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This year marks the 175th Anniversary of grapegrowing in the Hamilton family, with the arrival of English settler, Richard Hamilton on 17th October 1837 in the new colony of South Australia. 

The date marked the start of a great family winemaking tradition carried on today at Leconfield by his namesake and great, great grandson, Richard Hamilton.

The history map below, which can be downloaded, dated 1839, shows the original subdivision of the "District of Adelaide, South Australia from the Trigonometrical Surveys of Colonel Light"' with Lot 148 on the banks of the Sturt River being the original land holding taken up by Richard Hamilton.

This year we will be celebrating one hundred and seventy five years and five generations of winemaking in South Australia by the Hamilton family, which will culminate in an event at Leconfield in October.