Windback Wednesday - Sir Samuel Davenport's Olive Oil

In 1836, several olive trees arrived in South Australia aboard the HMS Buffalo with Governor Hindmarsh and his secretary George Stevenson. These trees were the beginning of the South Australian olive oil industry. Sir Samuel Davenport (1818-1906) of Beaumont House was responsible for the rapid growth of olives and the olive oil industry in the Burnside area.

Pictured below is a bottle of olive oil that came from that very plantation. This bottle is part of the Burnside Treasures collection which is viewable in the Local History Room in the Burnside Library.

Picture – Burnside Local History Collection