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Thomas Brinkworth [B 11328] • Photograph

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Summary

Thomas Brinkworth arrived in South Australia in August 1839 aboard the "Somersetshire". He was a broadweaver by trade but began in South Australia by sawing wood in the government forests, later he grew wheat at Nailsworth. He was a founding trustee of St Andrew's Anglican Church at Walkerville. In 1851 he left with two of his sons to work at the goldfields near Bendigo, returning with enough gold to buy farmland at Lower Light. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth had nine children. He later moved to Manoora (Chinkford) to grow wheat. With his son-in-law he built a steam flourmill at Saddleworth

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.2 cm x 6.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1869

Photographer

Jones, Henry

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Brinkworth, Thomas, 1809-1892
Pioneers -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,940 x 3,209 pixels (6.2 MP)

Size

18.71 MB

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