John Primrose ( c. 1803 – 28 November 1876) was a Scottish distiller and brewer who had a substantial career in the colony of South Australia . He was the founder of the Union Brewery , also known as Primrose's Brewery , in Rundle Street , Adelaide , the colony's first successful brewery.
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24-556: A day’s hunting, on this day a wild dog was the quarry. Without foxes to hunt, wild dogs, kangaroos and emus were the early quarry. Due to lack of support, hunting declined in Adelaide and the pack was dispersed in the 1850s but was revived in 1869 by a group of wealthy sportsmen led by William Blackler , who imported sufficient hounds to form a pack. The first hunt with his pack was held on 24 May of that year and attracted many interested huntsmen and spectators. In 1871, after
36-475: A dispute with the Club, Blackler withdrew his support, and at the instigation of James A. Ellery passed his pack to the newly-formed South-East (later Mount Gambier) Hunt Club. Deer hunting was attempted on several occasions, but provided rather pedestrian sport and the most interesting riding was provided by drag hunting , where an aniseed scent trail was dragged over a course guaranteed to present challenges to
48-702: A distillery in partnership with John Richmond. After carrying it on for about two years he ceased operation because the Government demanded payment of duty upon all spirit manufactured in the colony at the same rate as if it had been imported. Primrose then turned his attention to brewing, and in 1841 he and Richmond took over the Union Brewery on Rundle Street. This brewery had been founded on Robert Cock 's Town Acre 80, east corner Rundle Street and James Place (opposite Stephens Place. ), by Daniel Cudmore in 1838 and put up for sale in 1839. The brewery
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72-659: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Union Brewery (Adelaide) Primrose was the son of a distiller in Carsebridge, near Alloa , Scotland. He was said to have linked his ancestry to the Earl of Rosebery . He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh , and on leaving school he joined his father's establishment, where he remained for some time, gaining sound practical and scientific knowledge of
84-569: The abilities of horse and rider. The club is very closely linked with the city’s history with events such as the annual ball and steeplechase being social highlights of the new colony. The pack was originally kennelled at various locations on the Adelaide Plains although urban expansion meant they had to move in the late-1900s. The club's current kennels are located at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills . In 1901 Simpson Newland
96-837: The arts of brewing and distilling. He gained further experience managing a distillery for the Messrs. Shea, of Belfast, then that of Beamish, in Cork. He remained with them for several years, only leaving them to establish a brewery on his own account on the Isle of Man . He was then attracted to Australia, with the prospect of managing a large established distillery in Sydney . Primrose arrived in Adelaide aboard Ariadne in August 1839 and decided to travel no further. Shortly after his arrival he set up
108-491: The brewery continued into the 1890s. Primrose died on 28 November 1876 and his remains were interred in the West Terrace Cemetery . John Primrose married Elizabeth Paton Reid ( c. 1822 – 30 August 1867) on 10 April 1845. A daughter, Elizabeth Margaret Adelaide Primrose (1849–1874) married Arthur Rait Malcom (c. 1847–1890) in 1872. Malcom married again on 29 June 1882, to Joanna Barry of South Melbourne. He
120-593: Was a prominent member of the Adelaide Hunt Club . Other breweries operating in the late 1860s included: Adelaide Hunt Club The Adelaide Hunt Club is an Australian fox hunting club founded in the 1840s. Originally called The Adelaide Hounds , the club was founded in Adelaide in the early 1840s. As early as 3 July 1841, the Governor of South Australia Sir George Grey KCB along with about 25 horsemen, hounds and ladies in carriages met for
132-719: Was president of the club, which at that time held regular meets in the Erindale area. Masters (full title: Master of the Foxhounds, MFH) of the Adelaide Hounds included: Masters of the Adelaide Hunt Club include: The first Hunt Club race meeting was held at the Thebarton Course on 2 October 1869. Races held were: Hunt Club Cup, Amateur Flat Race, Hunters' Stakes and Hurry Skurry. The meeting
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#1732780937348144-628: Was referred to as "Primrose's Brewery" in an article in the South Australian Register in February 1861. He ran the business until November 1875, when he transferred the management to his nephew William Ross Sawers (c. 1839–1911) and his son-in-law Arthur Rait Malcom. They were able to use the basement of the Academy of Music , Rundle Street, (opened 1879) for cellaring. Richmond sold his share to Primrose at some point, and
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