Gavin F. Gardner
Gavin Forrest Gardner (10 or 11 April 1848 – 20 March 1919) was a founder and longtime director of the Adelaide Stock Exchange. History Gardner was born in Birkenhead, England, to the (Independent Presbyterian) Rev. John Gardner and his wife Catherine Gardner née Forrest. The Rev. Dr. Gardner, wife, servant and three children arrived in South Australia aboard Condor in March 1850 after accepting a call to take over the newly erected Chalmers Church (now Scots Church) on North Terrace, Adelaide, and served that congregation with distinction until 1868, when he accepted a call to Launceston Tasmania (which appointment got off to a bad start, then deteriorated and ended in bitter hostility). Gardner was educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and found employment in 1867 at the English, Scottish and Australian Bank (later ANZ), first at Adelaide, then at Port Darwin, and later at Mount Gambier. He left the bank to go into business on his own account, and served as secretary to various companies. At the formation of the Adelaide Stock Exchange in 1887 he was one of the original 50 members, of which number only S. E. Beach, D. Fotheringham, A. F. Weaver, and S. Wills