Matthew Goode and Co

He then strongly advocated the construction of the deep drainage system, which, was adopted, despite many members who wanted the refuse drained to the sea.

He was on the committee of the local chapter of the London Missionary Society, and was connected with the Adelaide City Mission from the time of its inception, and with the Lay Preachers' Association.

He worked with Sir George Williams in connection with the London YMCA, and with Dean Russell in the Funeral Reform Association.

In 1850, before leaving England, Matthew Goode was married in Hereford to Anne Jones (1826 - 19 June 1852) of Fencott in Worcestershire.

Anne died aged 26 in Adelaide; the following year Matthew Goode married her sister Elisabeth Jones (1838 – 19 May 1902).