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[edit]Portrait of George Bates | ||||
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Hammer & Co |
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Portrait of George Bates |
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George Bates was a sealer and trader and was one of the early residents of Kangaroo Island. He was born in Cheapside, London. In 1823, as one of the crew of the convict ship Commodore Hayes he reached Hobart Town, where he joined the sealing vessel Nereus operating in Bass Strait and beyond. While anchored in one of Kangaroo Island's sheltered bays in January 1824, he and a mate stole ashore and hid in the scrub. With the assistance of local Aboriginal women, he bartered seal, kangaroo and wallaby skins with crews of vessels from Port Jackson and Hobart Town for subsistence requirements, including rum and tobacco, enabling the men to survive in relative ease. His impressive figure, red hair and beard earned him the nickname 'Fireball'. Bates died in the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, on 8 September 1895. |
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circa 1905 date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | Glass Negatives | |||
Collection | The History Trust of South Australia | |||
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GN01970 |
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The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government Photo [1] Object record [2] |
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