Hi Wayne, Looking through the Saddleworth Hub of the Wheel by Elinor A Bellman William Miller was mentioned that from 1878 he was an owner for short period. The Museum is open tomorrow and I will check to see if there is any further reference to him for you.

Hope this is not too late for you. Information about the establishment of the old Saddleworth School can be found in my biography of Ernst Siekmann, one of the founders of Saddleworth. Please refer to this book “From Westphalia to South Australia” (pages 63-65) which may be found in the Saddleworth library, or online through the National Library at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-837276733/view. You can also refer to Elinor Bellman’s history of Saddleworth in her chapter on Schooling.

Information about the Catholic Church is given in Elinor Bellman’s book “Saddleworth – Hub of the Wheel”, 1995. It is called St Stephen’s and was thought to have been designed by Michael McMullen and built by stonemason Joseph Jones of Auburn. It was opened on 16 January 1869 with Father Aloysius Kranewitter as the first (Jesuit) priest. He ministered until early 1870, when he was replaced by Fr Joseph Tappeiner until 1872. At this time the Jesuit presbytery at Manoora supplied priests for Saddleworth: Fr Joseph Polk (1873-1876)& (1878-82) , Fr Aloysius Kreissel (1876-1884), Fr Charles Deitel & William O’Dowling (1885-7), Br Edmund Maloney (1878, 1884-1886); also Fr A Parch, Carl Handel and Quinn. When the Manoora presbytery was closed in 1890, the Adelaide Diocese took over responsibility for supplying priests to the area. There followed Frs Mark Delahunty, George Pearce, Patrick A Enright, Daniel O’Sullivan, R M I Redden and Dominic Sparkes. Then Fr Patrick Walsh (1950-1951), Fr Thomas Pius Ormonde (1951-1962), Fr Kevin Hay (1962-1974), Fr Patrick Gleeson (1974-5), Fr Thomas Daley (1975-1980), Fr Ruane (1980-1983), Fr William Kelly (1983- ). More info from Adelaide Archdiocese Archives.