Portrait of Professor EM Shelton, Principal of Queensland Agricultural College, c 1897

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Edward Mason Shelton was the first Instructor in Agriculture and Principal of the Queensland Agricultural College. During the 1890s he wrote 11 books on agriculture and food preservation as well as numerous articles in the Queensland Agricultural Journal.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 3794

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Portrait of Mr JG Anderson, MA, ISO, Under Secretary, Department of Public Instruction, 1878.

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John Gerard Anderson (1836-1911) was an educationalist who joined the Queensland Board of General Education in 1862. He became the first district inspector of schools in 1863, senior inspector in 1869, acting general inspector in 1874 and general inspector in 1876. He was Director of Education and Under Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction from 1878 to 1904.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 4086

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Portrait of Sir Arthur Palmer, c 1880

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Sir Arthur Palmer was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1866 to 1881 and the Queensland Legislative Council from 1881 to 1898. He was the 5th Premier of Queensland from 1870 to 1874. He was later Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Instruction in the McIlwraith government.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 8518

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