Hindmarsh Brewery


The Hindmarsh Brewery was founded c. 1844 in Hindmarsh, South Australia, by E. J. F. "Fred" Crawford, who lost possession of the business in 1859, then re-established it on a different site before becoming bankrupt. It was then taken over by Henry Haussen and George Catchlove, and was successfully operated by them and their successors until 1927.

History

The Hindmarsh Brewery has been touted as the first in the colony, but others almost certainly predated it: there was
and around the same time:
Edward James Frederick "Fred" Crawford and George Tinline were partners in a brewery, which by 1844 was producing an ale of marketable quality. From that year on, Tinline's name did not appear with reference to the brewery; though it is likely that being a banker, his interest in the business was only ever financial, and remained so. The brewery then operated as "Crawford Brothers", though the name of no brother ever appeared in connection with the brewery. James Field Crawford, the explorer, and Thomas George Tremlett Crawford were brothers, for whom Mt. Crawford may have been named. T. G. T. Crawford may have been the Thomas George Crawford of Newbridge Brewery which wound up in 1876.
The brewery was situated on Lot 83, Manton Street, Hindmarsh, which Crawford leased from Daniel Cudmore, and later purchased; the area today bounded by Orsmond, Milner, and Manton streets, and Crawford Lane.
In 1850 Crawford purchased from Luther Scammell a strip of land, soon dubbed Brewery Lane, for better access from the Port Road to his brewery. At a later date this was known as Kangaroo Lane, and is now Crawford Lane.
In 1861 he purchased the brewery founded in 1859 by Watson & Borrers, on Hindmarsh Lot 162 on nearby Richards Street. and taken over the following year by the short-lived partnership of Bauer & Coulthard.
Crawford was an avid real estate speculator, which may have been the cause of his bankruptcy in 1867 after four years of drought and recession, and he departed for Ararat, Victoria out of reach of his creditors. The property was purchased by Haussen & Catchlove.
In 1869 E. J. F. Crawford founded the Crawford and Moyle brewery, later Crawford Brothers, and did much to encourage local hop growing. The brewery closed sometime before 1875 and he was employed at the Victoria Brewery, Sale, Victoria.
He and his wife died there, she in 1877 and he died intestate in 1880. Probate was granted to his eldest son James John Crawford in 1894 and published ten years later. John James Crawford settled in Koroit, perhaps initially in straitened circumstances but grandson Sidney Crawford became a wealthy and influential Adelaide businessman.

Haussen & Catchlove

Henry Hermann Haussen was born in London, a son of Otto Carl Haussen and Maria Haussen, who emigrated to South Australia aboard John, arriving in September 1839 with their children Otto Charles Haussen married Henriette Wormker in 1850, Emily Rose, Emma and Henry Hermann. Emily Rose, the youngest daughter, married G.A.F. Heseltine on 7 May 1846.
Haussen established a potato business in Gouger Street, Adelaide that operated 1859–1870; much of the business being importation of seed potatoes from Van Diemen's Land.
George Henry Catchlove and his widowed father Henry Catchlove arrived in June 1839 aboard Hooghly. Henry's brother Edward William Catchlove arrived in November 1836 aboard Tam O'Shanter with a larger family. His wife Harriet died en voyage. Edward was licensee of the Shipwright's Arms, Albert Town, transferred it to George in 1845.
The Hindmarsh Brewery was purchased in 1868 from Crawford's bankrupt estate by Haussen and his brother-in-law Catchlove, operating it originally as Crawford & Co., then Haussen & Catchlove.
The brewery's cellars, dubbed "the warren", were extensive, totalling about, and remarkable for requiring no timbering or brickwork, as the ground was of a most tenacious type of clay.
They had offices at 63 Hindley Street, which from January 1869 also carried a wide range of imported ale, wines and spirits. They also had an office and warehouse at Port Adelaide.
The company only produced their beverages in barrels for supply to licensed premises, but at least one company made a business of bottling their ales and porters: this was R. Strutton of Gilbert Place, later of Blyth Street.
Haussen died in 1870, and his wife continued as partner in the business until 1874 when it was purchased by Frederick Estcourt Bucknall and Frank South Botting, but continued trading as Haussen & Co.
Some time after 1881 Bucknall, who was Mayor of Hindmarsh 1880–1883, ceased to have any involvement in the Company, perhaps as late as 1886 when he lost most of his fortune with the failure of the Commercial Bank of South Australia.
Botting and his father Francis Joseph Botting took over the business.
Frank Botting died in November 1894, and his father became sole proprietor.
A public company Haussen & Co. Ltd. was established in 1910 to operate the Richards Street brewery, which continued operation until 1927, when it was absorbed by the Walkerville Cooperative Brewing Co.. Haussen & Co. continued as owners of their various hotels, but contracted to that company for their supplies.
Charles De Bavay, son of Auguste Joseph Francois De Bavay OBE was head brewer 1913, and introduced new methods and equipment.

Strutton & Trapmann

In 1876 Robert Strutton and Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Trapmann opened the "Kangaroo Brewery" on the site of the old Hindmarsh Brewery. The business closed in 1884, but the "Kangaroo Brewery" sign, and the informal name "Kangaroo Lane" persisted into the 20th century.

Crawford family

Edward James Frederick Crawford was a son of Captain Crawford of HMS Victorious. He married Mary Ann Scott, emigrated aboard Dorset, arriving in Adelaide January 1839 with daughters Ann Eliza and Elizabeth. Fate of mother and daughter Ann not yet known. His first employment in the new country was in the office of The Southern Australian. His family includes:
He married Frances Mitchell in Sydney on 31 July 1841. She was a sister of T. N. Mitchell of Anlaby station.
Also on Dorset were his brothers James Field Crawford, Thomas George Tremlett Crawford, and Sidney Malone Crawford who had arrived in SA by 1842 but not found on Dorset passenger list. He married Blakely Robson on 16 June 1849, was brewer at Sandhurst, Victoria, and had one son, Edward James Frederick Crawford, architect of Melbourne. Blakely married again on 21 December 1878, to Peter Tyson, aquatter of Corrong Station.
Relationship to Hugh Archibald Crawford, his son Robert Hugh Crawford and grandson Hugh John Crawford, who owned Adelaide's major grocery, in Hindley Street and King William Street from 1852 to 1933, has not been established.

Haussen family

Henry Hermann Haussen emigrated aboard John with his parents Otto Carl and Maria Haussen, and siblings Otto Charles, Emily Rose and Emma, arriving in February 1840.
He married Rosa Catchlove, eldest daughter of Henry Catchlove, on 2 March 1858. Their children included:
Henry Catchlove, a widower, and his son George Henry Catchlove arrived in SA June 1839 aboard Hooghly.
Around 1840 he married Emma Filmer, who arrived with her parents and large family aboard Lloyds in December 1838. Their children included:
Emma married again, to James James in 1876.
A brother Edward William Catchlove arrived in South Australia November 1836 aboard Tam O'Shanter. His daughter Jane Catchlove married William Williams of Walkerville Brewery on 25 October 1877. A granddaughter Mary Laura Williams married Thomas Moseley, son of Henry Jackson Moseley, founder of the Pier Hotel, Glenelg, on 25 October 1877.