Newland was manager of the Sydney branch of the Bank of Australasia and in January 1839 was appointed to the same position at the Adelaide branch of the Bank. He resigned in 1843, and at the urging of Hon. John Baker took up a sheep station either on the River Gilbert[1] or the River Light, where he had a flock of 12,000 sheep,[2] whose wool commanded record prices.[3]
He was appointed to the Legislative Council in January 1847 while John Morphett was absent on leave.
He succeeded Samuel Davenport as appointed non-official[4] member of the Legislative Council.[5]
In 1850 he succeeded G. F. Dashwood as Stipendiary and Special Magistrate at Port Adelaide.
In 1860 he left Adelaide for England aboard the Young Australian.[6]
In 1862 he was employed there as Assistant Emigration Officer[7] and promoted to Emigration Officer in 1863. Again, he was following Dashwood, who had a similar position from 1858 to 1862. He gave evidence before a Royal Commission on the migration of troublesome convicts from Western Australia to South Australia, and the effect on the crime rate.[8]
He died at the Rectory at Witnesham, near Ipswich, the home of his brother Rev. ?? Newland.[1]
^"Family Notices". South Australian Register. 24 December 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via Trove. Eleanor and Jane Frome (c. 1814– ), wife of Edward Charles Frome, were 4th and 2nd daughters respectively of Colonel Alexander Whalley Light, late of the 25th Regt (their eldest sister married Herbert F. Hore, the 3rd married Peter Boyle de Blaquière and the 5th the Hon. George Alexander). Eleanor and the Frome family arrived in South Australia aboard Recovery in September 1839. Colonel Alexander Whalley Light and Colonel William Light were not related..
