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George Stevenson [B 3661] • Photograph

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[General description] This is a photograph of a gilt-framed portrait of George Stevenson. Born in 1799 in Berwick-on-Tweed, U.K., he sailed to South Australia on the 'Buffalo' as private secretary to Captain John Hindmarsh. In partnership with Robert Thomas, who brought out the printing plant on the Africaine in November 1836, he published the first edition of the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register in Adelaide on June 3, 1837. His newspaper career came to an end in 1842 when Adelaide was affected by economic downturn. He was a keen gardener, experimenting with a wide variety of vines, fruit and vegetables in his garden at Adelaide. Due to this work he became widely known as "the father of horticulture in South Australia". [On back of photograph] 'George Stevenson / First editor and part proprietor of the "South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register" / Printed from a negative in the posession of Miss V. de Mole North Terrace'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 10.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1855

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Stevenson, George, 1799-1856
South Australian gazette and colonial register (1837)

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Digitisation information

Date

05/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,129 x 3,104 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

19.85 MB

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