Alfred Allen Simpson was Mayor of the City of Adelaide from 1913 to 1915.
The name Simpson Desert was coined in 1930 by Cecil Madigan, after Alfred Allen Simpson, an Australian philanthropist, geographer, and president of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
From 1919, lived at Undelcarra in Burnside.
A. Simpson & Co., whitegoods manufacturer.
Read more about Alfred Allen Simpson: Family Tree, Alfred Simpson (1805-1891), Alfred Muller Simpson (1843-1917), Alfred Moxon Simpson
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