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<p>Bluewren: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Thing<br /> |Type of thing=Domestic<br /> |Date approximate=No<br /> |Date approximate2=No<br /> }}<br /> John Harvey introduced the soursob into South Australia. This was done with the idea of adding a valuable plant to the fodders available for stock. He had sailed for South Australia, from England, in the ship &quot;Superb&quot;. When he arrived in Capetown South Africa, he paid 2/6 for a pot containing a few soursob bulbs.<br /> {{Info<br /> |Related Articles=Harvey John,<br /> }}<br /> {{MemoryHeader}}<br /> {{Memory|Geoff Manning's &quot;Insight into South Australian History&quot; states &quot;Aching gardeners will be enchanted to know that the chiropractors friend, the Soursobs, were deliberately imported from Tasmania, whither the beastly things had been introduced!&quot;<br /> There were introduced in 1839 to Western Australia and to South Australia in 1841 - (herbguide.com.au) John Harvey did not arrive in SA until the latter part of 1839. Another reason supporting the theory that he did NOT stop off in Capetown and pay 2/6 for a pot of Soursobs is that he was an 18 year old labourer, travelling with Mr McFarlane, his employer, and 2/6 would have been a fortune at that time. He also did not take up land and become a pastoralist for quite a few years after he arrived.|Bluewren<br /> }}<br /> {{MemoryFooter}}</div>

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