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Henry Cowell Hawson [B 7436] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain Henry Cowell Hawson, son of Henry Hawson and brother of Francis Tapley Hawson [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/39]. Captain Hawson arrived in Port Lincoln in 1839 bringing his whole family (brothers and father) from Newfoundland looking for a better life after the Depression. His brigantine "Abeona" carried a cargo of cedar wood which was used in building his home at Kirton Point. He was a pioneer pastoralist who brought the firtst cattle to the Eyre Penninsula. He built a sheep property at Little Swamp called 'Towalla', a pastoral lease at Coffin Bay and Polda Station. He married Frances Maria Brodribb in Tasmania in 1840 and together they had 6 children. He accompanied Tod's expedition to the north and CC Dutton's party to the south.

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.2 cm x 7.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Hawson, Henry Cowell, 1814-1882

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Digitisation information

Date

18/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,167 x 3,192 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

6.94 MB

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