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Sir William Rooke Creswell [B 11220] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir William Rooke Creswell was a naval officer and considered to be the "father" of the Royal Australian Navy. After retiring from the Royal Navy in 1878 he emigrated to Australia to become a pastoralist. Later he was convined to take the position of First Lieutenant on South Australia's only naval vessel HMCS "Protector". In 1911 Creswell was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy and Vice Admiral in 1922

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Physical description

Photograph; 23.8 cm x 18.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1918

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Creswell, William, Sir, 1852-1933
Admirals -- Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,479 x 3,159 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.53 MB

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