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William Ranson Mortlock [B 11343] • Photograph

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Summary

William Ranson Mortlock, born Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, he came to South Australia in 1843, aged 22. After first purchasing Yalluna Run near Port Lincoln he became a major landholder on Eyre Peninsula and in the North of South Australia. In 1850 he married Margaret Tennant, and they had four children, Jessie (1851), Mary (1853) Florence (1856) and William Tennant (1858). MHR for the seat of Flinders May 1868 to Mar. 1870, Dec. 1871 to Jan. 1875 and Apr. 1878 to Mar. 1884, William died at his Medindie property, Avenel House, 10 May 1884, and was buried in the North Road Cemetery [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/37].William Ranson Mortlock is remebered as a grazier and politician in colonial South Australia. The Mortlock family left the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, the University of Adelaide, the State Library of South Australia, the City of Adelaide and the State of South Australia with many significant and lasting legacies

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Mortlock, William Ranson, 1820-1884

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

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image/tiff

Resolution

2,214 x 3,462 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.03 MB

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