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Nelson

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1890, Photograph, BRG 347/1680

Photograph of the bridge over the Glenelg River at Nelson in 1890.

The Mia Mia

c. 1890, Photograph, D 8084/1(Misc)

'The Mia Mia', home of J.C. Engelbrecht, Wehl Street, Mount Gambier. ca.1890. Two women and two small children are standing outside the front fence.

The 'Blackadder' berthed at Princes Wharf, Hobart

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/2/92

The iron ship 'Blackadder', 917 tons, docked in Princes Wharf, Hobart [iron ship, 970 gross tons. (917 net tons) ON63573. 216.6 x 35.2 x 20.5. Built 1870 (2) Maudslay, Sons and Field. Greenwich. Owners John Willis and Sons. Registered London in 1890s sold to Norwegians and wrecked at Bahia 9 April 1905. (NB various writers have shown the name of this ship as two words - Black Adder - however all the underwriters registers show it as one word) Built as a tea clipper in the hopes of retaining the trade for sailing ships in face of the shorter time taken by steamers once the Suez Canal was opened. Finally driven from the China trades (where the ship had gained an unjust reputation of being unlucky) she was placed in the Australian trade where she was quite successful for the remainder of her career under the British flag. Said to have the same hull lines as 'Cutty Sark' and to be modelled upon the very successful early Willis ship 'The Tweed'. See 'The China Clippers', 'The Colonial Clippers', 'The Blackwall Frigates'.]

The 'Harbinger' in an unidentified port

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/4/31

The iron ship 'Harbinger', 1473 tons, in an unidentified port (possibly Port Adelaide) [iron ship, 1473 gross tons, ON73711, 253.5 x 37.6 x 22.4. Built 1876 (8) R Steele and Co. Greenock. Owners: Anderson, Anderson and Co. Registered London. c.1890 Devitt and Moore, registered London. Sold Russian 1897. Said to have been the last sailing ship built to carry passengers in the Australian trades, and constructed especially to try and outdo the 'Torrens'. Did not remain long in the South Australian trade, but became very popular in the Melbourne run].

The 'Harbinger' in an unidentified port

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/4/32

The iron ship 'Harbinger', 1473 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1473 gross tons, ON73711, 253.5 x 37.6 x 22.4. Built 1876 (8) R Steele and Co. Greenock. Owners: Anderson, Anderson and Co. Registered London. c.1890 Devitt and Moore, registered London. Sold Russian 1897. Said to have been the last sailing ship built to carry passengers in the Australian trades, and constructed especially to try and outdo the 'Torrens'. Did not remain long in the South Australian trade, but became very popular in the Melbourne run].

The 'Lothair' under sail

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/4/64

The composite barque (ex ship) 'Lothair', 794 tons, under sail [composite ship (later barque) 824 tons, ON63633, 191.8 x 33.5 x 19.0. Built 1870 (7) Walker, London. Owners: Killick, Martin and Co. Registered London c.1885 to W Bowen junior, registered London, and rigged down to a barque, in 1890s passed to Italian and later Peruvian owners, without change of name. Said to have been the last vessel actually constructed as a Tea Clipper].

The 'Ilala' in an unidentified port

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/8/74

The iron ship 'Ilala', 1375 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1375 tons, ON86254, 235.0 x 37.5 x 21.5. Built 1882 (9) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven. Owners: Lowden, Edgar and Co., registered Liverpool, c.1890 W Lowden and Co., 1903 sold to Norwegian owners without change of name].

The 'Loch Moidart' at anchor

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/15/29

The four masted iron barque 'Loch Moidart', 2000 tons, at anchor [iron 4 mast ship (vide Lloyd's Register) 2081 tons, ON85856. 287.4 x 42.6 x 24.0. Built 1881 (9) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. General Shipping Co. (Aitken, Lilburn and Co. managers) registered Glasgow. When bound for Hamburg with nitrate, she was wrecked on the Dutch coast January 26, 1890].

The 'Superb' under sail

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/23/16

The iron barque 'Superb', 1449 tons, under sail [iron ship, 1451 gross tons ON54755. 230.3 x 37.9 x 23.1. Built 1866 (9) E&H Green, Blackwall, London. Owners: R&H Green, registered London. c.1890 to Liverpool owners, and late some decade to Norwegian owners, without change of name. Abandoned, dismasted 27 April 1900 in south Atlantic. Subsequently taken into Gibraltar and converted into coal hulk, which was broken up about 1901/2. The first iron hulled ship built at the Blackwall yard. Regularly employed in the Melbourne passenger trade].

The 'Benmore' in an unidentified harbour

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/23/34

The iron barque 'Benmore', 536 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [Iron 3 masted barque, 536 tons. ON52853, 166.3 x 28.1 x 17.3. Built 1868 (10) Iliff and Mounsey, Sunderland. Owners: RD Turcan registered Alloa. c.1870 Gourlay Bros. and Co. Registered Glasgow. c. 1890 sold to German owners and renamed 'Emma Bauer'. Sold c.1900 to Sweden and renamed 'Anders'. Vol. 62 no. 9.]

The 'Candida' at Port Adelaide

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/23/69

The iron barque 'Candida', 1222 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron ship, 1279 tons, ON70990, 226.0 x 36.1 x 22.1. Built 1875 (9) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven. Owners: William Lowden registered Liverpool then Lowden, Edgar and Co. c. 1890 W. Lowden and Co and rigged as barque. Stranded at Wardang Island South Australia 1898, later refloated and taken to Port Adelaide and converted into a hulk].

The 'Irex' wrecked in the Isle of Wight

1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/24/56

The steel ship 'Irex', 2347 tons, wrecked at the Isle of Wight on 25 January 1890.

Bessie Mountford on a camel

Mountford, Charles P., 1940, Photograph, PRG 1218/34/1256A

Mrs Bessie Mountford, wife of Charles Mountford, sitting on a packed, kneeling camel, ready for a trip out from Ernabella Mission. An Aboriginal man stands nearby. Mountford took this photograph on a University of Adelaide expedition to Central Australia in 1940.

A ship's officer with a group of adults and children

1890, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/79

A ship's officer with a group of adults and children, possibly emigrants, aboard the German ship "S.S. Sommerfeld" at Port Adelaide, 12th March 1890.

Panorama of Wellington, New Zealand

1890, Photograph, PRG 280/1/4/531/1-3

A panoramic view of Wellington, New Zealand in 1890: three views joined to make one.

Shadow of camel, Strehlow and Mountford

Mountford, Charles P., 1935, Photograph, PRG 1218/34/80

Silhouette of a camel, being ridden by TGH Strehlow and CP Mountford near Ayers Rock (Uluru).

SAGASCO photographs : Miscellaneous photographs

South Australian Gas Company (1861-1988), c. 1890, Photograph, BRG 350/34/27/1-8

Miscellaneous photographs in SAGASCO collection (no. 6 used in 'The Unquenchable Flame', page190).

John Bannigan

1915, Photograph, B 46130/308

Private John Francis Murray Bannigan, 1st Australian Imperial Force.

Fraser Smith Crawford

Hammer & Co., c. 1884, Photograph, B 73000

Studio portrait of a man identified as Fraser Smith Crawford, an early South Australian photographer.

First locomotive manufactured in Gawler

1890, Photograph, B 73171

A large group of people view a locomotive displaying a sign reading 'First Locomotive'.

First locomotive manufactured in Gawler

1890, Photograph, B 73172

A crowd of Gawler residents watches as the first locomotive produced in Gawler steams down the main street.

Photographic composite presented to H. Simpson

Mendelssohn & Co., 1890, Photograph, B 73235

Photographic composite of 128 portraits of men (none identified). Below the two main portraits is the inscription 'Presented to H. Simpson Esq. 20 May 1890'. The image is signed on the bottom right 'Mendelssohn & Co.'

The site of Adelaide

Light, William, 1890, Artwork, B 72714

Coloured lithograph 'The site of Adelaide from the original sketch by Col. Light, R.N' published as a supplement to the 'Pictorial Australian', January 1890. A subtitle reads 'Presented to the South Australian Art Gallery, by Sir E. Smith, K.C.M.G'.

Edgar Claude Harris

1915, Photograph, B 73107

Edgar Claude Harris, 1st Australian Imperial Force.

Newspaper cuttings album

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1918, Newspaper, PRG 18/40/1

Newspaper cutting album of assorted items 1918-1956, predominantly 1924-25. The cuttings focus mostly on aviation and Keith Smith, but also includes defence and ship building.