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Residents of Mount Gambier: Dr Peel

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3054

Studio portrait of Dr Robert Peel, medical officer at Mount Gambier Hospital.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Ted McKinlay

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3055

Studio portrait of Ted McKinley of Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Peter Byass

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3056

Studio portrait of Peter Byass of Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Mr & Mrs McArthur

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3057

Studio portrait of Mr and Mrs A. McArthur of Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: A.W. McGregor

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3058

Studio portrait of A.W. McGregor, manager of the National Bank, Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanac 1871 for further information.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: Ted Wehl

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3059

Studio portrait of Ted Wehl, eldest son of Edward Wehl (the first medical man in Mount Gambier).

Residents of Mount Gambier: James J. Barrow

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3060

Studio portrait of James J. Barrow, engineer at Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Thomas Graham

Adelaide Photographic Co., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3062

Studio portrait of Thomas Graham, surgeon at Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Abraham Wallace

c. 1875, Photograph, B 2997

Studio portrait of Abraham Wallace who arrived in Mount Gambier district about 1851. Afterwards took up Sturt's Meadows station near the Barrier and Elsey Station, Northern Territory. Husband of the author of 'Twelves years in Australia'.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Julius Heinemann

c. 1875, Photograph, B 2998

Studio portrait of Julius Heinemann, saddler of Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanac 1871 for further information.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: Frank Broadribb

Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co., c. 1875, Photograph, B 2999

Studio portrait of Frank Broadribb, owner of Munawa Station in the Victorian border.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Joseph Carter

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3000

Studio portrait of Joseph Carter, manager of Naracoorte Station before moving to Roma, Queensland.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Mrs P. Moore

Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3001

Studio portrait of Mrs Patrick Moore, nee Joanna Fitzgerald, of Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Margaret Preece

Norman, H., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3002

Carte de visite studio portrait of Margaret Preece, nee Callaghan/Calaghan, wife of Evan Preece of Mount Gambier. Margaret was an Irish orphan from County Cork who came to Tasmania with her sister under the London Emigration Scheme. She married convict Evan Preece (sentenced to hang for stealing a sheep with his brother John). When Evan was pardoned they left Tasmania with their 10 children and came, through Portland, to South Australia. Their last child, Alexander, was born in Mount Gambier in 1851.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Paxton, Harrald & Laurie

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3003

Studio portrait of (left to right) Charles Paxton (accountant at National Bank), W.H. Harrald and Andrew Frederick Laurie (founder and part proporietor of the 'Border Watch') all of Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanac 1865 for further details on Paxton and B 3003/A for Laurie.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: W.H. Harrald

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3004

Studio portrait of W.H. Harrald, accountant of Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanacs in the 1960s for further information.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: James Lawrence Stapleton

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1865, Photograph, B 3005

Studio portrait of James Lawrence Stapleton, Victorian telegraph station master at Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanac 1965 for further information.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: Mary Stapleton

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., 1864, Photograph, B 3006

Studio portrait of Mrs Mary Stapleton, wife of James Lawrence Stapleton, at Mount Gambier. Taken May 1964.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Mr & Mrs E.E. Maisey

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 3007

Studio portrait of Edward Ernest Maisey and Mary Anne Maisey, nee Scholes. E. E. Maisey was an agent and auctioneer at Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Captain French

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1870, Photograph, B 3008

Studio portrait of Captain French. He bought land at MacDonnell Bay in 1859 and ran a shipping office and fleet of lighters from there. He was also first mayor of Port Adelaide. He died at Port MacDonnell on 15 July 1877.

Residents of Mount Gambier: Abraham F. Barrett

Wyatt, Thomas J. J., c. 1865, Photograph, B 3009

Studio portrait of Abraham F. Barrett, merchant at Mount Gambier. (See Boothby's Almanac 1871 for further information.).

Residents of Mount Gambier: Giles Strangways

c. 1865, Photograph, B 3010

Studio portrait of Giles Edward Strangways, a surveyor in the early 1860s.

Residents of Mount Gambier: James Harvey

Adelaide Photographic Co., c. 1865, Photograph, B 3011

Studio portrait of James Harvey, one of the early surveyors of the Mount Gambier district.

Residents of Mount Gambier: J.T. Gore

c. 1870, Photograph, B 3013

Studio portrait of J.T. Gore, architect of many buildings in Mount Gambier.

Residents of Mount Gambier: James Laurie

c. 1870, Photograph, B 3015

Studio portrait of James Park Dawson Laurie, co-founder of the 'Border Watch' and brother to Andrew Frederick Laurie (see B 3003). In 1870 retired from firm to begin grazing in Naracoorte district.