1890 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Keyneton

c. 1890, Photograph, B 47049

Buildings at Keyneton. A researcher has stated that the 'building on left is the Temperance Hall erected in 1872. In 1920 it was renamed the Keyneton Soldiers Memorial Institute when an entrance porch was added. The building on the right is the Keyneton Congregational Church, with the foundation stone laid on May 9th 1865 by Mr John Howard Angas. The land was donated by Mr Henry Evans.

Mission station, Killalpaninna

1890, Photograph, B 23341

Mission station Church with gathering outside.

Kingscote

Government Photolithographer (S.A.), c. 1890, Photograph, B 437

According to 'The Register' (19 November 1925, p. 10c) the three cottages, named 'Faith', 'Hope' and 'Charity', were erected for the S.A. Gas Co. However, Cockburn's 'Pastoral Pioneers' (volume 2, p. 211) states that they were built in 1853 by Michael Calnan.

Quarry, near Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 8433

Quarry, near Kingscote which mined basalt that was sent to Adelaide for use on the Port Adelaide Railway.

Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10808

Looking from the jetty towards Kingscote. Kingscote Jetty was the earliest jetty built on Kangaroo Island. This was in approximately 1905 and helped the trading of eucalyptus oil and wheat.

Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 15750

Kingscote - Main street. A group of assistants and the owner of the Grocery and Drapery Store are standing outside their shop on the corner. Other buildings can be seen in Main Street including one two storey and some under construction

Kingscote cottages

c. 1890, Photograph, B 15751

Kingscote - historic cottages Faith, Hope and Charity. Mr Jeremiah Calnan, recently arrived in Kingscote on the "Africaine" with his wife and children, set off to the mainland to find better conditions for the family. Unfortunately he died but in 1851 his sons set off for the gold diggings in Victoria. They were successful and invested their gold and built three identical stone homes at Reeves Point in 1859. These became known as the Faith, Hope and Charity cottages. Only Charity cottage remained in a fit condition and was occupied by a grandson of Jeremiah. The delapidated Hope cottage and garden was restored and became a museum

Cottages on Kangaroo Island

c. 1890, Photograph, B 17440

Cottages on Kangaroo Island - Faith, Hope and Charity.

Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 18202

Smith's Bay, Emu Bay Reef and Cape Cassini. A researcher has suggested that this is Reeves Point, the site of the first official landing on Kangaroo Island.

Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 18205

Kingscote, Sydney Hudson's Store.

Kingscote

c. 1890, Photograph, B 30376

The main street.

New jetty, Kingston

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10036

New jetty, Kingston with a ship at anchor. The town was named after Sir George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician, surveyor and architect. It is located on the shores of Lacepede Bay and is located at about 150 miles from Adelaide. The railway was built connecting it to the outside world in 1876. Deep sea and lobster fishing was a significant industry at this time.

Old and new jetties, Kingston

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10037

Old and new jetties, Kingston. The town was named after Sir George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician, surveyor and architect. It is located on the shores of Lacepede Bay, about 150 miles from Adelaide. The railway was built connecting it to the outside world in 1876 when deep sea and lobster fishing was a significant industry. The first jetty was built in 1864-65 and was 511 feet long and is still used today. In 1876 a second jetty, about 4000 feet long was built but It was wrecked by storms in 1923 and 1956. The current jetty is a remnant of the original jetty.

Lacepede Bay, Kingston

c. 1890, Photograph, B 45559

Lacepede Bay, Kingston.

Lacepede Bay, Kingston

c. 1890, Photograph, B 45560

Lacepede Bay, Kingston.

Settler's House

c. 1890, Photograph, B 11359

Settler's shanty at Kingston, River Murray. This settlement had the advantage of pre-existing buildings from the Thurk sheep station. The Chairman was J Weatherall and D Holberton was the secretary. There were 21 married members and the population totalled 100. The settlement suffered from insufficient finance. The settlements were established by the South Australian government to mitigate the effects of the depression which affected the colony. Thirteen settlements were surveyed along the River Murray. This photograph shows a family standing in the lean- to at their home

Kingston Village

1894, Photograph, B 16040

Lower part of Kingston village settlement. This was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. They were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet. The Kingston Settlement proceeded well for the first few years but later the residents wanted their own blocks of land and wanted to work individually. A faulty pump was their undoing and the settlement was incorporated into the Kingston Irrigation Area in 1914.

Mission Steamer

1894, Photograph, B 16041

Rev. Butler's mission steamer 'Glad Tidings' at Kingston settlement on the Murray. This was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. They were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet.

Kingston Village Settlement

1894, Photograph, B 16042

Upper part of Kingston village settlement, River Murray. This was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. They were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet.

Pumping Engine

1894, Photograph, B 16043

Pumping engine and steamer "Glad Tidings" at Kingston village settlement. This was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. They were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet.

School, Langhorne Creek

c. 1890, Photograph, B 23921

Langhorne Creek school group with Headmaster Mr. Bayliss.

Jetty, Largs Bay

Stump & Co., c. 1890, Photograph, B 13273

Largs Bay Jetty with steam launch "Defiance" alongside. Defiance was a screw steamer built in New South Wales in 1881 with a tonnage of 64 gross tons. The vessel was registered at Port Adelaide from 1899 and later, while owned by the Adelaide Steam Tug Company, she was broken up in 1930