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Ebenezer Ward [B 6981] • Photograph

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Summary

Caricature of Ebenezer Ward. Ebenezer Ward was a South Australian politician and journalist. He migrated to Melbourne on "The British Trident" in 1859. After travelling to Adelaide in 1861 he became leader of the Hansard staff at the Adelaide Advertiser. As a stenographer he reported on budget speeches. He had articles published. He founded several newspapers. His elegant speech aided his rise to several ministerial positions in SA. He helped establish the railway systems between Adelaide ,Melbourne, Mount Gambier. He wanted to build the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Perth. He stopped the sale of Crown Lands for cash. He also acted in amateur theatricals.

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.6 cm x 7.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Artist

PYN

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Ward, Ebenezer, 1837-1917

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Digitisation information

Date

29/03/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,943 x 3,250 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.33 MB

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