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Edward Spicer
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in seven eighths view of eighty year old pioneering pastoralist and philanthropist Edward Spicer. He has a neatly trimmed beard without moustache and wears a double breasted jacket. [On back of photograph] 'E. Spicer / Rose Park / Ship Winchester / Age 80 / 1st January 1897 / Arrived in the Colony 1838 / Born in London'.
Edward Squire
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Mr. Squire with short hair and a trimmed beard and moustache. He was killed in an accident to the carriage which he was driving down a steep section of Belair Road on October 7th, 1893. [On front of photograph] 'The late Mr. Edward Squire, Deputy Postmaster General, Adelaide / Died October 7th, 1893'.
James Lawrence Stapleton
Daguerreotype portrait of James Lawrence Stapleton.
James Lawrence Stapleton
An occupational ambrotype portrait of James Lawrence Oliver Stapleton sitting with his telegraph device. Tinting is visible in the pink of the cheeks, and golden buttons, pocket watch chain, and telegraph device. In an embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame. James Stapleton was the telegraph Station Master and Mount Gambier, and Station Master at Barrow Creek Telegraph Station on 22 February 1874 when it was attacked by local Aborigines. Stapleton died of his wounds the following day.
Sophie Stapleton and Marguerite Aurelie
Daguerreotype portrait of Sophie Stapleton and Marguerite Aurelie, both wearing checked dresses with hooped skirts. Buttons and jewellery have been tinted gold. In an embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame.
James Stein
This is a head and shoulders portrait of James Stein, one of South Australia's early pastoralists.
George Milner Stephen
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of George Milner Stephen in seven eighths view. He has short curly hair and a neat trimmed beard. He served as Colonial Secretary in South from October 1838- July 1839. He was an able administrator and lawyer who at one time became embroiled in controversy in land speculation. Later in his life he became known as a faith healer. [On back of photograph] 'Presented by Under Secretary'.
George Milner Stephen
[General description] Seated portrait of George Milner Stephen.
George Milner Stephen
[General description] In this upper body portrait a charismatic George Milner Stephen looks straight at the photographer. He sports a fashionable hair style and a large bow tie. He was Acting Governor of South Australia for a brief period between the departure of Governor Hindmarsh (July 1838) and the arrival of Governor Gawler (October 1838). [On back of photograph] 'George Milner Stephen / F.G.S. (London and Cornwall) / F. Natural History Society of Dresden / F.R.S. (Sydney) / Barrister-at-Law Middle Temple London / Acting Governor of South Australia 1838 / Copied from a deguerrotype made in 1841 in London / Presented by A.E. Hindmarsh Stephen'.
Edward Stephens
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Stephens, banker, company manager, Member of Upper House and Methodist lay leader. [On back of photograph] 'Edward Stephens / First manager of first bank in South Australia / Member of board of S.A. Company 1841-1849 / With William Bartley he was one of the first two members of the Board of Advice of S.A. Company'.
Edward Stephens
Daguerreotype portrait of Edward Stephens wearing a frock coat and waistcoat, with his watch-chain passing through a waistcoat button-hole, and a cravat.
John Stephens
[General description] This is a portrait of John Stephens, seated at a table with a copy of the 'Christian Advocate', a paper he helped found in 1832. He emigrated to Adelaide in 1843 where he founded The Adelaide Observer and acquired the South Australian Register in June 1845. [On back of photograph] 'John Stephens / (brother of Samuel and Edward Stephens) Journalist, author of the 'History of South Australia' / Reproduced from a painting in the 'Register' Office, Adelaide. (Note by J.M.) 'At present in the Historical Section of the Art Gallery, March 1949'.
George Stevenson
[General description] This is a photograph of a gilt-framed portrait of George Stevenson. Born in 1799 in Berwick-on-Tweed, U.K., he sailed to South Australia on the 'Buffalo' as private secretary to Captain John Hindmarsh. In partnership with Robert Thomas, who brought out the printing plant on the Africaine in November 1836, he published the first edition of the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register in Adelaide on June 3, 1837. His newspaper career came to an end in 1842 when Adelaide was affected by economic downturn. He was a keen gardener, experimenting with a wide variety of vines, fruit and vegetables in his garden at Adelaide. Due to this work he became widely known as "the father of horticulture in South Australia". [On back of photograph] 'George Stevenson / First editor and part proprietor of the "South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register" / Printed from a negative in the posession of Miss V. de Mole North Terrace'.
Alexander Stewart
[General description] Upper body portrait of Mr Alexander Stewart. He was a pioneering grazier for some years but was eventually driven out of the pastoral business by harsh seasonal conditions. He then took up the lease of the White Hart Hotel in Aberdeen, Burra, and later built the Bon Accord Hotel in the same place. [On back of photograph] 'Alexander Stewart / Pastoralist and publican / See Cockburn's Pastoral Pioneeers vol. 2, page 261 / Said by Cockburn to have arrived in the 'Fairfield', but his grand-daughter Miss A. Terry states that Mr. Stewart himself always said that he came out in 1840 in the 'Fairlie' / This is borne out by the crew list for the 'Fairlie' / See Archives 743 / 1840 / p. 240 / Presented by Miss. A. Terry'.
Edward Charles Stirling
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Charles Stirling in seven eighths view. He was a surgeon, scientist and politician, knighted in 1917. He was the Director of the South Australian Museum 1884-1912.
Ernest Alfred Stow
Portrait of Ernest Alfred Stow. Ernest Alfred Stow was born 18 January 1864 in Felixstow, S.A., to Randolph Isham and Frances Mary Stow (nee MacDermott). He died 27 March 1885 in South Australia.
Randolph Isham Stow
[General description] Upper body portrait of Randolph Isham Stow, politician and highly regarded judge, appointed to the Supreme Court in the place of William Alfred Wearing after his untimely death in the''Gothenburg' shipwreck.
John McDouall Stuart
[General description] A full length portrait of John McDouall Stuart, explorer, standing facing the photographer. Bearded and wearing a frock-coat, he is resting his right hand on a pillar and is holding a scroll. [On back of photograph] 'John McDouall Stuart'.
Samuel White Sweet
[General description] A full-length portrait of a bearded Samuel White Sweet, standing with his right hand resting on an elaborately carved table. He is wearing a cap and double breasted jacket and holding a furled umbrella in his left hand. He left his career as a Master Mariner in the British Navy to become one of Australia's first great outdoor photographers.
Sir Josiah Henry Symon
[General description] This portrait of Sir Josiah Henry Symon, lawyer, politician and federationalist, shows his head and shoulders in seven eights view. He is grey haired with a moustache and wears a polka dot bow tie. His face is lit to provide contrast with the dark background. The photograph bears a signature which reads; 'Most truly yours, J.H. Symon' and beneath it '17 Feby. 1927 / Photo taken March 1919' (Another hand) 'For biographical particulars see Who's Who in Australasia' One of Adelaide's prominent citizens, he was a philanthropist donating to many public institutions with a particular interest in Minda Home.
Sir Josiah Henry Symon
Studio portrait of Sir Josiah Henry Symon, Barrister, taken by Steffens-Colmer of Vancouver, B.C. [Canada].
Andrew Tennant
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of a trimly-bearded Andrew Tennant, pastoralist and politician. He was also a generous patron of the racetrack and breeder of racehorses. He wears a striped jacket, buttoned at the chest and a bow-tie.
Andrew Tennant
[General description] Full length studio portrait of Andrew Tennant, wealthy pastoralist, Member of Parliament and successful racehorse owner and breeder.
Andrew Tennant
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Andrew Tennant in three quarter view. He was a small child when his family arrived in the colony on the Duchess of Northumberland in December 1839. He grew up to become a successful grazier, owning several sheep stations in the north of South Australia, also had interests in mining companies, the South Australia Company and the Adelaide Steamship Co. He was a generous patron of the turf, owning and breeding racehorses. He was also a Member of Parliament in both houses.
Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas, the subject facing left. His hair is worn short and he has a trim moustache. In 1877 he became the principal joint proprietor of the South Australian Register, and also edited the Observer. He was knighted in 1910 and died soon after at his home, Ardington on Brougham Place North Adelaide. For a photograph, see B 3459.
Robert Thomas
[General description] Portrait of grey haired Robert Thomas, seated with one hand resting on a table. He wears a dark jacket, light waistcoat and bow tie. He has mutton- chop whiskers. He came with his wife Mary and children to South Australia on the 'Africaine', arriving in Holdfast Bay in November 1836. He founded the publishing firm of R. Thomas & Co, which started the 'Register' newspaper and acquired the 'Adelaide Chronicle'. He prospered for a time but economic hardships rendered the firm insolvent in 1842.
George Tinline
Head and shoulders portrait of George Tinline, in an oval frame. He has trimmed grey hair and beard. He was an accountant, banker and pastoralist.
Henry William Thompson
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Henry William Thompson in seven eighths view. He wears impressive mutton chop whiskers. He was a seaman who left the sea and went to work for Clarke, McKenzie & Co., ships' chandlers of Port Adelaide, later a member of the Port Adelaide Council, then Mayor from 1881-2. He won a seat in the Legislative Concil for the Central District in May 1902.
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a shadowy head and upper body portrait of Sir Charles Todd in later life. He is facing left and has greying hair, moustache and beard. Arriving in Adelaide in 1855, he became Postmaster General, Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer of South Australia. The most famous of his many achievements was his conception and leadership of the installation of the Port Augusta- Darwin overland single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. In June 1893 he was made K.C.M.G.
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a moodily lit artistic portrait of Sir Charles Todd as a dignified elderly gentleman. A man of many parts, he was an astronomer, meteorologist, electrical engineer and public servant. He is best known for his leadership of the establishment of the overland (from Adelaide to Darwin) single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. He was appointed C.M.G in 1872 and promoted to K.C.M.G in 1893.