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Geoffrey Sandford Reed
Portrait of Geoffrey Sandford Reed, Judge of the Supreme Court. He was involved in security, especially in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. At the end of this post he received warm tributes from Prime Minister Robert Menzies. Reed returned to the Supreme Court of South Australia. Twice he acted as Governor of South Australia. He was judge in the Max Stuart trial
Reid family
Portrait of the Reid Family.
John Henry Reid
Portrait of John Henry Reid, nephew of Rev. Richardson Reid.
Lucy Reid (nee Reynell)
Portrait of Lucy Reid (nee Reynell) wife of Ross T. Reid.
Thomas Rhodes
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Rhodes in seven eighths view. He was a principal of the firm W.& T. Rhodes, Ironmongers but his greatest interest was his philanthropic work as President of the State Children's Council.
Frank H. Richards
Portrait of Sergeant Major Frank H. Richards, Gunner at Fort Largs.
Professor A. E. V. Richardson
[General description] Moodily lit head and upper body portrait of the Professor A.E.V. Richardson, highly accomplished public servant, agricultural scientist, academic and wheat breeder. [On back of photograph] 'Professor Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson, D.Sc., M.A. (in 1929) / Born September 12th, 1883 / Son of George Edwin Richardson / Educated at Roseworthy Agricultural College and the University of Adelaide / Assistant Director of Agriculture, South Australia from 1908-1910 / Superintendent of Agriculture, Victoria from 1911-1924 / Commissioned by the Victorian government in 1918 to visit the U.S.A. and Canada to report on agricultural education and research / This led to the establishment of the University School of Agriculture, Melbourne / Director School of Agriculture, University of Melbourne from 1919-1924 / Director of Waite Agricultural research Institute and Waite Professor of Agriculture, University of Adelaide since 1924 / Commissioned by the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Government in 1926 to visit the agricultural research institution of Europe, the U.S.A., Japan and South Africa / Appointed a member of the executive committee of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia in 1927 / Represented the Commonwealth of Australia at the first Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, London, 1927 / member of Australian Delegation to the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa, 1932'.
John & Mary Ridley
[General description] Two silhouette portraits of John and Mary Ridley, who arrived in South Australia in the 'Warrior' in 1839. John was a miller and successful wheat grower who invented the famous wheat reaping machine which became known as 'Ridley's stripper'. His invention led to a vast increase in South Australia's wheat output. For a view of this reaper, see B 63458/8.
John Riddoch
[Genral description] Full length portrait of John Riddoch who emigrated from Scotland in 1852 and made money at the River Owens goldfields, subsequently became, along with his brother George a wealthy pastoralist, later politician. He bought Yallum Park estate in 1861 and built a large Italianate mansion where he entertained a variety of famous people including royalty. He was the first to recognise the famous terra rossa soul of the Conawarra winegrowing district.
Sir Frederick Holt Robe
[General description] This is a side view full length portrait of Major-General F. H. Robe, fourth Governor of South Australia from 25th October,1845- 2nd August,1848. He is a stout gentleman, wearing a frock coat and leaning on his stick. His top hat has a been placed on an occasional table nearby.
Sir Frederick Holt Robe
[General description] Head and part shoulders portrait of Sir Frederick Holt Robe in profile. He has thinning hair and a grey beard. He became Governor of South Australia in 1845 but requested to be moved in August 1848 as he was unpopular with the colonial government due to his conservative stance on a variety of issues.
Prof. T. Brailsford Robertson
[General description] A moodily lit portrait of Professor Roberston, showing his head and shoulders in seven eights view. [On front of photograph] 'T. Brailsford Robertson, Ph.D., D. Sc., Professor of Biochemistry and General Physiology, University of Adelaide. Photograph taken at Toronto, Canada, 1919. Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 1884.'
Sir William C. F. Robinson
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson. He wears his hair short, parted to one side and is clean shaven. He wears a wing collar, cravat and single breasted jacket. He was Governor of South Australia from 1883-89, also served three terms as Governor of Western Australia. He was promoted G.C.M.G. in 1887.
Sir William C.F. Robinson
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, Governor of South Australia in 1883-1889 during which time he was president of the Commission which organised the successful Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition of 1887. A passionate musician and composer he instituted the Bachelor of Music course at the Adelaide University. He was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1877 and G.C.M.G. in 1887.
James Harwood Rocke
[General descripiton] Head and shoulders portrait of Major James Harwood Rocke, CB (18th Royal Irish Battalion) in full face view. He has short hair and trimmed beard and moustache and wears dress uniform heavy with braid and medals. He was Officer Administrating the South Australian Government in 1870 whilst the Governor Sir James Fergusson was visiting Tasmania.
James Harwood Rocke
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Major General James Harwood Rocke with the subject looking to the right. He sports a chinstrap beard and moustache with sideburns and is in military uniform with gold braid and epaulettes, displaying several orders and medals. He was Major and commanding officer of 18th Regiment Irish in South Australia.
Richard Sanders Rogers
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Richard Sanders Rogers M.A., M.D. in three quarters view. He was a distinguished physician, specialising in mental health and using hypnosis, was an army medical officer in the South African War and from 1914-19 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel he directed Keswick Base Hospital. He was also an orchid enthusiast, becoming a world authority on Australian orchids.
John Ross
John Ross (Explorer) Reproduced from a small coloured portrait lent to Major General George William Symes (Governor's Private Secretary) by the Ross family. March 1959. John Ross (1817-1903), born in Scotland, arrived in Sydney 1837, undertook the first cattle drive from Goulburn River to Adelaide. He led the exploration for the route of the Overland Telegraph Line
John and Rebecca Ross with three of their five children
Daguerreotype portrait of John and Rebecca Ross with their three children. Housed in an elaborately decorated embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame. Rebecca was Rebecca McKinlay Affleck and she died in 1869. John Ross remarried to Georgina Strongitharm and they had two daughters. His son, Alexander accompanied him in 1874 and was also a member of the successful Giles expedition in 1875-76. The children in this photograph which was taken in 1856 at Stanley Flat near Clare are Sarah (born 1853), Rebecca (born 1854), and Henrietta (born 1855) John Ross led the survey team whose task it was to find a route for the Overland Telegraph to Port Darwin in 1870.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross. He has greying hair, beard and moustache and is facing left. He was an army officer, amateur horticulturalist and Member of the House of Assembly. He actively supported schemes to lay cable from England to Australia and for a transcontinental railway from Adelaide to Darwin. He was an enthusiastic advocate for South Australia's wine industry. Described as a 'model colonist' he was knighted in 1886 for his many achievements.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross in three quarter view, shown with short grey hair and a trimmed beard. He was an army officer, businessman and politician, his political career culminating in being Speaker at the House of Assembly from 1881-1887. He was knighted in 1886. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross / Died December 27, 1887'.
Rumbelow Family
Cabinet card portrait of the Rumbelow Family, a boating and fishing family residing in Victor Harbor, Malen and Mary Rumbelow with their adult children: Alice, Godfrey, Jane, Cain and Rose, seated: Malen junior, Malen, Mary, Henry and Grace. A researcher provided the following information: Cain Rumbelow would have been named after his uncle, Cain Jelliff, the husband of Alice Rumbelow, who died in 1877, eight months before Cain Rumbelow was born.
James George Russell
[General description] Three gentlemen pose for the photographer in a rather droll studio portrait. Mr. James George Russell stands on the left carrying a furled umbrella and smoking a pipe. Mr. W.W. Williams sits wearing a top hat and carrying a cane and Mr. W.F. Loutit, wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe, leans a little on the chair.
Robert Russell
Robert Russell, second mate and fisherman. Born Greyfriars, Scotland, husband of Elizabeth, father of four sons. Died 26 December, 1891. The portrait shows an old man dressed in black, including a black brimmed hat and sporting a white beard. He is seated in front of a seascape backdrop and is holding a walking stick.
Wolryche Ryan
Photographic portrait of Wolryche Ryan.
Archdeacon F. W. Samwell
[General description] The Anglican Archdeacon F.W. Samwell is looking straight at the camera in this head and upper body portrait. He is in middle age and balding and is wearing a clerical collar. He is sitting with his right hand resting on a small table, holding a pen. [On back of photograph] 'Archdeacon F.W. Samwell'.
John Stuart Sanders
Portrait of John Stuart Sanders.
James Scandrett
[General description] Studio portrait of James Scandrett of Kapunda, one of the proprietors of the Kapunda Herald newspaper from 1864 until his death in 1903. He is seated and has short hair, a trimmed greying beard and wears a dark three quarter length coat with light trousers.
Alfred Searcy
[General description] Head and upper body portrait of Alfred Searcy, with grey hair beard and moustache, wearing a wing collar and tie, jacket and matching waistcoat. He was a customs officer, public servant, writer and commentator, writing extensively about his time serving in the Northern territory. [On back of photograph] 'Alfred Searcy'.
Alfred Searcy
Upper body portrait of Mr. Alfred Searcy, a 'man of many parts'. Journalist, Customs Officer (Adelaide and Palmerston), Clerk of Parliament, novelist, photographer, commentator and tireless promotor of the Northern Territory.