John Langdon Bonython (13 January 19051992), was a prominent

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businessman.

Family

Bonython was born into the old Adelaide family Bonython. His grandfather was

John Langdon Bonython Sir John Langdon Bonython (;Charles Earle Funk, ''What's the Name, Please?'' (Funk & Wagnalls, 1936). 15 October 184822 October 1939) was an Australian editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist, journalist and politician who served a ...

,W. B. Pitcher
Bonython, Sir John Langdon (1848 - 1939)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 339-341. and his father was

John Lavington Bonython Sir John Lavington Bonython (10 September 1875 – 6 November 1960) was a prominent public figure in Adelaide, known for his work in journalism, business and politics. In association with his father, he became involved in the management of n ...

.W. B. Pitcher
Bonython, Sir John Lavington (1875 - 1960)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 341-342. His mother was Blanche Ada Bray, and he had two sisters, two half-brothers (

Warren Bonython Charles Warren Bonython, AO (11 September 1916 – 2 April 2012) was an Australian conservationist, explorer, author, and chemical engineer. A keen bushwalker, he is perhaps best known for his role, spanning many years, of working towards ...

and

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), and one half-sister. He married Minnie Hope Rutherford in 1926 and they had three children.John Bonython AO (b. 1905) of Santos Oil
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Biography

John Langdon Bonython was born on 13 January 1905 in

, South Australia. He studied at the

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, and became a solicitor in 1930.Richard Carruthers, "Family tree, Richard Carruthers", 1986., cyberzone.com He chaired Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, and on 18 March 1954, he became the founding chairman of the first board of directors of

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. In 1982 a deep water port facility at Stony Point 20 km north of

Whyalla Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta ...

was connected to the

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, a 659 km pipeline from

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in the

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; this facility was named

Port Bonython Port Bonython is the location of a deepwater port, gas fractionation plant and diesel storage facility west of Point Lowly in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia. It lies 16 km east-northeast of Whyalla, South Australia and app ...

in his honour.Historical highlights
, Santos.com

Awards

On 9 June 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the

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, "in recognition of service to media and to industry".It's an Honour
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References

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20th-century Australian businesspeople