Pirie Street Brewery

The Pirie Street Brewery was a brewery in the early days of the British colony of South Australia. It was succeeded on the same site after a few years by the Adelaide Brewery.

History
An Adelaide Brewery building, corner Pirie and Wyatt streets

Pirie Street Brewery was operated by James Walsh (1847 to 1851), Simms & Hayter (1851 to July 1853) then Simms & Humble (July 1853 to August 1855), followed by E. J. F. Crawford. James Walsh founded the Pirie Street Brewery in 1847 or earlier. This brewery was not popular with those living nearby.[1] In 1851 he sold the business to William Knox Simms and John Hayter, who operated the business as Simms & Hayter. Samuel Humble joined in 1853, and they traded as Simms & Humble until 1854, when the partnership (which by then included James Chambers)[2] was dissolved.[3] and the business disposed of to E. J. F. Crawford, who ran it until at least 1859.[4] Simms & Co., took over W. H. Clark's Halifax Street Brewery in 1856.[5]

Adelaide Brewery
Not to be confused with the "Adelaide Brewery" founded by Charles Mallen[6] for W. K. Simms in Waverley, New South Wales.

In 1861 J. T. Syme and F. S. Sison formed a partnership Syme & Sison, and established the Adelaide Brewery on the same Pirie Street site.[7] In June 1882 they sold the business to Andrew McIntyre, William Wicksteed and Henry Anthony, none of them with any brewing experience, who continued trading as Syme & Sison.[8] while the originals left for England. Wicksteed and Anthony were found insolvent July 1886.

The people
  • James Walsh (c. 1811 – 25 April 1873) arrived in South Australia aboard City of London March 1840. He married Mary (?) Nicholson shortly after.[9] they left for England in 1851, but returned to Adelaide in 1854, when he opened a shop in Clark's Buildings, Hindley Street selling English beers.[10]
  • Samuel Waller Humble (c. 1805 – 23 December 1893) arrived in South Australia from London aboard City of Adelaide in July 1839[11]
  • John Hayter ( – ) arrived in South Australia in August 1840 aboard William Mitchell and managed a few hotels including the John Bull Hotel on Currie Street. He formed a partnership with Simms in 1851 to operate the Pirie Street Brewery, which they relinquished in 1854. In 1853 he and Simms purchased James Chambers' mail coach business for around £14,000. In April 1855, Hayter disposed of his share in the business, and by mid-1859 was insolvent.[12] He had a home in Unley, block 111 and part of 112, which he disposed of in 1859 and 1860. He had a daughter Sarah, who married John Marshall on 16 October 1855. Further information is lacking.
  • James Thomson Syme (c. 1819 – 1 April 1883), a Scotsman, arrived in Adelaide in 1857 and worked for Primrose's Union Brewery until 1863 when he joined in partnership with F. S. Sison. He returned to Scotland in 1882, died of gout in Edinburgh,[13] His estate was not cleared for probate until 1911.
  • Frederick Samuel Sison (c. 1831 – 29 December 1891), an Englishman, was a traveller for E. J. F. Crawford before joining with Syme. He married (Amelia) Lucy Bartlett (1840 – 6 October 1914), a sister of Harry Bartlett. He accompanied Syme to Britain, but after the latter's death returned to South Australia, and settled in Port Lincoln, where he built a mansion, "Boston House",[14] which still stands. Sison and Bartlett were great mates, went fishing together.[15]
  • Dr. Andrew McIntyre ( – 26 October 1883) married Mary Kell (arrived Rajasthan 1838 with parents, large family; died 16 March 1882) on 18 June 1857; had residence in Brougham Place, died in Glasgow. Mary's sister Emma Kell married Frederic Wicksteed (c. 1813 – 1877) in 1847. She had a brother Frederick Polhill Kell (c. 1834 – 22 February 1854).
  • William Polhill Wicksteed (1853 – 26 September 1913) was born in North Adelaide, son of Frederic Wicksteed and Emma Wicksteed, née Kell, and educated at Whinham College and St. Peter's College.He was involved in the Commercial Travellers' Association. A daughter married a son of William Randell.[16]
  • Henry Strype Anthony (20 October 1850 – 15 November 1907) was son of Frank Anthony (died 1885) and Mary May Anthony, née Strype (died 1890). He subdivided the suburbs now known as Henley Beach and College Park[17]

For a list of early Adelaide breweries, see Hindmarsh Brewery

Documents
  • "City of Adelaide Heritage Survey (2008)". Adelaide City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

References
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  2. "Advertising". Adelaide Times. VIII (1346). South Australia. 30 November 1854. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Advertising". South Australian Register. XIX (2792). South Australia. 5 September 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "The Barrier Ranges Expedition". Adelaide Observer. XVII (934). South Australia. 27 August 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Advertising". Adelaide Times. X (1631). South Australia. 28 February 1856. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "A Veteran's Decease". Evening Journal (Adelaide). XLIII (12037). South Australia. 26 October 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "The Adelaide Brewery, Pirie Street". Adelaide Observer. XXVI (1392). South Australia. 6 June 1868. p. 14. Retrieved 2 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Advertising". South Australian Register. XLVII (11, 092). South Australia. 2 June 1882. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Latest News". Evening Journal (Adelaide). V (1442). South Australia. 27 September 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Advertising". South Australian Register. XVIII (2445). South Australia. 22 July 1854. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "General News". The Express and Telegraph. XXXI (9, 033). South Australia. 26 December 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 1 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Insolvency Court". South Australian Register. XXIII (4079). South Australia. 9 November 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Death of Mr. J. T. Syme". South Australian Register. XLVIII (11, 355). South Australia. 6 April 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Obituary". The Advertiser (Adelaide). XXXIV (10359). South Australia. 31 December 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. "General News". The Express and Telegraph. XXIX (8, 428). South Australia. 31 December 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. "Obituary". The Chronicle (Adelaide). LVI (2, 876). South Australia. 4 October 1913. p. 44. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. "Death of Mr. H. S. Anthony". Evening Journal (Adelaide). XLI (11453). South Australia. 15 November 1907. p. 1. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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