Duryea, Townsend, c. 1870, Photograph, B 11134
Captain John Hart, pioneer and Cabinet Minister, 1869-73. Premier 1865-66, 1868, 1870-71. He started his seafaring career at the age of 12 when he went to sea and visited Van Diemen's Land. After many voyages he managed a whaling station at Encounter Bay. He eventually gave up the sea in 1846 and settled near Port Adelaide where along with partner H Kent Hughes he established flour mills. He was interested in copper mining and later public affairs