Summary

Chairman Adelaide Auction Co; Director Adelaide Mining Co; director Savings Bank and Nabk of Australasia; whaling station owner; pastoralist; politician.

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Published resources

Books

• Douglas Pike (General Editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography : 1851-1890, A-C, vol. 3 of 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1969, 516 pp. Details
• Morphett, G.C., The Bakers of Morialta: Hon, John Baker, NLC, JP, FRGS nad his son Sir Richard Chaffey Baker, KCMG, QC, MA(Cantab), Pioneers' Association of South Australia, Adelaide, 1946, 8 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Cockburn, R., 'Hon. John Baker', in Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, Publishers Ltd, Adelaide, 1925, pp. 60-61. Details
• Loyau, G.E., 'Hon. John Baker, MLC', in Representative men of South Australia, G. Howell, Adelaide, 1883, pp. 49-52. Details