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Josiah Boothby [B 7001] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Josiah Boothby, Government Statistician. He wears his hair slicked back and mutton chop whiskers and moustache. As Government Statistician and Superintendent of the Census his work to introduce uniform census procedures throughout Australia was widely acknowledged and in 1878 he became executive commissioner for South Australia at the Paris Exhibition. He was awarded the C.M.G. and the Cross of the Legion of Honour for his work.

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.3 cm x 8.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Photographer

Adelaide Photographic Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Boothby, Josiah, 1837-1916

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Digitisation information

Date

04/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,313 x 3,180 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

7.38 MB

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