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Charles Todd
Charles Todd, astromoner, electrical engineer, meteologist, public service head. He was always fascinated by telecommunications and eventually became Head of the Electric Telegraph Department and was the Astronomical and Meteorological Observer. He built the first telegraph line across Australia.
Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles Todd pictured wearing his CMG decoration. He worked at the Greenwich Observatory and Cambridge University. Later he was engaged by the South Australian Government as astronomical and meteorological observer. In 1859 Todd conceived the idea of the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Darwin. The line was completed by 1872. His next great work was the line of 1000 miles from Eucla establishing communication from Adelaide to Perth. He worked for the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments for 51 years
Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles and Lady Todd arrived in Adelaide in 1855. His wife, Alice Gillian Bell was the namesake of Alice Springs. Their daughter Gwendoline married William Henry Bragg and was the mother of William Lawrence Bragg, both of whom shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915. Charles Todd worked at the Greenwich Observatory and Cambridge University. Later he was engaged by the South Australian Government as astronomical and meteorological observer. In 1859 Todd conceived the idea of the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Darwin. The line was completed by 1872. His next great work was the line of 1000 miles from Eucla establishing communication from Adelaide to Perth. He worked for the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments for 51 years
Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles Todd.
Sir Charles Todd and Family
Sir Charles Todd and family.
Griffith George Todd
[General description] Studio full-length photograph of Griffith George Todd as a young man. He is leaning on a chair back and facing the camera. [On back of photograph] 'Griffith George Todd aged 21 years'
Robert Tod
Robert Tod. A drawing from S.T.Gill's "Heads of the People". Artist's caption reads: 'Toddling after a commission'.
Dr John Toll
Dr John Tressilian Toll, Surgeon Major with 1st Mounted Rifles Contingent, died in 1900 aboard the SS Australasia while being invalided home.He had been invalided for several weeks and in his weakened state he died due to an epileptic fit. Dr Toll married Florence Margaret Mortlock, daughter of William Ranson Mortlock, at St Peters Cathedral, North Adelaide, on 29 December 1881. Their son, Arthur Tressilian Robert Mortlock Toll, was born on 24 March 1884.
Alexander Tolmer
Alexander Tolmer.
Alexander Tolmer
Alexander Tolmer, Commissioner of Police [duplicate copy at B 6851] Born in England of French refugee parents he migrated to South Australia in 1840 when he was 25. He had a history of brashness and brawling but was appointed Police Commissioner in 1852. He devised a gold escort from the Victorian Gold Fields. He was married twice and had 9 children.
Mrs Alexander Tolmer
Mrs Alexander Tolmer.
Tolmer Family
Tolmer Family: Elizabeth, Belle, Nell, James, Bert and Richard.
Samuel Tomkinson
[General description] Head and shoulders of the subject. He is wearing a white shirt and bow tie and a dark jacket. His grey hair is short and he wears sideburns. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850 as an employee of the Bank of Australasia, retiring from the bank as a local director in 1879. He became a conservative Member of Parliament (both upper and lower houses), a Justice of the Peace and Alderman of the Adelaide City Council for twelve years. [On back of photograph] 'Alderman Samuel Tomkinson / Died 1900'.
Samuel Tomkinson
Samuel Tomkinson.
Dr William George Torr
Dr William George Torr.
Dr William George Torr
Dr William George Torr and his first wife.
James Tonkin
James Tonkin, born 1836 Cornwall and died 1923 South Australia. Son of Enoch and Elizabeth Tonkin. Enoch and his family arrived on the "Java" in 1840. A later photo of James appears in the 'Adelaide Observer' 12 February 1916, page 8.
Lady Barbara Torrens
Lady Barbara Ainslie Torrens was the widow of Augustus George Anson, nee Park before her marriage to Robert Richard Torrens. Torrens was the third Premier of South Australia and remembered as a pioneer and author of a simplified system of transferring land.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens and Colonel Robert Torrens (sitting). Colonel Robert Torrens was Colonisation Commissioner who promoted emigration from Great Britain to Australia. He published "Colonisation of South Australia". He raised the price of land in South Australia and encouraged investment. He reformed companies to mine copper and build railways. He was noted for his systems of registering land titles. Sir Robert Richard Torrens, born in Ireland, arrived in Adelaide in 1840. He became Premier and Registrar General. He founded Real Property Act in South Australia which resulted in spread of the Torrens System to the rest of Australia.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens was born in Ireland and arrived in South Australia in 1840. He became the third Premier of South Australia and is well known for his simplification in transfer of land. His Torrens Title is now used worldwide.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens was born in Ireland and arrived in South Australia in 1840. In 1857 he championed the Real Property Act of 1858 which dealt with the transfer of real property. The system became known as the Torrens Title and it transferred property by registration of title and not by deeds. This system is now used world-wide. He left Australia in 1863 and settled in England.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens.
William Townsend
William Townsend was a leading auctioneer, Mayor of Adelaide from 1864-1866 and Mayor of Unley from 1878-81, and a South Australian poilitician. He established a school for deaf and blind children which was called Townsend House. He and his second wife Jane Hooper and their seven children lived at "Waverley" in Lower Mitcham
W. Tregonning
W. Tregonning, S.A. champion cyclist for the penny-farthing.
Mr Treloar and Mr. Crawford
Mr Treloar and Mr Crawford.
Mr A Treloar
Mr. A. Treloar and Mr. B. Crawford.
John Tremelling
John Tremelling, Olympian from Mount Gambier.
Horace Trenerry
Horace Trenerry.
Mrs Ann Trevorah
Mrs Ann Trevorah.
James Frew
James Frew acquired the land in the area now known as Frewville in July 1847 and subsequently subdivided it in 1865. James Frew arrived in the Lady Bute with his brother Robert in 1839.