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Sir R. G. MacDonnell
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir R. G. MacDonnell, KCMG, in seven eighths view. He has grey hair, prominent side whiskers and moustache and wears orders and medals. The one worn around his neck is probably the Order of the Bath. He served as Governor of South Australia from June 1855 until March 1862.
Lady MacDonnell
[General description] Portrait of Lady MacDonnell (wife of Sir Richard G. MacDonnell). She is seated and wears the extremely full skirt of the era with elaborate sleeves.
Hugh Mackay
[General description] Portrait of Hugh MacKay, pastoralist, one of the early managers for Yardea Station in the eighteen sixties. He is depicted in three quarter view, seated, and wearing a loose coat buttoned at the neck over a vest. His trousers have a stripe down the outer seam. He has a full beard.
James J. Mackay
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of James J. MacKay. He wears a short beard.
R. G. Bowen
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in three quarter view of R. G. Bowen: a lawn tennis champion for the State. He was Secretary of the Glen Osmond Lawn Tennis Club and Treasurer for a time. He was also Secretary of the South Australian Tennis Association.
David Bower
[General description] Portrait of David Bower, seated, wearing a long fur-trimmed robe, probably the Mayoral Robe for Port Adelaide of which he was Mayor from 1876-78. He is holding a scroll in his left hand.
David Bower
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of David Bower, Member of Parliament in 1865 and building contractor at Port Adelaide where he became Mayor in 1876-1878. A philanthropist, he built the Jubilee Homes, better known as David Bower Cottages on Bower Road, in Semaphore Park to house distressed seamen. He became known as "the father of Port Adelaide". In this photograph he is wearing a square shaped chin strap beard.
Thomas & John Bowman
[General description] Portrait of Thomas R. Bowman and John Bowman, seated at a small table. They were pioneering pastoralists in the north and mid-north of Adelaide. See B 11300.
Thomas R. Bowman
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas R. Bowman in three quarter view. He was one of four brothers who came to South Australia in 1838 after a few years in Tasmania. With his brothers he was a pioneering pastoralist aquiring properties in the Dry Creek area, later in the mid north at Werocata, Crystal Brook and Martindale. They were reputedly very hard workers, doing much of the station work themselves. Thomas was at the Crystal Brook run for twenty years. He was a generous philanthropist giving large donations to charities in the year before his death.
Rev. Charles Bright
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in three quarters view of Rev. Charles Bright, popular pastor at Norwood Baptist Church from 1892 to 1910. He was President of the Baptist Union, 1896-1897.
Harry Bristowe
[General description] Mr Bristowe is seated for this upper body portrait, facing the camera in three quarter view. He is wearing a beard and moustache. [On back of photograph] 'Harry Bristowe (cabinet-maker) / early settler, Mount Gambier.'
John McKinlay
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of explorer John McKinlay. He has a youthful face but grey hair and beard. See B 5955 for info.
John McKinlay
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of a grey haired and bearded John McKinlay in three quarter view. He was a grazier and explorer, who led one of the search parties for the Burke and Wills expedition.
John McKinlay
Upper body ambrotype portrait of John McKinlay the explorer. He is seated and wears a dark jacket buttoned at the top, white shirt and cravat. His hair and beard are dark in this photograph so the date is probably in early 1860s around the time of his expedition to find Burke and Wills. In embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame.
John McInnes
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of John McInnes. He is wearing a gown with lace collar and cuffs. Born in Scotland, John McInnes assisted in forming the S.A. Government Workers' Association in 1905 and served as secretary until 1911. He was President of the Trades and Labor Council, 1908; ALP Member of Parliament; Speaker of the Assembly; Mayor of Hindmarsh, 1933-1939. Buried at Hindmarsh Cemetery. [On back of photograph] 'J.McInnes'.
Sir Malcolm McIntosh
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir Malcolm McIntosh, Cabinet Member in the 1950s Playford Government. He is wearing a winged collar and tie and a matching jacket and waistcoat. A watchchain hangs from his waistcoat. [On back of photograph] 'Mr. McIntosh'.
Charles Mann, Junior
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Mann, Junior. He is wearing modest 'mutton chop' side whiskers and has no beard. Born in Adelaide in 1838 he attended the Collegiate School of S.t Peter and then had further training in law. He was admitted to practice in 1860 and later had a distinguished parliamentary career, serving at times as attorney general and treasurer. In 1875 he was appointed QC and in 1879 was awarded the title 'Honorable' for life. [On back of photograph] 'Charles Mann, Junior'.
Dr. James Mann
[General description] Portrait in three quarter view with the subject seated on a chair. [On back of photograph] 'Dr. James Mann / Medical Officer to the Destitute Asylum / 1882-84'.
George Bradley Marchant
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of George Bradley Marchant in three quarter view.
Thomas Martin
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Thomas Martin, seated, seen in seven eighths view. He arrived at Holdfast Bay in the Tam O'Shanter in November 1836, initially going into business in a butcher's shop with his brother Henry. Later, they made a fortune in copper mining with Thomas going on to be a prominent Adelaide businessman and landowner, owning property in Rundle and King William Streets. After his death three fifths of his estate (a sum of approximately 150,000 pounds) was bequeathed to the hospitals. [On back of photograph] 'Thomas Martin / Benefactor of the Adelaide Hospital and the Children's Hospital / Died May 21, 1898'.
Maurice, Price
Portrait of Price Maurice.
Sir Douglas Mawson
[General description] Seated outdoor portrait of a dapper Sir Douglas Mawson around the time he received his knighthood (in 1914).
Frederick May
Frederick May J.P.
H.A.E. Meyer
[General description] Portrait of Heinrich August Eduard Meyer, Lutheran missionary and student of the customs and language of the Ngarrindjeri people.
Dr Millner and Family
Dr Millner and Family. This arrangement of five portraits depicts Dr James Stokes Millner, his wife Elizabeth, son William and two daughters Esther and Grace. Dr Millner is heavily bearded and has thinning hair. Mrs Millner has her long dark hair arranged in a bun adorned with a flower. Their young son is standing with his elbow on a desk and he is possibly ten years old. The two daughters are possibly thirteen and fifteen years old and have ringlets in their dark hair.
Sir William Milne
[General description] Upper body portrait of pioneer Sir William Milne. He arrived in the colony in 1839 in the Palmyra, built a successful distillery business and later served in both the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament. He was influential in the Crown Lands Department and the Overland and other telegraph lines, and appointed KB in 1876. He was active on several boards and a volunteer as a captain in the mounted and foot forces.
Samuel James Mitchell
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of the subject who is looking almost directly at the camera. He has a moustache and is wearing a high buttoned double breasted coat with a wing collar and tie. He was a politician, administrator and judge, becoming the first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory. [On back of photograph] 'Mr. Justice Samuel James Mitchell / In the eighteen nineties'.
Samuel James Mitchell
[General description] Upper body portrait of Samuel James Mitchell, politician and judge. He was the first Supreme Court Judge to the Northern Territory, serving from 1911-1912, also a member of the N.T House of Assembly and later, Attorney General. He is the grandfather of Dame Roma Mitchell [On back of photograph] 'Samuel James Mitchell / Presented to the Archives by Mrs. S.J.Mitchell / Adelaide / 1926 / Per Miss J.H. Mitchell / 1938'.
Sir William Mitchell
[General description] This head and shoulders portrait shows Sir William Mitchell in three quarter view, silhouetted against a dark background. He is clean-shaven and wears a jacket and waistcoat with a collar and tie. Scholar, philosopher, educationist and administrator he was the Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University from 1916-1942 when he became Chancellor and served in that position until 1948. He was appointed KCMG in January 1927. [On back of photograph] 'Sir William Mitchell / Vice Chancellor of the University of Adelaide'.
Eustace Reveley Mitford
[General description] This is a head and shoulders portrait of Eustace Reverley Mitford, taken in later life. He is wearing a light coloured shirt and jacket with a thin bow tie and has a neat moustache. A great-nephew of John Freeman Mitford, first Baron Redesdale he migrated to South Australia in 1839, bought eighty acres and farmed near the Sturt River. He did not prosper in business but in 1867 started a weekly satirical journal, Pasquin: Pastoral, Mineral and Agricultural Advocate in which he lampooned many aspects of colonial life and championed the underdog. It ceased publication on his death in 1869. [On back of photograph] 'Eustace Reveley Mitford (Pasquin) presented by Miss D.S. Sanders'.