Biographical notes:
Migrated from CON, ENG with his parents on the Royal Admiral arriving Port Adelaide, SA, AUS on 18 Jan 1838.
There was one more child named Elizabeth who died in infancy.
William worked at the Montacute Mine, SA, AUS and turned to gardening in 1851 when the mine ceased operations due to the exodus of men to the Victorian goldfields.
Reference documents:
1838 passenger list Royal Admiral.