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Captain George Beadon [B 11287] • Photograph

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Summary

[On back of photograph] Head and shoulders portrait of white haired and bearded Captain George Beadon. In 1838 his ship 'The Conway' docked at Port Adelaide where he bought 80 acres of swamp land but left before he obtained a reciept for his purchase. Years later he recieved a receipt for land at Gawler. He claimed that the South Australian government had switched documents and that he actually owned much of Port Adelaide. See PRG 74 Series list for his claims and the response of the government. [On back of photograph] 'Captain George Beardon / Original purchaser Fife Angus' Swamp at Port Adelaide / Sent to the Archives Department S.A. by James B. Marchant, the son of John Adams Marchant who arrived with his family in 1861 aboard the Harwich / Certified by Charles C. Welland, 6/12/1949'

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.2 cm x 6.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Photographer

Marchant Studios

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Beadon, George

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,046 x 3,381 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

20.78 MB

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