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Sir R. G. MacDonnell [B 11112] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell was the sixth Governor of South Australia. Born in Dublin he was remembered for his dominant personality, forthrightness and intolerance. Differences between MacDonnell and his officials caused several changes of government. However he extended the railway and telegraph communications, opened copper mines on Yorke Penninsula and encouraged students to continue post-primary schooling

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Physical description

Photograph; 28.2 cm x 21.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1871

Photographer

Melbourne Photographic Company

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

MacDonnell, Richard Graves, Sir, 1814-1881
Governors -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,575 x 3,332 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.77 MB

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