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Sir James Penn Boucaut [B 7000] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir James Penn Boucaut, barrister, free trade politician, Member of Lower House, Premier, race horse breeder, stockman, federationist. He migrated with his parents to South Australia in 1846 and worked as a stockman. In 1851 he turned to the law and was presented to the Bar in 1855. While a Member of the House of Assembly he voted to disallow plural votes for property owners. He resigned from government in 1867 to fight the Moonta Mines case which opposed Sir Walter Hughes being granted a mineral lease ahead of his clients. He was made a QC and Supreme Court Judge in 1978. In his retirement he bred Arab horses on his estate at Mount Barker.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.7 cm x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Manning, Charles H

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Boucaut, James Penn, Sir, 1831-1916

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Date

11/03/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,180 x 3,186 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

6.96 MB

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