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Walter Richard Birks
Portrait of W. R. Birks (1886-1960) Principal of Roseworthy Agricultural College he was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. He performed research on the use of superphosphate in the germination of small seeds. He was Dux of Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1908. He was the nephew of Charles Birks of Birks Drapery Store in Rundle Street. He was wounded in World War 1.
Captain John Bishop
[General description] Full length portrait of Captain John Bishop of Port Lincoln [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/4], showing him standing and resting a hand on the back of a studio chair. He has mutton chop whiskers and is wearing a rumpled three piece suit. He arrived in Port Lincoln in 1839 in command of the 82 ton brig 'Dorset'. He took up land in Port Lincoln and Boston Island and with his family ran the township's first store.
Margaret Blakesley
[General description] Portrait of Margaret Blakesley, formerly Fairchild, nee Hamilton, of Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Neville Blyth
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Neville Blyth, with a greying beard and moustache. With his family and more famous brother, Arthur, he emigrated to Adelaide in 1839. The brothers were successful ironmongers, land investors and politicians. Neville returned to England around 1878 where he died in 1890.
Charles Bonney
[General description] Portrait of Charles Bonney, overlander, politician and civil servant. His face and white collar stand out against a dark background. [On back of photograph] 'Charles Bonney / from an oil painting in the Council Chamber, Norwood Town Hall / Presented by C.S. Ballantyne'.
Sir John Langdon Bonython
Portrait of Sir John Langdon Bonython.
Sir John Langdon Bonython
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir John Langdon Bonython, editor and proprietor of the "Advertiser", "Adelaide Chronicle: and "Saturday Express". President of the Council of Government Agricultural College, 1895-1902, and of the Royal Geographical Society, S.A.Branch, 1903-1907.
Lady Marie Louise Bonython
Studio portrait of Lady Marie Louise Frederica Bonython. She was the wife of John Langdon Bonython who was a Member of the First Australian Parliament, editor of The Advertiser for 35 years, and a philanthropist. They married in 1870 and had eight children, two of them died in infancy
Judge Benjamin Boothby
[General description] Portrait of Judge Benjamin Boothby, seated and resting his hand on a small table. He is clean shaven with trimmed mutton-chop whiskers and wears light trousers, with long dark jacket worn open. In 1853, Boothby was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. He was eventually 'amoved' from office on the grounds of 'misbehaviour' on the 29th July 1867.
Judge Benjamin Boothby
Portrait of Judge Boothby, 1803-1868, mounted in an enamelled frame forming a brooch, probably used as a mourning remembrance.
Josiah Boothby
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Josiah Boothby, Government Statistician. He wears his hair slicked back and mutton chop whiskers and moustache. As Government Statistician and Superintendent of the Census his work to introduce uniform census procedures throughout Australia was widely acknowledged and in 1878 he became executive commissioner for South Australia at the Paris Exhibition. He was awarded the C.M.G. and the Cross of the Legion of Honour for his work.
Josiah Boothby
Portrait of Josiah Boothby Public Administrator, Government Statistican, Trustee of the Savings Bank of South Australia. He was appointed Executive Commissioner representing South Australia at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878. He was created CMG for this position. He retired from the Public Service of South Australia in 1907. He was regarded as the most powerful civil servant in the colony. This photograph depicts Josiah Boothby proudly wearing the Medal of the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and the Cross of the Legion of Honour.
Sir Day Hort Bosanquet
[General description] Head and torso portrait of Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, Admiral (a veteran of the Boxer Rebellion) and Governor of South Australia from 18th February 1909 until 22 March 1914. He is proudly wearing his Admiral's uniform resplendent with gold epaulettes and orders.
Sir James Penn Boucaut
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir James Penn Boucaut in seven eighths view. He has a neatly trimmed beard and moustache, wears a dark jacket, wing collar and bow-tie. He was a South Australian lawyer, Supreme Court Judge and politician. He had three stints of being Premier of South Australia;1866-1867, 1875-1876 and 1877-1878. He was also one of the first to raise purebred Arabian horses in a recognised breeding program in Australia.
Luke and Harriet Broadbent
[General description] Seated portrait of the couple in an oval frame. [On back of photograph] 'Luke Broadbent and his wife Harriet / Copied from a small photograph on glass, taken in or about 1850 / Both arrived in South Australia on the 'Buffalo' / Luke Broadbent was the author of the book: 'The Destiny of England' / Presented by Mrs. E. Meier (grandchild) of Paskeville, South Australia'.
Mrs. Harriet Broadbent
[General description] This portrait shows Harriet Broadbent seated and wearing full Victorian widow's dress. [On back of photograph] 'Grandma Broadbent / taken on her 88th birthday / this belongs to Mrs. Ethelwyn Meier / Paskeville (youngest grandchild)' (Another hand) 'Mrs. Harriet Broadbent, wife of Luke Broadbent / Arrived in South Australia in 1836 in the 'Buffalo''.
H. L. Brook
Studio portrait of Mr. H. L. Brook founder of the first bus service between Murray Bridge and Adelaide.
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown
[General description] Upper body portrait of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, Government Geologist. He has short hair and a moustache and wears a high collar with spotted cravat. As Geologist of South Australia from 1882 to 1909, Brown made many survey trips throughout South Australia, and into the Northern Territory often travelling alone or with an 'Afghan' or Australian Aboriginal man as guide.
Robert Brown
Lithographed portrait of Robert Brown, drawn by Rud Hoffmann from a photograph by Maull & Polvblanck of London, printed by J. Haller and published by George Andre Lenoir of Venice. [All printed details are in German.]
William Jethro Brown
[General description] Upper body portrait of the subject, in a thoughtful pose, chin resting on hand. He wears wire-rimmed spectacles. The photograph is signed 'Yours faithfully, W. Jethro Brown'. He was a political thinker, academic and jurist. [On back of photograph] 'W. Jethro Brown / Photographed in 1922'.
William Jethro Brown
William Jethro Brown: Professor of Law at the Universities of Aberystwyth, Wales; Tasmania and Adelaide. Judge of the Arbitration Court, South Australia, 1916-1927. Died on 27 May 1930, aged 62 years.
Dr. John Harris Browne
Portrait of Dr John Harris Browne. Reproduced from Cockburn's "Pastoral Pioneers" vol.1, page 32. J Harris Browne was an explorer in Australia and a pioneer pastoralist. He joined Sturt's expedition to Central Australia as surgeon. He was brother to William James Browne who was also a qualified physician and a successful pastoralist.
Sir Wallace Bruce
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir Wallace Bruce, Lord Mayor of Adelaide 1925-1927.
George Brunskill
Portrait photograph of George Brunskill, 1799-1866. He arrived in South Australia aboard the Thomas C. Harrison.
George and Sarah Brunskill
[General description] Portrait of George and Sarah Norman Brunskill (nee Apsley) seated together. This pioneering couple arrived in South Australia on the 'Thomas Harrison' and settled in Macclesfield.
Sir William Henry Bundey
[General description] Full face portrait of Sir William Henry Bundey, wearing judicial robe and wig. He wears his grey beard and moustache neatly trimmed. He was Attorney-General of South Australia from 27 September 1878 to 10 March 1881. In 1884 he was appointed a Supreme Court Judge, a position he held for nineteen years. He was knighted in 1904.
William Burford
Opalotype portrait of William Burford, with details emphasised with black and white overpainting.
William Henville Burford
[General description] Upper body portrait of William Henville Burford, soap and candle manufacturer who founded the Adelaide firm of W. H. Burford & Sons. He had a brief stint in the House of Assembly from 1857-59.
Henry Thomas Burgess
{General description] This is a head and shoulders portrait of the Reverend H.T. Burgess, with the subject looking straight at the camera. He was a Wesleyan Methodist minister whose most important ecclesiastical contribution was his advocacy of union of the four branches of the Methodist movement. Also a journalist he was the author of several religious works, the best known being 'Methodism and the Twentieth Century' (Adelaide, 1901). [On front of photograph] '(Rev.) H.T. Burgess' - Secretary of the General Conference'.
Harry Butler, Lady Lydia Roger
Portrait: Harry Butler in flying gear with Lady Lydia Roger by his aircraft.