Frederick Bullock

Mayors of Adelaide: Judah Moss Solomon (1869-71); James Shaw (1888-9); Frederick William Bullock (1891-2) ca. 1890

Frederick William Bullock (7 August 1851 – 31 May 1931) was a successful Adelaide real estate agent and the mayor of Adelaide from 1891 to 1892.

His father, John Bullock migrated to Australia in 1839, set up business as a real estate agent, and was a director of the Burra Mine. He died 24 March 1879, aged 65, and was buried at the West Terrace Cemetery.

As a 15-year-old, Frederick's mother took him from Adelaide to London in the saloon of the City of Adelaide. This voyage departed Port Adelaide on 26 December 1866 and featured a well-documented ocean race with the Yatala. Young Frederick's diary of the three-month journey has survived.

He was educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution. after occasionally acting in that position during mayor L Cohen's absences earlier that year. He was succeeded by Alderman Willcox in December 1892 after a close contest with Alderman Sketheway.

He was an active Freemason. Bullock married Harriett Bowen (died 9 September 1910), sister of fellow AEI student Thomas H. Bowen. Of their eight children, two daughters and two sons survived him. Leonard Frederick Bullock (20 May 1886 – ) Doris Jean Bullock (16 March 1888 – 1967) Hugh Kenneth Bullock (1889–1904)