Charles Brown Fisher

At around age twenty he spent two years on an uncle's farm at Little Bowden, Northamptonshire, before migrating to South Australia in 1836 with his parents in HMS Buffalo.

[3] He began by dealing in cattle in 1851, which proved to be the most lucrative business he could have chosen, as it was just before the Victorian gold rush (within 3 years the price of a fat bullock rose from £2 10/ to £15 or £17).

He was an excellent horseman, and spent most of his time in the saddle at this period, being obliged to make many long and rapid journeys to keep up the supply of stock.

Some 10 or 12 South Australian estates passed through his hands, including Wirrabara, Mount Schank, and Moorak near Port Gawler.

He also imported many Longwool sheep, and attained prominence as a breeder of Lincolns, to which he gave preference, though for fattening he held that the English Leicester was superior.

[2] He was a great lover Shorthorn cattle, of which he was a splendid judge, and imported some grand animals, breeding a magnificent herd, the disposal of which realised very high prices at Maribyrnong.

[8] Fisher died at his residence, Seafield Towers, Albert Terrace, Glenelg, only seven or eight months after returning to Adelaide.