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Latitude
52.561928
Longitude
-1.464854
Start Date
1809-01-01
End Date
1876-01-01

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ID
tb9768

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Birth Place
England, UK
Biography
photographic showman, house-painter and gilder, brother of John Saddington Plush , came to South Australia in 1839 and set up in Adelaide as a painter and gilder. In February 1847 Plush and 'Professor’ Robert Hall held a magic-lantern show in Adelaide, showing dissolving views and phantasmagoria. Plush married twice. His first wife, Rebecca, died in 1845, leaving a surviving (namesake) son and a daughter from the five children of their marriage. The following year he married Catharine Hoskin, an Adelaide dressmaker; they had seven children. He died at Angaston on 27 October 1867 and was buried in the Congregational section of the Angaston Cemetery. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1809
Summary
Thomas Hall Plush was a photographic showman, house-painter and gilder. Plush and 'Professor' Robert Hall held a magic-lantern show in Adelaide, showing dissolving views and phantasmagoria in 1847.
Gender
Male
Died
27 October 1876
Age at death
67