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Alfred Allen Simpson. [PRG 246/27/10] • Photograph

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Summary

Studio portrait.

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Physical description

Photograph (sepia print), 17 x 11.2 cm, on card 24.1 x 14.3 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920-1925

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Simpson, Alfred Allen, 1875-1939

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Alfred Allen Simpson (15 April 1875 - 27 November 1939) married Janet Doris Hübbe (1887-1950) in 1910. Janet was a daughter of educator Edith Agnes Cook. From 1919 on, he resided with his family in 'Undelcarra' in Burnside. He was an industrialist in South Australia and a partner in the firm A. Simpson & Son Limited, which was founded by his grandfather Alfred Simpson. He was the Mayor of the Adelaide from 1913 to 1915, became a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in 1896 and served as President of the South Australian branch from 1925 to 1930. He contributed generously to C. T. Madigan's 1929 aerial survey of Central Australia, financed the second crossing of the desert by camel in 1939, on which his son Robert Simpson went along as wireless operator, and helped finance Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expeditions. He was an active member of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce and its president from 1932 to 1934, treasurer of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia from 1933 to 1935, and its vice-president 1935 to 1936. He was also a director of the Bank of Adelaide and the South Australian Gas Company. He was made CBE in 1923. The Simpson Desert was named in his honor, as was Cape Simpson, on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica.

Digitisation information

Date

10/05/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

8,736 x 12,390 pixels (108.2 MP)

Size

580.24 MB

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