John Langdon Bonython (13 January 19051992), was a prominent Adelaide businessman.
Bonython was born into the old Adelaide family Bonython. His grandfather was John Langdon Bonython,[1] and his father was John Lavington Bonython.[2] His mother was Blanche Ada Bray, and he had two sisters, two half-brothers (Warren Bonython and Kym Bonython), and one half-sister. He married Minnie Hope Rutherford in 1926 and they had three children.[3]
John Langdon Bonython was born on 13 January 1905 in Adelaide, South Australia.He studied at the University of Adelaide, and became a solicitor in 1930.[4] [5] He chaired Advertiser Newspapers Ltd,[6] and on 18 March 1954, he became the founding chairman of the first board of directors of Santos Limited.
In 1982 a deep water port facility at Stony Point 20 km north of Whyalla was connected to the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, a 659 km pipeline from Moomba in the Cooper Basin; this facility was named Port Bonython in his honour.[3] [7]
On 9 June 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, "in recognition of service to media and to industry".[8]