:Downer family
{{Short description|Australian family tree}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
File:John Downer (Australian politician).jpg
File:AlexanderDowner1958.jpgFile:Alexander Downer (1).jpg
The Downer family has played a significant role in the South Australian and Australian political and social sphere since the early days of European settlement. Their earliest ancestors were Mary Ann Downer (1792–1868) and her son Henry Downer, a tailor (1811–1870), who travelled from England to Australia in 1862, settling in Adelaide.{{cite book |url=https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/files/extracts/Downers_of_South_Australia_extract.pdf |title=The Downers of South Australia |first=Alick |last=Downer |author-link=Alick Downer |publisher=Wakefield Press |access-date=6 October 2019 |year=2012}}
{{incomplete list|date=October 2019}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Name
! Birth name ! Alive ! Occupation ! Office ! Parents ! Spouse ! Notes |
|---|
| Henry Downer
|Henry Downer |1811–1870 | | |Jane Field |Arrived from England aboard the Eden on 24 February 1838[http://www.pioneerssa.org.au/files/45%20Downer.pdf Naval Tailor Fathers a Political Dynasty: Henry DOWNER (1811‐1870) & Jane FIELD (1806‐1861), The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229184735/http://www.pioneerssa.org.au/files/45%20Downer.pdf |date=29 February 2016 }} Retrieved 13 March 2016 |
| George Downer
|Alexander George Downer |1839–1916 |Barrister, journalist, businessman | |Henry Downer and Jane Downer (née Field) |unmarried | |
| John Downer
|John William Downer |1843–1915 |Partner in the legal firm G & J Downer 1885 – 1887, 1892 – 1893 |Henry Downer and Jane Downer (née Field) |Elizabeth Henderson |Una Russell remarried in 1919, to D’Arcy Wentworth Addison.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123226399 |title=Interesting Weddings. |newspaper=Sunday Times |location=Sydney, NSW |date=2 March 1919 |access-date=31 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} |
| Henry Edward Downer
| |1836–1905 |lawyer, businessman, politician | |Henry Downer and Jane Downer (née Field) |Maria Martin Haggar | |
| Alick Downer
|Alexander Russell Downer |1910–1981 | |Minister for Immigration, Australian 1958 – 1963
1964 – 1972 |John William Downer and Una Stella Haslingden Downer (née Russell) |Mary Isobel Gosse | |
| Mary Downer
|Mary Isobel Gosse |1924–2014 | | |James Hay Gosse and Joanna Lang Gosse (née Barr Smith) |Alick Downer | |
| Alexander Downer
| |1951 – | 1996 – 2007 Opposition Leader (Liberal Party) 1994 – 1995 |Alick Downer and Mary Downer (née Gosse) |Nicola Robinson | |
| Georgina Downer
|Georgina Mary Beatrice Downer |1979– |Lawyer, diplomat, political adviser | |Alexander Downer and Nicola Rosemary "Nicky" Downer (née Robinson) |Will Heath |Contested the 2018 Mayo by-election and the 2019 Australian federal election{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-08/georgina-downer-wins-preselection-battle-for-mayo-liberals/10217102|title=Georgina Downer secures Liberal preselection for Mayo six weeks after by-election defeat|date=8 September 2018|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|accessdate=8 September 2018|language=en-AU}} as the endorsed Liberal candidate, in both cases unsuccessfully. |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141020092128/http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/about/collections/archival.aspx#downer The Alexander Downer Archival Collection at the University of South Australia Library]