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Sir William Milne
[General description] Upper body portrait of pioneer Sir William Milne. He arrived in the colony in 1839 in the Palmyra, built a successful distillery business and later served in both the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament. He was influential in the Crown Lands Department and the Overland and other telegraph lines, and appointed KB in 1876. He was active on several boards and a volunteer as a captain in the mounted and foot forces.
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a moodily lit artistic portrait of Sir Charles Todd as a dignified elderly gentleman. A man of many parts, he was an astronomer, meteorologist, electrical engineer and public servant. He is best known for his leadership of the establishment of the overland (from Adelaide to Darwin) single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. He was appointed C.M.G in 1872 and promoted to K.C.M.G in 1893.
Australasian Views album 1
1 of 2 ALBUMS: inscribed 'Australasian Views', comprising 165 early images of Adelaide, South Australia, and New Zealand. The photos of New Zealand (photos 147-165) are by Burton Brothers, Dunedin, and have not been digitised. Square brackets denote added information.
Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills: album of views
Album of views taken in Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in and around Adelaide showing prominent buildings and the Botanic Gardens, Glenelg and Port Adelaide, as well as Norton's Summit, Waterfall Gully, Morialta, and Bridgewater in the Adelaide hills.