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'''John Langdon Bonython''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (13 January 1905{{spaced ndash}}1992), was a prominent [[Adelaide]] businessman.
==Family==
Bonython was born into the old Adelaide family Bonython. His grandfather was [[John Langdon Bonython]],<ref name=langdon>W. B. Pitcher, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070345b.htm Bonython, Sir John Langdon (1848 - 1939)], Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 339-341.</ref> and his father was [[John Lavington Bonython]].<ref name=lavington>W. B. Pitcher, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070346b.htm Bonython, Sir John Lavington (1875 - 1960)], Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 341-342.</ref> His mother was Blanche Ada Bray, and he had two sisters, two half-brothers ([[Warren Bonython]] and [[Kym Bonython]]), and one half-sister. He married Minnie Hope Rutherford in 1926 and they had three children.<ref name=rootsweb>[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-SAGEN/2007-08/1186301170 John Bonython AO (b. 1905) of Santos Oil], rootsweb.com</ref>
==Biography==
John Langdon Bonython  was born on 13 January 1905 in [[Adelaide]], South Australia.<ref name=RC/><ref name=jlb1905/>
He studied at the [[University of Adelaide]], and became a solicitor in 1930.<ref name=RC>Richard Carruthers, "Family tree, Richard Carruthers", 1986.</ref><ref name=jlb1905>{{cite web|url=http://users.cyberone.com.au/nevmoya/bray%20families2-o/p21.htm#i7827 |title=John Langdon Bonython |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120720054800/http://users.cyberone.com.au/nevmoya/bray%20families2-o/p21.htm%23i7827 |archivedate=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}, cyberzone.com</ref> He chaired Advertiser Newspapers Ltd,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EDgPo8KWKh4C "The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History"] by Wilfrid R. Prest, Kerrie Round, Carol S. Fort, Wakefield Press, 2001, pg.79. {{ISBN|1-86254-558-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-86254-558-8}}, 688 pages</ref> and on 18 March 1954, he became the founding chairman of the first board of directors of [[Santos Limited]].<ref name=Santos/>
In 1982 a deep water port facility at Stony Point 20&nbsp;km north of [[Whyalla]] was connected to the [[Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System]], a 659&nbsp;km pipeline from [[Moomba, South Australia|Moomba]] in the [[Cooper Basin]]; this facility was named [[Port Bonython]] in his honour.<ref name=rootsweb/><ref name=Santos>[http://www.santos.com/Content.aspx?p=82 Historical highlights] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219011543/http://www.santos.com/Content.aspx?p=82 |date=19 December 2008 }}, Santos.com</ref>
==Awards==
On 9 June 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]], "in recognition of service to media and to industry".<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870971 It's an Honour]</ref>
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