John Lorenzo Young
John Lorenzo Young (30 May 1826 in London – 26 July 1881 at sea) was an English-Australian educationalist and founder of the Adelaide Educational Institution.
[6] He worked in Cornwall on railway and mining construction then left for Adelaide on the ship Panama, arriving on 31 October 1850..[7] A fellow passenger was W. W. R. Whitridge, with whom he was to strike a lasting friendship.
[9] In December 1851 Young travelled overland to the Mount Alexander goldfields, returning to Adelaide on board the Elizabeth a few months later.
A letter later appears in the Register signed by Young and some passengers, referring to 'mutinous conduct' of the crew and commending the captain's efforts.
Young retired in 1880 and closed the school, intending to join his wife and family, who were visiting brother Oliver and their father in Veryan, Cornwall.
The letter reads as follows; Our voyage over the Red Sea was full of the realest physical discomfort, from first to last – either hot head winds or none at all.
Mr J. L.Young, a gentleman well known to many of our brethren in Adelaide, and who, after spending about 30 years in the colonies, was returning to end his days in England, through the excessive heat, was smitten with an apoplectic fit, and never rallied.
The body was placed, after due preparation on a board, with the feet out toward the sea, at the open port of the after square, and covered with the ship's ensign – its great red cross answering well to the dead man's form.
In 1852 founded the Adelaide Educational Institution, for a time the largest private independent school in South Australia. In 1872 new premises were built at Parkside in Young Street (named after the schoolmaster). For a photograph of the school, see B 1843.
