File:Portrait of George Bates(GN01970).jpg

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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.
Date circa 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Glass Negatives
The History Trust of South Australia
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GN01970
Source The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government
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