He taught in Ireland for some years before emigrating to South Australia aboard Anna, arriving with his wife and small family in November 1849.
They had a home "Clendeliver" in Houghton, South Australia, and the Needhams opened a school in that town in 1853.
They had a residence on North Terrace, and offered board to AEI students on the same conditions as J. L.
[6] George Needham (c. 1804 – 19 March 1894) married Catherine Elizabeth Montfort (c. 1810 – 24 May 1863) in Ireland.
[8] Their children included: Needham married again, to Mary Jones (c. 1820 – 10 August 1870) on 8 January 1868.