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John and William Jacob [B 7025] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Portrait of the Jacob brothers John (on the left) and William Jacob, pioneers and pastoralists. Both have short grey hair and full beards. Their best known cattle station was Paralana in the mid-north, successful early with a string of good seasons but eventually failed due to drought in 1860s. Their name lives on in wine region Jacob's Creek in the Barossa Valley.

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Physical description

Photograph; 24.1 cm x 19.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Jacob, William, 1815-1902
Jacob, John, 1816-1910

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Digitisation information

Date

16/04/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,504 x 2,083 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

7.30 MB

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