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P. D. Prankerd
Peter Dowding Prankerd (1819 – 17 December 1902) was an English businessman who made a fortune in Colonial South Australia real estate. History Prankerd was born in Langport, a son of John Prankerd, solicitor, and his wife Mary (died 22 June 1866). In 1839 he emigrated to Australia, and operated for a time as a stock agent at Kangaroo Point, Queensland. By 1847 he was in Adelaide, and soon was in partnership with George Rolfe, dissolved May 1851. Prankerd left for England some time around 1849; returned in March 1850 aboard ''Samuel Boddington'' From 1853 he regularly attended Government land sales, purchasing newly released country land to be leased by prospective farmers. Some he subdivided, and several townships in South Australia are the product of his enterprise. In association with Robert Stuckey, Prankerd laid out a township in the Adelaide Hills which he named Stirling, South Australia, Stirling, in honor of his friend Edward Stirling (politician), Edward Stirling, MLC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
