Thomas Paltridge (ca.1801 – 24 July 1883), a shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth "Granny" Paltridge, née Dunn, (ca.1799 – 5 September 1882), a sister of John Dunn arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on the Phoebe from England on 27 March 1847.
[2] They had six children: Thomas, John, William, Samuel, Elizabeth (Mrs. Heanes) and Mary (Mrs. Roderick McKenzie).
Elizabeth gave birth to twin sons on 3 June 1866 at Compton Downs, daughter on 22 December 1867.
He was elected to the seat of Victoria and sat from April 1870 to July 1871,[4] when he resigned in protest at the resources being expended in the Northern Territory.
He purchased property in the region of Bourke, New South Wales and suffered great losses in the flooding of the Culgoa River around 1885.