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Ministers attending the Wesleyan Conference of South Australia, 1898

1898, Photograph, B 59539

GENERAL: Composite view of portraits of ministers attending the Wesleyan Conference of South Australia, 1898.

Members of the Wigg family

Joyner, Frederick Allen, 1885, Photograph, B 59552

Members of the Wigg family sitting in a garden. This view was taken by renowned South Australian pictorial photographer Frederick Joyner and is captioned 'My first group'. Tentative identification of the people shown: governess seated on far left; Mary Davidson (second from left) and her sister Annie Joyner next to her. The child with Annie is probably her son, Max Joyner, and the two boys on the ground are probably Hugh Davidson (left) and his brother Edgar.

Wigg family and friends

Joyner, Frederick Allen, 1890, Photograph, B 59562

Members of the Wigg family with friends. From left: Mr and Mrs Cresswell; Elsie Wigg (front): Mrs Wigg; Mr Wigg; Harry Wigg; Miss Edwards (back right).

Bridesmaids with Annie Emma Sweet on her wedding day

1880, Photograph, B 60371

Bridesmaids with Annie Emma Sweet on the day of her marriage to William Richard (W.R.) Pybus. William's sisters are in the bridal party; seen here Mary Ann Pybus (born 1860) [far left], and Ellen (born 1852) [far right].

Baby sitting on a Canadian chair

c. 1910, Photograph, B 60662

Studio portrait of a baby, on a Canadian chair with turned wood and moulded plywood components.

Historian and writer John Wood

Messenger Press, 1991, Photograph, B 60807

Historian and writer, John Wood, with his book on the history of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Susan Grace Benny

c. 1919, Photograph, B 60835

Susan Grace Benny, the first woman appointed to Local Government in South Australia; she served on the Brighton Council on behalf of Seacliff ward from November 1919 to December 1921.

Symon family

c. 1903, Photograph, B 62727

Members of the Symon family at Manoah, Sir Josiah Symon's residence at Upper Sturt.Standing L-R: Margaret and Kilmeny. Seated L-R: Lenore, Charles, Lady Mary Eleanor Symon, Carril, Romilly and Sir Josiah Symon. Seated in front L-R: Oliver, Angel, Mary and Oscar.

Victor York Richardson

Coventry, Lionel, c. 1945, Artwork, B 62822

A caricature by Lionel Coventry of Victor York Richardson, sportsman and radio commentator. Victor York Richardson scored 27 centuries in first-class cricket, represented Australia at baseball, South Australia at golf and tennis, and excelled at lacrosse, basketball, and swimming. He captained South Australia and Australia at cricket, a South Australian captain of football, and an outstanding gymnast, athlete, and hockey player. He later became a journalist and a radio commentator.

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock

c. 1949, Photograph, B 68335

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Beech). Photographed shortly after her marriage to John Andrew Tennant Mortlock.

Dorothy and John Mortlock

1948, Photograph, B 68336

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Beech) and John Andrew Tennant Mortlock standing outside St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide. They were married in the Lady Chapel of St. Peter's Tuesday 7 December 1948.

Dorothy and John Mortlock

c. 1948, Photograph, B 68337

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Beech) and John Andrew Tennant Mortlock standing outside St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, possibly at the time of their marriage.

Dorothy and John Mortlock

c. 1948, Photograph, B 68338

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Beech) and John Andrew Tennant Mortlock standing outside St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, possibly at the time of their marriage.

Dorothy and John Mortlock

c. 1948, Photograph, B 68339

Dorothy Elizabeth Mortlock (nee Beech) and John Andrew Tennant Mortlock standing outside St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, possibly at the time of their marriage.