Thomas Hudson Beare (pioneer)

Thomas Hudson Beare (c. 1798 – 7 November 1861) was an early settler of South Australia, regarded as the colony's first storekeeper. His daughter Arabella has been cited as the first of the fleet to set foot on South Australian shores, and his wife Lucy as the first white woman to die in South Australia.

Thomas H Beare of Netley, Hampshire, his wife and three children arrived at Kangaroo Island, South Australia on the Duke of York, one of the "First Fleet of South Australia", on 27 or 28 July 1836. Lucy, who had given birth on board the ship to a daughter who died shortly after, died within six weeks of landing.

Shortly after arrival, Beare, William Giles and Henry Mildred imported a batch of Merino ewes from Van Diemens Land to Kangaroo Island, some of the first brought into the colony, though stock losses on the unusually long trip aboard the Cygnet were considerable.

In 1838 he purchased section 101, Hundred of Adelaide, and named it Netley, by which name the modern suburb is known.

He supported his brother-in-law John Wrathall Bull in his claim against John Ridley as the true inventor of the stripper, having built the prototype.

His widow raised their five remaining dependent children by teaching music, and died at the home of her step-daughter Mrs. F. E. Archer.

Thomas Hudson Beare (c. 1798 – 7 November 1861) married Lucy Ann Loose (c. 1803 – 3 September 1837) in 1819. Their children included:

He married again, to Lucy Bull (c. 1819 – 16 September 1887) on 24 October 1840. She emigrated with her brothers Joseph Bull and John Wrathall Bull and his family aboard Canton, which arrived May 1838.

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