[2] Payneham was named for himself by Samuel Payne (c. 1803–1847), who with his wife Ann, née Maslen, and two children arrived in April 1838 aboard Lord Goderich from London, and occupied section 285, Hundred of Adelaide in 1839.

[4] After Payne's arrival in South Australia in 1838, he lived with his wife and children at Payneham House in Rosella Street.

[5] Payne and his family were fellow passengers of future neighbour, Edward Castres Gwynne, when they made their way to Australia aboard the Lord Goderich.

Payne died in 1847 from influenza at his residence in East Terrace, just weeks after retiring as the publican of the Auction Market Tavern.

Holt attended Payneham Primary School and lived in the hotel with his mother and father.

[6] Peter Barr of London, known as 'the daffodil king', praised Sewell’s collection of rare and choice plants, and described his horticultural knowledge as 'unequalled in the southern hemisphere'.

[6] Sewell's home, built in the early 1890s, has escaped demolition and remains as offices for several businesses, including Mario Minuzzo Builders.

The Payneham Table Tennis Academy Inc is located in Sullivan Street, Firle, where it relocated in approximately 1964 after operating out of various church and community halls in the Kensington area.