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John Knuckey [B 7233/2] • Photograph

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Summary

Portrait of John Knuckey, one in a composite of 'Men of South Australia'. John Randall Knuckey was born at Stithians, Cornwall, 29 March 1845 to Richard Knuckey and Persis Reed. He married Louisa Calnan and they had 8 children. At the time of his death at Kensington Park, South Australia on 19 July 1890 he was Inspector of Telegraph and Telephone Lines. John also worked on the Overland and Fowler's Bay telegraph lines.

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Physical description

Photograph; 5.2 cm x 7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Knuckey, John Randall, 1846-1890

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General notes

A composite of seven portraits of men who superintended the construction of the telegraph line from Port Lincoln via Eucla to Albany published in the Observer newspaper 4 December 1909, page 28. They are (2) John Knuckey, (3) Joseph McMinn, (4) Alfred Woods, (5) Frank Marchant (6) and (7) Carey brothers of Western Australia. (One of Richard Knuckey has been removed. See B 7232). The composite may be viewed by doing a number search on B 7233.

Digitisation information

Date

11/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,343 x 3,120 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.95 MB

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