South Australia’s Old Colonists and Settlers Photo Mosaics
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The State Library of South Australia has a collection of 21 photo mosaics of old colonists and settlers.
| URL | Title | Date | Photographer | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Colonists Banquet Group | Henry Jones | 1872 | Commissioned by Adelaide merchant Emanuel Solomon who hosted 1871 banquet for 35th anniversary of the colony. Comprises 520 'old colonists' who had arrived before 1841. Also B 47769 and PR 631/3 | ||
| Group of (women) Old Colonists | Henry Jones | 1872 | Women had been excluded from 1871 anniversary banquet by its host, so Jones invited 'lady old colonists' to have their portraits taken for 'a companion group' to the men's mosaic. | ||
| South Australian Pioneers 1836 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | Includes portraits of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh and Governor George Gawler above 47 portraits, and the handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived in on both sides of the portraits. Also stored as B 47454 | ||
| South Australian Pioneers 1837 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | |||
| South Australian Pioneers 1838 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | Includes portraits of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh and Governor George Gawler above 116 portraits, and the handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived in on both sides of the portraits. Also stored as B 47455 | ||
| South Australian Pioneers 1839 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | |||
| South Australian pioneers 1840 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | includes portraits of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh and Governor George Gawler above 127 portraits, and the handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived below the portraits. Also stored as B 47456 | ||
| South Australian Pioneers 1836-1840 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | Combined mosaic of 581 portraits Duryea depicted in separate mosaics featuring male colonists who arrived in South Australia as adults in 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840. All but three are also included in Duryea's largest mosaic Old colonists 1836-1840. | ||
| Old colonists 1836-1840 | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | Collection of 708 photos by Townsend Duryea of Old Colonists who arrived in South Australia prior to 1841 (27 on upper left are missing). One of seven mosaics created by Townsend Duryea in 1872 to compete with Henry Jones' 'The Old Colonists Banquet Group' | ||
| B+8235/2 | Old colonists 1836-1840 (copy) | 1872 | Townsend Duryea | Copy of 'Old colonists 1836-1840' mosaic before it was damaged by fire and lost 27 portraits | ||
| S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 | 1908 | Mora Studio | Compiled in 1908 by Mora Studio from photos collected in 1906 and 1907 by stock agent Henry Howard 'Harry' Birt, who had been a drover and stockman in the pastoral regions of Australia from 1858 until 1880. Comprises 122 portraits, one of which is lost, leaving a blank oval frame. | ||
| S.A. Northern Pioneers, 1850-59 (Variant) | 1908 | Mora Studio | Near duplicate of 'S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59'. Each includes nine portraits not present in the other. | ||
| B 8507 | Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1 | 1918 | Unknown | Early European settlers of the Port Lincoln and west coast regions of Eyre Peninsula, comprises 26 portraits. | ||
| B 8503 | Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2 | 1918 | Unknown | Early European settlers of the Port Lincoln and west coast regions of Eyre Peninsula, comprises 26 portraits. | ||
| B 8505 | Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 3 | 1918 | Unknown | Early European settlers of the Port Lincoln and west coast regions of Eyre Peninsula, comprises 24 portraits. | ||
| B 8509 | Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 4 | 1918 | Unknown | Early European settlers of the Port Lincoln and west coast regions of Eyre Peninsula, comprises 25 portraits. |
Other similar photo mosaics with South Australian pioneers and early settlers:
| URL | Title | Date | Photographer | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Territory Survey Expedition | about 1867 | Adelaide Photographic Co | Composite of portraits of officers of First Northern Territory Survey, Expedition, 1864 to 1867. J.T. Manton, E. Ward, F.E. Goldsmith, B.T. Finniss, W. Pearson, S. King Sen., J. Davis. |
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