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Kingston married three times, being widowed in his first two marriages. He married his first wife
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and George Owen Ormsby. Completion of the survey of the city was delayed for a fortnight because of his mistakes. However it was he who was spared to return to
England in August 1837 to ask for reinforcements for the Survey Department. The colonisation commissioners sent him back next June with
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Adelaide Municipal Council briefly engaged him as town surveyor. He was later engaged as inspector of public works and, buildings. Among his works still standing are the south-eastern corner of
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Cameron Kingston, b. 16 March 1842; Hester Holland Kingston, b. 30 October 1843; Charlotte Julian Kingston, b. 11 September 1845; George John Finnis Kingston, b. 26 May 1847; Strickland Gough Kingston, b. 18 December 1848;
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Kingston's ability as a surveyor was frequently questioned and his lack of qualifications and blunders in the survey of
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