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William Giles [B 6673] • Photograph

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Summary

William Giles, Company Manager and Member of Upper House, seat of Yatala. George Angas Fife invited him to take charge of the South Australian Company Station on Kangaroo Island. He took up the position of Colonial Manager and later moved to Adelaide where he set the agricultural future of the state. He improved the wool clip, flour exports, copper mining, harvesting. He was patriarch of 21 children and 78 grandchildren.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.7 cm x 5.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Giles, William, 1791-1862

Catalogue record

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General notes

Artist John Hood was brought to South Australia by Townsend Duryea in 1867 to paint Duryea's photographs in oil and watercolours. (Adelaide Observer, 29 June 1867, p. 2) This portrait is either a copy of a Duryea photograph, or an over-painted version of a Duryea photograph.

Digitisation information

Date

19/09/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,963 x 3,066 pixels (6.0 MP)

Size

18.09 MB

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