William David Ponder

He worked as a compositor for the Government Printing Office and the South Australian Register.

He subsequently moved to The Advertiser, where he worked as city collector and wrote a regular cricket column.

He was subsequently appointed by Sir Langdon Bonython as a sub-editor for The Express and Telegraph.

Later, he was an advertising agent from 1897 to 1918, a director of the Co-Operative Building Society for thirty years, and governor of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

[2][6] He was a state MP for sixteen years, being re-elected numerous times.