Darwin. He was not successful there, and was returning to Adelaide on the SS Gothenburg which was wrecked in a tropical cyclone near the Great Barrier Reef on 24 February 1875, and he was drowned. He was married to Anne Litchfield, who lost her life in the same shipwreck. He was survived by two sons. Long associated with the total abstinence (temperance) movement in Adelaide, Reynolds was known as "Teapot Tommy". Reynolds was a shrewd business man, a hard worker, and a good treasurer, but was of too sanguine and fiery a temperament to be a politician of the first rank. He was a pioneer in jam-making and raisin-curing in South Australia, but his devotion to his parliamentary duties led sometimes to the neglect of his own financial interests. Sources Gordon D. Combe, 'Reynolds, Thomas (1818–1875)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 23–24. Reynolds, Thomas: Australian Dictionary of Biography Reynolds, Thomas Australian Dictionary of Biography References External links The South Australian Register and The South Australian Advertiser, 8 March 1875 Hodder, E., The History of South Australia |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Premiers of South Australia 1818 births 1875 deaths Deaths due to shipwreck at sea Natural disaster deaths in Australia Deaths in tropical cyclones Settlers of South Australia Treasurers of South Australia Australian jam and preserved fruit makers 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian businesspeople Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Members of the South Australian Legislative Council