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#12249 - Portrait of John Gale (1831-1929)

Resource ID
Location
12249
Ingram Room
Title/subtitle
Portrait of John Gale (1831-1929)
Picture
Portrait of John Gale (1831-1929)
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Accession No. 1999-61
Physical description
Photograph 36.7 x 24cm (oval), 63 x 53cm (framed)
Summary
Photograph in oval mount of John Gale (framed) c. 1910. John Gale (1831-1929) came to Australia as a Wesleyan missionary in 1854. He returned to his trade of printing and established Queanbeyan's first newspaper the 'Golden Age', later the 'Queanbeyan Age'.