[1] In September 1839 Frome arrived in South Australia on the ship Recovery to take up an appointment as the colony's third Surveyor General.

[2] He made an important contribution in surveying large areas of South Australia for new immigrants to settle upon.

[1] In one of his sketchbooks, there is a sketch of a Milmenrura village in the south-east of South Australia consisting of a cluster of about twelve established Aboriginal homes.

[1] After his ten-year term expired he returned to England and was subsequently stationed in Mauritius, Scotland and Gibraltar.

The latest incarnation has existed since 1991, but in 2024 the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission announced that at the 2026 state election its name would be changed to Ngadjuri, due to concerns over Frome's involvement in acts of retribution following the Maria massacre.