George Pearce (South Australian politician)

George Pearce (1 August 1826 – 9 June 1908) was a sheep farmer and politician in the British colony of South Australia.

Henry Pearce (1800–1889) and his two sons George and William (1837–1909) of Altarnun, Cornwall, emigrated from England on the Samuel Boddington to South Australia, arriving in 1849, and settled at The Burra. James Pearce, another brother, arrived in 1848 on the Marion? Ascendant? with his wife and large family.

In 1852 he joined the rush to the Victorian gold diggings, but after a year or two returned to Adelaide, and in 1855 started sheep farming at Point Sturt. He also ran farms at Crystal Brook and Calca.

He lived at Port Elliot for 14 or 15 years, where he was an active member of the Church of Christ.

He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of East Torrens and served from May 1868 to March 1870

William Pearce arrived in South Australia with his brother George and their father Henry, lived at Burra until the Victorian gold rush, when they tried their luck for a year or so. William returned to Adelaide and began working as a blacksmith, then settled at Point Sturt, where he founded Poldea Station. He was an active member of the Church of Christ, and for many years the Sunday school superintendent. He was also Chairman of the District Council, and he took a deep interest in mechanical inventions and scientific discoveries. He bought up adjacent properties, and built a butter factory, worked first by steam and later by an oil engine. Around 1904 he purchased Kindaruar Estate for his two sons.

A third brother, James Pearce (1832–1919), arrived in the Ascendant in 1851, and worked as a blacksmith at Mount Barker, Red Hill and Alma. He died at his residence, Portrush Road, Glen Osmond.

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