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Stanhope Printing Press [B 9250] • Photograph

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Summary

Stanhope Printing Press. This photograph shows part of the printing press brought to South Australia from England by Robert Thomas in 1836 onboard the "Africane". It was installed in a tent at Glenelg. A plaque states "The following is the inscription on the plate which may be seen on the left side of the press. "On this press was printed the first number of The Register published in Adelaide on June 3, 1837, also one hundred copies of the Proclamation of South Australia read by His Excellency the Governor Captain John Hindmarsh at Glenelg on December 28, 1836. The press was a part of the printing plant brought from England by Mr Robert Thomas in 1836".

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Physical description

Photograph;

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1836

Photographer

Kodak Limited

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Printing-press -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

22/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,128 x 3,339 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

7.13 MB

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