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Pioneer houses in South Australia : John Ridley [B 63458/7] • Photograph

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Summary

John Ridley, a descendant of the martyr 'Bishop Ridley', was a friend and neighbouring settler of the Featherstones and Kearnes in South Australia. He was an engineer and erected the first Steam Flour Mill in the new colony. When, owing to the Gold Rush, labour left the district to go to 'The Diggings', scarcity of labour threatened the harvesting of wheat. Ridley invented, produced, and made available a harvesting machine called a 'Stripper' which took off the heads of the wheat, leaving the stalk to be gathered at leisure later on. At the time, Ridley was accorded full praise for his work, which he had refused to patent, preferring to act as benefactor to the new Colony.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 13 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Ridley, John, 1806-1887
Pioneers -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

01/10/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,081 x 3,048 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.37 MB

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