Government Photolithographer (S.A.), c. 1836, Photograph, B 4191
[General description] This is a photograph of the Commission appointing Captain Hindmarsh Governor of South Australia. A plaque underneath the Commission states: 'This original Commission appointing Captain John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of the Province of South Australia, was presented by his grandson John Hindmarsh Esq. of Napier, New Zealand to the State of South Australia, on 3rd May, 1906. The original seal is enclosed in this frame.' [On back of photograph] 'Print from negative made by Govt. Photographers and supplied by Board to Town Clerk, Adelaide, for transmission to Mr. John St. John Hindmarsh, Napier, NZ. June 1927 H.W.M.'