Stuart, John, c. 1863, Photograph, B 7105
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of pioneer Dr. John Rankine in an oval frame. The photograph was taken not long before his leaving South Australia to return to Scotland as his health was failing. He and his brothers arrived from Scotland in 1839 and founded the township of Strathalbyn in the 1840s. He bought up grazing land on Hindmarsh Island and built a large house there. He was a Member of Parliament from July 1854 to April 1857 for the seat of Hindmarsh.