Sarah Lindsay Evans
Sarah Lindsay Evans ( Angas; November 13, 1816 – June 6, 1898) was a 19th-century English-born South Australian pioneer and an activist in the country's temperance movement. Early life Sarah Lindsay Angas (alternate spelling, Angus) was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, November 13, 1816. Her parents were George Fife Angas, who took a deep interest in the welfare of South Australia, and Rosetta French (1793–1867), daughter of John French (1761–1829), "Gentleman of Hutton, Essex", and Rosetta French née Rayner (1756–1836). Sarah's siblings included: Rosetta, Emma, George, John, Mary, and William. Career She married Henry Evans (1812-?), of Exeter, on August 8, 1837. They had five children. In 1843, during the British colonisation of South Australia, she emigrated there with her husband, settling at Evandale, Keyneton. Evans took the pledge of total abstinence in 1870. Soon, she became so opposed to the use and manufacture of alcoholic beverages that, after her husband’s death, she had the vineyards of the estate —which had produced the notable Evandale wines— uprooted, and the huge wine cellar converted into a temperance meeting-place. The large wine vat was turned upside down and made into a platform. She built a new hall especially for this purpose at a