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Capt. James Ritchie [B 13529] • Photograph

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Summary

Capt. James Ritchie: a pioneer navigator of the River Murray and father of Sir George Ritchie (see "Advertiser", August 8th 1944. ). James Ritchie founded a family of riverboat skippers. James had two brothers John and George. He joined Captain Francis Cadell's River Murray Navigation Company. James worked the river trade from Goolwa until he moved to Echuca to reside and trade on the river. He died in 1881 in Echuca. He had seven children, four of which became river boat captains

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Physical description

Photograph and neg.; 20.8 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ritchie, James

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Historical information

James Ritchie died in 1883.

Digitisation information

Date

08/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,116 x 4,366 pixels (13.6 MP)

Size

40.85 MB

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