Notable South Australians/Thomas Sadler Reed
Thomas Sadler Reed
IS the son of the late Charles Reed, Esq., Mall, Clifton. Came to Adelaide in the ship "Orient" in November 1866, and was appointed Chairman of the Destitute Board, February 3, 1867. He left the colony on account of ill-health in January 1876 for a sojourn in England, and resigned his appointment in March 1877, which was subsequently filled by the late J. M. Solomon until the death of that gentleman, when Mr. Reed was re-appointed as Chairman in October 1880. The system of boarding out neglected and orphan children was commenced by Mr. Reed in 1872, since which period upwards of two thousand children have been placed out in various homes, of which number one thousand children have been adopted without charge to the colony.