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Children and Father Christmas

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/74

Group of children with Father Christmas at the Cheer Up Hut quarters in Adelaide, South Australia.

Cheer Up Society function group

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/152

A group of women and men, including army and naval officers, attending a function associated with the Cheer Up Society; A.H. Peake, Premier of South Australia, sits front row, third from the left with Mrs Seager, co-founder of the Cheer Up Society seated on his right. Mrs Peake sits third from right, next to Sir William Sowden, centre, Arthur Blackburn, Victoria Cross winner and lawyer sits second from the right.

Writing Room at the Cheer Up Hut

News and Mail, c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/80

'The Writing Room. Motto over the door: "Have you written home". 20 boys can write at once in this room. The boys write home', from back.

AIF buffet lunch before the march, Cheer Up Hut

c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/10

'A.I.F. buffet lunch before the march. 1700 men have been entertained at once before a march - these bigger luncheons taking place in Torrens Hall, Adelaide', from back.

Lady Weigall Hospital Barmera

c. 1922, Photograph, B 22933

Lady Weigall Hospital, Barmera; the main building was formerly the Cheer-up-Hut, Adelaide.

Luncheon for Returned A.I.F.'s

Krischock, Henry, 1942, Photograph, B 17540/85

Luncheon for returned members of the Australian Imperial Forces in the Cheer Up Hut.

Anzac Arch, Adelaide

1919, Photograph, B 2749

Anzac Arch, near Adelaide Railway Station, April 1919. The Cheer Up Hut is framed by the arch.

Schools Patriotic Fund Hostel

c. 1940, Photograph, B 16628

Schools Patriotic Fund Hostel, at the rear of Cheer Up Hut.

Migrant Hostel, Railway Road, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, 1970, Photograph, B 19805

Partial view of the Migrant Hostel, once the premises of the Cheer Up Hut in Railway Road, by the Railway Station, Adelaide, South Australia, 24th April 1970.

Migrant Hostel, Railway Road, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, 1970, Photograph, B 19806

Partial view of the Migrant Hostel, once the premises of the Cheer Up Hut in Railway Road, by the Railway Station, Adelaide, South Australia, 24th April 1970.

Closing down of the Cheer Up Hut

1946, Photograph, B 48482/48

The official party, including the Governor, Sir William Norrie, and the Viscountess Edwina Mountbatten, at the closing down of the Cheer Up Hut during Lady Edwina's visit to South Australia. Saturday 27 April 1946.

Large crowds at the Anzac Arch, Adelaide

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/461

Large crowds by Anzac Arch and the Cheer-Up Hut in Adelaide during a celebration, possibly the opening of the Arch.

Large crowds at the Anzac Arch, Adelaide

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/460

Large crowds by Anzac Arch and the Cheer-Up Hut in Adelaide during a celebration, possibly the opening of the Arch.

A dinner party for soldiers at the Cheer-Up Hut, Adelaide

1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/720

Soldiers sitting at long tables enjoying a dinner party at the Cheer-Up Hut in Adelaide; some of the women voluntary helpers stand in the background and Sir William Sowden, editor of the 'Register' newspaper sits centre foreground wearing a light suit and leaning his arm on the back of his chair.

Women charity helpers in Adelaide

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/19/92

Women charity workers photographed by tables set for a meal, possibly at the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide.

Violet Memory Day in Adelaide

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/106

Crowds attending a Violet Memory Day ceremony in honour of the Fallen of World War I held near Anzac Arch in Adelaide, South Australia; the buildings in the background are the Cheer-Up Hut, left and the City Baths, centre.

SAGASCO photographs : Miscellaneous photographs

South Australian Gas Company (1861-1988), c. 1890, Photograph, BRG 350/34/27/1-8

Miscellaneous photographs in SAGASCO collection (no. 6 used in 'The Unquenchable Flame', page190).

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/88

Unidentified woman sitting in a chair at the Cheer up hut.

Cheer up hut

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/89

Cheer up hut.

Cheer up hut

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/90

Wheelchairs and invalid chairs at the Cheer up hut.

Cheer up hut

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/91

Pile of empty boxes at the Cheer up hut.

Cheer up hut

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/92

Unidentified wounded soldier at the Cheer up hut.

Cheer up hut

Smith, W. S., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 733/93

Two women doing the laundry at the Cheer up hut.

Amy Elizabeth Taylor

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 1642/25/295

Amy Elizabeth Taylor in her Adelaide Cheer-Up Hut uniform during World War I, at Wittalunga. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/25.

An outdoor performance

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/15

An outdoor performance representing an "Egyptian wedding" performed as a fund raiser for the Cheer Up Hut. This photograph, and SRG 6/34/10, were both taken at the Cheer Up Hut fair in January 1916, reported in: Daily Herald, Thursday 27 January 1916, page 3. The fair included a mock Egyptian wedding, 'conducted with all pomp and circumstance, in which Corporal Bastard will be the bridegroom and Private Ransamer will be the bride'.

S.P.F. Cheer-Up Hostel

c. 1943, Photograph, PRG 1162/4/1

A view of the S.P.F. (Servicemen's Patriotic Fund) Cheer-Up Hostel at the rear of No. 1 Cheer-Up Hut. The hostel provided accommodation for servicemen on leave.

World War 1 and 2 era fundraising button badges

Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch, c. 1916, Realia, SRG 435/19/126-155

World War One era badges (also known as buttons or 'tinnies') collected by the R.S.L. Most badges were designed and created to be puchased as a fundraising interest, in order to raise money for various factions of the Red Cross. Included are badges created for occasions such as Australia Day, Violet Day, Army Nurses Day, and French Day, and for charity groups including the Red Cross, the Cheer-Up Society, the R.S.A. Building Fund (Returned Soldiers' Association, which later became the R.S.L.), the Wattle Day League, Soldiers' Home, Children's Patriotic League, Nursing Society, and the Y.M.C.A., as well as official peace badges marking the end of the war and various miscellaneous badges including a Christian Endeavour convention, fundraising carnivals and memorial gardens. Also includes some button badges from the inter-war years, 1919-1938, and from the Second World War, and other metal badges from WW1 and WW2. See below for details.

Emergency hospital room, Cheer Up Hostel

News and Mail, c. 1943, Photograph, SRG 435/3/90

'The Emergency Hospital room, used for emergency sickness or accidents', from back. The room consists of two beds, a bedside cabinet with draws, glasses and bowls, flowers on the walls, a mirror and small rugs on the floor. There are hot water bottles on the pillows.

Farewell for Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey

Krischock, Henry, 1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/88

'Adelaide, 1944. Cheer Up Society members form Guard of Honour (by special request) at farewell in Adelaide Town Hall to Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, State Governor. Farewell given by representatives of all Patriotic Organisations affiliated with Allied Forces Welfare Co-ordinating Committee', from back.

The "Sydney Boys" at breakfast

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., 1941, Photograph, SRG 6/34/26

Crew from HMAS Sydney having breakfast at the Cheer up Hut. [On back of photograph] 'The "Sydney boys" at breakfast Feb. 1941. A number of these men were soon afterwards lost at sea. E. Morison. Record keeper.' [A later annotation reads] 'Uniform 1939-46 White dress / blue veil / blus cape or cardigan'. The Society's stamp and the photographer's stamp have also been put on the back.

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