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Handasyde Duncan [B 6151] • Photograph

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Summary

Handasyde Duncan sailed as surgeon on the Katherine Stewart Forbes and arrived in Adelaide in 1839. He was consulting physician and surgeon to the new Adelaide Hospital. In 1844 was the third member to be admitted to the seven member Medical Board of South Australia. He became an Anglican lay preacher. He helped to establish the Collegiate School of St Peter's. He was also Worshipful Master of the Lodge of Unity at Port Adelaide. He was remembered as being a man of scrupulous rectitude with a sense of fun and laughter.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 8.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1864

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Duncan, Handasyde, 1811-1878

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Digitisation information

Date

11/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,175 x 3,486 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

7.61 MB

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