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Ruins of Hawson homestead, Kirton Point [B 54012] • Photograph

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Summary

KIRTON POINT: The ruins of the Hawson homestead where Frank Hawson was speared by hostile Aborigines in 1840; his remains were exhumed in 1911 and a memorial erected at Port Lincoln. Dr. W. Ramsay Smith, former City Coroner stands on the right, Dr. E. Kinmont stands in the cellar. According to Chrissie Myllika Houston, Frank Hawson was not speared at the house but at the shepherd's hut at Little Swamp (January 2011) [more complete copy at PRG 458/1/1/71].

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 8.7 cm x 12 cm (irregular edging)

Dates / Publication details

1911

Collection

Part of Kirton Point Collection

Subject

Hawson, Frank, -1840
Pioneers -- South Australia -- Kirton Point

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Digitisation information

Date

05/12/1998

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,432 x 1,968 pixels (4.8 MP)

Size

4.79 MB

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