finally settled and brought a friendly lawsuit for this purpose. The decision went against Short and eventually the present site in North Adelaide was bought. Subscriptions were raised but the building was not begun until 1869. It was consecrated as St Peter's Cathedral on 1 January 1878. Late career and death Short was a fine scholar and a thoughtful preacher, always endeavouring to convince by argument rather than by the use of rhetoric. He was interested in education and was elected vice-chancellor of University of Adelaide when it was founded in 1874, and chancellor in 1876. In November 1881 Short became ill while preaching and under medical advice decided to retire. He left Adelaide for London on 6 January 1882. On 30 November he attended the consecration of George Wyndham Kennion as second bishop of Adelaide, and handed him the pastoral staff which had been presented to Short by the clergy and laity of Adelaide on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his consecration. Short died at Eastbourne (or London) on 5 October 1883, his estate was valued for probate at £8200. Short was regarded as kind and modest, a good business man and an excellent administrator who could deal with church matters with firmness, wisdom and discretion. A good man and a good colonist, with a great capacity for work, he had all the qualities of a great pioneer bishop. Short Street in Fremantle is named after him. Bibliography Fred T. Whitington Augustus Short, first bishop of Adelaide : a chapter of colonial church history E.S. Wigg & Son, Adelaide, 1887. See also Beaumont House, Short's now-historical residence North Road Cemetery, an historic cemetery established by Short in 1853 on land he once owned References Further reading Augustus Short: Pioneer bishop (Many articles on Trove) 1802 births 1883 deaths 19th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Anglican bishops of Adelaide People educated at Westminster School, London Clergy from Exeter Settlers of South Australia Chancellors of the University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellors of the University of Adelaide