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S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 [B 6912] • Photograph

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Summary

Photographic composite entitled 'S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59' comprising 122 portraits, one of which is lost, leaving a blank oval frame. The mosaic was compiled in 1908 by Mora Studio, Rundle Street, Adelaide. The individual photographs were collected in 1906 and 1907 by stock agent Henry Howard 'Harry' Birt, who had been a drover and stockman in the pastoral regions of Australia from 1858 until 1880. He is depicted at B 6912/I5. The mosaic was given to the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1915 and subsequently transferred to the State Library of South Australia (then Public Library) in 1939.

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Physical description

Photographic composite; 146 cm x 98 cm

Dates / Publication details

1908

Designer

Mora Studio

Collections

Part of South Australia’s Old Colonists and Settlers Photographic Mosaics Collection
Part of Portrait Collection
Part of Photographic Mosaic Collection

Subject

Birt, Henry Howard, 1844-1932
Pioneers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

A variation of this mosaic is held at B 8502. It includes eight portraits not present in B 6912.

At some stage in its history this mosaic was cut into four quarters. In 2011 Artlab Australia conservators removed the photographs and original support paper from backing cardboard and reassembled the mosaic using acid-free materials.

Digitisation information

Date

17/02/2011

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

11,520 x 16,668 pixels (192.0 MP)

Size

576.08 MB

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