[1] George Edwin, who arrived in South Australia with his parents on the William Hyde in May 1849, was proprietor of Port Road Steam Works in 1881, and inventor of an improved brick-making machine.

He joined the Education Department as a student teacher to avail himself of free tuition at the University of Adelaide, where as what the Public Service Review called "one of the most talented students which the University of Adelaide has produced"[6] he achieved his BA in 1907, BSc (Agric) in 1908 and MA in 1909.

His thesis on "The milling qualities and chemical properties of flour from high and low grade wheats" won praise from Sydney University assessors.

His teaching duties took him to Moonta Mines and Port Adelaide Public Schools, after which he joined the University Training College, where he was appointed assistant lecturer.

[7] He established research stations at Werribee and Rutherglen, and did much to reverse farmers' antipathy to modern farming methods.

Lilian, a noted concert singer,[14][15] was also composer of a song which she presented to the Boy Scouts of America.

[16] They had one daughter, Yvonne Lilian Lucas Richardson (27 December 1911 – ), who married Lindsay Cust in Melbourne on 23 July 1940[17]