), where he opened a furniture factory, which soon won valuable contracts, including seating for the new Legislative Council chambers in 1855.
[4] Another prestigious contract was for furnishing a private suite in Government House for the Duke of Edinburgh during his 1867 Royal Visit.
[2] Tragedy struck Debney: his wife Susanna (née Woodward) and daughter Matilda drowned in 1860 when their sailing boat capsized off Glenelg.
[16] She wrote songs and poems, contributing, as "Ellie" and "Leila", to Adelaide papers and the Gawler Times.
A sister Margaretta ( –1885) married fellow Lloyds colonist John Edward Fielder ( –1903) shortly after arrival.