1907 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Renmark Club House

c. 1907, Photograph, B 11999

[General description] The Renmark Club house is a large symmetrical single storey stone building with brick quoins and wide verandahs situated on the bank of the Murray River. This view is taken from the river and shows the front of the building. It was built as an English style 'Gentleman's Club' in 1909 with women being excluded until the early 1960s. It is now a popular venue for all of the community with bar, dining and function facilities.

Renmark Institute and Court House

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12000

[General description] Institute and Court House, Renmark.

Bridge over reservoir, Renmark

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12001

[General description] Bridge over reservoir, Renmark

Post office, Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12002

[General description] Post office, Renmark, built in 1892. It is a rectangular stone building with a central gable and a striped verandah roof. There is a row of stout posts hitching posts for horses in front.

Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12003

[General dscription] View of Renmark from the River Murray. On the left is the Settlers Club, on the right is the Fruit Packers Union sheds.

Congregational Church, Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12005

[General description] Congregational Church, Renmark. This modest weatherboard church was built circa 1891 on land given by the Chaffey Brothers who were Congregationalists.

Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12007

[General description] View of Renmark town buildings from a vacant lot.

Public school, Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12008

[General description] The Public school at Renmark is a solid single storey building with gables, set in a garden. A porch added onto its front entrance.

Pumping station, Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12009

[General description] Pumping station at Renmark, powered by steam.

Fruit packing sheds, Renmark

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12010

[General description] Fruit Packing Union packing sheds, Renmark, taken from the River Murray

Renmark Hotel

c. 1907, Photograph, B 28185

Renmark Hotel.

Irrigation machinery

c. 1920, Photograph, B 53494

Irrigation machinery, Renmark. The windmill is a 12.5 to 15 feet steel wings made in the period 1907 to 1913. This is a chain drive version, which makes it even more unusual when combined with the revolving tower. Some of these machines were still operating into the 1950's. [Information supplied by Morawa District Historical Society - publishers of the Windmill Journal.]

Methodist lecture hall

1907, Photograph, B 16904

Methodist lecture hall, Riverton.

Railway station - Riverton

1907, Photograph, B 16910

Railway station - Riverton.

Main Street, Riverton

1907, Photograph, B 16903

Main Street, Riverton.

Riverton Salvation Army

1907, Photograph, B 16941

Riverton Salvation Army.

Riverton Brass band

1907, Photograph, B 33053

Riverton Brass band.

Riverton Comedy Company

1907, Photograph, B 33055

Riverton Comedy Company.

Saddleworth Blacksmith shop

1907, Photograph, B 16594

Roberts Bros. Blacksmith shop at Saddleworth; staff are standing outside with two small boys, one being kept where he is by a blacksmith holding on to his ear.

Wheat Stack

1907, Photograph, B 32022

Wheat Stack, Saddleworth.

Catermole's Brickworks

c. 1906, Photograph, B 45597

Catermole's brickworks, Saddleworth. It is possible the owner was John David Cattermole. He and his family moved from Saddleworth to Diapur, Victoria in 1889 where he ran a very successful Brickworks. Most of the buildings in the Nhill area at that time were made of Diapur Brick. He was born in Norfolk, England in 1845 and died in Nhill in 1918 he is buried at Bleak House Cemetery, a few kilometres from Diapur. According to a researcher, it is likely John David Cattermole was born in Waterford, Ireland 1845. The family moved to England. After Saddleworth Cattermole moved to Diapur. His son William James worked as a brickmaker and eventually William Cattermole had brickworks in Bordertown (1907) which his brother, Samuel David Cattermole bought from him in 1913. The Bordertown kilns operated until the 1940s, when it closed.