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Sir Thomas Playford [B 7756] • Photograph

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Summary

Sir Thomas Playford, 33rd Premier of South Australia grew up at Norton Summit. He was Premier from 1938 to 1965 and became the longest serving Premier in all Australian states. He encouraged industry to relocate to SA during World War II. Playford's policies allowed cheap electricity to factories, minimal taxes and he kept wages low to make South Australia more attractive to industrial investment. He attracted migrant workers and tripled South Australia's population in thirty years. He promoted the state and his gravestone states "A man who did good things".

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.2 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1938

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Playford, Thomas, Sir, 1896-1981

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

02/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,401 x 3,196 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.04 MB

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