Caire, Nicholas John, c. 1880, Photograph, B 6975
James Allen was a chemist. His chemist shop stood on the corner of Hindley and Morphett Streets. The Hindley Street pharmacist, James Allen (1815-1881), who bought seven acres of land in Thomas Street, Unley in 1851 established there a kitchen garden devoted to the 'useful', and noted in his diary in October 1852, 'Bees swarmed'. In April 1854 he noted, 'Have at length got some honey from the Bees, I suppose about Twenty Pounds' [nearly 10kg]. By early 1856 he had attended Horticultural Society meetings; had a thatched and lime washed bee house built, made an 'unsatisfactory' stand for his bee hives, and also 'put [?mud] mortar on the bee shed'." [From Bridget Jolly's paper 'First flights in South Australia's systematic beekeeping and honey harvesting'.