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Henry Price [B 14935] • Photograph

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Summary

Henry Price and Isabella Price (nee Young) were pioneers in the Port Lincoln area between 1849-1853. Isabella was 17 years old when she arrived in Adelaide in 1839. Her father had died so she arrived with her mother Catherine and several brothers and sisters. In 1845 she met Henry Price and they married in 1846. Henry had been a sheep drover and a Justice of the Peace in Clare. They moved to land at Todd River, Koppio on the Eyre Peninsula. Henry wrote a diary telling of their difficult life.They had four children but lost their son George in infancy. By 1855 they were forced to give up their land. Henry loved to Bathurst to a legal position and Isabella joined her mother in Adelaide and developed her musical abilities. Henry was heartbroken when Isabella died at 51 and rued their separation by fate

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Physical description

Photograph; 30 cm x 24.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1846

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Price, Henry

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Date

10/11/2006

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3,007 x 3,672 pixels (11.0 MP)

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33.16 MB

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