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Mr George Bates [B 7922] • Photograph

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Summary

George Bates, pioneer resident of Kangaroo Island was a sealer and trader. He was born in Cheapside, London. He reached Hobart Town as crew on the 'Commodore Hayes". He later joined a sealing vessel and absconded when they were moored off Kangaroo Island. Aboriginal women from the mainland showed the renegrades seal, kangaroo and wallaby skinning mthods so they were able to trade with passing ships. He told passing captains of his glimpses of Lake Alexandrina thus contributing to the growing interest of settlement in South Australia. He was honoured as an "Old Colonist" and later died in the Destitute Asylum in 1895.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.2 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Photographer

Mora Studio

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Bates, George, 1800-1895
Pioneers -- South Australia -- Kangaroo Island

Catalogue record

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General notes

The Mora Studio opened in Rundle Street, Adelaide in 1891, meaning that this portrait was a reprint of an earlier photograph of George Bates.

Digitisation information

Date

10/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,145 x 3,174 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

20.45 MB

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