Sarah Lindsay Evans

Sarah Lindsay Evans, Angas, (13 November 1816 – 6 June 1898) was a 19th-century English-born South Australian pioneer and an activist in the country's temperance movement.

Early life Angas was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 13 November 1816. and Rosetta French (1793–1867), daughter of John French (1761–1829), "Gentleman of Hutton, Essex", and Rosetta French née Rayner (1756–1836). Sarah's siblings included: Rosetta, Emma, George, John, Mary, and William.

Career She married Henry Evans (1812 – 14 April 1868 ), of Exeter, on 8 August 1837. They had one child, Henry Angas Evans (c. 1839 – 4 September 1901 ). They emigrated to South Australia in 1843 in the barque Madras, T. Kitching master, arriving on 12 September 1843. They settled at the Valley House, "Tarrawatta", in what became the Flaxman Valley, and ran a flock of sheep. They built "Lindsay House", living there for a time and planting out a fine garden, before selling it to George Fife Angas some time around 1850. They then established "Evandale" at Keyneton, establishing its garden, vineyard and orchard.

Evans' husband died in 1868 and in 1870 she "took the pledge" of total abstinence. Soon, she became so opposed to the use and manufacture of alcoholic beverages that she had the vineyards of the estate —which had produced the notable Evandale wines— uprooted, and the huge wine cellar converted into a temperance meeting-place. The large wine vat was turned upside down and made into a platform. She built a new hall especially for this purpose at a cost of , the foundation-stone of which was laid by her brother, John, in 1872.

Death Evans died at Evandale, near Angaston on 6 June 1898. Her estate was sworn, for probate purposes, at £190,000.