Bews' father then engaged in farming operations near Port Elliot, and afterwards near Adelaide.
Due to the difficulty of navigating the Murray Mouth, Young supported building the railway from the river port of Goolwa to the new sea port at Port Elliot (named after his friend, Charles Elliot).
In 2008 Port Elliot became the focus of unwanted media attention due to the murder of 15-year old Carly Ryan at Lady Bay.
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Horseshoe Bay was proclaimed a port in 1851, and the settlement above the bay was named Port Elliot in 1852 after Charles Elliot, the Governor of Bermuda who was a friend of the then Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Young.
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