Andrew Tennant (pastoralist)
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| Born | 20 June 1835 Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 July 1913 Essenside, Moseley Street, Glenelg, South Australia |
| Resting place | Brighton Cemetery |
| Occupation | pastoralist, businessman and politician |
| Spouse(s) | Rachael Christina Ferguson |
| Children | John Tennant (1864–1941), Rosina Forsayth "Rosie" Mortlock (1867–1939), William Andrew Tennant (1868–1929), Andrew Tennant (1870–1873), Jessie Clara Thomson (1873–1958), Frederick Augustus Tennant (1874–1937), Adelaide Hawker (1874–1952) |
| Parent(s) | John Tennant (1799–1867) and Jessie née Aitken (1813–1896) |
| Relatives | William Ranson Mortlock (brother-in-law), Harry Bickford (husband of sister-in-law) |
| Member for Flinders in South Australian House of Assembly | |
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In office 1881–1887 |
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| Member for Northern District in South Australian Legislative Council | |
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In office 1898–1902 |
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Andrew Tennant (20 June 1835 – 19 July 1913) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist, businessman and politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1887, representing Flinders, and a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1898 to 1902, representing Northern District.
Andrew was born on 20 June 1835 at Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, to John Tennant and his wife Jessie née Aitken. Soon after they migrated to South Australia with an assisted passage, arriving in the Duchess of Northumberland on 17 December 1839. A newspaper obituary had him arriving two days later with John Colton on the Duchess of Sutherland. Andrew was educated at E. W. Wickes' school in North Adelaide.
John began "pastoral pursuits", initially at Dry Creek on the Adelaide Plains, and then at Chain of Ponds in the Adelaide Hills, Lyndoch Valley in the Gumeracha district, and Burra. John became the first person to successfully move stock overland from Adelaide, via Port Augusta to Port Lincoln at the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula. He purchased Tallala station, 15 miles (24 km) from Port Lincoln, from a Mr. White of White Park, and raised cattle and sheep there for many years.
In 1853, Andrew commenced his own "pastoral pursuits", taking cattle west from Port Lincoln and settling for seven years on an abandoned site near Elliston, before owning several stations on southern Eyre Peninsula at Mount Wedge, Coffin Bay, and Streaky Bay.
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