A pioneer farming couple who arrived in South Australia on the S.S. Susannah in 1849 and spent the next quarter-century moving steadily north and inland - from Yankalilla to the Lake Alexandrina hills, to Currency Creek and finally to Laura. Their youngest daughter Fanny would go on to marry Hermann Rieck and spend nine years cycling through Europe.
The full story of John Cox and his family - from the voyage on the S.S. Susannah to the pioneer years at Currency Creek and the long trek to Laura.
In preparation The Research ReportThe research establishing the Cox family origins - including the marriage certificate of John Cox and Elizabeth Lloyd, family connections traced through Fanny’s letters, and research by a previous generation that the family had not previously located.
In preparation Fanny & Hermann · The Travel YearsNine years of travel through Europe - Ceylon, Italy, Austria, England, Wales, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Riviera - recorded in letters to the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, 1899-1908.
Available now Fanny & Hermann · The Later YearsThe return to Europe in 1913, detention in Bavaria during the First World War, Hermann’s death in 1921, and Fanny’s long journey home alone - in Fanny’s own words.
Available now The Ancestral Home of John CoxBlockley, Paxford, Chipping Campden and Fulbrook - the Cotswold parishes of the Cox and Clarke families - photographed on a visit in 2026.
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