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Leonard Samuel Burton [B 11216] • Photograph

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Leonard Samuel Burton (1824-1895) - He was appointed head-master of St. Georges School, Gawler in 1853. The school was also called the Gawler Model School and later named the Gawler Primary School. He resided in Gawler for forty two years after this appointment. He was Mayor of Gawler and also involved with Freemasons, Gawler Chess Club, Gawler Comedy Club, Gawler Cricket Club and many more organisations. He was a local government councillor, local government head, school teacher and school principal. His characteristics included conscientiousness, unflagging energy and unselfishness. He died in a train accident in 1895.

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Physical description

Photograph;

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Photographer

Marchant, P. J

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

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Resolution

2,225 x 3,344 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.35 MB

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