Ben Rounsevell

William Benjamin Rounsevell (23 Satumba 1843 - 18 Yuli 1923), wanda aka fi sani da "Ben" ko "Big Ben", ɗan siyasan Kudancin Australia ne. Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Australia daga 1875 zuwa 1893 kuma daga 1899 zuwa 1906, yana wakiltar kujerun Burra da Burra Burra ga duka sai dai lokaci ɗaya, lokacin da ya rike Port Adelaide. Ya kasance Mai ba da kuɗi na Kudancin Australia sau hudu: daga Mayu zuwa Yuni 1881 a ƙarƙashin William Morgan, daga 1884 zuwa 1885 a ƙarƙashin John Colton, daga Janairu zuwa Yuni 1892 a ƙarƙashin Thomas Playford II kuma daga 1892 zuwa 1893 a ƙarƙashin John Downer. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Kwamishinan Ayyukan Jama'a daga 1890 zuwa 1892 a ƙarƙashin Playford, kuma a cikin Ma'aikatar Solomon ta kwanaki bakwai ta 1899.  Ɗan'uwansa, John Rounsevell, shi ma ɗan siyasan Kudancin Australia ne.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Rounsevell a Titin Pirie, Adelaide, ɗan William Rounsevell da matarsa ta biyu Mary, wacce aka haifa a Palmer.[1] WB Rounsevell ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Whinham, sai kuma Kwalejin St Peter's . Ya koyi dabarun lissafin kuɗi da aikin ofis a ƙarƙashin William Kay a ofisoshin gwanjon Townsend, Bouting da Kay, sannan ya fara aiki a kamfanin kocin mahaifinsa da kasuwancin wasiku inda ɗan'uwansa John ya riga ya yi aiki. Mutanen biyu "Master John" da "Master Ben" ne suka kira su. John ne ke kula da hanyoyin arewacin Kapunda, yayin da Ben ke da Yorke Peninsula da hanyoyin kudu. Lokacin da aka sayar da kasuwancin a 1868 ga Cobb & Co., Ben ya riƙe hannun jari a kamfanin.

Ɗaya daga cikin kasuwancinsa na farko, tare da ɗan'uwansa John, shine samar da dubban kayan barci na katako don sabon layin dogo zuwa Burra, Kudancin Ostiraliya.

Rounsevell ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne na farko da ya fara gudanar da noma a yankin Yorke, a zamanin mahaifinsa mai horar da 'yan wasa a filin wasa, a Green's Plains. A lokacin shi ma yana kula da noman ciyawa a Glenside, da kuma wasu wurare.

Bayan ya dawo Kudancin Ostiraliya bayan dogon zama a Birtaniya, ya fara noma a gidansa, Corryton Park,  kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin na farko a Jihar da ya yi amfani da superphosphate, tare da kyakkyawan sakamako, kodayake a gonarsa kawai. Sau da yawa yana nuna nadama cewa bai yi amfani da sinadarin don ƙara yawan amfanin gonarsa na alkama ba. Farfesa Lowrie ya kasance yana da ikon tabbatar da amfaninsa ga noma na Kudancin Ostiraliya, kodayake Jack Cudmore ya yi amfani da "super" a Yankin Yorke da kyakkyawan sakamako. Na ɗan lokaci yana da tashoshin Moolooloo da Coxare (?), suna da shanu da ya kiwo a Corryton. Ya kiwo shanunsa daga dangin Shorthorns da ragunansa daga hannun jari da aka saya daga Murrays. A cikin shekarun baya ya mai da hankali kan shanun Jersey da ya saya daga Victoria sannan daga AJ Murray a Mount Crawford. Ya shigo da tumakin Lincoln, agwagwan Indiya na farko a Ostiraliya, pheasants, partridges da zomaye.
Rounsevell ya sayi kasuwancin giya da giya na Johnston, Furness da Blakeney, wanda daga baya ya sayar wa Kamfanin Brewing na Kudancin Australia wanda shi ma ya karɓi kasuwancin giya na WK Simms da Sir Edwin Smith.

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