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Charles Brown Fisher [B 3580] • Photograph

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Summary

[On back of photograph] 'Charles Brown Fisher' [General description] Portrait of C.B. Fisher, showing head and shoulders in three quarter view, facing right. Born on the 25 September 1818 in London, he was the second son of James Hurtle Fisher. He arrived in the colony with his parents on the Buffalo In December, 1836. A noted racehorse owner and breeder he became one of the biggest pastoralists in Australia, eventually going bankrupt in 1895. He retired to Melbourne, then Adelaide where he died at Glenelg on 6 May 1908.

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.5 cm x 13.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1896

Photographer

Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Fisher, C. B. (Charles Brown), 1818-1908
Ranchers -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

15/04/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,567 x 4,795 pixels (17.1 MP)

Size

51.33 MB

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