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Harrison Weir [B 6356] • Photograph

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Summary

Harrison Weir, Government Printer was born at Norwood February 26, 1868 and was enrolled as a scholar at Norwood Public School on its opening day. Formerly at Vauxhall House School, Magill Road, St. Peters. He entered the Government Printing Office on January 29, 1881 serving in the clerical branch until 1885, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of printing. He was Overseer in 1912, Superintendent in 1929 and Government Printer in 1927. He retired in 1935. Altogether, he served in the Government Printing Office for 53 years. He held the position of Hononary Secretary of St Peters Institute for 20 years, Secretary of Norwood Church of Christ Literary Society for some years and was President of the Flinders Street Baptist Literary Society, with which he was associated for more than 30 years. He was editor of 'Baptist Record' for 30 years.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.5 cm x 9.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1931

Photographer

Dimond Studio

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Weir, Harrison, 1868-1947

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Digitisation information

Date

01/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,304 x 3,358 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.24 MB

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