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Richard Ragless [B 11345] • Photograph

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Summary

Portrait of Richard Ragless. The19 year old arrived in South Australia June 1838 by the "Eden" and was a farmer at "Tonsley Park". He arrived in South Australia with his father John and seven brothers and three sisters. Richard, his father and brother John junior trialled one of the first South Australian manufactured strippers designed for reaping crops. In 1860 Richard and his wife Eliza established the Willochra Inn situated between Port Augusta and Blinman. Richard purchased Harry Watts' property at Tonsley in 1868 and over the years bought neighbouring properties yielding over 500 acres He planted over 2000 gums. The property was used for ploughing matches and picnics. Richard Ragless died at Tonsley in 1901

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1885

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ragless, Richard, 1819-1901

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Digitisation information

Date

09/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,271 x 3,452 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.55 MB

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