John Hallett (South Australian politician)

He and his family emigrated to South Australia on the Africaine, under Captain John Finlay Duff, arriving at Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island on 6 November 1836.

[3] He built a substantial two-storey brick house on South Terrace, later occupied by Captain Charles Berkeley (–1856), Inspector of Police, and since demolished.

[5] He was a member for The Sturt in the South Australian House of Assembly from March 1857 to October 1862,[6] having been narrowly reelected in 1860.

In July 1863 his health deteriorated, and he transferred his business to his brother Alfred, and subsequently ventured to the city only once, in September, 1865.

In 1868 he had three attacks of "serous apoplexy" (perhaps strokes), followed by bronchitis and died an hour or two before midnight, 10 June, surrounded by his family.