Edward Charles Frome
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Edward Charles Frome (January 7, 1802 – November 2, 1890) was a prominent early South Australian. Born in Gibraltar on the 7th January 1802 he was educated in England and received his commission in the Royal Engineers in 1825. He was involved in the Rideau Canal construction in Canada in 1827-33. In September 1839 arrived in Adelaide, South Australia (ship: Recovery) to take up his appointment as the third surveyor-general of South Australia. He made an important contributon in surveying large areas of South Australia for new immigrants to settle upon. In 1843 he led an expedition to the mid-north of South Australia and was the first to accurately map Lake Frome. After his ten year term expired he returned to England. He retired in 1877 with the army rank of general, and died in 1890 at Ewell in Surrey. His name was given the both Lake Frome and Frome Road, a major thoroughfare in Adelaide, South Australia
