Notable South Australians/Benjamin Boothby, C.E.
Benjamin Boothby, C.E.,
SECOND son of the late Mr. Justice Boothby, and born in Nottingham in 1829. He served his articles as an architect and surveyor with "William Rogers, Esq., of Lambeth, during which time he had charge of numerous important works. He came to the colony in the year 1853, and during the next year was appointed Superintending Surveyor of the Southern District of the Central Road Board. He occupied this position for about six years, and accepted the office of Manager of Waterworks on March 11, 1861. On February 19, 1868, he returned to the Central Road Board service as Superintending Surveyor of the North-Eastern District, and remained there until December 31, 1870, when the office was abolished. He practised his profession for a short time, and in 1872 he, with the assistance of some friends, formed the Glenelg Railway Company, and superintended the construction of the Railway, which was successfully opened in 1873. He occupied the position of General Manager and Engineer of that line until 1879. Mr. Boothby was of a quiet and retiring nature, and did not come prominently before the general public, but he enjoyed the highest esteem of a large circle of friends. He died at Glenelg, August 13, 1884, and left a widow and six sons. His several brothers are well known in official and commercial circles.