James Cowan (South Australian politician)

James Cowan , flour miller and investor, had been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Yatala for onlymonths when he was killed in an accident at a railway crossing. Cowan was an early investor in Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. The property associated with Erindale, Cowans residence at Burnside, was subdivided after his death into a new suburb which was also named Erindale.

Cowan who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland , was the third son of John Cowan, a ploughman and shepherd, and his wife Margaret, ne Lammey. Cowan, his parents and four other siblings immigrated to South Australia , arriving in Adelaide onAugust 1852. The family initially settled in North Adelaide where Cowan attended the North Adelaide Grammar School. When he reached the age of 14, he left to assist with his fathers businesses in Two Wells .

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