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Sir Charles Todd
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in seven eighths view of Sir Charles Todd. He was an astronomer, meteorologist, electrical engineer and public service department head (Postmaster-General &Superintendent of Telegraphs) best known for his work on the Overland Telegraph linking Australia with London. He was made KCMG in June 1893.
Griffith George Todd
[General description] Informal portrait of Griffith George Todd aged in his eighties seated on the verandah of a red brick house. He was the brother of Sir Charles Todd. [On back of photograph] 'Griffith George Todd / Snap taken by Lance at 5 Beaconsfield Road / 15th January, 1934'
Alexander Tolmer
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in seven eighths view of Alexander Tolmer, colonial militiaman, and mounted policeman who was Inspector of Mounted Police from 1840. He was very successful in that role, spending much time in the bush pursuing bushrangers, cattle duffers and other miscreants and quelling trouble between whites and Aborigines. He was appointed Commissioner of Police from January 1852 during which time he established the gold escort from Victoria to South Australia. He was demoted to Superintendent in November 1853.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Richard Torrens drawn on stone by Charles Hill, and printed by J.H. Sherring & Co., Adelaide. The caption under the image reads 'Sir R.R. Torrens, G.C.M.G., author of the Real Property Act of South Australia'.
William Townsend
[General description] Full length portrait of William Townsend standing next to an ornate writing table. He is wearing a grey morning suit with tails, his hair is parted down the middle and he has a trimmed beard. He was a leading auctioneer, Mayor of Adelaide (1864-1866), Mayor of Unley (1878-1881) and a politician, starting his political career in 1857 when elected to the South Australia Legislative Assembly.
Mr. Raymond Baden Powell Treloar
Studio portrait of Ray (Raymond Baden Powell) Treloar. Ray was born on 18 May 1900 in Watervale, near Auburn in South Australia, to Arthur and Eva (nee Badcock) Treloar. In 1927 he married Ethel Madge Harvey. Died in 1979.
Captain William Tulloch
[General description] Upper body portrait of Captain William Tulloch, wearing his uniform. [On back of photograph] 'Captain William Tulloch of the 'Grace Darling', trading to the west coast / married Esther Armstrong (daughter of Mary, nee Murray, sister of William Murray of Glen Osmond) and was father of William Tulloch, Mayor of Woodville.'
Sarah Turner
Opalotype portrait of Sarah Turner, wife of John Turner, Wellington Rd., Payneham.
David Unaipon
Portrait of David Unaipon, a Ngarrindjeri man from Point McLeay Mission, writer, public speaker and inventor who made significant contributions to science and literature, and improvements in the conditions of Aboriginal people.
Crawford Vaughan
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Crawford Vaughan in three quarter view. He is wearing a stiff high collar with a tie and a matching jacket and waistcoat. He was a journalist and Labour politician who was Premier of South Australia from 3rd April 1915- 14th July 1917. The front of the photograph bears the inscription 'Lewis-Smith, The Blackstone, Chicago'. [On back of photograph] 'Crawford Vaughan'.
John Howard Vaughan
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of the subject as a young man, in three quarter view. [On back of photograph] 'John Howard Vaughan / Born November 14, 1879, South Australia. Son of Alfred and Louisa Vaughan. Educated Norwood State School, won Government Bursary, Prince Alfred College. LL.B. University of Adelaide 1900. Roby Fletcher Scholar in Logic and Psychology 1898. Member of Legislative Council 1912-1918. Attorney General 1915-17. Served with the 10th Batallion A.I.F. in France 1917-1918. Gazetted Lieutenant 1918. Admitted to the Bar 1900.'
Sir Joseph Cooke Verco
Head and upper body portrait of Sir Joseph Cooke Verco in seven eigths view. He is a distinguished looking man with greying hair and a pointed beard, wearing a dark suit and waistcoat and a wing collar and tie. He became Adelaide's most prominent physician, being knighted in 1919. He made a valuable contribution as a natural history collector and and conchologist, being President of the Royal Society of South Australia from 1903 until 1921.
Sir Joseph Verco
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir Joseph Verco, Adelaide's leading physician in his day and keen conchologist. He has short hair, slicked back, mutton chop whiskers and a semi-trimmed beard.
Hon. John Verran
This is an oval shaped portrait of the Hon. John Verran. Mounted in a cardboard frame, it shows his head and upper body in seven eighths view. He has a neat grey moustache and goatee style beard and wears matching jacket and waistcoat. [On back of photograph] 'Born at Gwennap, Cornwall, England, in 1856. He was a working miner at Moonta when elected to the House of Assembly for Wallaroo in June 1901. Seven years later he was chosen leader of the Parliamentary party. Premier and Commissioner of Public Works from June 1910 to 1912. Leader of the Opposition; Chairman of the Standing Railway Committee for three years, and was a member of the House of Assembly until the election of 1918 when, following the split with the Labour Party on the conscription issue he stood as a Nationalist and lost his seat. Elected Senator for South Australia by the State Parliament 30th August 1927 to fill the vacancy.'
Tommy Walker
[General description] Portrait of Poltpalingada Booboorowie (Tommy Walker) a Ngarrindjeri man who was a well known 'fringe dwelling' Adelaide identity in the later 1800s.
Tommy Walker
[General description] Tommy Walker, a Ngarrindjeri man whose Aboriginal name was Poltpalingada Booboorowie, seen in this portrait wearing a white beard and top hat. He was a leader amongst his people and became a well-known Adelaide identity.
Hon. Frederick Samuel Wallis
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of the subject, a very dapper gentleman with high shirt collar and clipped moustache looking straight at the camera. He was a printer by trade, trade union official and Labor politician. [On back of photograph] 'Hon. Frederick Samuel Wallis (from a photo taken in 1911) and the signature F.S.Wallis'.
Mrs Alice Walton
Ambrotype portrait of Mrs Alice Walton: nee Miss Alice Scruby, niece of W.R. Mortlock.
Ebenezer Ward
[General description] Upper body portrait of a young Ebenezer Ward. A man of parts, sometimes controversial he was a journalist, newspaper proprietor, parliamentarian and public servant. He wears a dark coat and waistcoat and has a beard and moustache.
Henry Warren
Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Warren: First Mayor of Port Pirie. In this photograph he is an elderly man with grey hair, moustache and beard. He was born in Melbourne in Derbyshire, England, and arrived in Australia aboard tahe ship 'Tubal Cain', and lived in Victoria for a year before settling in South Australia. He was a member of the firm of Messrs. Magarey & Co. at Hindmarsh, and built flour mills in the Two Wells district in 1867 and at Port Pirie in 1876. He retired to Kent Town and died in 1891.
F. G. Waterhouse
[General description] A head and shoulders portrait of Frederick George Waterhouse, naturalist and museum curator. In 1861 he accompanied John McDouall Stuart on his expedition across Australia and later became the curator of the South Australian Institute Museum which opened in January 1862.
Captain John Watts
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Captain John Watts, architect, close friend of the Macquarie family in NSW and South Australia's Postmaster General 1841-1861. He has grey hair and full beard and has pushed his wire rimmed spectacles up onto his forehead.
Dr. Edward Willis Way
[General description] A head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Edward Willis Way in three quarter view, facing right. He was a Lecturer on Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Adelaide. Edward married Marion Inman on 16.9.1874 and they had four children; Grace May 4.10.1875, Inman 1.9.1876, James 21.12.1877 and Marion 14.3.1879. Marion died on 21.3.1879 and Edward married Sarah Hill on 19.6.1880, they had one child Lina on 29.1.1881. Edward died suddenly while performing surgery on 28.9.1901 aged 54. An Obituary is published in The Register of 30.9.1901 pg 5 [On back of photograph] 'Dr. E.W. Way. M.B. Edin. / Lecturer on Obstetrics and Gynaecology / Univ. Adelaide / 188-19'.
Dr. Edward Willis Way
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Edward Willis Way, Lecturer on Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide.
Reverend James Way
Reverend James Way : medallion portrait. Reverend James Way was asked to form a Bible Christian Mission in Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850. The first chapel seating 160 was erected at Bowden. Other churches were established including Yankalilla, Normanville, Finniss Vale, Peachey Belt, Willunga, Findon and the City Chapel in Young Street. He retired after fifty years of dedicated service to the people of South Australia. He was the father of Samuel James Way
Lady Katherine Way
Portrait of Lady Katherine Way, in a large circular frame of embroidered flowers and ribbons.
Sir Samuel James Way
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Samuel James Way in full face view. He has short hair and neatly trimmed beard and moustache and wears metal framed spectacles and a check bow tie. He was Chief Justice of South Australia from 1876 until his death in 1916. In 1891 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of South Australia. In 1899 he was created a Baronet. He was a Grand Master of Freemasons.
Sir Samuel James Way
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Samuel James Way, Chief Justice of South Australia. He wears his judge's wig and gown and metal rimmed spectacles. He has a neatly trimmed beard and moustache.
Sir Samuel James Way
[General description] SIgned portrait of Sir Samuel James Way, Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.
Sir Samuel James Way
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Samuel James Way in three quarter view. Some of his achievements include: South Australia's Chief Justice, Lieutenant Governor, Member of Lower House, University Chancellor, Methodist lay preacher and Shropshire sheep breeder.