Notable South Australians/Captain Alexander Jamieson
Captain Alexander Jamieson,
WHO was associated with Port Adelaide for upwards of sixteen years, and died there from accident on August 3, 1868, in his 80th year, was born in Aberdeenshire in 1788, and took his first command of a vessel in 1808. He was for upwards of forty-five years a captain of ships to various parts of the world, and brought many thousands of passengers to this and the neighbouring colonies. His first voyage to South Australia was made in the immigrant ship "Trusty," in 1838, and he returned soon after with his family in the schooner "Rosebud," and settled down at the Port. He was a sociable, kind man, and regarded as an authority on nautical matters; his long experience as a shipmaster causing him to be considered as one eminently qualified to give an opinion respecting them.