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Captain Francis Cadell [B 13508] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain Francis Cadell claimed the government bonus for opening up the Murray River. His steamer the "Lady Augusta", commanded by Captain Davidson successfully passed through the breakers at the mouth of the Murray. With Cadell in command his vessel reached a point 2,400 kilometres up the river. Later in his career Cadell became involved in whaling, trading, pearling and slave trading

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.8 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Cadell, Francis, 1822-1879
Ship captains -- Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

08/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,170 x 3,389 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.09 MB

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