propert)-, now known as the Old Lincoln Gap Run, was among the first selections taken up on that side of the Gulf, and here Mr. Richman spent many years. He next took up a run called Pernatty, 100 miles north-west of Port Augu.sta, and subsequently acquired a {property known as the McDouall Peak, situated 300 miles north-west of Port Augusta. P^or long years this hardy pioneer struggled against droughts and bad .seasons, holding heroically to his land till it was almost impo.ssible to retain it longer. Through the kindness of his brother-in-law (the late Sir Walter W. Hughes), who gave him some shares in the Moonta Copper Mine, he was enabled to weather the hard times, and has since succeeded in securing an independency. P'our years ago Mr. Richman was compelled to retire from the active management of his stations owing to an affection of the eye, which, subsequently, caused th(^ loss of his sight. He is now living in retirement in Adelaide, and is dis})osing of his Northern property. Though of ripe age, and afflicted with blindness, Mr. Richman retains full possession of his faculties, and has a store of anecdote and reminiscence readily accessible. He is indeed a striking figure in this newer generation. The late Mr. Caleb Peacock THE father of the late Mr. Caleb Peacock, the late Hon. William Peacock, M.L.C., arrived in the Province in the ship Glenalvon on December 28, 1838, and was among the most prominent of the veteran pioneers. At the time of the financial distress in (Governor Grey's term of office he was an earnest advocate of just treatment from the Imperial (iovernment. In 1842 he was elected an alderman of the City Council. He supported the voluntary princi])le in religious matters, and spoke on the subject at several meetings held in 1846. In 1848-9 Mr. William Peacock gave weight to the agitation for a system of representative government, and, after that principle was granted, was elected to the Legislative Council for Noarlunga in 1851. He retained his seat until 1856, but did not enter Parliament under responsible government until 1861, when he resumed his place in the Legislative Council. He retired from Parliament in 1869. As a politician he was a decided Liberal. He was for years a deacon in the Hindmarsh