Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe

Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe (1834 – 27 March 1900) was four years old when the family left for South Australia. At age 18 he joined the gold rush to Victoria and sent 6 oz. of gold to his mother. He was a contractor who did a lot of business for the Government, including the Bay Road, the South Road, the Morphett Street bridge and the Clarendon bridge and became quite wealthy. He developed on his property a valuable quarry, from which much quartzite and bluestone was obtained. He subsequently engaged in cattle speculation, and lost heavily, and was declared insolvent in 1861. In 1873 he went to New Zealand, where he invested in gold mining ventures, then eight years in the Northern Territory, then worked in Adelaide from 1881 or earlier as an auctioneer and commission agent, with offices in Currie Street. He returned to gold mining in Western Australia, and died in Kanowna.

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AYLIFFE George Hamilton, Elizabeth SANDERS, Thos Hamilton, Eliz Esther/Estella, Cecelia (b@sea) arrived in SA 1838-10-12 aboard Pestonjee Bomanjee from London

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