John Woodforde

Dr John Woodforde (c. 1808 – April 1866) was a medical professional, one of the earliest settlers to the British colony of South Australia and its capital, Adelaide.
History.
Woodforde was born in Somerset, a son of Dr John Woodforde and his wife Harriet. He gained his medical qualifications in 1832 and sailed for South Australia aboard "Rapid", one of the "First Fleet of South Australia", as surgeon to the survey party brought out by Colonel Light, arriving in August, 1836.
He continued to practice after the survey party dissolved, with his surgery on Hindley Street "opposite the old Blenheim Hotel".
He succeeded to the post of City Coroner with the death of George Stevenson JP (c. 1799 – 19 October 1856). He remained Light's personal physician, and with Dr. Edward Wright attended him in his final illness, and was one of his pallbearers.
He was in 1844 one of the founding members of the Medical Board of South Australia, and from 1849 to 1852 a medical officer at the Adelaide Hospital, resigning to concentrate on his private practice.
In 1847 he was one of the 65 proprietors of what became St Peter's College. At least two of his sons, however, were students at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution (AEI).
He died aged around 57, leaving a widow Caroline and five children.
It is not likely that the Adelaide suburb of Woodforde was named in his honour.
Family.
Woodforde married Caroline Carter (c. 1813 – 29 August 1878) on 18 August 1837. Carter arrived aboard Isabella in February 1837, having befriended the Hack family on the voyage. Their eight children included:
Further genealogical information may be found at the First Eight Ships website
Woodforde had a home on Hindley Street before moving to his property (Town acres 747 and 900) in North Adelaide.
Journal.
Extensive extracts from Dr. Woodforde's "Rapid" Journal (May 1836 – April 1837) were published in 1894 by the "Port Augusta Dispatch"