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Adam Lindsay Gordon [B 10227] • Photograph

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Summary

Adam Lindsay Gordon was born at Fayal in the Azores where his parents lived after retiring from service in India. The fine weather suited his mother's health. Gordon was sent to England for his schooling. He arrived in Adelaide when he was twenty and worked as a mounted policeman stationed at Mount Gambier and Penola. The Rev. Julian Tenison Woods influenced his love for writing poetry and he was known for his horsemanship. After he married he bought Dingley Dell, a cottage near Port MacDonnell, where he lived for the next four years. His reputation as a bush ballad poet continued to grow after his death.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 10.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1865

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833-1870
Poets, Australian -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

05/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,266 x 3,257 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.16 MB

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