R. E. Minchin

[3] Henry, who had studied law, was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate and Protector of Aborigines at Mount Remarkable (he later left for the tea plantations of India).

Richard worked on one of Bagot's stations near Kapunda for a time, then around 1854 moved to Victoria, where he served as Clerk of Court at Bacchus Marsh.

Minchin was sent to South East Asia on a purchasing expedition, and returned with a fine collection, and in 1889 was sent to Europe on a similar quest.

He undertook one more trip, to Hong Kong, and there contracted a disease which left him an invalid, eventually forced to retire to Mount Barker, where he died ten days later.

Minchin was a skilled artist, and employed as a drawing master by Prince Alfred College, and also gave lessons in painting.