Group of [women] Old Colonists [mosaic] [B 19985] • Photograph

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ellen Loftus](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/7c/b8/93d8-7d4f-528f-8321-d421c3deed19.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ellen Loftus
Ellen Loftus, 1843-1903; nee Reid, married Matthew Loftus. Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Margaret Hunt Reid, nee Cross, and William Reid. Resided in Port Adelaide, Staplehurst, Semaphore; Fremantle, Western Australia.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jane Marie Louise Lewis](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/04/66/8750-6f5f-5a9a-a0e2-4586c302fd9a.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jane Marie Louise Lewis
Jane Marie Louise Lewis, 1841-1928; nee Breaker, married John Thomas Lewis. Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Jane Maria Breaker, nee Russell, and Isaac Breaker. Resided in Frewville.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Eliza Margaret Hutton Lewis](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/f7/70/dacc-eeb2-596e-8f57-d9b48a866289.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Eliza Margaret Hutton Lewis
Eliza Margaret Hutton Lewis, c. 1825-1906; nee Bristow, married James Lewis. Arrived in South Australia in September 1836 on board the ship the "Cygnet". Resided in Richmond, Balaklava.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Katherine Kell](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/87/2d/55f7-aa5c-520e-bfcb-fca0324298c8.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Katherine Kell
Probably Katherine Kell, 1836-1904. Arrived in South Australia in November 1838 on board the ship the "Rajasthan". Resided in Unley Park.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kelly](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/9f/bc/042f-a2ee-5919-a96f-da9d142794e9.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kelly
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kelly](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/12/c4/73e4-8944-518e-b281-807baa942e2a.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kelly
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Kirby](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/5b/60/fda7-ee89-5b34-84d3-e778a94f84a1.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Kirby
Probably Mary Kirby, c. 1821-1899; nee Nightingale, married John Kirby, Snr. Arrived in South Australia in March 1839 on board the ship the "Buckinghamshire". Resided in Glenelg, Adelaide, St. Leonards.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Elizabeth Kirby](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/47/6d/b470-65ca-5324-b7d8-30d90d74e209.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Elizabeth Kirby
Sarah Elizabeth Kirby, 1841-1887; nee Croucher, married John George Kirby. Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Emma Amelia Croucher, nee Lush, and John Croucher. Resided in Milang, Adelaide.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kemp](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d3/2c/8413-892d-5b32-98e7-76f6766a7f08.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Kemp
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha McKeever](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/e5/f4/5deb-829d-576b-aff0-c71e1a3e2779.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha McKeever
Martha McKeever, c. 1842-1888; nee Woollacott, married Michael Jehove McKeever. Arrived in South Australia in October 1848 on board the ship the "Richardson". Resided in Burra, Clare.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Esther Knowles](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/e0/14/517e-334a-5caf-b5b7-bfbbb4f83cc3.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Esther Knowles
Esther Knowles, 1834-1908; nee Sutton, married Thomas Knowles, then William Simpson. Arrived in South Australia in April 1845 on board the ship the "Teazer". Resided in Cheltenham, Adelaide; Melbourne, Victoria; Moolooloo station and Clarence Park. Worked as a cook at Moolooloo station; storekeeper, boarding house keeper.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha Kingsley](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/70/ab/aba3-ab01-57bc-b730-d519c61bc96a.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha Kingsley
Martha Kingsley, c. 1836-1920; nee Kirby, married Samuel Peacock Kingsley. Arrived in South Australia in March 1839 on board the ship the "Buckinghamshire". Resided in Adelaide.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jane Kempster](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/87/24/382f-6c89-5911-b246-766308042c83.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jane Kempster
Jane Kempster, c. 1823-1898; nee Barnes, married John Benedict Lomas, then Thomas Day, then George Kempster. Arrived in South Australia in May 1838 on board the ship the "Trusty". Resided in Sturt, Adelaide.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : King](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/b7/27/3f57-a468-5a5d-a915-2926c0b49141.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : King
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : King](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/18/e0/edd9-3b64-5dbc-9f95-525256bee958.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : King
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Westley Kentish](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/69/d5/ddc4-5424-54ad-9106-93b44d1e98e2.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Westley Kentish
Mary Westley Kentish, c. 1826-1901; nee La Vence, married James Kentish. Arrived in South Australia in June 1839 on board the ship the "Hoogley". Resided in Goodwood, Laura.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha Elizabeth Kinsey](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d1/70/c1f8-7194-570f-aeb9-56647e4ac17d.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Martha Elizabeth Kinsey
Martha Elizabeth Kinsey, 1848-1935; married George John I'Anson. Arrived in South Australia in January 1849 on board the ship the "Samuel Boddington". Resided in Salisbury, Steelton, Wonna, Payneham.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Susan Ann Kinsey](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d4/38/f3f0-d094-55c9-8926-332d1112e5ab.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Susan Ann Kinsey
Susan Ann Kinsey, 1856-1942; married Hugh Baillie. Born in Salisbury, South Australia to Phoebe Kinsey, nee Baker, and Joseph Kinsey. Resided in Salisbury, Arkaba, Prospect.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Johns](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/e7/ae/054f-3ae0-524b-99d3-c1bfc3788513.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Johns
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jackson](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/07/46/e052-e329-5c78-a5fc-4a48cf1a83c0.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jackson
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Jacobs](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/32/c0/715c-9f83-5da9-a0a9-3c8cf9b0941c.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Jacobs
Sarah Jacobs, c. 1806-1896; nee Day, married William Mincham, then Isaac Jacobs. Arrived in South Australia in October 1837 on board the ship the "Katherine Stewart Forbes". Resided in Mount Barker, Echunga, Cherry Gardens.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/39/06/7bec-129e-5eb6-b493-c4cfdabe92f0.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ann Jenkins](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/a3/df/7137-fba4-5a45-8e76-500a7768bded.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins, c. 1833-1914; nee Fry, married William Jenkins. Arrived in South Australia in September 1838 on board the ship the "Winchester". Resided in Nailsworth, Prospect.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Hannah Johns](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/27/e9/ad76-b11d-5736-aaf8-e6f641cd1cbb.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Hannah Johns
Probably Hannah Johns, 1807-1880, formerly Fisher, nee Mellor, married Joshua Fisher, then William Johns. Arrived in South Australia in October 1838 on board the ship the "Pestonjee Bomanjee". Resided in Adelaide.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sophia Caroline Illman](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/97/fb/38da-408d-5e81-a4cf-f962c94cb80a.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sophia Caroline Illman
Sophia Caroline Illman, 1814-1885; nee Dadswell, married John Illman. Arrived in South Australia in December 1839 on board the ship the "Cleveland". Resided in Bulls Creek, Meadows, Aldinga. Worked as a farmer.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : James](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/b6/3e/64c2-6d56-5a39-933a-82e6f13cde9c.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : James
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Maria I'Anson](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/69/5e/e517-f815-54d5-926d-22e2f399c047.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Maria I'Anson
Maria I'Anson, 1815-1907; nee Plested, married Leonard I'Anson, Snr. Arrived in South Australia in July 1837 on board the ship the "City of Adelaide". Resided in Dry Creek, One Tree Hill, Steelton. Worked as a midwife.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jesson](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/33/14/1b3e-4de9-5794-b8e9-5b4f85bc8f9b.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jesson
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/95/5e/b08b-6531-577e-9280-6e1613ffacde.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.

![Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/61/10/dd1c-e959-5fda-9879-b5624d3a6d75.jpg)
Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jones
Photographic mosaic (composite)arranged by Adelaide photographer Henry Jones bearing the inscription 'Group of Old Colonists'. The majority of the women depicted arrived in South Australia, or were born there, between 1836 and 1840. In May 1872 Jones placed advertisements in the Adelaide press inviting 'lady old colonists' to attend his studio to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the mosaic he has creating of men who attended the Old Colonists Banquet at the Adelaide Town Hall on 28 December 1871 (see B 47769). Women had been excluded from the banquet by its host Emanuel Solomon. Jones began photographing women in June 1872 and was still taking photographs for the mosaic in 1881, the year that the work was completed. The mosaic was later owned by pastoralist Thomas Bowman who donated it to the Public Library of South Australia in 1909. The mosaic contains 598 portraits arranged in roughly alphabetical order.