Alexander Murray

Alexander Murray J.P. (25 December 1803 – 10 April 1880), generally known as Alex, with his son, also named Alexander, founded Murray & Son, biscuit and jam manufacturers of Coromandel Valley in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He served for a short term in the South Australian parliament. History Alex, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, left Britain with his wife and four-year-old son Alexander Jr. on the India for South Australia and arrived on 4 January 1840. They initially settled at Morphett Vale and began farming there. He had skills as a painter. In 1845 he took an exhibition, "South Australia As It Is", to Scotland. He moved to Coromandel Valley where he built a home, "Craiglee." In 1857 he built a factory to manufacture biscuits, the first in South Australia, and ten years later was producing around of biscuits annually. He started making "Adelaide" jams sometime before 1869 and by 1876 was producing 500 tons annually.