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About William Burford
William Henville Burford was an apprenticed butcher with some experience as a tallow merchant and chandler in Cannon Street, St George's East, in the East End of London. In 1838 he emigrated to South Australia for his health's sake with his wife and three daughters on the Pestonjee Bomanjee, arriving at Glenelg on 11 October. Initially he found work as a painter and glazier, and soon had one of the larger businesses in the Colony. In 1840, when a recession had made those trades unprofitable, he was able to start a soap and candle factory, W. H. Burford & Sons, in 134 (154?) Grenfell Street. The business failed several times, but revived with the opening of the Burra copper mine in 1848, then the Moonta and Wallaroo mines around 1863.
Everything about William Burford →- Occupation
- politician, industrialist, butcher, painter
- Position held
- Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 24, 1807
- Died
- 1895, October 23, 1895