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Edward Burton Gleeson [B 76590] • Artwork

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Summary

Portrait of Edward Burton Gleeson from Inchiquin, Clare. See also B 29501 and B 6912/H10 S.A. Northern Pioneers' composite, 1850-1859.

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Physical description

1 overpainted photograph : colour; 57.0 x 43.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1865

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Gleeson, Edward Burton, 1802-1870
Pioneers -- South Australia

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General notes

Overpainted photograph

Historical information

Edward Burton Gleeson was born in County Clare, Ireland in 1803. With his wife Harriet and family he arrived in South Australia from India in July 1838 on the Emerald Isle. By 1840 Gleeson was reported as owning 7,300 sheep, 55 cattle and 24 horses. He initially had land in what is now Beaumont a suburb of Adelaide, a property he named Gleeville. He reported very favourably on the climate of Adelaide to friends back in India, praising the purity of the air. Gleeson was adversely affected during the colony's financial crisis in the late 1830s, but remained in South Australia and prospered in the mid-north, where he established his property Inchiquin and laid out the town of Clare, named after his birthplace. He also held land in the far north, west of Mount Eyre but concentrated upon his property at Clare. He became the first mayor of Clare when it was proclaimed a corporation in 1868. When he died two years later the shops and hotels on the main street closed in his honour. He was a friend of John Horrocks, a fellow pastoralist in the Clare region and an explorer: Gleeson undertook to shoot Horrocks' camel which had been involved in the unlucky explorer's death, but was so distressed by his friend's death that he only injured the animal which was then despatched by another man. Known as Paddy Gleeson, he was the unofficial 'King of Clare' and a popular identity. He was also a stipendiary magistrate and a keen sportsman, interested in horse racing.

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Digitisation information

Date

16/03/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,384 x 7,040 pixels (37.9 MP)

Size

113.74 MB

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