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Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross [B 3654] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross. He has greying hair, beard and moustache and is facing left. He was an army officer, amateur horticulturalist and Member of the House of Assembly. He actively supported schemes to lay cable from England to Australia and for a transcontinental railway from Adelaide to Darwin. He was an enthusiastic advocate for South Australia's wine industry. Described as a 'model colonist' he was knighted in 1886 for his many achievements.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ross, Robert Dalrymple, Sir, 1828-1887

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Digitisation information

Date

05/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,048 x 3,328 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

6.84 MB

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