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Arts and Crafts : Clock making
[Arn Stinson comes face to face with his replica of a 1320s clock which will be on display at the Spring Craft Fair at Wayville.] 7th October 1987.
Lantern Slide Stories and Promotions for Six O'Clock Closing
This series comprises skits or stories told in a series of lantern slides for the purposes of comedy or social commentary. They include: Toothache; The Elephant's Revenge; Meddlesome Sambo; Three Merry Men; Sinking Ship; Turkish Cartoon; Six O'Clock Closing and Temperance Issues; A Smoker; Lion and British Flag; WWI Political Staement; Extracts from books about liquor; and Industrial Los Angeles County.
Clocks at the John Martin's Christmas pageant
A group of women dressed up as clocks, pose for the camera at the start of the John Martin's Christmas pageant in Adelaide.
Fireworks display showing a grandfather clock
Colour photograph of a fireworks set piece depicting a grandfather clock. The display is part of the John Martin's 'Centenary Fireworks Fiesta', held on 24 May 1967 at the Wayville Showgrounds.
Series 11: Items belonging to Bernard Cornelius Herman
Items belonging to Bernard Cornelius Herman, husband of Vera Gladys Ruby Retchford (sister to Ethel Simpson), comprising: three medals awarded for his service in the First World War, the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal 1914-1920, and the Victory Medal. Each medal has '2885 Pte B. C. Herman, 10/BN. AIF' engraved on the back or rim. Also comprising a golden fob watch with decorative engraving on the front and back and Roman numerals on the clock face. ca.1918.
Photographs of architecture and places 1980-1993
Photographs of architecture and places at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Adelaide between 1980-1993.
Photographs of Adelaide scenes
Collection of black and white photographic prints, taken by an unknown photographer. They cover localities in the Adelaide Hills, Adelaide street scenes, events and activities. Details of items are listed below.
Member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
GENERAL: A member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia sitting holding a large clock set at six o'clock; two men stand behind her. It has been suggested the woman in this picture is actually Mrs. Helen Barton, a Scottish Temperance worker who was invited to Australia to assist in the Campaign for 6 o'clock closing. [from information provided by researcher].
King William Street, Adelaide
[On back of photograph] 'Acre 237 / Post Office / 1873' [General description] General Post Office, King William Street, Adelaide, viewed from the garden in Victoria Square. The dark clock face indicates that this photo was taken before December 13th, 1875 when the clock was set in motion. The new clock faces were made of Chance's white opal glass and illuminated at night.
King William Street
King William Street, looking south from North Terrace. This photograph shows the view from the intersection of King William Street and North Terrace. The road appears to be very wide and the buildings on the eastern corner include Academy on the corner, Civil and Military Engineering Institute, Adelaide Gymasium, Hunt's Original and a large grocery store with several people waiting outside. The Town Hall clock tower can be seen in the distance minus it's clock. Apparently the intended clock was given to Trinity Church instead. Various shops and businesses line the western side of King William Street. Horses and carriages wait at the side of the street.
Photograph album 1
Collection of silver albumen photographs, most loose, contained in a 'post card album'. Believed to have been taken (or collected in some cases) by F.C. Krichauff, who worked as a photographer in South Australia. The majority of the photographs are of buildings in Adelaide, but also include English and European buildings , believed to have been take during an overseas visit in 1882 - neither have been copied. See 'contents' for details of individual photographs.
"Now Boys Vote Six or the Girls Won't Love You"
Board saying "Now Boys Vote Six or the Girls Won't Love You"; a clock showing six o'clock is just below the words. The board is related to six o'clock closing time and the temperance issue.
Murals arranged by project
The series consists of photographs, negatives, transparencies, correspondence, drawings, paintings, pamphlets and a wooden model which relate to murals created by J S Ostoja-Kotkowski. These include projects for hotels, the Adelaide Airport, B.P. House in Adelaide, B.P. House in Melbourne, Ciba-Geigy building in Preston Victoria, Earth Sciences building University of Melbourne, Montreal Expo 67, Nauru House Melbourne, National Mutual building Adelaide, Polish Church, Polish House, Solaris, South Australian Institute of Technology, State Educational Centre, Unley shopping centre and the Weir restaurant in Adelaide. Chronology:. 1955 Milford House North Adelaide. 1957 Pier Hotel Glenelg; Tasman Hotel Port Lincoln. 1960 Taboo Peel St Adelaide. 1961 Weir restaurant Adelaide. 1962 Office mural; National Mutual building Adelaide; vitreous enamel mural Kym Bonython gallery(?). 1964 Vitreous enamel mural Melbourne. 1965 BP House Adelaide; BP House Melbourne; Dollar Club Adelaide. 1966 Unley shopping centre. 1967 Montreal expo. 1968 Chanteclaire; school seminary refectory North Adelaide. c1960s M Hobbs vitreous enamel mural; Hotel Elizabeth Melbourne; Hotel Eyrie Whyalla; mosaic mural Adelaide; restaurant mural. 1970 Adelaide airport s'pacescape'; MLC building Melbourne; ANZ Bank Adelaide. 1971 Ciba Geigy building Preston Victoria. 1973 Polish House Adelaide. 1975 Earth Sciences building University of Melbourne. 1976 Nauru House Melbourne; Kooroora Hotel. 1977 South Australian Institute of Technology; State Educational Centre Adelaide. 1978 Op mural Stirling hardware; op mural chemist shop. 1980 Perspex mural Kay. 1981 Telecom Australia. 1986 Sheik's restaurant Adelaide; Solaris Sydney. 1987 Polish church mosaic Adelaide. 1988 Brisbane expo Solaris Mk2. No date: Eta food factory Adelaide; Perth tapestry project; Shamern's(?); Twelve Apostles and various unidentified murals.
Records relating to sculpture projects carried out or proposed by JS Ostoja-Kotkowski
1964: Fountain Rothman's Theatrette Wayville showgrounds; Australian Photographic Society plaque. 1988: Monument to Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cooma New South Wales. Chronology:. 1960s: Tubular steel sculptures. 1979: Ned Kelly. The series consists of photographs, transparencies, negatives, watercolours, drawings, correspondence, and models of sculpture projects undertaken by Ostoja-Kotkowski; proposals which were never undertaken; and photographs of a sculpture of JS Ostoja-Kotkowski. Some of the proposed towers were sound and kinetic works. 1956: Architectural exhibition Botanic Gardens Adelaide. 1958: Fountain. 1969: Trophy England to Australia commemorative air race; Fountain West End market Adelaide. 1978: Carved headstone Zenon Swigon. 1973: Dom Polski wall sculpture. nd: door handles - gallery. 1957: Fountain Tasman Hotel beer garden Port Lincoln. 1970: Descending dove Immanuel College Novar Gardens. 1972: Helios Churchill House Canberra. 1976: Polish Soldiers' monument Dom Polski Adelaide. 1981: Sphaeros Perth District Court. 1967: XII Stations of the Cross Churinga Monastery chapel.
Flower Day 1962
Collection of photographs relating to Flower Day 1962.
Photographs taken by Rev. Walter Kenworthy in Western Australia and South Australia
Records comprising photographs taken in Western Australia and South Australia by Rev. Walter Benjamin Kenworthy.
Glenelg from the Jetty
[General description] Glenelg from the jetty showing buildings around Moseley Square which include Town Hall and Clock Tower, Bell Bakers, Massey's Restaurant, and the Pier Hotel. A young man is sitting on a bench on the jetty wearing a bowler hat. The sand on the beach is level with the road. [On back of photograph] Glenelg 1886-87 (After 1882 owing to presence of clock tower).
Town Hall, Glenelg
[General description] Town Hall, Glenelg. This building, with its two stories of wide verandahs was designed by Edmund Wright for use as an Institute, without the clock and tower which were added at a later time. The Glenelg Council bought the building in 1887 for use as a Town Hall. See B 43098 for a view of the building before the clock was added.
Glenelg
Town Hall, Glenelg was built in 1875 and designed by Edmund Wright, but without the clock and clock tower. It was designed as an Institute building but was later bought by the Glenelg Council and used as a Town Hall
Kadina Town Hall
[General description] The Heritage listed Kadina Town Hall, designed by John Gaskell was built in stages, the first storey completed in 1880. The second was added in 1898 along with the balcony and ornamental gable. The clock tower was constructed in 1903 to house a clock donated by businessman Daniel Squibb. The Council was struggling to find the revenue to pay for the tower so on its completion Mr. Squibb paid for it as well.
Church of the Holy Evangelist
Church of the Holy Evangelist at Goolwa. Land was granted for the building of the church in 1857. The church bell was one of the heaviest and was presented in 1897 by Liet. Col. Higgins. The church was built of travertine limestone and has a limestone clock tower with a spire. The tower was completed in 1905 and the clock installed in 1905. The church opened in 1868.
Moonta Institute
[General description] The clock tower is glimpsed through the foliage of trees. [On back of photograph] 'Moonta / Clock tower of the Moonta Institute from Queen's Square'.
Town Hall, Moonta
[General description] Moonta's Town Hall is a solid stone building with a corner clock tower and a widows walk. Some men, probably officials stand in front of the building, another man appears to be working on the roof. [On back of photograph] 'Institute/Town Hall, Moonta / 1932 / Corner of George and Henry Streets / Reproduced in the Chronicle for September 1st, 1932 / Foundation stone laid 25 March 1885 by Mrs. J.R. Corpe, wife of president and niece of Sir W.W. Hughes, original owner of Mines / Architect T.H. Smeaton, Adelaide / Contractors Pollard & Cowling, Moonta / First cost 3,500 pounds / Clock tower added in 1907 by public subscription (vide Mr. O. Pryor)' Miss Lutze made a substantial donation to this fund.
Procession at Mount Gambier
Procession travelling along Commercial Street. Commercial Street looking west. Note on the back of the photograph states "taken from a point near the corner of Ferrers and Commercial Streets. Old building on left is on the site of the present Jens Hotel, first two storey building on right used to be Cornelius Boarding House and tea rooms. Long since removed by A Ruberkonic as a coffee palace. Now owned by Mrs Jens and used as part of her hotel across the road. The second two storey building on the right is the Mount Gambier Hotel, at the corner of Commercial Street and Penola Road. Scaffolding on left used for erection of the Town Hall clock tower. (Clock erected on August 7th, 1883)" Information from the Town Clerk of Mount Gambier, January 14, 1938.
Town Hall, Norwood
[General description] Town Hall, Norwood, designed by Alfred Wells and built in 1883. It is a two storey building with arched windows and doorways with the dominant feature being a domed clock tower. The clock is yet to be installed at this time, later to be gifted by Sir Edwin Thomas Smith in 1890.
Town Hall, Port Adelaide
[General description] The Town Hall on St Vincent Street was designed by architects Woods and Wright and features a clock tower and belfry, the foundation stone being laid by Sir James H. Fisher on 10 June, 1865 with the official opening on 29 August 1866. The clock was imported from London on the Indes in 1867. The building on the left has a shopfront which sells a variety of goods including wash tubs. Young street trees have wooden tree-guards to protect them. [On back of photograph] 'Port Adelaide Town Hall / On the left of it is a house built in 1848 by D. Bower / 1872-86'.
Trinity Church North Terrace
North Terrace West, looking East across Morphett St. Probably about 1870. Extracted from the Observer for 7 September 1929. A man stands on the nearside corner and North Terrace looks extremely muddy underfoot. Holy Trinity was the first Anglican church built in South Australia. The clock in the tower which has been there since 1838, was made by Vulliamy, clockmaker to King William IV. It was intended as the town clock and was put into this first Adelaide tower.
North Terrace
North Terrace, looking east from a point a little west of Morphett Street. Trinity Church on the right. The original art work by S.T. Gill is in the S.A. Art Gallery. The foundation stone for Holy Trinity Church was laid by Governor Hindmarsh on 26 January 1838 but when the building was finished it was considered to be unsafe and the church was rebuilt and enlarged. The clock in the tower was installed in 1838 and was intended for use as the town clock. Holy Trinity Church was the first Anglican church in South Australia and the tower was the first to be built in Adelaide. The art work depicts families strolling on north Terrace making their way to church. A man is walking his dog. Only a few houses have been built up to this date.
Trinity Church, North Terrace
Trinity Church, North Terrace was the first Anglican Church built in South Australia and is one of the oldest buildings in the City of Adelaide. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Hindmarsh in 1838. The clock in the tower was made by Vulliamy, the clockmaker to King William IV and was intended to be used as the first town clock. By the time of this photograph the galleries in the transepts were added. Garrison troops led by their own brass band marched down North Terrace from their barracks to attend services.
Trinity Church, North Terrace
Trinity Church, North Terrace was the first Anglican Church built in South Australia and is one of the oldest buildings in the City of Adelaide. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Hindmarsh in 1838. The clock in the tower was made by Vulliamy, the clockmaker to King William IV and was intended to be used as the first town clock. By the time of this photograph the galleries in the transepts were added. Garrison troops led by their own brass band marched down North Terrace from their barracks to attend services.