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Robert Davenport (1816 – 3 September 1896) was a pioneer and politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia. He was a brother of Sir Samuel Davenport. ==History== Robert Davenport was born in Shirburn, Oxfordshire and trained for the law.〔("Robert Davenport" in DAAO online accessed 15 September 2014 )〕 He and his brother (George) Francis Davenport arrived in South Australia in 1839 and settled at "Battunga" on the "Davenport survey". His more famous brother Samuel lived nearby. The "Davenport survey" was an area defined by "special survey" east of "The Three Brothers survey" (which may have been originally selected for the Davenport brothers, then relinquished), and spreading south of Mount Barker to the source of the Angas, and incorporated the town of Macclesfield, named in honor of the Earl of Macclesfield (presumably the 6th Earl 1850–1896 ). Lower down the Angas was the "Angas survey", which incorporated the town of Strathalbyn. Davenport lived on his original holding at "Battunga" for more than half a century. He was a capable watercolorist, and produced many studies of South Australian landscapes, some of which are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia.〔 Most of the information about the Mount Barker district in Francis Dutton's book ''South Australia and Its Mines'' (1848) was provided to its author by Robert Davenport. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Davenport (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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