Notable South Australians/Capt. Thos. Anthony
Capt. Thos. Anthony,
A WELL-KNOWN mining manager, and a native of Hayle, Cornwall, where he was born in May, 1830. In 1862 he came to South Australia under a five years' engagement with the Blinman Company to manage their mines in the north. On the termination of this period, having had to contend with much hardship, he went to Yorke's Peninsula and took charge of the Kurilla Mine, remaining there until the mine was stopped, when he went to the Yelta, and afterwards to the Wallaroo Mines. He intimately returned to Kurilla, where he carried on work uninterruptedly for ten years, in spite of the great depression prevailing in the copper market. He was held in high esteem by all classes, and well beloved by his men, to whom his conduct was more like that of a brother than a master. Capt. Anthony possessed a keen sense of humour, and great resource and experience. He was a Justice of Peace for the Province, and a member of the Wallaroo Board of Advice. He died at Kurilla, in the present year.