Duryea, Townsend, c. 1870, Photograph, B 6673
William Giles, Company Manager and Member of Upper House, seat of Yatala. George Angas Fife invited him to take charge of the South Australian Company Station on Kangaroo Island. He took up the position of Colonial Manager and later moved to Adelaide where he set the agricultural future of the state. He improved the wool clip, flour exports, copper mining, harvesting. He was patriarch of 21 children and 78 grandchildren.