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Thomas Johnston
[General description] Upper body portrait of Captain Thomas Johnston. [On back of photograph] 'Captain Thomas Johnston / owned 'Jolly Miller' Paddlesteamer on the River Murray'.
Grundy, Captain John
This is a portrait of Riverboat Captain John Grundy who plied the Murray-Darling waters from age twelve until retirement at seventy. He was a long-time captain of the Tarella. [On back of photograph] 'Captain John Grundy of the River Murray / Son of Captain George Grundy / Presented by W.H. Godson'.
Walter Jones
[General description] Upper body portrait of the Reverend Walter Jones, Congregational Minister, seated, seen in three quarter view. He has a trimmed beard and moustache and wears a dark jacket. He was minister of the Gawler Congregational Church from 1882 to 1901.
Robert Kay
[General description] This is a head and shoulders portrait of Mr. Kay, seen in three-quarter view. He is wearing a coat and waistcoat, a white shirt and a bow tie. His watch chain is visible. [On back of photograph] 'Robert Kay / General Director and Secretary / Public Library of S.A.'
Robert Kay
[General description] Seated portrait of Robert Kay, General Director and Secretary of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. He has a trimmed grey beard and moustache and is wearing a frock coat. He is holding a scroll. He was one of the founders of the Library, Art Gallery and Museum in Adelaide, South Australia, and the originator of the circulating library.
William Kay
[General description] Upper body portrait of a bearded William Kay, in seven eighths view. He arrived in Adelaide in the 'Sea Queen' in 1850. After a variety of earlier occupations (including that of auctioneer) he became prominent in financial circles, and a Member of Parliament (in the House of Assembly for the seat of East Adelaide in 1875-1878) [On back of photograph] 'William Kay / M.P., Auctioneer'. According to a researcher, 'this is not a photo of William Kay and not 1885. It is a photo of William Henville Burford founder of W H Burford and Sons Soap and Candle Manufacturers. It is also not 1885 as William would have been 78 years in 1885. I would estimate it woud be about 1850. I am William Henville Burford's G G Granddaughter. The West Tce Cemetery also has a copy of this photo correctly named as William Henville Burford.'
Alexander Charles Kelly
Alexander Charles Kelly. This portrait copied from a photograph of a painting of the Doctor in his younger days. He arrived in South Australia in 1840 on the "Baboo". He was born in Scotland and after arriving in Adelaide became the twelfth medical practitioner on the medical register of South Australia. He was a winegrower and medical practitioner and owned land at Morphett Vale and McLaren Vale
George Wyndham Kennion
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of George Wyndham Kennion, Anglican clergyman. He wears ecclesiastical robes and holds an elaborate crook. He was Bishop of Adelaide from 1882-1894. On a trip to England in 1893 he was offered the Bishopric of Bath and Wells which he accepted, holding the post until hiis resignation due to ill health in 1919. [On front of photograph] 'Rt. Rev. G.W. Kennion, Bishop of Bath and Wells'.
Benjamin Archer Kent
Portrait of Dr Benjamin Archer Kent, who had land holdings in the Kent Town area in the 1840s and 1850s. [See 'Fifty years history of Kensington and Norwood' page 21.]
Edward Sidney Kiek
[General description] Portrait of Edward Sidney Kiek, Congregational minister.
Stephen King
A head and shoulders portrait of Stephen King, a member of John McDouall Stuart's final exploring expedition from Adelaide, South Australia, to the Indian Ocean.
Charles Cameron Kingston
[General Description] Portrait of Charles Cameron Kingston. He is seated, hand resting on a cane. He was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 and was a leading proponent of, and contributed extensively to the Federation of Australia.
Lord Kintore
[General description] Portrait of Lord Kintore. He has short hair with a trimmed moustache and is wearing a heavily embroidered dress uniform and a sash. He was Governor of South Australia from April 1889 to April 1895, created GCMG in 1889. He was also a Freemason, serving as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of South Australia during his appointment as Governor.
Thomas Kyte
[General description] Portrait of the Reverend Thomas Kyte, Congregationalist of Ceduna. A researcher has suggested that the photograph was taken at Kadina, as this was the location of Reverend Thomas Kyte's first appointment in South Australia, and there appears to be no record of him working at Ceduna.
George Richards Laffer
[General description] In this head and upper body portrait George Richards Laffer faces the photographer directly, perhaps reflecting his reputation for straightforwardness and sincerity. He wears a wing collar and tie, with a jacket and matching waistcoat with a watch chain. He was a fruitgrower and long serving Liberal politician in the House of Assembly from 1913 until his death in 1933. [On back of photograph] 'George Richards Laffer'.
Mr Robert Laughton
Studio portrait of Mr Robert Laughton. He is wearing a suit and tie and has a flower pinned to his jacket.
George Ruthven Le Hunte
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte, seen in three quarter profile and showing a robust man in middle age, with greying hair and moustache. He is wearing a heavily embroidered dress uniform displaying the badge of the order of the Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.). He was governor of South Australia from July 1903-December 1908. A popular governor, he was particularly interested in the welfare of the Aborigines and of young people, earning the title 'children's governor'.
George Ruthven Le Hunte
[General description] Portrait of Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte KCMG, in profile. He has short hair and moustache and wears a wing collar and tie and single breasted jacket. He was Governor of South Australia from July 1903 until February 1909.
Reverend J. H. Lewis
[General description] Upper body portrait of a bearded Reverend J. H. Lewis, seated, in three quarter view. He was a minister of the Congregational Church, Gawler.
Mrs Mary Light
[On back of photograph] 'Portrait of Mrs Mary Light (wife of Colonel Light) and her sister / Mrs. Light on right / on left is Caroline Bennett, afterwards Mrs. H.E. Napier (died in Italy in 1836)'.
Colonel William Light
[General description] Portrait of Colonel William Light with caption by artist 'Colonel Light; Founder of Adelaide'.
Colonel William Light
Self portrait of Colonel William Light the Surveyor-General who chose the site of the colony's capital. Adelaide
Aboriginal man Cubagee and David Lindsay
Studio portrait of Warramunga Aboriginal man Cubagee and David Lindsay. The caption written below the photograph reads 'Warranung (Dick) & Mr. D. Lindsay'. Cubagee was brought to Adelaide, South Australia from the Northern Territory by Lindsay's brother-in-law George Stuart Lindsay in 1886 or 1887. Cubagee died in Adelaide after surgery on a tumour in 1889. Lindsay gave his skeletal remains to the South Australian Museum where they displayed to the public well into the twentieth century.
William Lindsay
[General description] Upper body portrait of William Lindsay taken against a dark background. [On back of photograph] 'William Lindsay / Architect-in-Chief / For biographical note see Arch. 1047/23'.
James Munro Linklater
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of the subject, seated with folded arms, in three quarter view. He is balding and wears a beard and moustache. He was a pastoralist at Kirkala near Streaky Bay. At the bottom of the photograph is the following: 'Copied by S.Solomon 1884 Adelaide' [On back of photograph] 'James Munro Linklater / 1877'.
Ellen Liston
[General description] Ellen Liston, during her stint as governess for the Hamps at Nilkerloo Station. She is wearing a long riding habit is seated sidesaddle on a horse. She became a competent horsewoman, assisting in the station musters. See B 4954 for a seated portrait and further information.
Ellen Liston
This is a portrait of Ellen Liston, writer of short stories and verse, during her stint as a goveness for the Hamp family at Nilkerloo Station near Elliston. She wears her long hair parted in the middle and is seated, looking away from the camera, and holding a sprig of wildflowers against her full skirt. It is generally accepted in the Elliston area that Governor Jervois named the town of Elliston in 1878 after her. According to a researcher Ellen Liston had left the district a few years before Elliston was established. The naming of the town may be from an individual associated with the Battle of Waterloo Anniversary, as Point Wellington and Wellesely on either side of Waterloo Bay is also associated with the Battle of Waterloo.
Mrs John Livingston
[General description] Mrs Livingston is seated for her portrait, facing the camera. She is probably in mourning for her husband (who died in 1886) as she is wearing a widow's cap. Her name is Catherine (nee Steele) and she bore fourteen children one of whom, John (junior), became a politician and Member of Parliament. She and her husband owned a grazing property, Currutum near Mount Gambier. [On back of photograph] 'Mrs John Livingston. Arrived at Mt. Gambier about 1848'.
John Livingston
[General description] This portrait shows the face and part of the shoulders of the subject. John Livingston and his wife Catherine (see B 3380) had a family of fourteen children and owned a grazing property, Currutum near Mount Gambier. [On back of photograph] 'Mr John Livingston. Arrived at Mt. Gambier about 1848. Father of John Livingston, M.P. and Auctioneer'.
Nathan Augustus Lord
[General description] This full length portrait of Nathan Augustus Lord, pioneer of Mount Gambier, shows him standing, resting one arm upon the back of a chair. According to a researcher, Nathan's brother was Samuel Perkins Lord, who came to Melbourne on the steamer 'City of Norfolk' in 1853. He is reported to have introduced the game of baseball to Australia. When the confederate ship 'Shenandoah' docked at Williamstown, for maintenance and supplies during the civil war, S.P. Lord started proceedings to try to stop it from leaving. After the war the United States sued Great Britain for £3,000,000.