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George Fife Angas [B 11297] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of George Fife Angas in three quarter view. He was a wealthy merchant, banker and (later) philanthropist who made a great contribution to the establishment of the colony of South Australia. He invested in the South Australian Company and in 1836 sent the Duke of York, Lady Mary Pelham and the John Pirie out to South Australia where a settlement was formed on Kangaroo Island. He arrived in South Australia in 1851, aquiring Lindsay Park at Angaston where he made substantial improvements to the property and lived out the rest of his life.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Angas, George Fife, 1789-1879

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,315 x 3,519 pixels (8.1 MP)

Size

24.47 MB

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