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Chambers family [B 15993] • Photograph

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Summary

Chambers Family, Catherine Chambers (later Mrs John Barker), John Barker, Hugh Chambers, Anna Chambers (married to PW Jackson)and Mrs Catherine Chambers (wife of James Chambers). In 1861 James and Catherine owned Carlew House in North Adelaide. In 1876 Hugh and Agnes Chambers owned the house. James Chambers arrived in Adelaide in 1837 aged 26 and soon established a thriving transport business between Holdfast Bay and Adelaide and later between Port Adelaide and Adelaide. He was also the owner of the first taxi cab in Adelaide. He was friendly with McDouall Stuart and gave the explorer a lunch before the party set off to cross the continent.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.6 cm x 15.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1865

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Chambers, Catherine, 1809-1875
Chambers, Anna, 1845-
Barker, John, 1847-1925
Chambers, Hugh, 1848-1893
Chambers, Catherine, 1843-1904
Chambers (Family)

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Digitisation information

Date

23/08/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,560 x 2,684 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.70 MB

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