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Captain John Hart [B 6671] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain John Hart, mariner, merchant and parliamentarian. As a mariner he stood on the future site of Adelaide whilst sailing in the Gulf St Vincent. In 1835 whilst in England to buy a ship he talked with the South Australian Colonization Commission and Colonel William Light about sailing directions. He later ran a whaling station at Encounter Bay. He is remembered as a company director, flour miller, grazier, Member of both Upper and Lower Houses, mining investor, Premier, shipowner and whaler.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.4 cm x 10.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1872

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Hart, John, 1809-1873

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Digitisation information

Date

19/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,260 x 2,935 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

6.66 MB

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