WILLIAM LYALL, agriculturist and grazier, "The Sand Hills Farm," South Coast, Hog Bay, is the eldest son of the late William Lyall, of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born in 1843 at Hobart, Tasmania, and received his scholastic education in the same town. For four years he was connected with a racing establishment, and then became employed in the whaling industry for about three years.
He came to Kingscote about 1860, and after remaining a few days proceeded overland to Hog Bay, and was shearing for a season. Relinquishing his career as an agriculturist after twelve months he was engaged in various occupations for a time, and then had four years' experience of station life on the West Coast. After a three-years' sojourn at Adelaide he joined the coastal trade and subsequently returned to Hog Bay, and took up a section when the district was first surveyed, but disposed of the holding after two years.
Mr. Lyall then turned his attention to the South Coast and took up 360 acres of land with the right of purchase, and in addition he holds 3,000 acres on lease, part of which is given over to farming and grazing.
In 1868 he married a daughter of the late Thomas Johnson [Elizabeth Johnston -Ed,], of Hog Bay, and has three sons and one daughter. Mr. Lyall was for a term a member of the Dudley District Council,
- Cyclopedia of South Australia 1909, p.1025.