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Hon. John Verran [B 4600] • Photograph

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Summary

This is an oval shaped portrait of the Hon. John Verran. Mounted in a cardboard frame, it shows his head and upper body in seven eighths view. He has a neat grey moustache and goatee style beard and wears matching jacket and waistcoat. [On back of photograph] 'Born at Gwennap, Cornwall, England, in 1856. He was a working miner at Moonta when elected to the House of Assembly for Wallaroo in June 1901. Seven years later he was chosen leader of the Parliamentary party. Premier and Commissioner of Public Works from June 1910 to 1912. Leader of the Opposition; Chairman of the Standing Railway Committee for three years, and was a member of the House of Assembly until the election of 1918 when, following the split with the Labour Party on the conscription issue he stood as a Nationalist and lost his seat. Elected Senator for South Australia by the State Parliament 30th August 1927 to fill the vacancy.'

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.4 cm x 10.7

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Photographer

James Howe & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Verran, John, 1856-1932

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Digitisation information

Date

08/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,386 x 3,199 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.92 MB

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