Career
In 1858 Hill, Henry Robert Fuller (1825–1905) and George Mills founded H. R. Fuller & Company to manage freight carrying on the newly opened South Australian Railways. In 1862 Hill and Mills bought out Fuller"s share, founding Henry Hill & Company, with John Vautin ( –1876) brought in as an additional director, and diversified into stagecoach passenger transport. In 1866, after years of ruinous competition in the stagecoach business, they took a one-fourth share of a consortium with Ben Rounsevell and several others, named Cobb and Company and loosely affiliated with the New South Wales company of the same name.
In 1911 John Hill & Company merged with H. Graves & Company as Graves, Hill & Company
This company was dissolved in June 1872 to become Letchford, Mills & Rofe, with Henry Hill as manager.
In 1873 this company amalgamated with competitors Bradley, Treleaven & Company, to form The South Australian Carrying Company. In 1878 the South Australian Railways took over all rolling stock, abolished the hire truck system.
He was member for Portuguese Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly May 1868 to April 1870. He died at his residence, Newmarket Hotel, North Terrace.
Henry Hill (1826 – 28 June 1910) married Susanna Rofe (1828–1905) in 1846.
(Henry) John Hill (6 March 1847 – 18 September 1926) married Rebecca Eliza Saunders (ca 1847 – 25 February 1921) on 9 October 1867. Cricketer Clem Hill was a son. Henry Robert Hill married Emily Mary Gordon (c 1864 – 30 October 1887) on 22 December 1883. youngest son Henry Joseph Hill married Adelaide Elizabeth Parker on 25 September 1888.
