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Samuel John Hood (20 August 1872 – 8 June 1953) was an Australian photographer and photojournalist born in South Australia whose career spanned from the 1880s to the 1950s. [ 1 ] Early years
At the time of his death, his portfolio included J. Hill & Company (coaching), the Australian Refining and Smelting Company, the Hamley Copper Mining Company, the Moonta and Wallaroo Copper Mining Company, the Bridgeport Coal Company, the General Electric Supply Company of Australia, Ballarat Tramway Company as well as a number of farms and ...
John Henry Absalom, colloquially to everyone as 'Jack', was born in Port Augusta, South Australia.He grew up along the Nullarbor Plain, west of Port Augusta, and from an early age developed a wide knowledge of the outback from Aboriginal Australians who existed in tribes at that time. [2]
Processed luncheon meat is known as "fritz" in South Australia, whereas in other states it is referred to as devon, stras or polony. Another uniquely South Australian word is "Stobie pole", which is the pole used to support power and telephone lines. It was invented in South Australia by James Stobie in 1924.
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Pencil on paper sketch of the execution of Michael Magee, the first man executed in South Australia, for shooting at Sheriff Smart. The artwork is inscribed, "Sketched on the ground by J. M. Skipper" (suggesting the artist witnessed the execution). Held at the State Library of South Australia, call no. B 7797.
After the capture of Pretoria, South Australian Colonel Joseph Gordon recommended Morant as a despatch rider to Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, and Morant took up this position in late June 1900. [44] He was employed directly by the newspaper, and his final pay from the British Army was on 31 July 1900. [45]
Date of death Age at death Cause Frederick Thomas Sargood Free Trade: Victoria: 2 January 1903 [1] 68 William Russell Labor: South Australia: 28 June 1912 69 Heart disease [2] Gregor McGregor Labor South Australia 13 August 1914 65 Heart disease [3] Robert Guthrie Nationalist: South Australia 20 January 1921 63 Struck by a tram [4] John Adamson ...