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 540 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY The Smith Family (Yalumba) Up from the plains and among the hills about 50 miles from Adelaide lies the reposeful town of Angaston. Snugly ranged amid the sweetest type of Australian hills and valleys, it bears a reputation unsurpassed in South Australia. Its soils have lent themselves to the quiet toil of orchardists, vignerons, agriculturists, and pastoralists, and it perpetuates the name, honored throughout the Pro- vince, of George Eife Angas, one of the founders of South Australia. The fame of some of the Angaston people extends much farther than the limits of the Province, and amongst them are the members of the Smith family, of Yalumba, who for nearly 54 years have been developing the district in their vineyards, and who have made Angaston known not only in Australia, but in other continents. The founder of the family was the late Mr. Samuel Smith, whose interesting biography, with that of Mr. Sidney Smith, is appended. The late Mr. Samuel Smith was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1812, and came to South Australia in the year 1847 with his wife and family — four girls and one boy, Sidney. Mr. Smith was a passenger in the ship China, and among others on board were Mr. (afterwards Sir) John Morphett, late president of the Legisla- tive Council, and Dr. Bull, who practised medicine for many years at the Burra. Mr. Smith, with his family, resided for a few months on the Torrens, near Paradise, and he early recognised the vast possibilities of the soil and climate for viticulture. In the old country he had been a brewer, and the knowledge he gained in following this vocation became specially useful to him. He determined to go to Angaston, and accordingly set off with his wife, family, and belongings, in a bullock dray. The party managed to obtain amusement on the journey, for they stopped en ronte at the historic " Old Spot," Litde Para, to enjoy some rustic sports and races which were in full swing at the time. When nearing Angaston. on a wet Saturday night, the bullocks became thoroughly spent, and were Tuttlf (g Cn., Photo LATE MR. SAMUEL S.li