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Telegraph station Daly Waters
Telegraph station Daly Waters. The Overland Telegraph Line reached Daly Waters from the north in June 1872 and for two months a pony express carried messages the 421 kilometres to Tennant Creek via Renner Springs, Northern Territory.
Darwin Jetty
The jetty makes a curved sweep out to its end where there are three ships berthed. Two other ships are seen further out at sea. Ships from left to right are 1: S.S. 'Tsinan', China Navigation Company, 1459 tons reg. from Sydney; 2: Ship 'Falkland Hill' from Hamburg, 1429 tons reg. with cement for Messrs. C & E Millar; 3: S.S. 'Menmuir', Eastern and Australian Company, 1247 tons reg. from Sydney; 4: S.S. 'Catterthun', Eastern and Australian Company, 1406 tons reg. from Sydney; 5: S.S. 'Chingtu' China Navigation Company, 1459 tons reg. from Hong Kong. *The Eastern and Australian Company's hulk 'Belle of South Esk', 540 tons reg. is receiving cargo between Nos. 3 and 4. [On back of photograph] 'The old railway jetty, Port Darwin / In the nineties (before August 8th 1895, the date of the wreck of the 'Catterthun') / Rebuilt 1900-1903 after it had been 'practically toppled into the sea' as a result of attacks of a marine borer (Teredo navalis)'.
Hospital, Darwin
Palmerston Hospital showing the Matron's quarters on the left, the old ward in the centre nd the Da Costa Ward on the right.
Darwin
Bennett Street, Palmerston (Port Darwin) The houses have been built with wide verandahs and are on stilts to suit the tropical conditions of the Northern Territory.
Monument, Darwin
Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith's Obelisk, Pt. Darwin marking the spot where they landed on 10 December 1919 after a flight of 28 days from England to Darwin.
Monument, Darwin
Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Obelisk, Pt. Darwin. Inscription on monument states: Captain Sir Ross Smith KBE, MC, OFC, AFC. Australian Flying Corps. AIF. Lieutenant Sir Keith Smith KBE. Sergeant JM Bennett APM, Australian Flying Corps, AIF, Sergeant WH Shiers AFM, Australian Flying Corps. AIF. The monument with this inscription stands at Fannie Bay and was unveiled in 1923.
Darwin
Palmerston. Old Jetty built by Wishart, contractor, later destroyed by tornado. Stokes Hill is on the extreme left.
Darwin
Palmerston. Fort Hill and Gulnare Jetty and remains of breakwater at extreme left, camp in centre, and Government Residence on right. Chinese fishing boats in foreground.
Church, Darwin
Wesleyan Chapel and Parsonage at Palmerston in Northern Territory in 1870-1890.
Darwin
Hotel Victoria, Darwin was built by Ellen Ryan, one the Territory's wealthiest women who owned land and several mining leases. The prestigious hotel stands on Smith Street and is a two storey stone building with a parapetted gable and verandahs. The hotel opened in 1890 as the Royal Hotel, then the North Australian Hotel until it became the Victoria Hotel in 1896. It withstood being seriously damaged during the 1897 cyclone with only part of it's roof lost. A note on the back of the photograph states "The hotel where only boarders are served".
Darwin
Panoramic view of Palmerston showing buildings under construction and what is possibly the material to extend the Palmerston Jetty which was requested from the Government in 1896
Darwin
At low water in the harbour showing mangrove suckers in the mud. Government House can be seen on top of a hill on the right of the photograph
Darwin
Chinese houses in Cavanagh St., Darwin (Palmerston).
Darwin
Chinese houses in Cavanagh St., Darwin (Palmerston).
Darwin
Memorial erected by Commonwealth of Australia to commemorate the landing of the first aeroplane to fly from England to Australia.
Darwin
Ships at anchor at Darwin Jetty. Vessels left to right are the Tsinan, Falkland Hill, Monmuir, Catterthun & Chingtu.
Jungle, Darwin
Darwin area, jungle scene.
Darwin
White-ant hill.
Darwin
Man fishing from a small boat on Katherine River - cliff face of Katherine Gorge in background.
Aboriginal camp, Darwin
Aboriginal camp.
Darwin
Sir Ross & Keith Smith at Port Darwin.
Aboriginal group, Darwin
Dinah Beach - N.T. Aborigines grouped on the beach. Stokes Hill in background.
Farming, Echunga
Mr. Patrick Kavanagh ploughing at Echunga with a single furrow plough drawn by two horse team.
Pioneers, Echunga
Group of early pioneers: three men and two women. V. Kain suggests that the man on the left looks very much like Robert Lewis of Echunga.
Elbow Hill
Storey original homestead near Elbow Hill.
Crowds at Northfield
Crowd gathered at Northfield to welcome the crew of the Vickers Vimy aeroplane after completing the first flight from England to Australia, with mounted police in attendance.
Smith brother's Vickers Vimy at Northfield
Keith and Ross Smith's Vickers Vimy at Northfield.
Vickers Vimy at Northfield
The Smith Brother's England to Australia Vickers Vimy at Northfield.
Eudunda
View of Eudunda township which was owned by John Henry Hannan who later divided the land for sale after it was surveyed. Eudunda was once a station on the Morgan railway line from 1878 until it closed. Narcoota Springs were nearby.This was a bustling stopover and watering place for the earliest explorers and pioneer overlanders. The photograph shows stockyards, a church in the distance and several one and two storey stone buildings
Eudunda
View of Eudunda Railway Station which was once a station on the Morgan railway line from 1878 until it closed. A large train shed and goods trucks can be seen on the railway lines. Narcoota Springs were nearby.This was a bustling stopover and watering place for the earliest explorers and pioneer overlanders