Jan 21, 2021
Richard William Mackie Waddy
Richard William Mackie Waddy (1848–1933) was Deputy Post-Master-General and Superintendent of Telegraphs in South Australia.
He was born in Kapunda on 26 April 1858. The first child of Dr Edward Waddy and Jane Waddy (nee Russell).
Edward Waddy was the first Kapunda Mines doctor. The family left Kapunda and moved to Kooringa, then Mount Barker, and later Strathalbyn. Waddy was educated the Strathalbyn Public School, where he finished top of his class. In 1860, at the age of 12, he was offered a position at the local Telegraph Office, which he took.
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