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Samuel Pole Phillips (11 March 181913 June 1901) was a prominent Australian pastoralist and politician. Phillips was born in Culham in Oxfordshire and was educated for the Anglican ministry at Winchester College. He decided to emigrate to Australia and arrived in Western Australia aboard the ''Montreal'' in 1839. He went into business with his relative, Edward Hamersley, and acquired land in the Toodyay Valley, where Phillips built his homestead named Culham. The land was acquired from Alfred Waylen, who had taken up large tracts in the area after it was explored by Robert Dale then opened up to pastoralists.〔 〕 After developing Culham for 12 years Phillips pioneered the area around the Irwin River and took up , which he stocked with cattle. He was later joined by Hamersley, Burges and Vigors forming a cattle stud business. When the partnership dissolved Phillips' share was composed of an estate and over of leaseholdings.〔 Nominated to join the Legislative Council in June 1857 he later represented the Eastern Districts and remained until his retirement in 1872.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samuel Pole Phillips )〕 Phillips died on 13 June 1901 and was buried at the cemetery at Culham near Toodyay. The service was the largest seen in the district at the time.〔 〕 The Phillips River discovered by Phillips' father-in-law, John Septimus Roe, in 1848. Roe named the river after his son-in-law, and Culham Inlet after his estate.〔 ==References== * 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「Samuel Pole Phillips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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