The Old Colonists Banquet Group [mosaic] • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Jenkins

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/4R

Probably William Jenkins who arrived in South Australia in September 1844 on board the ship the "Hawk". Farmer, North Road, Prospect.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : J. P. Pain

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/4S

Arrived in South Australia in 1844 on board the ship the "Phoebe".

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Johann Heinrich Frederick Beddies

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/4T

Arrived in South Australia in March 1847 on board the ship the "Heloise". Publican, Norwood and North Adelaide (in 1850s).

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Edward Furniss

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/4U

Arrived in South Australia in June 1845 on board the ship the "Emma". from Sydney, New South Wales. Butcher, farmer; North Adelaide, Bagots Gap, Pine Creek, Giles Corner, Riverton.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Frederick Hansborough Dutton

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5A

Arrived in South Australia in 1838 from Sydney, New South Wales. Pastoralist, miner, Member of Parliament; Anlaby, Kapunda.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Francis Joseph Botting

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5B

Arrived in South Australia in March 1839 on board the ship the "Buckinghamshire". Auctioneer, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Lavington Marchant

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5C

Arrived in South Australia in July 1840 on board the ship the "Fairlie". Pastoralist.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Capt. John Hart

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5D

Arrived in South Australia in February 1837 on board the ship the "Isabella". Mariner, merchant, miller, Member of Parliament.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Andrew Tennant

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5E

Arrived in South Australia in December 1839 on board the ship the "Duchess of Northumberland". Pastoralist, Member of Parliament.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Anthony Forster

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5F

Arrived in South Australia in April 1841 on board the ship the "Siam". Agent, newspaper editor, Member of Parliament.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Thelisma Aubert

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5G

Arrived in South Australia in June 1840 on board the ship the "Piscator" from Sydney, New South Wales. Farmer, wine merchant; Salisbury, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Henry Edward Downer

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5H

Arrived in South Australia in June 1838 on board the ship the "Eden". Lawyer, Member of Parliament, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Alexander George Downer

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5I

Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Jane Downer, nee Field, and Henry Downer. Lawyer, businessman, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Andrew Dignum, Jnr

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5J

Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Sarah Ann Dignum, nee Bull, and Andrew Dignum. Saddler, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Thomas Jackson

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5K

Thomas Jackson arrived in South Australia in 1840 on board the ship the "Charlotte" from Launceston, Tasmania. Labourer, Payneham.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Robert Lowe

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5L

Arrived in South Australia in 1840 on board the ship the "Lady Emma". Of Noarlunga.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Pybus, Jnr

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5M

Arrived in South Australia in March 1840 on board the ship the "Orissa". Ironfounder and engineer, Adelaide.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Caust

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5N

Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Ann Caust, nee Clogg, and James Phillips Caust. Carpenter, blacksmith, machinist, Chain of Ponds.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Mr Hillman

Jones, Henry, 1873, Photograph, B 47769/5O

Photographic mosaic (composite) bearing the inscription 'The Old Colonists Banquet Group: Duplicate of one Presented to E. Solomon Esq by H. Jones, Photographer for his liberality in giving the Banquet, Decr 1871'. This is one of at least three mosaics of photographic portraits created by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones to commemorate an Old Colonists' Banquet. The banquet was organised by merchant Emanuel Solomon at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the founding of the colony of South Australia. The subtitle on this version states that it is a 'duplicate' of a mosaic presented to Solomon. In January 1872 Solomon placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting those men who had attended the banquet to have their portrait taken gratuitously at Jones' studio. A glass plate negative of a different version is held by the State Library of South Australia at PRG 631/3. It may represent the one presented to Solomon before his death in October 1873. This mosaic (B 47769) was owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it, together with a companion mosaic of women colonists (B 19985), to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 515 portraits. They are ostensibly arranged by the colonists' year of arrival in South Australia, from 1835 to 1840. It is evident that 71 portraits were added to the mosaic at leasat 15 years after its production and probably before it was donated to the Library: other photographers' work are included, portrait styles and photographic paper stocks differ significantly and some portraits show subjects many years older than they were in 1872. The placements of these later additions bear no relationship to the colonist's year of arrival. Also, about 56 of those depicted by Jones and among the additional portraits arrived in the colony after 1840 and 13 were born in South Australia. One of the additional portraits is the photographer Henry Jones, erroneously placed in the section for 1836 arrivals.