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Joseph Hawdon

c. 1836, Photograph, B 7389

[General description] Upper body portrait of Joseph Hawdon who arrived in Australia in 1834. He made his mark in South Australia as a grazier, overlander and mail carrier. Later (1840) moved to Victoria, then New Zealand where he was a member of the Legislatice Council until his death in 1871 [On back of photograph] 'Joseph Hawdon, reproduced from a portrait in Hawdon's typewritten journal in the Public Library of South Australia'.

George Charles Hawker

Dalwood, Thomas Caleb, c. 1890, Artwork, B 3712

[General description] This portrait of George Charles Hawker shows his head and shoulders, the face being in seven eights view. He has greying hair and a full beard and moustache. The portrait is entitled 'The late Hon.G. C. Hawker, M.A., M.P.' and is signed by the artist. He was a politician, a grazier and sheep breeder who owned Bungaree Station and an amateur horticulturalist.

Sir John Hindmarsh

Buchheister, 1849, Photograph, B 7009

[General description] This upper body portrait shows Sir John Hindmarsh in uniform with epaulettes, brass buttons and orders. His right hand is hidden in the front of his jacket. [On back of photograph] 'Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh , Knight Bachelor, RN, KH / First Governor of South Australia / Original portrait by the German artist Buchheister in 1849 / Presented by W.E. Hindmarsh Stephen / Original in possession of the Glenelg Corporation' [duplicate copyat PRG 458/1/2/2].

John McKinlay

Solomon, S., c. 1863, Photograph, B 5955

[General descripiton] Head and shoulders portrait of a grey haired and bearded John McKinlay in three quarter view. He was commissioned in 1861 by the South Australian government to search for the missing Burke and Wills party. He discovered their fate and burial places on the Coopers Creek, then pushed on up to the Gulf of Carpentaria. His party endured much hardship but due to his outstanding leadership and bush skills survived to return to Adelaide by sea. [On back of photograph] 'Portrait of John McKinlay the explorer / Probably reproduced after his death from an old photograph'.

Sir Douglas Mawson

Thomson, J., 1914, Photograph, B 4603

[General description] Moodily lit portrait of Sir Douglas Mawson showing head and upper body in three quarter view, the subject looking at the camera. He is clean-shaven and wears a matching jacket and waistcoat, a wing collar and a tie. This portrait was probably taken soon after he returned from the successful Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. He was knighted in 1914. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Douglas Mawson / 1914'.

Jacob Montefiore

Marks, B. S., c. 1880, Photograph, B 9394

Jacob Montefiore, company director, free trade politician, general merchant, grazier, Jewish community leader, Member of the Upper House, playwright, shipping agent. The plaque attached to this portrait states "Portrait of Jacob Montefiore Esq. JP. FRGS. Sole Surviving Commissioner for the Colony of South Australia. Painted for the Art Gallery of Adelaide".

Robert and Emma Morris and family

c. 1885, Photograph, B 40824

A photographic copy of what was probably an over-painted photographic portrait of members of the Morris family. Robert Morris and Emma Morris, nee Coombes, arrived in South Australia onboard the ship the 'Hesperides' in June 1876 with their three children Albert Edward, Walter Robert and Florence Ellen. Walter, Florence and their fourth child John, born 1877, died while the family were in South Australia. The family moved to New South Wales in about 1878. Daughter Mabel Martha was born in Bourke in 1879, son Percival in Cobar in 1881, and daughter Olive Maud Mary in Cobar in 1883. Percival died the same year. The portrait depicts, left to right, Olive, Robert, Albert, Mabel and Emma in about 1885. Another five children were born later. Most of the family, including Robert and Emma, relocated to Western Australia.

William J.S. Pullen

Trindall, W., c. 1880, Photograph, B 5851

[General description] Upper body portrait of William John Samuel Pullen in seven eighths view. He stands with one arm resting on the back of a chair. He wears a chin curtain beard and his uniform is probably that of a Vice Admiral (his rank at the time the portrait was taken). He interrupted his naval career to join the South Australian Company as an officer and assistant-surveyor and sailed to South Australia with Colonel William Light. He remained in South Australia for some years before returning to the navy.

Sir Edwin Thomas Smith

c. 1885, Photograph, B 7701

[General description] London studio portrait of Sir Thomas Edwin Smith; brewer, parliamentarian, civic leader and philanthropist. He is wearing court dress; a velvet suit with knee breeches, stockings and waistcoat with metal buttons. He carries a bicorne hat and a ceremonial sword. This portrait is most likely to have been taken when he was awarded K.C.M.G. in 1888. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Edwin Thomas Smith / Presented by W.S. Talbot Smith'.

Sir Edwin Thomas Smith

London Stereoscope Co., c. 1885, Photograph, B 7702

[General description] London studio portrait of Sir Thomas Edwin Smith; brewer, parliamentarian, civic leader and philanthropist. He is seated and wearing court dress; a velvet suit with knee breeches, stockings and waistcoat with metal buttons. He wears a bicorne hat and carries a ceremonial sword. This portrait is most likely to have been taken when he was awarded K.C.M.G. in 1888. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Edwin Thomas Smith / Presented by W.S. Talbot Smith'.

Sir Edwin Thomas Smith

London Stereoscope Co., c. 1885, Photograph, B 7703

[General description] London studio portrait of Sir Thomas Edwin Smith; brewer, parliamentarian, civic leader and philanthropist. He is seated and is wearing court dress; a velvet suit with knee breeches, stockings and waistcoat with metal buttons. He has a bicorne hat and a ceremonial sword. This portrait is most likely to have been taken when he was awarded K.C.M.G. in 1888. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Edwin Thomas Smith / Presented by W.S. Talbot Smith'.

Charles Sturt

Government Photolithographer (S.A.), c. 1849, Photograph, B 456

Charles Sturt, from a painting by Crossland. He was born in 1795 so that he would appear to have sat for this portrait in about 1849. However, according to the Adelaide Observer for March 12 1853, page 7, column 4, Crossland's portrait of Sturt had just recently been completed.

Captain Charles Sturt

c. 1850, Photograph, B 6847

Captain Charles Sturt. Notes on the back of the photograph states " the original portrait is in the possession of the Australasian Pioneers' Club, Sydney to which body it was presented by Phillip W Lethbridge. The original is a crayon drawing. Vide letter from the Mitchell Library April 24, 1952" Under the portrait are the following words " Captain Sir Charles Sturt KCMG of 39th Regiment. Born about 1800....Died 1869. In 1828 discovered the Rivers Daring and Bogan and traced the Murrumbidgee to its source. In 1829 discovered Lake Alexandrina a great inland sea. 1844 Cooper's Creek. His discoveries virtually established South Australia. In 1839 Surveyor General Commissioner for Lands and in 1848 Colonial Secretary".

John Warren of Springfield, Williamstown

Webb, George Alfred John, 1912, Artwork, B 62947

John Warren, son of pioneer John Warren of Springfield at Williamstown, who arrived in Adelaide in January 1838 on the ship 'Royal Admiral'. Portrait presented to John Warren as part of a testimonial on 4 November 1912.

Group of [women] Old Colonists [mosaic]

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985

Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

Tom Coward and Benjamin Pickworth Hunt

c. 1890, Photograph, B 61906

PORTRAIT: Police officer Tom Coward (left) and Benjamin Pickworth Hunt, Senior Inspector of Police standing with a bullion box from the 1852 Gold Escort. [Tom Coward's portrait, as a younger man in Police uniform, is available for viewing at State Library of Queensland website.]