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Lord John Forrest [B 3684] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait in three quarter view of SirJohn Forrest. His hair is short and he is wearing a trimmed beard and moustache. A surveyor and experienced bushman, he made several exploration trips into central Australia. He was appointed the first Premier of Western Australia on the 22nd December, 1890, providing ten years of stable government for the state . In 1918 he was informed that he was to be invested as a Baron but died before the patent was signed.

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Physical description

Photograph; ; 8.3 cm x 5.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918

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Digitisation information

Date

30/08/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,940 x 3,000 pixels (5.8 MP)

Size

5.83 MB

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