Francis Hardey Faulding arrived in Sydney on the
Nabob in February 1842, in the midst of an economic slump. He travelled on the brig
Dorset to
Adelaide in May, where he weathered the slump, and opened a pharmacy at 5
Rundle Street on 9 May 1845. who left for
Melbourne in 1851, where he famously explored the commercial value of
eucalyptus oils as an antiseptic, and was elected
MLA for
Richmond in 1874. The pharmacy flourished, so he purchased a warehouse in Clarence Place in the
city and transferred the manufacturing and wholesale arms of the business there. In 1861 he entered into partnership with
Luther Scammell (1826–1910). Scammell, also a Yorkshireman, received medical training at
Guy's Hospital and arrived in Adelaide in 1849 to practice in the
Burra mines, then subsequently set up business in
Port Adelaide. Luther Scammell (1826–1910) married Lavinia Annette Bean ( –1904) in 1856 • William Joseph Scammell (1856–1928) married Catherine Matilda Samuel in 1889. An AEI student, he managed factory and warehouse in Sydney. • Luther Robert Scammell (1858–1940) married Elizabeth Alice Gray in 1888. • Lavinia Mary Scammell (1859–1915) • Henry Scammell (1860–1860) • Francis George Scammell (1861–1927) married Mary Alice Hannah Shannon in 1890. :Their daughters Mary Gwendoline ("Gwen", born 1893) and Ethelwyn Scammell (born 1897) were prominent musicians • Alfred Faulding Scammell (1863–1886) married Alice Mary Boswood Samuel (died 1944) in 1885 • Charles Balantyne Thomas Scammell (1864–1880) • Frederick James Stephenson Scammell (1864– ) • Ernest Arthur Scammell (1865–1946) married Minnie Elvira Fayers (died 1955) in 1904. • Annette Emily Scammell (1866– ) • Florence Euphemia Scammell (1868–1950) married Alfred Corker Minchin in 1888. • Sydney Taunton Scammell (1876– ) Faulding had numerous other interests: In 1847 he was one of the founders of the
South Australian Institute (another was business competitor
William Bickford (1815–1850)). On 16 December 1864 he was elected councillor for the Hindmarsh ward of the
Adelaide City Council. He was a director of the
Bank of Adelaide and trustee of the
Savings Bank of South Australia. He was also an active member of the South Australian Free Rifle Corps. On 16 September 1852 he married
Eliza Macgeorge at her home "Urr Brae" later "Urrbrae", the famous home of
Peter Waite. (His sister Eliza (1824 – 2 February 1907) married
Thomas Waterhouse a week previously.) In 1857 they left the residence on Stephens Place corner of North Terrace for an extended stay in England. He died without issue in 1868, aged 52 On 1 December 1869 the widowed Eliza Faulding married family friend
Anthony Forster but they divorced six years later. Scammell became sole owner on the founder's death in 1868. He immediately appointed Philip Dakers as the company's London buyer, and in 1876 built a prominent warehouse in
King William Street later expanding to James Place which became the front office address. He was forced to retire in 1889 when the Bank of Adelaide threatened foreclosure after a series of failed mining and pastoral speculations. Two of his sons,
Luther Robert Scammell FCS LSA (20 March 1858 – 8 April 1940) and
William J. Scammell (26 October 1856 – 19 April 1928) acquired the manufacturing and wholesaling operations, and the business name, in 1888; the retail shops were sold to
John White to reduce the debt to the bank. Scammell Snr. was also involved in politics and, with
Thomas Hardy and Sir
Samuel Davenport, was a pioneer of South Australia's
olive oil industry, producing its first oil in 1864. In June 1921 Faulding & Co. became a private company, with L. R. Scammell as chairman and managing director. He continued to run the firm's affairs until 1935. Day-to-day management then passed to his elder son Alfred, but Luther remained chairman of directors until his death in 1940. in February 2017 the corporation announced its intention to close it by the end of 2021. ==Manufacturing and laboratory facilities==