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LeFevre Terrace, North Adelaide
LeFevre Terrace, North Adelaide, south of Gover Street. This row of cottages has a slate roof, a white picket fence, and an attractive garden. Probably dated before 1890.
LeFevre Terrace, North Adelaide
LeFevre Terrace, North Adelaide, south of Gover Street. A [probable] tradesman and his horse and cart stand outside a row of cottages, probably from the same row shown in B 2557. Probably dated before 1890.
Gover Street
Gover Street, south side, 1890, right side of house is 70 yards east of Jeffcott Street and frontage is 6.5 yards. Henry Watson's house was a single fronted stone cottage with wrought iron lacework on the front verandah. Mr and Mrs Henry Watson are standing in their pretty front garden. There are creepers growing up the verandah posts.
Rosery, Botanic Gardens
Botanical Gardens, Adelaide. This photograph shows a man looking at the well- tended flower beds in the Botanic Gardens in the 1890's. Hooped railings surround the beds and depict the pathways through the gardens. The Amazon statue can be seen in the background sitting upon its plinth. This depicts the goddess on horseback defending herself from a tiger by using a spear. Local residents organised a public subscription in 1867 to raise funds for two new statues, one of which was The Amazon.
Elder Park
Rotunda at Elder Park. The Norwood Boating Club building can be seen across the river in the distance. Sir Thomas Elder donated the rotunda in appreciation of the improvements the Adelaide Council had carried out in the city. It was opened in 1882 more than a year after the weir and lake were completed. This photograph taken in 1890 shows very little water in the lake
Government House
Government House possibly 1890 or early 1900's - note small palm trees in front of the entrance. The east front was begun in 1838 and finished in 1840 while the central part was added in 1855. The western wing was added in 1872
Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide Hospital. The foundation stone for the Adelaide Hospital was laid in 1840 by the Governor of South Australia Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler. This photograph shows the main entrance to the hospital in the 1890s
Parliament House
Parliament House House of Assembly, North Terrace probably taken in the 1890s. The West Wing was completed in 1889 but due to economic depression and the War the completion of the East Wing was delayed until 1939.
Victoria Park Racecourse
[General description] This view of Victoria Park Racecourse shows part of the grounds, racetrack and buildings including the new grandstand (on the left) which was constructed in 1882. It was Adelaide's first official racetrack, called the 'old course' until 1897 when it was renamed Victoria Park in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The Adelaide Hills make an attractive backdrop. [On back of photograph] 'Victoria Park Racecourse / About 1890'.
Victoria Park Racecourse
[General description] White railings and turf feature in the foreground of this view of the new grandstand and other buildings as seen from the track. [On back of photograph] 'Victoria Park Racecourse / About 1890'.
H.M.S. Curacoa
H.M.S. Curacoa in 1890. She left port in the United Kingdom on April1, 1889 and travelled to Perth, Albany, Adelaide, Launceston, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch/Lyttleton. She was sent to the Ellice Islands in 1892 to make a formal declaration that the islands were a British Protectorate. She later visited Madeira.
The "Empreza"
The "Empreza" was a composite barque built in Glasgow in 1865 and weighed 250 tons. She visited Port Adelaide five times from 1888 - 1891. She is shown here on Jenkin's Slip at Port Adelaide in the 1890s
The "General Gordon"
The "General Gordon" was a four masted iron barque, 1690 tons, built in 1886, registered in Liverpool. She visited South Australia in the 1890s
The "Jupiter"
The "Jupiter" iron barque of 744 tons moored at the wharf in Hobart Town in the 1890s
The "Lake Superior"
The "Lake Superior" iron ship, built in Greenock in 1868, 1335 gross tons. The ship visited Port Adelaide in 1890, 1891, 1895, 1898, 1900
The "Loch Katrine"
The "Loch Katrine" was built in 1869, three mast ship of 1252 tons visited South Australia in the 1890s. In 1910 she was dismasted off Cape Howe and towed to Port Jackson and sold for conversion to a hulk
The "Antiope"
The "Antiope" was an iron ship built in Port Glasgow in 1866. Visited South Australia in 1890. In 1904 rigged as a barque and registered in Victoria, later used as a coal hulk and a store ship
The "Martha"
The three masted "Martha" at Port Adelaide in 1890s
The "France" Ship
[General description] The "France", five masted barque built 1890 by Messrs. D.W. Henderson at Patrick for Messrs. Bordes et Fils of Paris, intended for the nitrate trade. She was said to spread 49,000 square feet of canvas. She had two auxiliary engines, steam winches at every hatch and a steam driven windlass. She was abandoned at sea in May 1901 when her cargo shifted during a hurricane off Cape Horn. The crew were rescued by the German steamer "Hebe". In 1912 a new 5 masted barque "France" 11 was launched.
The Glenrosa Wreckage
[General description] Scene of a shipwreck: the barque "Glenrosa", on a voyage from England to Brisbane, has been stranded near Cape Banks. She was an iron barque, built in 1875 in Glasgow. [On back of photograph] The barque "Glenrosa" wrecked near Port McDonnell on January 18, 1890 / Nearby are the hulk "Legal Tender" and the tug "Eleanor" / The "Glenrosa" became a total wreck'
The "S.S. You Yangs"
The "S.S. You Yangs" barque rigged steamer, was wrecked on the 14 June 1890 on Kangaroo Island.
Drumcalpin
View of the homestead at Drumcalpin, viewed from the western side. The house was demolished in the late 1980s, but the buildings on the right of the photo were still standing in February 2007.
Marshall Albert Cocker MM
No.8360 Bombardier Marshall Albert Cocker MM, born Goodwood, South Australia, 25 April 1890. Enlisted 15 September 1915 18th Battery, 6th Brigade. Promoted Sergeant July 1916, wounded in action 7 August 1916, wounded in action 15 September 1917, awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, October 1917.
Henry Collins
No. 527 Corporal Henry Collins was born at Booleroo Centre on 27 August 1890, the youngest son of James Collins and Mary Jane nee Robinson. He enlisted at Keswick on 18 February 1915, a member of the 27th infantry Battalion, he served at Gallipoli and France being wounded in action three times. He survived the war and returned to Australia in 1919. On 19 September 1923 Henry married Rita Foot in the Methodist Church at Booleroo Centre. They had three children James 'Jim' (1925) Valda Margaret 'Bet' (1927) and Robert George 'Bob' (1933). Henry died suddenly on the 3rd of August 1962 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, leaving his widow, three children and eight grandchildren. His funeral was conducted in the Methodist Church at Booleroo Centre and he is buried in the Booleroo Centre Cemetery.
Herbert Cochrane
Private Herbert 'Bert' Cockrane, 1st Australian Imperial Force.
Frederick Hannam
No. 452 Private Frederick James Henry Hannam, born Adelaide 2 February 1890. Enlisted 3rd Field Company Engineers 10 February 1915. Served Gallipoli and France. Returned to Australia 1919.
William Henry May
No. 145 Sergeant William Henry May, born Dover, Kent, England, 1890. Enlisted 27th Battalion 16 February 1915. Served France. Transferred to 7th Australian Machine Gun Company 11 August 1916. Transferred to 25th Battalion 11 November 1916 and reverted to ranks at own request. Returned to Australia 1918.
Arthur Henry Pitt
No.3422 Private Arthur Henry Pitt, born Mount Benson, South Australia, 24 May 1890. Enlisted 10th Infantry Battalion 18 June 1915. Transferred to 4th Pioneer Battalion 19 March 1916. Wounded in action France 12 September 1918. Returned to Australia 1919.
John Hopping
John Leslie Hopping, 1st Australian Imperial Force.
L. T. Durbridge
Soldier Levi Thomas Durbridge. [ A family member also has this photograph; inscribed on the back is: 'Levi Thomas Durbridge, born June 24th 1890, killed in action in France in the battle of Villers Bretonneux on August 8th 1918: may his soul rest in peace'. Information from Alicia Dyson.]