Henry Dutton (pastoralist)
Their families were notable in South Australian history; his uncle Francis Stacker Dutton was involved in the discovery and exploitation of the copper deposits near Kapunda and was later Premier of the colony.
When Henry was five years old his father died; his mother either returned to, or remained in South Australia, living at Strangways Terrace, North Adelaide.
What had started in 1841 as a shingle-covered hut built by overseer Alexander Buchanan and his wife Penelope Ann, née Haddrick [1] he developed into what has been described as a "mansion, set in delightful surroundings".
[2] The property decreased in size and importance over the years: part was subdivided for "closer settlement", then another tranche was acquired by the State government for "soldier settlement", but Henry also acquired additional property: North Booborowie, near Burra, in partnership with John Melrose, and Koonowla vineyard and orchard, on the road between Saddleworth and Auburn.
There were eight cabins neatly paneled with polished hard woods, each containing lockers and drawers, dressing tables and wardrobes, and the wash basins had a hot and cold water supply.
Ethel was supposedly "searching among the rocks for a pocket knife when her foot slipped and she fell down a precipitous part of the Western Point and thence into the sea".
The foundation stone was laid on 9 September 1896 by Henry Dutton, and the consecration was performed on 2 December 1896 by Bishop of Adelaide, John Harmer.
This church was built and consecrated on December 2, 1896.It was further beautified in 1902 and 1903, consisting among other things of a reredos and chancel screen of English oak, new altar rails, and symbolic scriptural paintings.
His passion sparked before his arrival at Anlaby: Henry received prizes for pelargoniums, begonias, bulbous dahlias, ferns, and more, at some of the annual shows held by the Mount Pleasant Agricultural, Horticultural, and Floricultural Society in the 1880s.
[16] Henry Dutton (1844 at Melbourne – 25 or 26 August 1914 at Anlaby) married Helen Elizabeth Thomas of Geelong (c. 1844 – 8 October 1901) on 10 May 1873, at St. George's Church, Queenscliff, Victoria.
