Jane (Maclaine, daughter of Murdoch 19th), her husband, Colin Campbell, and their four sons made the lengthy voyage to South Australia in 1839, some 29 years after her brother John Maclaine arrived in Sydney.
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| The town of Bangor today. |
They settled in the Mount Remarkable district in 1844 when Colin Campbell started mining copper.
To improve the value of its land the Mount Remarkable Mining Company decided to lay out a town on both sides of the property. The town at the northern end was named Melrose (after Melrose in Scotland) — and is the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges at the foot of Mount Remarkable. The town to the south became Bangor.
Campbell’s son, Alexander, bought 2,400 acres at Bangor in 1853. He built a home on it for his parents (Colin and Jane). It was named “Glenorchy” after a property in Scotland where the Campbell’s came from.
Colin, Jane and Alexander are buried at the cemetery about five kilometres north of Bangor.
Colin Campbell, died 29 Dec 1856, aged 86. Jane (Maclaine) Campbell died 12 Dec 1860, aged 75. Alexander Campbell died 19 July 1866, aged 45 years.
Left: The family grave headstone at Banger
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