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Queen's School [B 29751] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of students and teachers at Queen's School, on Barton Terrace, North Adelaide. People are identified according to the key supplied by Sir Bruce Ross and Mr Arnold Moulden, 1972, together with career details: 1. F.(?) Dancker. Architect; 2. Jack Mayo. Doctor, brother of Sir Herbert Mayo; 3. Max Joyner. Solicitor; 4. Hamilton; 5. Mortimer Giles. Solicitor, senior partner in Giles Magarey & Lloyd; 6. F.H. ('Bertie') Stokes. Killed in WWI; 7. 'Scap' Ellis; 8. (Sir) Brian Swift. Gynaecologist. Brother of Houghton and Neville. Their father, Dr H.H. Swift, a very conservative and crusty old gentleman, lived in a two storey house on the site of the present Moore's department store.; 9. (Sir) Keith Smith. Aviator; 10. Spicer; 11. Main; 12. Ken Hamilton. Secretary of University Union; 13. Field; 14. Ernest Eversley Rhead Porter. Son of share-broker. Went to U.K.; 15. (Sir) Bruce Ross. Justice of the Supreme Court of S.A.; 16. Keith Hocking; 17 [unknown]; 18. Colin Gore Stewart. Son of S.A. Commissioner of Waterworks. Schoolmaster. Major in A.I.F. Went to U.K. and became head of large trust company with world-wide interests.; 19. (Sir) Ivan Bede Jose. Son of Dean Jose, at this time rector of Christ Church, North Adelaide. Surgeon; 20. Hew O'Halloran Giles. Went on to Geelong Grammar. Father of Geoffrey O'H. Giles M.H.R. who also attended Geelong Grammar; 21.'Dusty' (Sir Wallace?) Sandford; 22. Keith Wilkinson. Partner in Bullock & Wilkinson, land agents. Son of W.B. Wilkinson, one of Adelaide's largest land agents.; 23. Melrose(?); 24. Guy Fisher. Solicitor. Son of a solicitor and father of a Q.C. Went on to Geelong Grammar.; 25. John Stokes. A brother of 'Bertie'.; 26. Lindsay(?) Sandford; 27. J.C.P. Strachan (pron. Strawn). Doctor. Practised somewhere near Ballarat, Victoria.; 28. Russell; 29. W.O.(?) ('Fatty') Cooper; 30. Hall; 31.Houghton (pron. Howton) Swift; 32. [unknown]; 33. Melrose; 34. Mr ('Teddy') Le Messiurer, Science master at Queen's for many years. Became the school's 'Old Chips'.; 35. Mr Jacomb [sic] Hood. Headmaster and proprietor of the school until the 1920s. A strict disciplinarian who gave a cut of the cane for every spelling error.; 36. Mr R.G. Jennings. Brother of Claude Jennings, and accountant and cricketer.; 37. Henry Beresford. Secretary of Student's Union, Sydney University.; 38. George Melrose; 39. W.R. ('Bill') Cave. Businessman; 40. Alan William Morey. Rhodes scholar. Studying medicine when he joined the R.F.C. Shot down and badly injured. Wangled way back into R.F.C., shot down again and killed over France.; 41. Alan Dean. Son of General Dean?; 42. Max Jaffrey. Solicitor; 43. [unknown]; 44. Neville Swift. Killed in WWI; 45. Ken Campbell. Joined Eastern Extension Cable after WWI. In later years Secretary of Adelaide Club.; 46. Matt Woodley; 47, Harrold; 48. Arnold Meredieth Moulden. Solicitor; 49. Wilfred Oswald Jose. Brother of Ivan. Killed WWI; 50. Geoff Carey; 53. H. Moulden. Brother of Arnold. Farmed in Inman Valley; 55. (Sir) Ross Smith. Aviator; 56. Ross Wilkinson. Brother of Keith. Lived on inheritance in N.S.W.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 20 cm x 36 cm (image); 27 cm x 50 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1902

Photographer

McGann, Terence

Collection

Part of Acre 951 Collection

Subject

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1890-1955
Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Queen's School (North Adelaide, S.A.)
Teachers -- South Australia -- North Adelaide
Students -- South Australia -- North Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

16/10/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,446 x 2,491 pixels (11.1 MP)

Size

33.26 MB

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