Key People

State Government: 1864–1865 Arthur Blyth

  • Portfolio dates: 4.8.1864–22.3.1865
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Arthur Blyth
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1865 Francis Dutton

  • Portfolio dates: 22.3.1865–20.9.1865
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Henry Bull Templar Strangways
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1865 Henry Ayers

  • Portfolio dates: 20.9.1865–23.10.1865
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Henry Bull Templar Strangways
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1865–1866 John Hart

  • Portfolio dates: 23.10.1865–1.11.1865
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Lavington Glyde
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration
  • Portfolio dates: 1.11.1865–28.3.1866
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: John Bentham Neales
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1866–1867 James Boucaut

  • Portfolio dates: 28.3.1866–3.5.1867
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: William Milne
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1867–1868 Henry Ayers

  • Portfolio dates:  3.5.1867–24.9.1868
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Lavington Glyde
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1868 John Hart

  • Portfolio dates:  24.9.1868–13.10.1868
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: William Townsend
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1868 Henry Ayers

  • Portfolio dates: 13.10.1868–3.11.1868
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Lavington Glyde
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1868–1870 Henry Strangways

  • Portfolio dates: 3.11.1868–12.5.1870
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Wentworth Cavanagh
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1870 Henry Strangways

  • Portfolio dates: 12.5.1870–30.5.1870
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Wentworth Cavanagh
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1870–1871 John Hart

  • Portfolio dates: 30.5.1870–10.11.1871
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Arthur Blyth
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1871–1872 Arthur Blyth

  • Portfolio dates: 10.11.1871–22.1.1872
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: William Townsend
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1872 Henry Ayers

  • Portfolio dates: 22.1.1872–4.3.1872
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Edwin Henry Derrington
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1872–1873 Sir Henry Ayers

  • Portfolio dates: 4.3.1872–22.7.1873
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Thomas Reynolds
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1873–1875 Arthur Blyth

  • Portfolio dates:  22.7.1873–3.6.1875
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: William Everard
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1875–1876 James Boucaut

  • Portfolio dates: 3.6.1875–25.3.1876
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Ebenezer Ward
  • Ministerial title: Minister of Agriculture and Education

State Government: 1876 James Boucaut

  • Portfolio dates: 25.3.1876–6.6.1876
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Thomas Playford
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government: 1876–1877 John Colton

  • Portfolio dates: 6.6.1876–26.10.1877
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Ebenezer Ward
  • Ministerial title: Minister of Agriculture and Education

State Government: 1877–1878 James Boucaut

  • Portfolio dates: 26.10.1877–27.9.1878
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Thomas Playford
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government:  1878–1881 William Morgan

  • Portfolio dates: 27.9.1878–24.6.1881
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Thomas Playford
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration
  • Department head: John Daniel Custance 1.6.1881–1887 (and Professor of Agriculture, 1881–1901)

State Government:  1878–1881 William Morgan

  • Portfolio dates: 27.9.1878–24.6.1881
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Thomas Playford
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

State Government:  1881–1884 John Bray

  • Portfolio dates: 27.9.1878–24.6.1881
  • Minister responsible for Agriculture: Alfred Catt
  • Ministerial title: Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

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