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Lake View Field Trials

1933, Photograph, B 22738

Harvesters in operation at the Field Trials.

Kopperamanna

c. 1900, Photograph, B 22747

Fishing on Lake Kopperamanna.

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Woodside

c. 1908, Photograph, B 22752

St. John's Presbyterian Church at Woodside.

John O'Reily, Roman Catholic archbishop of Adelaide

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/3/177

John O'Reily, 1846-1915, Roman Catholic archbishop of Adelaide appointed in 1895; he changed his name from O'Reilly to O'Reily in 1888.

Bush hut, Lake Poppii

c. 1880, Photograph, B 22742

Interior of a bush hut occupied by Station employees.

[Telegram reporting Private A. E. J. Duncan officially missing]

Pendlebury, 1918, Manuscript, PRG 544/15

Telegram from Major Pendlebury reporting that Private A.E.J. Duncan, of the 47th Battalion, was officially reported missing on 5 April 1918.

Bett-Bett

c. 1920, Photograph, B 27404/18

Bett-Bett [actually, Dolly Bonson] with her dog Sue.

Kopperamanna Mission station church

c. 1900, Photograph, B 22745

Kopperamanna Mission station Church - built by the Aboriginal people from pug and note the thatched roof.

Jubilee Oval

c. 1908, Photograph, B 22751

Show at Jubilee Oval.

Kopperamanna Mission station

c. 1900, Photograph, B 22746

Aboriginal people and Missionaries from the Mission Station.

E.M. Pullman

n.d., Photograph, BRG 121/1/863

Head and shoulders photo of John Martin's employee E.M. Pullman dressed in a suit and tie with a pin on the lapel.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ann Neate

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/13H

Probably Ann Neate, 1822-1909; nee Smith, married Charles Sommers Neate. Arrived in South Australia in December 1837 on board the ship the "Lady Emma". Resided in Walkerville.

Observatory

c. 1908, Photograph, B 22750

Observatory residence.

Frederick Estcourt Bucknall (from a painting in the Hindmarsh Town Hall). Builder of Estcourt House; Mayor of Hindmarsh; M.P.; Brewer; Publican; founder of S.A. Yacht Club (now Royal S.A. Yacht Squadron). His father was Commodore of the esteemed Royal Thames Yacht Club and shortly after arriving in South Australia his son, Frederick Estcourt Bucknall built a fleet of pleasure craft to be used on the newly created Torrens Dam. A flood ruined this enterprise so he built a boatshed on the Port River. Later he built the South Australian Club Hotel in Port Adelaide. Later still when he was a wealthy man he built Estcourt House on the seafront between Grange and Glanville. While in politics he was remembered for installing mandatory horse troughs outside licensed premises. He was also Mayor of Hindmarsh for three years

Currie Street

c. 1915, Photograph, B 22749

Official opening of recruiting depot, Currie Street.

Cadell Street Goolwa

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/402

The wide expanse leading into Cadell Street, Goolwa, with Goode's store on the left, and post office on the right.

Trevor Wright

Clark, Darren, 2013, Photograph, B 74345/2

Trevor Wright, inside the William Creek Hotel. The photographer comments, "I arrived in William Creek at 2pm when the heat was at its most intense, naturally I made my way into the bar of the William Creek Hotel where I sort relief from the hostile environment outside. Like a lot of Outback hotels, the timber and corrugated iron pub, which dates back to 1887, has a bar which looks like a giant visitors' book, due to the fact that over the years it has been adorned with business cards, hand scrawled notes, bras, jocks and anything else not nailed down. The Hotel started out as a boarding house circa 1886, then it became a store, wine bar, and once again a boarding house shortly thereafter. There are no records that have been found telling of when it became a hotel. The bar in the William Creek Hotel was originally the bar of the Coward Springs Hotel. When I was there in January the back room of the hotel was full of workers of different nationalities who were employed by the big mining companies to drilling test holes each night searching for the next big mother load, they were all seated around a table quietly chatting to one another as they eat their evening meals. I was surprised by the small amount of alcohol being consumed by the mine workers who normally have a reputation as being big drinkers (as I saw in Western Australia's Pilbara region). One of the workers later told me on an average night he and his fellow worker consumed 12 litres of water a night just to try and stay hydrated and that consuming alcohol was not an option due to the fact that it knocked you around to much whilst working in the desert. The Hotel is presently run by Trevor Wright, who is the un-official mayor of William Creek due to the fact that he owns every building in town. Trevor is also the founder and most senior pilot for Wright Air, a small airline that specializes in outback scenic flights, Aboriginal Art tours and air craft charter from William Creek and Coober Pedy. William Creek is the closest town to Lake Eyre, so of course Wright Air typically spends most of it's time taking tourists on flights over Lake Eyre and the surrounding region."

Homestead, Blanchewater

c. 1905, Photograph, B 22748

Homestead with thatched roof and station buildings - group of workers stand around the outbuildings.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Emma Norman

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/13I

Emma Norman, 1835-1912; nee Teakle, married Richard Norman. Arrived in South Australia in December 1837 on board the ship the "Navarino". Resided in Underdale, New Thebarton.

XXXX

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Stanisław, 1991, Artwork, PRG 919/107/224/XXXX

XXXX is a pixel based artwork, created through computer programs on an Acorn Archimedes computer. A fractal generator may have been used, in conjunction with other software and assorted manipulation techniques to create a sequence of images or multiple iterations of the image design. It was included on the same disk as XXX.

South Australian National Ballet Company

Grimmett, Vic, 1962, Photograph, PRG 1662/4/3

The South Australian National Ballet Company rehearsing for their performance of Swan Lake performed in a flood lit performance on the island in the Rymill Park lake on 20 October 1962 in front of 3,500 people. The company performed Acts one and two of Giselle and a condensed Act of Swan Lake in aid of the St. John Ambulance building appeal. Cecil Bates was the Artistic Director and principal male dance, Helen Beinke danced Odette.

Flinders Street Public School

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1877, Photograph, B 10714

Flinders Street Public School. Right side of the school is 14 yards east of Daly Street. The left side is 50 1/2 yards east of Daly Street. Flinders Street School was opened in 1878 as the City Model School with an average daily atendance of 593 students. The building was the first two storey public school in the colony. It was designed in a neo-gothic style by Edward John Woods and had a gabled roof. The school closed in 1968. The photograph shows the bluestone building with ornate pointed arch windows and square headed ones. The wide brickwork band halfway up the walls is another strange feature which suggests that the upper storey was an after thought.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Barbara Whitfield

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/3V

Barbara Whitfield, 1815-1888; nee Wilkie, married James Watt, then William James Whitfield. Arrived in South Australia in November 1838 on board the ship the "Rajasthan". Resided in Oakbank, Mannum.

St Xavier Cathedral, Adelaide

c. 1875, Photograph, B 58546

ACRE 338: View of St Xavier Cathedral in Wakefield Street.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Emma Elizabeth Willcox

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/3D

Emma Elizabeth Willcox, 1839-1902; nee Warland, married Edmund Willcox. Born in North Adelaide, South Australia to Frances Warland, nee Childs, and James Warland. Resided in Greenhill, Uraidla.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Ann Short

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/7L

Probably Mary Ann Short, c.1920-1891; formerly Parkyn, nee Roscorla, married William Parkyn then William Marshall Short. Arrived in South Australia in December 1839 on board the ship the "Cleveland". Resided in Adelaide, Angaston.

Hospital, Adelaide

Scott-Barry, Walter, c. 1890, Photograph, B 37977

Hospital, Adelaide.

Reconciliation Rally dancers

Scott, Jenny, 2007, Photograph, B 70460

Reconciliation Rally in Victoria Square, Adelaide 27 May 2007, showing the dancers doing the Kangaroo Dance beside the dais and the ceremonial fire burning. The Adelaide GPO building is behind the watching crowd.

Whim, Kopperamanna

c. 1900, Photograph, B 22744

Whim, used for raising water at Kopperamanna, drawn by bullocks.

The 'Falls of Earn' at anchor

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/18/15

The four masted iron ship 'Falls of Earn', 2292 tons, at anchor [iron 4 mast ship, 2386 tons. ON89933. 302.6 x 42.1 x 24.5. Built 1884(5) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: Ship Falls of Earn Co. (Wright and Breakenridge) registered Glasgow. Wrecked July 1892 off Sumatra].

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