Notable South Australians/Thomas Lampard

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Thomas Lampard,

ONE of the pioneers and oldest residents of the Murray River district. He was well known among colonial sportsmen in the early years of settlement as a man of fearless disposition and adventurous character. In 1843 he took up his abode on the banks of the Murray, and was one of the first to put a plough into what was then truly a wilderness, though by no means an uninhabited one, as the aborigines were numerous and ferocious, Mr. Lampard formed the first garden in that locality, and devoted his attention to horticulture. He was a shrewd, intelligent man, and a prominent character at public meetings, at which his:8traightforwardness and dry humour made him a popular favourite. He died on July 18, 1868, aged 71, and left numerous descendants, who still occupy land in the vicinity of the Murray River.