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Police Troopers
The two subjects of this tintype portrait have been posed sitting on chairs facing each other, the stripes on their uniform trousers making an interesting effect. They are Police Troopers S. A. Clindening, stationed at Meningie on the left, and W. V. Ewens stationed at Mount Gambier, 1879-1882, on the right.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson. [General description] John Ferguson seated in the photographer's studio. He is holding a gun on his knee and is dressed warmly in a jacket, trousers and boots. This is possibly the John Ferguson who was born in Mount Gambier on 12th January 1860. He married Liza Ellard on 25th April 1889 and had three children. [On back of photograph] No details given.
W.H.Hirth and Family
W.H.Hirth and his family of Mount Gambier.
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.
Catherine Edith Martin
Mrs Catherine Edith Macauley Martin and her sister Mrs Bethune. Mrs Bethune is on the left. Mrs Martin was an Australian novelist who used the pseudonyms MC, and Mrs Alick MacLeod. She was brought to South Australia as a child and lived at Mount Gambier and later in Adelaide. One of her books "Indigenous Australians" is among the best books of its kind in Australian literature. Her interests were nurtured by her friend, reformist and writer Catherine Helen Spence
William Millhouse and family
William Millhouse and family of Mount Gambier.
Mrs. Helen Mitchell
Mrs. Helen Mitchell, wife of Mount Gambier hotelkeeper.
Mrs Ruth Moorhouse
[General description] This is a head and shoulders portrait with the subject facing the camera. She is wearing a dress with a high lace collar and fringe detail on the bodice. [On back of photograph] 'Mrs Ruth Moorhouse wife of Dr Mathew Moorhouse. Early settler, Mount Gambier'. Mrs (Mary) Ruth Moorhouse, nee Kilner, died on 30 April 1877. She is buried (as is her husband Matthew) in Melrose Cemetery. [later information including death date as supplied by researcher].
Henry Thomas Morris
Henry Thomas Morris arrived in South Australia in December 1836 on board the ship "Buffalo" with his uncle Admiral, Sir John Hindmarsh. He was born at Gravesend in 1823. He established stations at Hindmarsh Valley, Encounter Bay, Reedy Creek near Mount Gambier. Later he was manager at Anlaby Station in the Barossa Valley for the Dutton family. At his last appearance at the 1907 Commenoration Day he praised the early pioneers for overcoming difficulties in the new colony. They were mostly sons of wealthy families and because the promised pre-purchased acres of land were not immediately ready for them they had to settle on the banks of the river at Glenelg in primitive huts built of reeds and pines
Henry Mortimer Muirhead
Henry Mortimer Muirhead, Police Magistrate. An Advertiser December 8, 1933 newspaper clipping on the back of the photograph states: Appointed Police Magistrate. Mr HM Muirhead to succeed Mr Sabine. In Executive Council yesterday Mr HM Muirhead SM was appointed to succeed Mr EM Sabine as police magistrate for Adelaide. Mr Sabine who has reached the retiring age will begin his leave next week and Mr Muirhead will start his official duties about January 9. Mr Muirhead was appointed a stipendiary magistrate in 1923, before which he was registrar of the State Industrial Court. For some time he was at Mount Gambier and was later transferred to Port Adelaide. He has been assisting Mr Sabine at the Adelaide Police Court for several years. He was born at Glenelg and is the son of Mr CM Muirhead, who was a prominent solicitor in Adelaide. He was educated at St Peter's College and admitted to the Bar in 1909. He became managing clerk to Messrs. McLachlan and Napier. Two years later he was appointed clerk of arraigns and third associate at the Supreme Court. He was appointed Registrar of the Court of Industrial Appeals and on the constitution of the Industrial Court in 1913 he became Industrial Registrar. Mr Muirhead enlisted in the AIF in 1917 and served in France and Belgium with the 10th Battalion.
Daniel Potter
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Daniel Potter, early settler of Mount Gambier.
Lieutenant J.W. Powell
Lieutenant J.W. Powell of Mount Gambier, killed in South Africa, February 1900.
George Byng Scott
George Byng Scott (1824-1886) was an English born Australian Public Servant. He was Inspector of Police for the South Eastern district of South Australia. He was also stipendiary magistrate. In 1859 he became magistrate in Naracoorte. After working in the Northern Territory he returned to South Australia to became stipendiary magistrate in Adelaide, then Mount Gambier.
James Lawrence Stapleton
An occupational ambrotype portrait of James Lawrence Oliver Stapleton sitting with his telegraph device. Tinting is visible in the pink of the cheeks, and golden buttons, pocket watch chain, and telegraph device. In an embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame. James Stapleton was the telegraph Station Master and Mount Gambier, and Station Master at Barrow Creek Telegraph Station on 22 February 1874 when it was attacked by local Aborigines. Stapleton died of his wounds the following day.
John Tremelling
John Tremelling, Olympian from Mount Gambier.
Johanne Helena Unger
Johanne Helena Unger (nee Patzell) and granddaughter, Ellie, Mount Gambier residents.
James Umpherston
James Umpherston, an early pioneer of Mount Gambier in the 1860s.
Ebenezer Ward
Caricature of Ebenezer Ward. Ebenezer Ward was a South Australian politician and journalist. He migrated to Melbourne on "The British Trident" in 1859. After travelling to Adelaide in 1861 he became leader of the Hansard staff at the Adelaide Advertiser. As a stenographer he reported on budget speeches. He had articles published. He founded several newspapers. His elegant speech aided his rise to several ministerial positions in SA. He helped establish the railway systems between Adelaide ,Melbourne, Mount Gambier. He wanted to build the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Perth. He stopped the sale of Crown Lands for cash. He also acted in amateur theatricals.
Basil Watson
Basil Watson - the first man to fly to Mount Gambier.
John Watson
John Watson of Mount Gambier.
John Watson
John Watson of Mount Gambier.
R.F.White
R.F.White of Mount Gambier, a Boer War soldier.
R.F. White
Mr R.F. White of Mount Gambier, Boer War veteran.
Air Liner Short Scion
Air liner Short Scion. Note: this is not the name of the individual plane but the name of a type of plane. It is a two engined, high winged monoplane. The photograph was taken in 1935. This was the first plane operated by Adelaide Airways Ltd., making it's first commercial flight on Oct. 29, 1935 from Adelaide to Melbourne via Mount Gambier. With sponge rubber seating for 5 passengers. Each engine of 90 to 95 horse power. Average speed 105 miles per hour. Adelaide Airways Ltd. was absorbed by Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd. on July 1, 1936.
Adelaide Airways Ltd planes
Two planes owned by Adelaide Airways Ltd which began operations in October 1935. The plane on the left is the Air-lines Short Scion which made its first commercial flight on 29 October 1935, from Adelaide to Melbourne via Mount Gambier. The Monospar plane (on right) made its first commercial flight on 30 October 1935 from Adelaide to Port Lincoln.
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, extreme left, E.Warman camel driver, centre and "Billy" Beachley (camel driver) with a camel team at Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory. Brown was government geologist for the South Australian government. In 1905 he journeyed to Charlotte Waters and to the north-west of the Northern Territory. By the time of his death in Adelaide in 1928 he knew every mineral belt from Darwin to Mount Gambier.
Australian Transport
Australian transport at Boer war - one of men is R.F. White of Mount Gambier.
Adelaide Rifles Officers
Officers of the10th Battalion Adelaide Rifles (some identified). Back row: Herbert Pascoe Howard Brittain (left); James Hansen (2nd form left); Miles Fitzroy Beevor (3rd from left);Major W.R. McKeevor (10th from left); Edward Castle Oldham (far right). Middle row (seated): Donald Murray Robertson Goghill (3rd from left); Stanley Price Weir (4th from left); Col. James Rowell (5th from left); John James Hughes (6th from left); J.R. Borrow (2nd from right).
Catholic Church, Clergymen
Rev. Fitzgibbon, (Mount Gambier) Rev. J.E.T. Woods, (Penola) Rev. S. Carew (Kapunda). 25 May 1889.
Catholic Church, Clergy
Rev. Fitzgibbon (Mount Gambier), Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods (Penola), Rev. S. Carew (Kapunda).