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John Murray, junior [B 11342] • Photograph

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Summary

John Murray, junior, son of John Murray (1814-1886). His father John Murray senior of Murray Vale, Mount Crawford was famous as a breeder of pedigree sheep after his arrival in the colony and won many prizes at Agricultural Shows. John Murray junior was born on board the ship "City of Adelaide" when his parents were emigrating from Scotland to South Australia. He was also a very successful breeder of merino sheep. He was a judge of sheep and President of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Mount Pleasant and a Justice of the Peace. He married Mary Scott and they had seven children.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Murray, John, 1841-1908

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,211 x 3,465 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.01 MB

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