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Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells [B 6795] • Photograph

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Summary

Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells, South Australian poet, was born at Orroroo January 19, 1913, son of Rev. EM Ingamells. He was educated at various public schools and later at Prince Alfred College. He obtained his Batchelor of Arts degree in 1934 and won the Bundey Prize for English verse in 1935. He wrote 'Gum Tops' published in Adelaide in 1935. He was fascinated by Aboriginal culture and founded the Jindyworobak Movement. He died an untimely death in a car crash near Dimboola in 1955.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.1 cm x 9.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1936

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955

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Digitisation information

Date

29/09/2005

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image/tiff

Resolution

2,109 x 3,275 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

20.74 MB

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