Home » People & achievements » Prominent People (A-Z) Prominent People A-Z Listing Search Department: All - Industry - Government This section lists industry people who have made a significant contribution to the achievements and success of agriculture in South Australia and Australia. Where information is available from a readily available source, a link is provided. D Darling, John 1852 - 1914 Merchant and politician. He took over management of his father's grain business in 1897 and expanded Australian exports. Active in numerous industry organisations, John Darling served in the SA Parliament from 1896 to 1905, and was a director of BHP and chairman of its board from 1907 until his death in 1914. Image: SLSA Image PRG280-1-14-39 1910 People Australia Website Australian Dictionary of Biography Website Davenport, Sir Samuel 1818 - 1906 Landowner and parliamentarian. Samuel Davenport owned and managed a series of farming properties but was best known as an ardent promoter of new agricultural enterprises in South Australia, and published several pamphlets dealing with cultivation of olives and manufacture of olive oil, silk and tobacco. With his great interest in new industries he was elected president of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society. In 1851, he represented the colony as executive commissioner at the Great Exhibition in London, followed by involvement in a series of national and international exhibitions over the next 37 years. He was knighted in 1884. Image: SLSA Image B56222 People Australia Website Australian Dictionary of Biography Website Adelaidia Website Davidson, Russell 1940 - 2022 Russell Davidson was a leader of Poll Merino sheep, being a significant breeder at Gulnare for flocks across Australia and overseas. He was a judge of sheep at agricultural shows and overseas across Australia. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Day, Allen Campbell (Cam) 1936 - 2006 Cam Day was a successful sheep and beef cattle breeder near Bordertown. He was a member of the Agricultural Bureau for 50 years and a judge of sheep and cattle at agricultural shows in every State. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Deane, Cathy 1952 - 2018 Cathy’s early interests were in librarianship with appointments at the Waite Library then a number of leading libraries in South Australia before moving to the US. With an Economics degree in 1986 Cathy entered the international development projects area with SAGRIC International. She then set up her own company World Wide Project Management. Cathy had experience in the Asian region, the Pacific and US. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History DeVito, Cosmo John 1943 - 2006 Cosy DeVito had a successful trucking business in Waikerie and this he combined with his fruit orchards and vineyards, the 2 business being complimentary. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Dillon, Trevor 1938 - 2006 Trevor was an Agronomist by training and a career. He trained at Roseworthy Agricultural College before working at a range of jobs in the agricultural sector across Australia. He joined the Department of Agriculture and held Agronomist positions at various locations across South Australia. He was a key member of the development team in Libya in the mid 1970s and of the project development team in Iraq in 1978. He was a great innovator in the way he engaged with the farming community and was often the link between farmers and research scientists in developing new projects. Image: PIRSA Ag History PIRSA Ag History PIRSA Ag History PIRSA Ag History Dolling (OAM), Charles Hoani Scott (Scott) 1925 - 2018 Scott was a leading national scientist in sheep genetics. After graduating from Roseworthy Agricultural college and Adelaide University he commenced his work at Cunnamulla in Queensland before returning to Adelaide. His main contribution was the development of large scale recording systems for sheep genetics. This research contributed the technical input to Woolplan and Lambplan. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Doolette, John Barton 1928 - 2015 John Doolette was an agronomist with the Dept of Agriculture who became a specialist on dryland farming. He took this expertise overseas to northern Africa and the Middle East to assist farmers in those countries. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Doudle, Richard Heath 1934 - 2018 Richard Doudle was a farmer on Eyre Peninsula and was a pioneer in reclaiming farm land from increasing saline soils. His successful efforts inspired other farmers to embrace landcare. Image: The Advertiser PIRSA Ag History Duffield, Walter 1816 - 1882 Miller, pastoralist and politician. Duffield arrived in South Australia in December 1839. In 1847 he moved to Gawler, where he bought the Victoria steam flour-mill. He acquired other mills around the State and began to build up Para Para estate, winning prizes for his hams, wines and orchard produce. He later acquired over a thousand square miles (2590 km²) of pastoral leases. Duffield represented Barossa in the House of Assembly and was the State Treasurer. Image: SLSA B11141 c1865 People Australia Website Australian Dictionary of Biography Website Obituaries Australia Website Duncan, Sir Walter Gordon 1885 - 1963 Pastoralist and politician. After working on a series of family pastoral properties, Walter Duncan became part-owner of several properties, and a director of several large pastoral companies. He was a member of the Legislative Council for 44 years, and its President between 1944 and 1962. Duncan emerged as a major figure in the State's commercial, agricultural and political life. He was a director of BHP between 1922 and 1962, and following inspection of steel mills in India, influenced the industrial development of Whyalla. He had a long association with the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, and as president oversaw the move from North Terrace to the Wayville showgrounds in 1924-25. An exhibition hall bearing his name was opened at the Wayville showgrounds in 1962. Image: Image: SLSA B9197 1939 People Australia Website Australian Dictionary of Biography Website Dunn, John 1802 - 1894 Miller. John Dunn immigrated to South Australia in 1840 and gradually built up a large livestock feed and flour milling business. By his retirement in 1889, the business Dunn & Co had eleven mills and was annually exporting 20,000 tons of flour to Britain, Western Australia, New South Wales and South Africa, and had some 400 employees. A number of family members participated in Dunn & Co including sons John Dunn junior (1830-1892) and William Henry Dunn, son-in-law W. Hill (d.1885) and brother-in-law G. Shorney (d.1891). The company expanded building five mills in northern centres, one in the south-east linking these along railway lines to the firm's private wharves. The firm's prosperity enabled the family to pursue political careers. Image: SLSA B 8235/1/5V People Australia Website Australian Dictionary of Biography Website Dutton, Henry 1848 - 1914 Pastoralist. Henry Dutton was a well known pastoralist who owned the large Anlaby Estate north east of Kapunda, and was associated with another sheep station at North Booboorowie. Image: http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/dutton-henry-336 People Australia Website Obituaries Australia Website Dutton, Frederick Hansborough 1812 - 1890 Image: SLSA B 14653 Australian Dictionary of Biography Anlaby Australia Obituaries Australia Previous Page 6 of 16 Next Share this page
