Henry Hill (politician)

Henry Hill (c. 1826—28 June 1910) was a freight contractor and politician in South Australia.

[1] In 1858 Hill, Henry Robert Fuller (1825—1905) and George Mills founded H. R. Fuller & Co. to manage freight carrying on the newly opened South Australian Railways.In 1862 Hill and Mills bought out Fuller's share, founding Henry Hill & Co., with John Vautin ( –1876) brought in as an additional director,[2] and diversified into stagecoach passenger transport.

[4] This company was dissolved in June 1872 to become Letchford, Mills & Rofe,[5] with Henry Hill as manager.

[7] In 1878 the South Australian Railways took over all rolling stock, abolished the hire truck system.

[9] He was member for Port Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly May 1868 to April 1870.