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James Crase [B 76601] • Photograph

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Summary

Carte-de-visite portrait of James Crase, proprietor of the North Kapunda Hotel from 1850-1860, and 1864-1886. He is wearing a suit with a vest, bowtie, and a lounge jacket with braiding around the edges. Caption on back: 'Mr James Crase, the proprietor of the Hotel where the exhibition will be'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 10.4 x 6.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Crase, James, 1819-1905
Clothing and dress -- South Australia -- Kapunda.
Kapunda (S.A.)

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Historical information

James Crase, son of George Crase and Elizabeth (nee Harris) was born in 1819 at Penryn, Cornwall. He married Mary Ann Vivian Moyle (1926-1884) on 3 May 1847 at Camborne, Cornwall. They migrated to South Australia soon after in 1847, and James was first employed at Port Adelaide building embankments. He later moved to Kensington, then Allen's Creek, near Kapunda, were he worked at Allen's Creek mine. He established a butcher's shop in Hill Street and undertook agricultural pursuits at his farm on Clare Road. He made two successful visits to the Victorian gold mines in 1852 and 1853. In 1854 he purchased the North Kapunda Hotel, which he rebuilt in 1865. He was one of the pioneers of Kapunda, and one of the first councillors on the declaration of Kapunda as a corporate town. He represented the East Ward. He was a foundation member of the Kapunda Oddfellows and Forester's lodges and a member of the Lodge of Light. He had six sons and three daughters. He retired and moved to Adelaide, living with his daughter in Dulwich. He died at the age of 85 and was buried at the Kapunda Clare Road cemetery. [See article 'The late Mr James Crase' in the 'Kapunda Herald', Friday 12 May 1905, page 5, for more details]

Digitisation information

Date

28/02/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,007 x 6,357 pixels (25.5 MP)

Size

174.89 MB

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