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A.W. Dobbie [PRG 331/30/3/31] • Photograph

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Summary

Carte de visite of Alexander Williamson Dobbie. [Photograph comes from an album of photographs that belonged to the Crompton family. To see a selection of photographs from this album search on Archival number PRG 331/30/3]

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Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 6.7 x 10.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1865

Creator

Crompton (Family

Subject

Dobbie, A. W. (Alexander Williamson), 1843-1912

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Historical information

A.W. Dobbie was born in Glasgow and arrived in Australia with his family in 1851. Trained as a brass founder, at the age of 19 he opened his own business. The AW Dobbie foundery became well known for a range of iron goods for farm and household use, and including Dobbie's own inventions. He was said to have been the first in the southern hemisphere to invent a working telephone, as well as a phonograph and microphone. Dobbie was a member of the Methodist Church, but from 1878 became interested in hypnosis and clairvoyancy. His 'lady clairvoyant' gained something of a reputation in Adelaide for finding the whereabouts of lost items.

Digitisation information

Date

14/11/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,396 x 6,762 pixels (29.7 MP)

Size

89.20 MB

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