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Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
South Australian, Victorian and New South Wales scientists who sailed to Spencer's Gulf via Kangaroo Island go ashore at Cape Jervis, 15 January 1907. The scientists had previously attended the 11th session of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of Adelaide.
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientists who sailed to Spencer's Gulf via Kangaroo Island at Memory Cove near Cape Catastrophe, 16 January 1907. The scientists had previously attended the 11th session of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of Adelaide.
Isabella Barr
'In loving memory of / Our beloved mother / Isabella Barr / Dearly loved wife of Robert Barr / who departed this life on May 1, 1907 / aged 72 years.' In memoriam card by N.S.W. Memorial Card Co., 542 Geo. St., Sydney.
A British India ship at Port Adelaide, April 1907
A British India ship at Port Adelaide, April 1907.
The S.S. "Palmer" on Port Adelaide River, April 1907
The S.S. "Palmer" on Port Adelaide River, April 1907.
The ketch "Esther" on Port Adelaide River, April 1907
The ketch "Esther" on Port Adelaide River, April 1907.
Jack Searcy as a small boy in a rowing boat, "Trix", April 1907
Jack Searcy as a small boy in a rowing boat, "Trix", April 1907.
Goodwood manse, 1907
Photograph of a stone dwelling surrounded by an established garden, with a windmill visible beyond the roof. Caption reads 'Manse. Goodwood. 1907.'.
Papers associated with residence built for Mrs. Janet Faulkner of Mile End
Papers relating to the residence of Mrs. Janet Faulkner (nee Simpson) of Mile End comprising a plan of the proposed building prepared by A. G. Sanders [Albert George Sanders]. Includes a photocopy of Certificate of Title and mortgage payments. Also includes a photograph of Janet Faulkner standing outside the completed house on Cuming Street, Mile End. The property was retained by the Faulkner family.
Photographs of company premises, staff and merchandise
Approximately 170 photographs and postcard images of Colton, Palmer & Preston Ltd. premises in Currie Street, Adelaide, on Port Road, Allenby Gardens and Gepps Cross; including scenes at Currie Street of the February 1907 fire, new building, leather goods factory, celebrations for Armistice Day 1918, Port Adelaide steel yard and bulk store, Adelaide warehouse interior scenes, Harrold Colton & Co. staff in 1909 and later, social functions, sporting functions, cricketing and football teams.
Reevesby Island
Group in front of the only residence on Reevesby Island, largest island in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, 17 January 1907. L-R: Philip Henry Sawyer (24 yo, son of Charles Sawyer), Richard Sawyer (aged 50), Reuben Sawyer (aged 7), Henry George Sawyer (aged 9), Dorothy Sawyer (aged 3), Amelia Sawyer (aged 35) holding Gladys Sawyer (aged 1), Eva Crocker Sawyer (20 yo, daughter of Charles Sawyer, brother of Richard Sawyer, who co-leased and lived on the island, and Captain Patrick Weir from the S.S. Governor Musgrave. The shadow is W. S. Smith, photographer from the Governor Musgrave. [Information supplied by Steve Sawyer.] See also PRG 280/1/5/224.
Pupils of Loxton School with their Headmaster and teachers
Pupils of Loxton School, standing in front of a large tree, with their Headmaster Mr Hugo Theodor Eime, who taught at Loxton's Hut School from 1905 to 1907, and two teachers at the back, Mary Margaret Keane, who taught at the school from 1907 to 1909, and an unknown gentleman. The school building is not in the photograph.
Members of Norwood football team
Members of the Norwood Football team at the Adelaide Oval after defeating Port Adelaide, 21 July 1907. Some of the players are wearing old-fashioned policemen or firemen's hats. From left: J. Morison, T. Gibbons, A. Bahr, P. Stoddart, L. Hill, Essington Lewis, holding chair, and W. Padman [last person at right unnamed]. A. Bahr was John Albert Bahr and he played for Norwood from 1902-1912, was captain in 1907-1910, and club champion 1904 and 1908.
Walter Howchin on Wedge Island
Walter Howchin, University of Adelaide lecturer in Geology and palaeontology, examining rocks on Wedge Island, 17 January 1907. Mr. Howchin had been general secretary of the 11th session of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science held in Adelaide in January 1907. Following the session the S.S. Governor Musgrave was made available to scientists to sail to Spencer's Gulf.
Military funeral in Adelaide
A military funeral in Adelaide led by a horse drawn cortege followed by slow marching soldiers bearing reversed arms. Suggested by a researcher that it is the funeral cortege of Sergeant Henry Hannam of B Company, 10th Australian Regiment, which took place on Sunday 7th July 1907 at the West Terrace Cemetery after a funeral procession through the city. This photo appears to have been taken on Sturt Street, just before Chatham Street and looking east. Obituaries for Sergeant Hannam appeared in "The Chronicle", Saturday 13 July 1907, page 29, and 'The Observer', Saturday 13 July 1907, page 38.
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Crew of the Governor Musgrave and some of a party of scientists returning from Kirton Point to the Governor Musgrave, 16 January 1907. Seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria participated in the research trip to Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.
Port Lincoln jetty
Port Lincoln jetty, 16 January 1907. Photo taken during a research trip by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.
Port Lincoln jetty
The old jetty at Port Lincoln with the ketch Monarch.
Paddle Steamer "Venus"
The paddle steamer "Venus" at Point McLeay, January 1907. The steamer was originally a barge and was converted in 1907, and was renamed 'Murray'.
School children visit to Port Augusta
Visit by 63 school children from Leigh's Creek, Beltana, and Wilson state schools to Port Augusta on 6 December 1907. "They had been at the schools' exhibition at Quorn on the previous day and Mr Nadebaum, of the Leighs Creek School, having promised his pupils a sight of the sea, the Acting Director (Mr Maughan) arranged to have the idea enlarged, and scholars of the other schools joined in the outing....The Mayor (Mr T. Hewitson) and Mr J. Holdsworth (Chairman of the Board of Advice) met the children at the station. The mayor welcomed them, and intimated that a visit to the shipping, beach and a trip on the gulf had been arranged." (Port Augusta Dispatch 13 December 1907, page 2.).
Congregational Church, Sandy Creek
Congregational Church, Sandy Creek. The church was built in 1904, with the foundation stone laid on 21 September 1904 by Mrs A.H. Austin, and opened on 23 November 1904. The vestry was added in 1907, with the vestry foundation stone laid on 17 July 1907 by Mrs F. Warner.
Riding a Camel
Riding a Camel. Note on back of photograph states " Mr H Wallis and camel from Alice Springs to Oodnadatta (340 miles) in 7 days". Photograph is of Frank Blackmore Wallis who was a resident of Stuart Town (Alice Springs) from around 1884 onwards. He ran various businesses and was known as the "Camel King", having at one stage owned 200 of them. In January 1907 he travelled 340 miles by camel from Alice to Oodnadatta in 7 days, in order to catch the train to Adelaide to visit his ill mother. This photograph appeared in The Chronicle 7 February 1907.
Australian Ornithologists : Tumbulgum on the Tweed
A trip to the tropics. Tumbulgum on the Tweed from 1st to 14th November 1907 : Annual meeting of A.O.U. Sydney October 28th 1907.
The Dowsett family
Dowsett family photograph. Back row (standing, from left): William Herbert Dowsett (known as Herbert, 1880-1953), John 'Jack' Martin (1883-), Spencer Dowsett (1874-1941), William Spencer Dowsett (1849-1919), George Ferguson (1875-1956). Middle row (seated, from left): Clara Prudence Dowsett (1882-1950, nee Kerr, wife of Herbert Dowsett), Emily Jane Martin (1883-1967, wife of Jack Martin) with Gladys (May 1907-) on her lap, Eva Dowsett (1879-1965, nee Jelly, wife of Spencer Dowsett), Oswald Dowsett (1886-1968), Emily Dowsett (nee Goodyear), Elsie Ferguson (nee Dowsett, (1876-1967, wife of George Ferguson), Elizabeth 'Grace' Johnson (1878-1963, nee Dowsett) mother of Monty, Myrtle and Ivy Johnson. Seated on the ground (from left): Ronald Wilton Jelly Dowsett (1902-1969), Lorna May Dowsett (1904-1997) and Clifford Leonard Dowsett (children of Eva and Spencer Dowsett), Myrtle Irene Johnson (1901-), Violet Ferguson (1905-1992), and Ivy Gwendolyn Johnson (1903-).
Five South Australian pioneers
Close view of five aged men described as 'five pioneers' photographed at Glenelg, South Australia. The gentleman on the right is Thomas George Adams, born in 1835 at Portsea, England, died 1907 at Edwardstown, S.A., son of John William Adams and Susanna, nee Fabian, 'Buffalo' passengers. According to a researcher, Thomas George Adams was the fourth child of John William Adams, and Susanna (Fabian) Adams, born In Portsea Hampshire 12 Mar 1835. He was the youngest child to make the voyage with his parents John William Adams and Susanna (Fabian) Adams on HMS Buffalo 1836. Thomas George Adams married Louisa Tilly about 1857.Louisa died of scarlet fever 10 December 1891. Thomas George Adams died on 1st August 1907, and is buried at West Terrace Cemetery.
A group of army cadets
Members of the South Australian Cadet Corps at the Easter emcampment at Brighton, 1907. The officer 6th from left in the back row has been identified as Samuel Gould.
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Young cormorants on Dangerous Reef photographed during a voyage by scientists who sailed to Spencer's Gulf via Kangaroo Island, 16 January 1907. The scientists had previously attended the 11th session of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of Adelaide.
South Neptune Island
Two scientists in a rock formation referred to as 'the ravine' on South Neptune Island, 16 January 1907. The scientists had previously attended the 11th session of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of Adelaide.
Seabirds
Seabirds rise from a Spencer Gulf island. This Photograph taken during a research trip by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.
Seabirds
Seabirds rise from a Spencer Gulf island. This Photograph taken during a research trip by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.