Arthur Short (18 June 1850 – 25 October 1933) was a politician in the British colony of South Australia. Arthur was born in Salisbury, South Australia to Edwin and Ann Short, née Kerwin. Edwin was a son of Captain William Short H.E.I.C.S., and may also have served in the East India Company, but had been chief officer on the Emma trading between Adelaide and Sydney. He married in Sydney in October 1842 and moved to South Australia the following January. They lived first in South Richmond, as did Edwin's father William, and in 1846 settled at Yankalilla, then around 1848 moved to "Courtwick Farm", Salisbury, where Arthur and his brother Albert excelled in athletics. In 1869 Edwin Short selected 1,000 acres (400 ha) near Maitland and the Cocoanut [sic] Station, Kulpara which the boys managed