Newling, Charles, c. 1890, Photograph, B 3067
[General description] Portrait of William Allen Crouch showing his bushy white beard and kindly face. He is wearing a woollen jacket and waistcoat with a bow tie. William Allen Crouch was one of the earliest settlers in Mount Gambier. He owned land in the MacDonnell Bay district which he surveyed and subdivided into the township he called Allendale, and named the streets after his children Edmund, William and Geraldine. He was the first man to use Mount Gambier stone for buildings. He was a storekeeper, postmaster, National Bank agent, land and shipping agent before retiring to "Lowan Homestead" at Kalangadoo. [On back of photograph] W.A. Crouch J.P. Lowan, Kalangadoo, arrived S. Aust 1845 died 5 Oct. 1899. (photographer) Charles Newling 1890-98.