John Rankine (Australian politician)

Dr. John Rankine (19 October 1801 – 15 Mar 1864), was a landowner and politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia.

He may have visited Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) as ship's doctor on the Sir William Bentinck in August 1838.

They purchased a 50-acre "Special Survey" section of the Hundred of Angas, founding the town of Strathalbyn.

[2] Other passengers on the Fairfield, including William Mein, George Hall (or Hall-Turnbull) (c. 1810– ), Oliver Keble Richardson (1800– ) purchased sections of the same "Special Survey".

He began mining[clarification needed] at Strathalbyn in 1848, and formed a company with E & C Stirling, A. L. Elder and W. H.