Clement Sabine
Clement Sabine | |
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| Born | Template:Birth year and age Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 27 November 1903 East Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Pastoral manager, businessman |
| Years active | 1850s–1903 |
| Known for | Management of extensive pastoral estates in South Australia; founding member of Chamber of Commerce and South Australian Pastoralists' Association |
Clement Sabine (circa 1831 – 27 November 1903) was a prominent manager overseeing multiple extensive pastoral estates in the early development of South Australia.
History
Born in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk to John and Adelaide Isham Sabine (née Eppes), Clement emigrated with his family aboard the barque Derwent, arriving at Port Adelaide in March 1853.
He began his career operating as Clement Sabine & Co., providing customs and shipping agency services. From 1857 until 1894, he acted as the Adelaide representative for pastoralist and absentee landowner Price Maurice (1818–1894), who maintained sheep stations near Coffin's Bay. Sabine was influential in promoting the breeding and farming of Angora goats within South Australia.
Sabine was responsible for managing Maurice’s extensive properties such as Pekina, O'Laddie, Tarcowie, Warrow, Lake Hamilton, Branfield, and the challenging Mt. Eba station.
In 1900, he journeyed to South Africa to investigate opportunities for land acquisition following the war but ultimately judged them unsuitable.
By 1902, financial difficulties led to his insolvency, prompting a move from "Rieti" in Glenelg to Second Avenue, East Adelaide. He passed away at age 72 due to ptomaine poisoning at his residence in East Adelaide and was interred at Brighton cemetery.
Other interests
Sabine held numerous roles including:
- A founding member of both the Chamber of Commerce and the South Australian Pastoralists' Association, where he served as honorary secretary from its inception in 1859 until it ceased operations in 1865.
- The initiator of the Bushmen's Club, which opened in May 1870 at the former home of Sir Charles Cooper located in Whitmore Square.
- A director within the Pastoralists' Association and the Adelaide, Glenelg and Suburban Railway Company (later known as Glenelg Railway Company, Limited).
- An active participant in the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, playing a key role in establishing an additional Show each August aimed at benefiting sheep farmers.
- A councillor representing New Glenely Ward on Glenelg Council, where he constructed a villa.
- Chairman and director of the Glenelg Bathing Company.
- A director at Elder, Smith, & Co., Limited.
- A council member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), fulfilling duties as honorary auditor alongside Samuel Tomkinson.
- A financial supporter of the 1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition and engaged in coordinating South Australia's presence at exhibitions held in Melbourne and Sydney.
Family
John Sabine (1791–1856) wed Adelaide Isham Eppes (circa 1797–1885); they resided in Felixstow. Their offspring included:
- John Randolph Sabine (born 1824), who married Catherine Hardcastle in 1854.
- Mary Isham Sabine (1829–1923), who married Dr. Andrew Garran MLC of Sydney in 1854.
- Edith Brewer Sabine (1831–1901), who died at Glenelg.
- Clement Sabine (1833–1903), who married Anne Glenn "Annie" Clark, daughter of brewer W. H. Clark; she passed away in Canowindra, NSW.
- (Clement) Egbert Eppes Sabine LLB (1862–1898), an award-winning student who pursued legal action against a physician for malpractice; died prematurely.
- Andrew Garran Sabine (1864–1921), deceased at "Tingalha," Canowindra.
- Ernest Maurice Sabine (1867–1957), LLB, SM, married Elsie Muriel Pansa in 1940.
- Mary Sabine (born 1871) married pastoralist Hamilton Hope Osborne; eventually moved to New South Wales.
- Charles Glenn "Charlie" Sabine (1875–1931), died in Ryde, NSW.
- Robert Routh Sabine (1876–1941), resided in Western Australia; died in Melbourne.
- Adelaide Isham Elizabeth Sabine (1878–1921), deceased at Canowindra.
- Helen Sabine (born 1880) married Edward Gibbon Wakefield in 1901.
- Alice Katherine Anne Sabine (born 1882) married Herbert David Crossley in 1913.
- Eustace Powhatan Sabine (1838–1902), a businessman based in Adelaide, married Charlotte Isabel MacGeorge, daughter of Robert Forsyth Macgeorge.
- Eric Sabine (1867–1939) married Gertrude Celia Scott in 1899.
- Edgar Sabine (born 1873) married Kate Mary Poole, daughter of Rev. F. Slaney Poole, in 1906.