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Linotypes

1899, Photograph, B 7610

First linotypes installed in the Register office.

Linotype

1899, Photograph, B 7609

Linotype machinery in the 'Register' office.

[General description] A colourful group portrait of Imperial army officers showing a variety of dress uniforms. Two high ranking Australian public servants and a reporter are included in the group. [On back of photograph] 'Group of Imperial Army officers visiting South Australia during the visit of the Duke of York / From left to right: Lieut. Chichester; Somerset Light Infantry, Lieut. Chichester; Royal Fusileers, Mr. Owen Smyth; Superintendent of Public Buildings, Lieut. Davies; Middlesex Volunteers, Lieut. Dougall; 79th Cameron Highlanders, Lieut. Bernard; Rifle Brigade, Capt. Powell; Royal Engineer, Mr. Oliphant; South Australian Militia, Lieut.-Colonel Hampson; South Australian Militia, Hon. R.W. Foster; Commissioner for Public Works, Lieut. McLean; Army Service Corps, Lieut. Baring; Coldstream Guards, Lieut. Collins; King's Dragoon Guards, Lieut. Hyde; Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieut. Sutherland; Norfolk Militia, Mr. Calder; Reporter. Presented by Miss M.A. Foster'.

Ministry Members

McGann, Terence, c. 1900, Photograph, B 7607

[General description] Informal group portrait of the Government Ministers of 1900, taken in a garden. [On back of photograph] 'Mr. Holder's Ministry - appointed December 8th,1899. Left to right: Lawrence O'Loughlin, Commissioner of Crown Lands; Richard Witty Foster, Commissioner of Public Works; John Greeley Jenkins, Chief Secretary; Frederick William Holder, Treasurer and Minister of Industry; Egerton Lee Batchelor, Minister of Education and Agriculture and John Hannah Gordon, Attorney General / 1900 / Presented by Mrs. M.A. Foster'.

Star of Greece Memorial

Helps, H. V, c. 1938, Photograph, B 7605

[General description] This is a close up of the memorial which was erected in the grounds of the Methodist (now Uniting) Church at Aldinga. The text reads: 'Erected by the residents of Aldinga and neighbourhood / To the memory of: Capt. H.R.Harrower; W.R. Waugh; R. Muir; F.C. Blackman; C. Irvine; W. Oermirch; H.J.R. Cork; G. Carder; F.C. Carter; D. Blair and A. Orson who lost their lives through the wreck of the 'Star of Greece' at Port Willunga, July 13th, 1888' [On back of photograph] 'Star of Greece' / Memorial / Aldinga 1938'.

Star of Greece Memorial

Helps, H. V, c. 1938, Photograph, B 7604

This memorial is in the grounds of the Uniting Church at Aldinga. It is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The text can be seen in a close up view in B 7605. [On back of photograph] 'Memorial erected at Aldinga to the memory of the lives lost at Port Willunga in the wreck of the 'Star of Greece' / July 1888 / 1838'.

Harold Greaves

c. 1938, Photograph, B 7589

[General description] Upper body portrait of Harold Greaves, director of Botanic Gardens. [On back of photograph] 'Harold Greaves / Director of Botanic Gardens / 1938 / Biographical notes supplied by W. H. Greaves; Born: North Adelaide, July 16th, 1882. Educated: Public School, North Adelaide. Joined staff of Botanic gardens as student under Dr. M. Holtze at the age of twelve years. Appointed Assistant-Foreman, July 1, 1920 and Foreman, 1921 / Appointed Director in 1932 / Presented by W.H. Greaves'.

Flinders Column, Mount Lofty

Krischock, Henry, c. 1938, Photograph, B 7588

[General description] The Flinders Column on Mount Lofty, framed by a large gum tree branch and silhouetted against the sky. The aircraft beacon mounted on top of the column was turned off on July 28th 1953, being no longer needed as it was to be replaced by 'new and more efficient radio aids', according to the Civil Aviation Director, Mr. D.S. Graham. [On back of photograph] 'Flinders Column / Mount Lofty / after its conversion into a beacon for aircraft / June 1938' (Another hand) 'The light was discontinued on 28 July 1953 (See 'News', July 29, 1953, p. 3) / One light last week on evening of July 27, 1953 / See also 'Advertiser', July 30, 1953, 13 i'.

'Willow Bank' Marden

Pitt (Family, 1901, Photograph, D 6321/1

On back of photograph: 'Ebenezer PITT "WILLOW BANK" MARDEN. Prize Winning Horse with C. Nalt. 1901'

Queens Wharf, Pt. Adelaide

Gall, Ernest, c. 1906, Photograph, B 7581

[General description] Horse-power moving cargo on a busy Queen's Wharf where moored ships are both steam and sail. Warehouses and city buildings are seen on the left. [On back of photograph] 'Queens Wharf / Pt. Adelaide / North Parade Wharf is in the distance / About 1906'.

Shipping at Circular Quay

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/56

Shipping at Circular Quay in the 1870's.

South Australian Police Force

Moores Studio, 1938, Photograph, B 7574

Principal officers of the South Australian Police Force.

'Gerners' house at Belair

c. 1937, Photograph, PRG 287/1/4/89

A cream brick house with tile roof. A man is building a raised garden surrounded by rocks. There is a large toy pedal car and a wicker chair on the verandah, and a pile of rubble in the lower corner.

Arrival from England

1920, Photograph, B 7560

Arrival of Ross and Keith Smith, Sergeants WH Shiers and JM Bennett (mechanics) at Adelaide after flight from England. Sir Ross MacPherson Smith together with his brother Sir Keith MacPherson Smith became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia in 1919. The trip took 28 days and 135 flying hours. In 1915 he landed in Gallipoli, later awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was pilot for "Lawrence of Arabia". He was killed during a test flight of the Vickers Viking aircraft.

Felixstow Bridge

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 742/5/124

Felixstow Bridge over the River Torrens, Hackney [also at B 17389/67].

Sir Ross Smith Memorial

1927, Photograph, B 7559

The Sir Ross Smith Memorial Statue, Adelaide. Sir Ross MacPherson Smith (Australian aviator) together with his brother Sir Keith MacPherson Smith became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia in 1919. The trip took 28 days and 135 flying hours. In 1915 he landed in Gallipoli, later awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was pilot for "Lawrence of Arabia". He was killed during a test flight of the Vickers Viking aircraft. The Sir Ross Smith Memorial Statue in Creswell Gardens, Adelaide was unveiled on December 10, 1927 exactly 8 years after the Smith brothers landing at Port Darwin after the flight from England.

The 'Annie Watt' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/35/84

The wooden ketch 'Annie Watt', 42 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wood 2 masted barge rigged, ON57512, 42 tons, 63.7 x 18.0 x 5.6. Built 1870 J Wilson Port Esperance T. by 1875 described as a ketch. Aux. engine fitted in 1925 = 44g, 33n. Owners: George Watt, reg. Hobart Dec. 1873 George Watt, William Fergussen & Samuel Reeves, reg. Port Adelaide. Dec. 1873 Wm Fergussen and S Reeves: 1877 G. McKay and others. Oct. 1882 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Ltd: 1895 AE Le Messurier & Partners. 1925 RC and JF Harvey. Sold for preservation and is ashore at Port Adelaide waiting provision of a display site. Photograph taken at Pine Point. Man on left is James Francis Harvey. 9/3/88 great-great granddaughter Maureen Driver.]

Procession, Cambrai

1912, Photograph, B 34256

A procession, possiblity to raise money for a football oval.

Sir Ross MacPherson Smith

Lekegian & Co, 1917, Photograph, B 7558

Sir Ross MacPherson Smith (Australian aviator) together with his brother Sir Keith MacPherson Smith became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia in 1919. The trip took 28 days and 135 flying hours. In 1915 he landed in Gallipoli, later awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was pilot for "Lawrence of Arabia". He was killed during a test flight of the Vickers Viking aircraft.

Sir Robert Richard Torrens

c. 1870, Photograph, B 7557

Sir Robert Richard Torrens and Colonel Robert Torrens (sitting). Colonel Robert Torrens was Colonisation Commissioner who promoted emigration from Great Britain to Australia. He published "Colonisation of South Australia". He raised the price of land in South Australia and encouraged investment. He reformed companies to mine copper and build railways. He was noted for his systems of registering land titles. Sir Robert Richard Torrens, born in Ireland, arrived in Adelaide in 1840. He became Premier and Registrar General. He founded Real Property Act in South Australia which resulted in spread of the Torrens System to the rest of Australia.

J. Wright

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A, 1944, Photograph, BRG 347/4122

Photograph of Mrs Wright and her young son taken in the studio in Mount Gambier in 1944. The little boy is about two years old and is wearing a hand knitted jumper. Mrs Wright is wearing a tweed suit over a jumper and pearl necklace.

Benjamin Archer Kent

Seeley, Alfred, c. 1864, Photograph, B 7556

Portrait of Dr Benjamin Archer Kent, who had land holdings in the Kent Town area in the 1840s and 1850s. [See 'Fifty years history of Kensington and Norwood' page 21.]

Washaways between Quorn and Alice Springs

c. 1936, Photograph, B 76427/1-54

Views of washaways between Quorn and Alice Springs, showing the damage to railway lines and bridgesm and men working to repair the damage. Also includes images of camel trains and a train smash on the North Line. Some of the places shown include Ross River, William Creek, Blood Creek, Marree area, near Farina, Finke, Copley, and Boolcunda and Hookina bridges. Some of the photographs were taken by L. Hutchesson.