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Old colonists 1836-1840 : Charles Richard Wilkey [B 8235/1/14O] • Photograph

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Summary

Charles Richard Wilkey arrived in South Australia in January 1837 on board the ship the "Coromandel". Farmer, Hope Valley.

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Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 6 cm x 4.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1872

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collections

Part of Portrait Collection
Part of Photographic Mosaic Collection

Subject

Wilkey, Charles Richard, 1800?-1884
Pioneers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Mosaic coordinate: 14O

The name written on the portrait is spelled Wilkie.

"Charles Richard Wilkey" was an assumed name. The real name of the man depicted in the portrait is not known. Charles Richard Wilkey was accompanied on the "Coromandel" by his supposed wife Rachel Way, c. 1816-1895. Family historian Suzanne Denny has determined that Rachel Way's legal husband, who she married at St Mary's Church in Battersea in 1832, was also named Charles Richard Wilkey. He was transported to Tasmania for life in 1835 and remained in Tasmania until his death in 1876. Another family historian Jan Polkinghorne makes a compelling case that Charles Richard Wilkey who emigrated to South Australia with Rachel Way was her step-father Nimrod Fry. The assumed Charles Richard Wilkey and Rachel Wilkey went through a marriage ceremony in Adelaide in 1860.

Digitisation information

Date

27/02/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,090 x 5,669 pixels (23.2 MP)

Size

69.58 MB

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