Photograph, 19th century, but undated newspaper cutting

Historical information

B: 1808 10 May in Cornwall England; D: 21 October 1865 Portland Vic. See "Cross at the Campfire" by Heather Le Griffon for the full history of Francis Tuckfield and his attempts to establish a mission near Birregurra, Vic. Also "Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 2, 1967.

Physical description

Two photographs cut from a newspaper in one card frame of Rev. Francis Tuckfield - the first from 1837; the second from 1865, the year he died.

Inscriptions & markings

The 1837 photo has "Preacher … Geelong, July 28th 1838"

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