after a brief and painful illness, leaving his widow, four sons, and a daughter. An obituary is in the Register, 17 December 1892: Anything which tended to benefit the working classes received [his] most serious attention... There has been no man who has been more straight forward and endeavoured to do good in the community... The good acts of some men are far above their failings and [his] little faults could well be overlooked... The working men's block system [has] been a moral lesson to all the world... The tide of wealth had been heaped against him, but he had never shrunk from his duties. At his funeral, a wreath from some "blockers" bore the inscription – "In loving gratitude to [our] father, friend and champion" The Register of 3 February 1893 has a proposal for a "Cotton Memorial Homestead Institute" and at the same time the author unwittingly pens an appropriate epitaph for a man of compassion and Christian principles: He it was who trod that broader path of humanity, revelled in those broader views that teach us there is a temporal as well as a spiritual side to questions concerning man's salvation... Legacy A school named after George Cotton was opened in 1914 and closed in 1945. The town of Cotton in the Hundred of Noarlunga is discussed in the Chronicle of 26 May 1894. The Block Scheme area of Cottonville in the southern suburbs of Adelaide was later re-subdivided and incorporated into Westbourne Park. A house of Prince Alfred College Preparatory School was named after Cotton (and another after his father in law). The Cotton Memorial Hall in Mylor is named in his honour. References The Manning Index of South Australian History, State Library of South Australia External links The State Library of South Australia Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1821 births 1892 deaths Adelaide Club 19th-century Australian politicians People from Staplehurst 19th-century Australian businesspeople People educated at Wesley College, Sheffield