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Bejah Dervish [B 11209] • Photograph

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Summary

Portrait of Bejah Dervish: He was the man who went up North-West, and discovered the bodies of Jones and Wells, the lost explorers. Signature on reverse of original. He was born in Baluchistan now part of Pakistan. He served with British Forces at Kandahar and Karachi under Lord Roberts. He moved to Australia in 1890. He was a camel driver and eventually settled in Maree and operated his camel transport business. He made a major contribution to the development of South Australia

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.9 cm x 10.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Bejah, Dervish, 1862?-1957

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

02/01/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,529 x 3,941 pixels (10.0 MP)

Size

29.93 MB

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