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Nurses Doris Brinsley and Dorothy Rodgers

Hammer & Co., c. 1916, Photograph, B 71124

Studio portrait of Army nurses Sister Doris Brinsley [on left] and Sister Dorothy Rodgers. Both are wearing the full Army nurses' uniform. Doris Brinsley was born 18 September 1892, daughter of George Arthur Brinsley and Anna Rosina nee Wilcox. She enlisted 18 June 1917 at Adelaide and embarked for overseas 9 November 1917. She left the service 18 February 1920.

Rev. John Baptist Austin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 71179

Head and shoulders studio portrait of the Rev. John Baptist Austin, 1799-1882.

Archibald Munro and H. Shearer

Ross Studios, 1926, Photograph, B 70886

Studio portrait of Archibald James Munro (left) [a Barwell Boy who sailed from London aboard the 'Benalla' in May 1924] and H. Shearer. Photo by Ross Studios, 214 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Douglas J. Byard

Hammer & Co., 1909, Photograph, B 71236

Portrait of Douglas John Byard, copied from a photograph in H.T. Burgess' 'Cyclopedia of South Australia', volume 2, page 40.

Charles Moulden Farrington

c. 1870, Photograph, B 71258

Ambrotype portrait of Charles Moulden Farrington, nephew of Joseph Edlin Moulden. He was born 10 April 1825. The ambrotype's glass plate has been highlighted with gold for the sitter's watch chain, signet ring and the book binding.

Margaret Perkins Moulden

c. 1850, Photograph, B 71259

Daguerreotype portrait of Margaret Perkins Moulden. The glass plate has been hand-tinted with gold for the sitter's wedding ring and brooch, and her face and hands with pale pink. The chair covering has been coloured blue.

Emily Meredith

c. 1855, Photograph, B 71260

Ambrotype portrait of Emily Meredith, nee Allport, wife of Edward William Meredith. The glass plate has been tinted with gold for the sitter's brooch and looking glass.

Mary Ann Meredith

c. 1845, Photograph, B 71262

Daguerreotype portrait of Mary Ann Meredith, taken in England. Her gown is worn off the shoulder, with short sleeves reaching to her elbows. Her hair is parted in the centre and dressed in ringlets.

Mary Ann Meredith

c. 1845, Photograph, B 71263

Daguerreotype portrait possibly of Mary Ann Meredith, taken in England by Beard's Photographic Institutions, London and Liverpool (stamped in gold on back of cabinet).

Rosetta Susanna Hinton

c. 1850, Photograph, B 71264

Daguerreotype portrait of Rosetta Susanna Hinton, taken in England by Beard's Photographic Institutions, London and Liverpool (stamped in gold on back of cabinet).

Sylvia Birdseye

News and Sunday Mail photographer, c. 1960, Photograph, B 71279

Portrait of Sylvia Jessie Catherine Birdseye, one of Australia's first bus drivers.

Rhoda Preedy

c. 1915, Photograph, B 71510

Portrait of Rhoda Emma Mary Preedy. Rhoda was born in 1875 the eldest child of William Henry Hewson and Emma Hewson (nee Paice) in St Mary Islington, London. In the mid 1880s William, a painter and decorator, and Emma brought their young family to South Australia and established a business. On 15 September 1896 Rhoda married Albert Preedy with whom she had two children; Albert Lionel Preedy (30 May 1898) and Winifred Edna Preedy (22 August 1901). In 1927 with a degree in Dentistry Winifred became the second woman to graduate from the University of Adelaide. Rhoda married Thomas Flint on 7 April 1928 and died on 12 July 1942. She is buried in the North Road Cemetery.

Portrait of a man

c. 1880, Photograph, B 57356/39

Portrait of a man.

Portrait of a woman

c. 1880, Photograph, B 57356/40

Portrait of a woman.

Portrait of a small child

Rothwell & Co., c. 1880, Photograph, B 57356/41

Portrait of a small girl seated on a velvet covered chair and hold a basket of flowers.

Portrait of an older woman

Dimond Studio, c. 1880, Photograph, B 57356/43

Studio portrait of an older woman.

George Ernest Meadows

c. 1889, Photograph, B 71679

Full length tintype portrait of George Ernest Meadows, wearing a suit and hat, and leaning against a fence made of branches, with a studio backdrop in the background.

Augustus Short

Richmond, George, 1847, Artwork, B 7939/2

Lithograph of a drawing by Sir George Richmond, of Bishop Augustus Short, DD, first Bishop of Adelaide, 1847-1882. The inscription under the artwork reads 'To Miss Burdett Coutts / through whose munificence / The See of Adelaide was founded. / This portrait of its first Bishop / The Revd Augustus Short, D.D.'. The See's badge is centred in the text.

Hubert and Vernon Anders

c. 1904, Photograph, B 71786

Portrait of Vernon Otto Anders (born 21 May 1900) and his brother Hubert Melton (born 11 September 1901). They were the children of Ernst Otto Ander and his wife Marie Friedericke Bessen.

William Costen Burgess

c. 1895, Photograph, B 71788

Opalotype portrait of William Costen Burgess. Burgess is believed to have been born 1 April 1842 in South Australia (not recorded) and died North Boulder, WA, on 12 November 1902. He was a farmer at Red Bank farm, River Gawler; a publican at both Port Broughton and Collinsfield (both in SA) and a miner in in Western Australia from 1893. He was also living at Aberdeen, Burra in 1878. Biographical notes may be found at D 8278(Misc).

Robert R Leake

Johnson & Co., 1844, Photograph, B 3079

Photograph of an artwork portrait of Robert Rowland Leake, the elder of the two brothers who owned Glencoe Station, in South Australia's South East.

George John Crawford

Hammer & Co., c. 1830, Photograph, B 7016

Photographic print of a portrait of George John Crawford as a young man (the original is an artwork). Annotation under the image reads 'George John Crawford Esq. appointed 2nd Judge of Supreme Court of SA by Letters Patent, 27th June 1850. Died 24 September 1852.'

Catherine Helen Spence

1910, Photograph, B 46492

Portrait of Catherine Helen Spence. The caption under the image reads: ' Catherine Helen Spence, "The Grand Old Lady of Australia", Author, Philanthropist, Reformer, Lay Preacher, Born at Melrose, Scotland, 31st October 1825; arrived in South Australia 1839; died at Norwood 3rd April, 1910'.