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Alfred Keith Minchin

c. 1945, Photograph, B 28221

Alfred Keith Minchin.

R.E. Minchin

1866, Photograph, B 22964

R.E. Minchin, Zoo Director.

R.E. Minchin

c. 1867, Photograph, B 22965

R.E. Minchin, Zoo Director.

Mrs R.E. Minchin

c. 1862, Photograph, B 22966

Mrs R.E. Minchin, wife of the Director of the Zoological Gardens.

Ronald Richard Minchin

c. 1938, Photograph, B 27878

Ronald Richard Minchin.

Mr and Mrs Caleb Mitchell

c. 1890, Photograph, B 43435

Caleb Mitchell and Ann Mitchell, nee Paddick, Clarendon.

Mrs. Helen Mitchell

1864, Photograph, B 27051

Mrs. Helen Mitchell, wife of Mount Gambier hotelkeeper.

Army officer, Percival Harris Mitchell

c. 1913, Photograph, B 49538

Percival Harris Mitchell, army officer.

Eustace Reveley Mitford

c. 1910, Photograph, B 23411

Eustace Reveley Mitford.

A. M. Moile

Solomon, S., 1879, Photograph, B 41855

A.M. Moile.

Albert Claude Molineux of the Register staff. The Register was originally known as the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register and later the South Australian Register was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1936 and moved to Adelaide in 1837. Albert Molineux was an agricultural writer and editor for the Observer in 1875. He was married to Helen Sim in the Flinders Street Baptist Church in 1925

A. B. Moncrieff

c. 1880, Photograph, B 3834

A. B. Moncrieff.

Jacob Montefiore

Fradelle & Young, c. 1865, Photograph, B 11232

Jacob Montefiore was a merchant and one of the South Australian Colonization Commissioners. He assisted in the preparation of the ships that would convey Colonel Light's party to South Australia to select the site of the colony's capital city

Captain John Monfries

Fruhling Studio, c. 1890, Photograph, B 38222

Captain John Monfries.

William H. Moodie

Adelaide Photographic Co., c. 1880, Photograph, B 7898

William H. Moodie.

Hadrian Moody

Rothwell & Co., 1902, Photograph, B 16261

Hadrian Moody - Register staff member. The Register was originally known as the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register and later the South Australian Register was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1936 and moved to Adelaide in 1837. He became sporting editor

Robert Waters Moore

Otto Von Hartitzsch & Co., c. 1890, Photograph, B 11151

Dr. Robert Waters Moore was a prominent surgeon and medical practitioner in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He took up a practice in Burra, then was selected to act as Colonial Surgeon, the Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum and President of the Medical Board. He was highly literate and owned a library considered to be one of the best in the colony. He had an extensive practice and was very popular among the poor to whom he was always kind and considerate

Matthew Moorhouse

c. 1870, Photograph, B 10848

Matthew Moorhouse [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/11]. He was an English pioneer in Australia and Protector of Aborigines, pastoralist and politician in South Australia. He published "A Vocabulary and Outline of the Grammatical Structure of the Murray River Language" in 1846. He returned to England to promote migration. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the City of Adelaide. He became a pastoralist and lived on his station "Bartagunyah" near Melrose.

James Moorhouse

Fall, F., 1870, Photograph, B 2395

James Moorhouse.

Daniel Morgan

c. 1870, Photograph, B 47600

Daniel Morgan, bushranger.

Daniel Morgan

c. 1870, Photograph, B 47600/1

Daniel Morgan, bushranger.

Daniel Morgan

c. 1870, Photograph, B 47600/2

Daniel Morgan, bushranger.

Sir William Morgan

Solomon, S., c. 1885, Photograph, B 6989

Sir William Morgan, Premier, gold miner, free trade politician, produce merchant and wholesaler. He arrived in SA in 1849, worked on the land then went to the Victorian gold diggings. He established a wholesale and retail grocery shop in Hindley Street and later Currie Street. He entered politics in 1867, was Premier in 1878. He was far-seeing, imaginative and energetic. He was a self-made man with liberal opinions and was an excellent speaker.

Edward James Morgan

1941, Photograph, B 10872

Edward James Ranembe Morgan was a barrister, industrial arbitrator, judge and soldier. He moved to Adelaide from Queensland with his family and attended St Peters Collegiate School on a scholarship. In 1927 he became a partner in Norman, Waterhouse and Morgan. He held various positions on boards and was knighted in 1952

George Morphett

Gill, Samuel Thomas, c. 1849, Artwork, B 336

George Morphett. A drawing from S.T.Gill's "Heads of the People". Artist's caption reads 'Bearing Bank Interest'.

George Cummins Morphett

1951, Photograph, B 12409

Mr and Mrs G.C. Morphett, their son, Hurtle Cummins Morphett and 8 year old grandson John Cummins Morphett. Note on the back of the mounting says "Photograph taken [at Cummins] on occasion of golden wedding of Mr and Mrs GC Morphett, 12 June, 1951. Left to right = George Cummins Morphett, Violet Alice Morphett (nee Sanderson), Hurtle Cummins Morphett (son) and John Cummins Morphett, 8 years old, (grandson). A newspaper clipping is also attached. "Third Golden Wedding in old historic home. The golden anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs George Morphett at Cummins, Morphettville, on Tuesday June 12, will be the third golden wedding celebrated in this historic home. Invitations to the celebration have been sent out. The three generations are, Sir John and Lady Morphett (nee Elizabeth Fisher) 1838-1888; John Cummins and Mary Frances Morphett (nee Sanders) 1875-1925; and George Cummins and Violet Alice Morphett (nee Anderson) 1901-1951. John Morphett, son of Nathaniel Morphett, solicitor of Chancery Lane, arrived from England in the "Cygnet" on September 6, 1836, and his wife, Elizabeth Fisher, eldest daughter of James Hurtle Fisher, arrived in the "Buffalo" on December 28, 1836. Cummins (section 152 Morphettville) was acquired by John Morphett by virtue of Land Oder No. 266 on May 15, 1838, and the homestead, built in 1842, is one of the oldest in the State."

Sir John Morphett

Fratelli Alinari, c. 1885, Photograph, B 6194

Sir John Morphett , landowner, politician, explorer, benefactor. John and his brother George, whilst in England pressed for the establishment of a colony in southern Australia. After his arrival in South Australia in 1836 he confirmed the site of Adelaide. He believed wool growing would be more profitable than agriculture in the newly formed colony. He gave advice on land and commerce. He supported every good cause. He died at his residence, Cummins House at Morphettville.

Sir John Morphett

Lawrence, Thomas, c. 1834, Artwork, B 61199

Sir John Morphett.

Sir John Morphett

Duryea, 1865, Photograph, B 10205

Sir John Morphett was born in London, met Colonel William Light while working in Egypt. He became interested in investing in the South Australian Company and arrived in Adelaide in 1836. He and his family profited greatly from land transactions. He made his stand in the new colony becoming a Member of the Legislative Council, sharing an interest in horse racing, encouraging South Australia as a pastoral colony. He founded South Australia's first Freemason Lodge.

Sir John Morphett

c. 1885, Photograph, B 11135

Sir John Morphett, South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician met Colonel William Light and became interested in colonisation schemes for South Australia. With his brother George he set up an agency and offered his services as a land broker for the South Australia Company. He arrived in Adelaide on the "Cygnet" in 1836 and secured land for his family and clients. He was a Freemason and died at Cummins House at Novar Gardens

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