Port Augusta

c. 1900, Photograph, B 15734

Post office and Town Hall in Port Augusta. These buildings were erected in 1886-87. The main hall was destroyed by fire in 1944. The Town Hall was built of brownstone from Quorn, decorated with Ionic columns and gables either side of the square clock tower. The pyramidal dome and cupola was 72 feet tall

Primary School, Port Augusta

Holdsworth, James, c. 1890, Photograph, B 26358

Primary school, Port Augusta.

Shearing, Port Augusta

Holdsworth, James, c. 1890, Photograph, B 26360

Shearing near Port Augusta. The man shearing the sheep is George Leslie Tansell of Mildred Street, Port Augusta. [Information provided by A. Tansell.] The location is Yudnapinna Station, north-west of Port Augusta

Train accident near Port Augusta

1914, Photograph, B 26371

After leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914 the coal train was derailed in the vicinity of the lagoon East of Port Augusta by a boiler explosion in the second locomotive, the 'Y' class no 105.

Train accident near Port Augusta

1914, Photograph, B 26390

After leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914 the coal train comprising 27 carriages and two locomotives was derailed in the vicinity of the lagoon to the East of Port Augusta by a boiler explosion in the second locomotive, 'Y' Class number 105.

Donkey Teams, Port Augusta

c. 1900, Photograph, B 26402

Donkey teams loading wool, Port Augusta.

Port Augusta

c. 1880, Photograph, B 36387

R.B. Randall Bakehouse at Port Augusta, the baker and two other men stand outside with a delivery horse and cart.

Wool carting, Port Augusta

c. 1900, Photograph, B 45554

Wool carting, Port Augusta.

Wool carting, Port Augusta

c. 1900, Photograph, B 45555

Wool carting, Port Augusta.

Retail stores in Port Augusta

Tims, E. G., c. 1878, Photograph, B 7903

Premises of Wilcox & Co., drapers and E. Baker's saddler shop in Port Augusta. People standing outside the shops appear to be the stores owners and workers.

Young & Gordon premises at Port Augusta

c. 1885, Photograph, B 7907

View of the Young & Gordon (late Bignell & Young) shop at Port Augusta. A number of the staff are standing out the front at the edge of the verandah, some of the stock can be seen in the shop windows but the windows to the first storey are curtained. Another Young & Gordon single-storey building can be partially seen beside the main one. Information on the main building identifies the original business as 'Bignall & Young, importers, established 1867'. When Frank Bignell retired in 1881 Thomas Young went into partnership with Robert Gordon, trading as Young and Gordon where they sold drapery, millinery, dressmaking, tailoring, clothing, footware, grocery, produce, ironmongery, glassware, earthernware, wine and spirits.

Post Office and Town Hall of Port Augusta

1932, Photograph, B 8089

Post Office and Town Hall of Port Augusta was erected in 1886-87. The main hall was destroyed by fire in 1944. The Town Hall was built of brownstone from Quorn, decorated with Ionic columns and gables either side of the square clock tower.

Cargo ship at Port Augusta

c. 1916, Photograph, B 64216

PORT AUGUSTA: A cargo ship berthed at the loading wharves at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1916, Photograph, B 64218

PORT AUGUSTA: Distant view of Port Augusta and part of the newly built east west railway.

Sheep at Port Augusta

c. 1927, Photograph, B 61935

PORT AUGUSTA: The first flock of sheep to pass over the new bridge at Port Augusta on about 5 July 1927; D.L. van Senden, the owner of the sheep is 4th from the right.

Police outside Port Augusta police station

1912, Photograph, B 62192

PORT AUGUSTA: Members of the Police force outside Port Augusta police station. Left to right: W. Verco; Frank Holmes; Martin Shea (Clerk); Jim Kelly; Sam Day; Jim Beerworth; Sgt. Gibbons.

Model T Ford on the punt at Port Augusta

c. 1925, Photograph, B 54845

PORT AUGUSTA: The punt at Port Augusta carrying a Model T Ford motor car.

Bullock teams taking wool to Port Augusta

c. 1890, Photograph, B 54867

PORT AUGUSTA: Bullock teams taking wool from "Yutnapinna" to Port Augusta.

The train, Y176 at Port Augusta

c. 1915, Photograph, B 55483

PORT AUGUSTA: The train, Y176, standing in the Commercial Road Station at Port Augusta.

Young people by the Port Augusta pier

c. 1920, Photograph, B 57533

PORT AUGUSTA: Young people by the pier, enjoying a trip to Port Augusta.

Shooters at a Port Augusta competition

Gladston, L. S., c. 1920, Photograph, B 57561

PORT AUGUSTA: Shooters who were members of the winning team at a Port Augusta shooting competition. Their names are T. Rogers. R. Dennis, A.J. Roberts, W.N. Roberts, H. (?) Harden and I. Hudson. NB. The men may not be standing in that order. According to a researcher, the man at left may be William Harden, who was a member of the rifle club. William would have been in his thirties (b1887) in 1920. He won a medal in 1902 for 300 and 600 yds from the Port Augusta District Rifle Club.