Henry J. Moseley

Henry Jackson Moseley ( – 6 July 1894) was a builder and publican in the very early days of the British colony of South Australia. History William Moseley and Henry Jackson Moseley were sons of J. J. Moseley, builder, of Marylebone, London. They emigrated to South Australia aboard Tam O'Shanter, arriving in November 1836. William, a jolly, portly man, was publican of around a dozen hotels, the last of which was Crafer's Inn. He drowned attempting to cross the swollen Onkaparinga, and was washed downstream when his horse stumbled. Henry, who had served an apprenticeship with builder T. Moseley of St John's Wood, London, had no shortage of work, and soon had a thriving business. He built offices for the South Australian Company's commissioners and William Light, the original Trinity Church on North Terrace, Adelaide in 1838. the Victoria Flour Mill at Gawler for Stephen King JP (1806–1882) and John Ragless (c. 1815–1899) in 1845, sold in 1847 to William Duffield. the first Independent (Congregational) church in Glenelg, opened 7 March 1848 St. Peter's Anglican church in Glenelg, opened 28 March 1852. In October 1856 he took on James Crook, also of Glenelg, in partnership as Moseley & Crook. Among other works they built a section of the Glenelg seawall between Pier Street (now Jetty Road) and Adelaide Road (now Anzac Highway). He built Moseley's Pier Hotel, at 2 Jetty Road, Glenelg, in 1856; the mayor R. B. Colley laid the foundation stone, and the hotel was open for business on Christmas Day 1856. He was owner and publican until December 1878, when the licence was transferred to John Hamlin. Other activities In 1865 he had the yacht Coquette, built by Townsend Duryea and previously owned by Arthur Payne, converted to a 12-ton screw steamer Enterprise for the purpose of oyster-catching and recreational fishing. He acted as auditor for the Glenelg Council, then in 1864 was elected Councillor for New Glenelg Ward of Glenelg Council, retired 1866. His nephew John was elected to West Glenelg Ward in 1870 and served one term. He helped found the Glenelg Institute in 1874 and the Glenelg Fire Brigade in 1876. When in 1876 Government decreed that the Proclamation Day holiday henceforth would be celebrated on 27 December (to make a three-day-long holiday), Moseley was the first and loudest protester.