Mt Barker People in 1885
In the year 1885 when the SA Directory was produced there were 952 people living in the town and there were 250 houses.
The first list below were officials in the town in that year. The second list are the householders and their occupations.
| Town Officials | |
| Post Master | William Rossi |
| Stipendiary Magistrate | T.J.S. O'Halloran |
| Clerk of Courts | O. Skipper |
| Court Bailiff | J. Chapman |
| Resident Justices of the Peace | F. May, Thomas Paltridge, Octavius Weld, Hon. J.G. Ramsay (MLC), A.W. Richardson, T.H. Shepherdson, J.T. Williams |
| Church Ministers | Rev. J.W. Gower (Christ Church); Rev. W. O'Neill & Rev. S. Harrigan (St Francis de Sales Catholic); Rev. P.C. Thomas (Dunn Memorial Wesleyan); Rev. J. Price (Baptist); Rev. W. Cook (Primitive Methodist) |
| Bank Managers | William Bray (National); M. Pasco (Australasia); H.A. Howison (Commercial Bank of SA) |
| Hotel Keepers | W. Weidemann (Hotel Barker); W.Ritson (Gray's Inn); W. Gregory (Temperance Hotel) |
| Institute Secretary | W.F. Cook |
| Local Residents & their occupations |
| Acraman, M.A. - solicitor |
| Alexander, Thomas - farmer |
| Anderson Bros. - lawyers |
| Andrews, Richard - landholder |
| Atkinson, William - butcher |
| Bailey, Sydney F. - farmer |
| Balls, Ellen - farmer |
| Barker, William - draper |
| Battle, John - boot maker |
| Bell, Allan - farmer |
| Besley, Annie - storekeeper |
| Blight, James jnr - sheep farmer |
| Blunden, M. - storekeeper |
| Buermann, Carl - cabinet maker |
| Calaby, Thomas - butcher |
| Cameron, Donald - blacksmith |
| Champion, Alfred - carrier |
| Chapman, William - corn dealer and seedsman |
| Chapman, John - bailiff of the Local Court |
| Charlton, Charles - farmer |
| Cleggett, John - farmer |
| Cook, Walter Fuller - accountant |
| Cook, A. F. - boot maker |
| Cooke, Rev. W. - Methodist Minister |
| Cope, Henry - tailor |
| Cope, Sydney - tailor |
| Cornelius & Williams - auctioneers |
| Cornelius, Frank - of Cornelius & Williams auctioneers |
| Craig, George - farmer |
| Craig, J.G. - assistant engineer |
| Daniels, Richard "Dickie" - shoeingsmith & Wesleyan Church elder |
| Daw, Alfred C. - butcher |
| Deane, Charles M. - medical practitioner |
| Dumas, Charles M.R. - proprietor "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper |
| Dunn, John - Justice of the Peace, miller at Jno. Dunn & Co. |
| Dunn, Jno. & Co - flour millers |
| Dutch, Charles - mechanical engineer |
| Easler, George F. - district ranger |
| Fergusson, Andrew - teacher |
| Fergusson, J.C. - chemist |
| Follett, John - farmer |
| Freeman, Henry - shoeingsmith |
| Frome, John - farmer [I believe this should be Frame rather that Frome] |
| Gibbes, G.E. - watch maker |
| Gray, William - manager National Bank |
| Gregory, W. - sergeant of police |
| Hargreaves, W. - painter |
| Harrison, R. - teacher |
| Hedges, W.N. - contractor |
| Hender, Edward snr. - farmer |
| Henry, Mrs. - boardinghouse keeper |
| Hill, John - farmer |
| Hill, W.J. - accountant at the National Bank |
| Hourigan, Rev. F. - priest at Catholic Church [this probably should be Harrigan] |
| Hines, J. - mason |
| Howel, Mary - hat cleaner |
| Howison, H.A. - manager of Commercial Bank of SA |
| Jennings, Rev. James jnr - minister at Presbyterian Church |
| Jones, T. - farmer |
| Knight, James - cooper |
| Lang, Samuel - farmer |
| Leibelt, Gottlieb jnr - farmer |
| Leibling, Frederick - saddler |
| Little, Archibald - farmer |
| Love, James - brick maker |
| Macarty, William jnr - store keeper |
| MacFarlane, Lachlan - farmer |
| Martin, G.A. - wheelwright |
| May, Frederick - Justice of the Peace |
| McEwen, John - dairyman |
| McGregor, John - stone dresser |
| McKenzie, Roderick - saddler and grocer |
| Milling, James - bank clerk |
| Milne, James - of Milne & Sons - builders |
| Milne, James jnr - of Milne & Sons - builders |
| Milne, John - of Milne & Sons - builders |
| Minard, John - farmer |
| Oborn, Samuel - lime burner |
| O'Halloran, S.J. - law clerk |
| O'Neill, Rev. W. - Catholic priest at St Francis de Sales |
| Page, Robert - mason |
| Palch, John William - farmer [I believe this should be PAECH] |
| Paltridge, H. - surveyor |
| Paltridge, John - auctioneer |
| Paltridge, Thomas - Justice of the Peace and farmer |
| Paltridge, R.C. - tanner |
| Paltridge, Samuel - tanner |
| Pasco, M. - manager of Bank of Australasia |
| Pascoe, (name unknown) - police trooper |
| Peake, William - carrier |
| Pellew, John - unspecified occupation |
| Pitt, David - saddler |
| Pope, Charles - carrier |
| Pope, Reuben - landholder |
| Potter, Caleb - tinsmith |
| Power, W.J. - station master |
| Price, Miss - dress maker |
| Price, Rev. John - Baptist minister |
| Pritchard, James - draper and grocer |
| Pryne, John - mounted constable |
| Ramsay, Hon. James G - Member of Legislative Council |
| Ramsay, J.G. & Co - machinists |
| Ramsay, John - machinist |
| Reddie, Francis - stone dresser |
| Richardson, Adam W. - Justice of the Peace and chemist |
| Ritson, William - hotelier - Gray's Inn |
| Robson, Mrs B. - store keeper |
| Rogers, George V. - telegraph operator |
| Rossi, William - post and telegraph master |
| Rowe, John - blacksmith |
| Rowe, William - landholder |
| Ruge, William - farmer |
| Rundle, James - farmer |
| Sexton, Alfred - boot maker |
| Shaw, John - assistant engineer |
| Skipper, M.J. - law clerk |
| Skipper, Ovtavius - clerk of the local court |
| Slee, Walter - boot maker |
| Smith, Frederick Charles - machinist |
| Smith, Francis Isaac - clerk of the District Council |
| Stanford, James - farmer |
| Stephenson, Thomas H. - ironmonger & Justice of the Peace |
| Stephens, Alfred - store keeper's assistant |
| Stone, F.H. - auctioneer |
| Teakle, David - farmer |
| Teakle, Edward - farmer |
| Teakle, George Henry - farmer |
| Tear, Edward - store keeper [I believe this name should be TEARE] |
| Thomas, Rev. P.C. - Wesleyan minister |
| Thompson, Theodore Horatio - farmer near Wistow |
| Thybell, Charles - gardener |
| Tilbrook, Charles - farmer |
| Turner, John - store keeper's assistant |
| Von Doussa, Louis - solicitor |
| Wallace, Miss - dress maker |
| Walker, Thomas - railway contractor |
| Walkom, William - carpenter (and occasionally undertaker) |
| Walters, Thomas - teacher at the Government school |
| Welch, Johanna - store keeper |
| Weld, Octavius - Justice of the Peace and medical practitioner |
| Weidemann, William - hotelier - Hotel Barker |
| Williams, James T. - Justice of the Peace and commercial agent |
| Williams, James W. - store keeper |
| Wilson, W. - farmer |
| Wilton, C.R. - editor at "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper |
| Wood, John - carpenter |
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