Benjamin Fisher


Benjamin Fisher was a South Australian accountant and auctioneer, remembered as a founder of the stock and station agents Bennett & Fisher.

Other interests

Fisher was a member of the Masonic Order and the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
He was also a proficient organist, and acted in that capacity for St. Peter's College and St. Bede's Church, Semaphore for some years.
He was also fond of sketching in pencil and watercolours.
He was part owner of a pastoral property.

Family

Benjamin Fisher was twice married. His first wife died in England, and he married again to Clarissa Dane before coming to Australia. He left a widow, three daughters and a son by his first wife, and a daughter and a son by his second wife:
Fisher lived at Largs Bay, later North Adelaide. His only sister died at Doncaster, Victoria, in January 1920. A brother died at Renmark c. 1918.