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Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens showing tree lined paths and a bridge over the creek
Presbyterian Girls Club
Members of St. Peters Presbyterian Girls Club, juniors performing a 'golden slipper' ball.
Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens showing the Palm House which opened in 1877. This Victorian glasshouse was imported from Bremen in Germany. It featured hanging glass walls and was advanced for its time
Stock yards, Millicent
Sheep waiting for shipment to Victoria after a record sheep sale at Millicent conducted by Dalgety & Co.
King William Street
Town Hall, King William Street. The Town Hall was built in 1863-6. Its portico and graceful tower set the pattern for buildings erected later
Parkside
66 Glen Osmond Road - Shell Co. Australia.
The 'Falls of Halladale' wrecked on the Victorian coast
The four masted iron barque 'Falls of Halladale', 2085 tons, wrecked on the Victorian coast. Also refer to the prints PRG 1373/18/3 and PRG 1373/18/4 [iron 4 mast ship, later 4 mast barque, 2085 gross tons. ON93300. 275.2 x 41.6 x 23.9. Built 1886 (7) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: Ship Falls of Halladale Ltd. Wright and Breakenridge, registered Glasgow, later Wright, Graham and Co. and finally T Law and Co. Wrecked near Warrnambool, Victoria, Nov. 14, 1908].
Parkside
62 Glen Osmond Road, Parkside - Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Adelaide Town Hall interior
Interior of the Town Hall, King William Street. As soon as the Town Hall was opened in 1866 a campaign to purchase an organ was launched. The organ duly arrived in 1877 and was installed on the main platform in the auditorium
Crossville school
Crossville school - built 1909.
A cow at the Jubilee Oval showgrounds
A cow photographed at the Jubilee Oval showgrounds, Adelaide, South Australia.
Sturt Centenary, Goolwa
Sturt Centenary Celebrations at Goolwa.
Exhibition Building
Exhibition Building, North Terrace was built in a formal classical Beaux Arts style with stucco decorations. Semi-circular headed windows on each floor were separated by pilasters and an imposing dome crowned the centre. A look-out tower provided panoramic views across Adelaide. This photograph shows a family of children sitting in the gutter outside this magnificent building
Port Adelaide Rowing Club Men's Master Eight Championship
Master Eight team members: D. Trinne, V. Knight, K. Allery, P. Knight, A. Tideman, W. Severin, I. Robertson, M. Nielsen and B. Mason at the award podium as silver medalists.
Hindley Street
Hindley Street from King William Street, looking west. An omnibus is travelling west along Hindley Street. A traffic controller is standing in the middle of the intersection
Customs house, Port Augusta
Customs house, Port Augusta.
St. Martin's Lutheran Church
St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Mannum ; this view was taken on the day of the Opening Ceremony. The foundation stone was laid August 25, 1935 and opened August 23, 1936. The first church opened July 2, 1882.
Commercial St., Mount Gambier
Commercial St., Mount Gambier showing the Town Hall and Clock Tower
Ship 'Storm King' moored in River Thames at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Storm King', 1408 tons, moored in the River Thames, at Gravesend, U.K.. Built in 1853 by Issac Taylor of Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Later owned by Black Ball line.
North Terrace
North Terrace, west corner of Stephens Place, showing the residence of Dr.Campbell, taken on January 5th 1914. The building in the photograph is a two storey bluestone house almost completely covered in ivy. A plaque near the gate says "Verco Building" and some of the plaques have the names of doctors on them. A maid can be seen standing in the gateway and the upstairs windows and shutters are open on this building which faces onto North Terrace. It is soon to be demolished to make way for the second stage of the Verco Building, the first stage of which can be seen behind. For a view of the completed Verco Building, see B 1826.
Strangways Terrace
East corner of Strangways Terrace and Hill Street. This house was built by architect Sir George Strickland Kingston (1807-1880) for The Honourable William Younghusband. It was demolished in 1925. The attractive house in the photograph consists of a large bay window on the western side, multiple arches over a front portico and a wing of the house consisting of an arcade of arches open to the elements towards the east. William Younghusband was one of the principal merchants in Adelaide, Director of the Bank of Australasia, Chairman of Adelaide Silver-Lead Mine, Member of Children's Apprenticeship Board, Trustee of the Gawler Town Church. He was a wealthy and influential member of the community. He was also Chief Secretary responsible for organising all the Government Departments under the Hanson Government. He left Adelaide in 1861 and died in London of typhoid fever aged just 49.
The 'Lochee' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The iron ship 'Lochee', 1812 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [iron ship, 1812 tons. ON68273. 264.2 x 39.0 x 23.4. Built 1874 (8) A Stephens and Sons, Dundee. Owners: Dundee Clipper Line Ltd. (D Bruce and Co. managers) Registered Dundee. c.1909 sold Russian without change of name, then was renamed 'Elena' and in 1919 the Spanish 'Joaquin Pujol'. Broken up in 1929].
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide including a steam boat and three-masted ketches. Many of the smaller boats are aground on sand bars
Joseph Brinkworth
Joseph Brinkworth, eldest son of Thomas, arrived in South Australia in August 1839 on the "Somersetshire". Joseph Brinkworth (1834-1895) was the eldest son of Elizabeth and Thomas Brinkworth. He married Isabelle Clode. Joseph, like his brothers was a wheat farmer. His father Thomas Brinkworth arrived in South Australia in August 1839 aboard the "Somersetshire". He was a broadweaver by trade but began in South Australia by sawing wood in the government forests, later he grew wheat at Nailsworth. He was a founding trustee of St Andrew's Anglican Church at Walkerville. In 1851 he left with his two eldest sons to work at the goldfields near Bendigo, returning with enough gold to buy farmland at Lower Light. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth had nine children. He later moved to Manoora (Chinkford) to grow wheat. With his son-in-law he built a steam flourmill at Saddleworth.
The 'Dolbadern Castle' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Dolbadern Castle', 989 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 989 tons. ON48593, 198.9 x 34.1 x 20.9. Built 1863 (11) TR Oswald, Sunderland, Owners Robert Davies registered Liverpool, later Hughes and Co. Liverpool. Converted into a hulk at Delagoa Bay, Nov. 1896].
"Ravendale", Port Lincoln
[On back of photograph] 'Ravendale, Port Lincoln belonging to Andrew J. Murray Esq.' [General description] This house was originally built as the private residence of the resident Magistrate of Port Lincoln and was one of the early large houses in the area. The gabled roof appears to be shingle and there is an interesting wooden trim on the verandah. On the left is the outbuilding which includes stabling. In front of the house is an untidy complex of stockyards built from timber. Three men pose for the photographer in the foreground, one of them holding a horse [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/1/32c].
The 'Moel Eilian' at anchor
The iron barque 'Moel Eilian', 1109 tons, at anchor [iron 3 mast barque, 1109 tons, ON77418. 221.5 x 35.0 x 21.2. Built 1877 (11) W Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: WE Jones, registered Carnarvon. c.1914 renamed 'Valkyrie'].
Friedrich Krichauff : SUMMARY RECORD
Papers of Friedrich Krichauff and family comprising certificates, including clients certificates of naturalisation, family and business correspondence, 5 letters from Ferdinand von Mueller, papers re: S.A. and N.T. land transactions, tax returns, papers re: estates of Earl, Leopoldt, Reitschler, Schoenberg and others, wills, legal memoranda, share scrip, ledgers, papers re: Spark Arrestor Co. and papers re: the Enemy Property Act. A donation in 2010 comprises a collection of letters sent to Friedrich Krichauff, mostly from his family in Germany, Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein 1843-1892. These have been arranged in order by Tom Darragh, and a listing made by him giving date, writer and place. Almost all the letters in the collection are written in old German script, except for some written to him by others in South Australia. They also include farm account books (small notebooks), household accounts and receipts, school reports and family tree documents of the von Bertouch and Krichauff families. There are also 17 letters in English from H.J. Cumming in 1865 relating to management of a mine at Cape Jervis (probably the silver-lead Talisker mine at Silverton). Also includes a program for Carl Linger sacred vocal music concert in 1855 in Adelaide (series 65). Two of the works were by Linger, who conducted the orchestra led by Mr Chapman. Sepia photograph of two galvanised iron residences, locality unknown.
The 'Dunboyne' as 'G.D. Kennedy' at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Dunboyne' as 'G.D. Kennedy', 1425 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron ship, 1425 tons ON95311, 243.1 x 37.5 x 21.5. Built 1888 (3) Whitehaven SB Co. Whitehaven. Owners R Martin and Co. registered Dublin. c.1909 sold to Norway without change of name. c.1915 sold to Sweden and renamed GD Kennedy. 1924 renamed AF Chapman and became sail training ship for Swedish navy. Now laid up and used as a hostel].
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide. The large steamship featured is possibly the "Adelaide" 1883-1931. It was designed as a passenger vessel for the Adelaide Steamship Company's Adelaide to Melbourne service and carried 302 people