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170th Celebration Event
170th Celebration Event
The Rumbelow & Descendants 170th Celebration event was held at Encounter Bay and surrounds on the weekend of 29th & 30th March, 2025.
The pioneer family landed at Port Adelaide on October 9th, 1854, having sailed from Southampton UK on the barque Pestonjee Bomanjee. They then travelled on foot to Encounter Bay arriving on the 5th of January 1855.
Of Tragedy and Valor:
The Peter Matthews Collection
Of Tragedy and Valor:
The Peter Matthews Collection
Local Artist Peter Matthews commissioned twelve portraits to capture the lives of local fisherman and their outstanding personalities. The portraits featuring Rumbelow, Ewen, and Shannon family members were painted by William (Bill) Needs and Peter’s younger son, Andrew Matthews.
Peter wrote ‘I offer the portraits so that they may be safeguarded and exhibited from time to time – when hopefully Victor Harbor will have a gallery of its own and that I ask for no remuneration. It is just something that I thought worthwhile of the men portrayed and who lost their lives at sea."
Kenneth Peter Rumbelow (Peter) alongside the portrait of Malen Rumbelow (2nd) 1846 - 1905
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