William Rogers (Australian politician)

William Rogers (22 July 1818 – 26 August 1903) was a politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia.

William Rogers, a builder and stonemason, emigrated from Cornwall to South Australia on the Platina, arriving in July 1839.

He settled in the Sandergrove district, and was responsible for a large number of constructions in the area, including John Dunn's flour mill at Mount Barker.

When William Bowman left the Finniss district around 1878, Rogers purchased his property "View Bank" and later had a share in Portee station on the River Murray near Blanchetown and another at Swan Reach.

They sustained heavy losses in the 1890s drought, but survived and had largely recovered financially at the time of his death.