adam johnstone was a member of hew cadell's "lady emma" crew from cockenzie that brought the "gundagai" and "albury" in sections to port elliot and built them at goolwa. worked as mate on "menindie", "saddler" and "shannon" for s. heseltine. lived at "woodlands", murray bridge, married mary ann dalcam (c. may 1847 – 17 december 1932), and had five sons and seven daughters. mary ann married again, to john thomas medwell in 1911.