From leading the Kings School to leading his Dapto flock, Rev Simpson found influence and respect

From leading the Kings School to leading his Dapto flock, Rev Simpson found influence and respect

The good Reverend William West Simpson led the sermon at St Luke’s Church Dapto, following the death of the Bishop of Australia. Photo: Supplied. Some of the good and the great in early Illawarra once lived in Dapto – along, no doubt, with some of the less good. But the difficult question was how could the good and the great get their sons suitably educated without having to ship them off to England. So in 1830 the Bishop of Australia, William G…