Notable South Australians/Young Bingham Hutchinson
Young Bingham Hutchinson
ARRIVED in South Australia in 1836, and was present at the inauguration of the colony. Died at Hindmarsh Valley, August 3, 1870. He was a gentleman of independent means, and one of the first created a Justice of the Peace. He also held the office of Emigration Agent from September 1837 to February 1838. He was present at the proclamation of Queen Victoria in England, and took part in the celebration here of the first proclamation of South Australia, besides being actively engaged in the early affairs of the colony generally. He purchased at the first land 4Bales several town lots and country sections, and after leaving the colony for about twenty years returned to Adelaide and took up his residence on his property at Hindmarsh Valley. He was the first to make the ascent of Mount Lofty, which he did on July 6, 1837. In his early life he was an officer in the navy. Mr. Hutchinson was a man of no mean classical and literary attainments; and a most voluminous contributor to the Press. He was a lineal descendant of Colonel Hutchinson, the well-known follower of Cromwell. Under a rough exterior he had a warm heart, and many settlers in the district in which he resided received from him substantial aid in a time of emergency, when much needed.