Photographic composite entitled 'S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-1859'. The composite was compiled in 1908 by Mora. All of the portraits are of a later date than the 1850s decade, but many are considerably earlier than 1908. Individual copies of the portraits have also been placed on the database.

The photographic composite image of South Australian northern pioneers began as a display of 121 individual portraits, each attached to a board and labelled with their name and location in northern South Australia. The individual portraits are available to view on SA Memory: Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851: S.A. Northern Pioneers along with updated information about the individual people. The composite was compiled in 1908 by Mora Studio, Rundle St. Adelaide. All of the portraits are of a later date than the 1850s decade, but many are considerably earlier than 1908. However, the pioneers pictured were active in the late 1840s and early 1850s era.

The text which features a selection from Pastoral pioneers of South Australia began as a series of articles in the Adelaide Stock and Station Journal from January 1923 to August 1927. This series consisted of biographical sketches of South Australia's Pastoral Pioneers and Old Colonists. The first hundred articles were cumulated in Pastoral Pioneers of South Australia, Vol. 1 1925 and the remainder was published as Vol. 2 in 1927 with a total of 230 articles.

Cockburn, R Pastoral pioneers of South Australia 2 v. (207; 263 p.) Adelaide: Publishers Limited, 1925-1927 ("Reprinted from the Adelaide Stock and Station Journal.")

Richardson, Norman A. The pioneers of the north-west of South Australia, 1856 to 1914 Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1980

Robinson, J A century in focus : South Australian photography, 1840s-1940s Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2007

Barrie, S 150th anniversary of professional photography in Australia, 12th December 1842 to 1992 : a historical retrospective [Morningside, Qld.]: S. Barrie, [1992]

Davies, A The Mechanical eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900 Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985

Kwan, Elizabeth. Living in South Australia: a social history, Netley, S. Aust.: South Australian Government Printer, 1987

The Wakefield companion to South Australian history. Editor Wilfrid Prest. Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 2001

About Photographers [Art Gallery of South Australia]

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition

Family History Library Guides [State Library of South Australia]

Pictures Catalogue [National Library of Australia]

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