Boyd, Ben Entrepreneur in pastoral and whaling industries. Milestone Born Penninghame, Wigtown, Scotland 21 Aug 1801 {"name":"Born","target":"","target_text":"Penninghame, Wigtown, Scotland","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>21 Aug 1801<\/span>"},"date_start":"1801-08-21","date_end":"1801-08-21"} Arrived Sydney 18 Jul 1842 {"name":"Arrived Sydney","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>18 Jul 1842<\/span>"},"date_start":"1842-07-18","date_end":"1842-07-18"} Died Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 15 Oct 1851 {"name":"Died","target":"","target_text":"Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>15 Oct 1851<\/span>"},"date_start":"1851-10-15","date_end":"1851-10-15"} Occupation Businessperson {"name":"Businessperson","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Landowner {"name":"Landowner","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Property Owned Wanderer 1842 {"name":"Owned","target":"Wanderer","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1842<\/span>"},"date_start":"1842","date_end":"1842"} Owned Craignathan 1844 - 1849 {"name":"Owned","target":"Craignathan","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1844<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1849<\/span>"},"date_start":"1844","date_end":"1849"} Boyd, Ben by Alison Vincent , 2008 A flamboyant businessman who arrived in Sydney on his own ship, Wanderer, Boyd was an ambitious and somewhat dubious entrepreneur whose schemes failed because of a shortage of labour, and who eventually left the colony for California. more »
