1907 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Railway Accident

c. 1873, Photograph, B 1893

Workers pose on the wreckage of the carriages following a railway accident, between Salisbury and Smithfield. This is possibly one which occurred on June 20th, 1873, three miles south of Smithfield. (See the Register, July 1, 1873.) . According to L.S Kingsborough, the H class engine, which was first under steam in 1871, was built by Robert Stephenson & Co., England. Note the third class carriage on the end. For another view of this accident, see B 1907.

Railway Accident

c. 1870, Photograph, B 1907

Railway accident between Salisbury and Smithfield, showing men surveying the wreckage of a derailed train. See B 1893 for information and another photo.

Burke's Tree

c. 1907, Photograph, B 5615

Burke's tree, Innamincka. The following notes are taken from a sheet attached to the back of the photograph. '....sad task. It was south-west of [Tootawatchie?] and in flooded country. The spot was about forty miles from Innamincka and a little to the north-west. Mr Kenny, before leaving the place made certain a white man was buried there. The description of a swamp with eucalypts and a claypan close at hand would easily fit many places in the district especially after a fall of rain. No one regretted it more than Mr Kenny when in 1913-14 he had all arrangements made to re-visit the Cooper and was unable to get away. It is a pity he was unable to revisit the spot as no doubt some of the natives would have remembered him and helped him. I enclose a photo of another "L" marked tree on the Cooper about twelve miles below the junction of the Thomson on Retreat station (east bank). I will be pleased to let you have any information re Mr Kenny or the Cooper that I may possess. Yours faithfully RE Larcombe.

S.A. "Register" editorial staff and owners

c. 1857, Photograph, B 5967

[General description] Group studio photograph of gentlemen connected with the S. A. Register in 1857. From left to right: W illiam W.R. Whitridge (on editorial staff); Joseph Fisher, proprietor (seated); William Kyffin Thomas (at back); Anthony Forster; Edward William Andrews (seated). ; J.H. Barrow (editorial staff). Barrow left to found the 'Advertiser' in 1858.

S.A. Northern Pioneers, 1850-59

Mora Studio, 1908, Photograph, B 8502

Photograph of a photographic composite entitled 'S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59' comprising 120 portraits. The original mosaic was compiled in 1908 by Mora Studio, Rundle Street, Adelaide. The individual photographs were collected in 1906 and 1907 by stock agent Henry Howard 'Harry' Birt, who had been a drover and stockman in the pastoral regions of Australia from 1858 until 1880. He is depicted at B 8502/I5. The original of this mosaic was acquired by pastoralist and stock and station agent Samuel Joseph Stuckey. He died in 1912 and the fate of the original work is not known.

Teachers Picnic

1907, Photograph, B 16575/1

Teachers picnic at Belair.

Electric Light Exhibition

c. 1900, Photograph, B 20852

Exhibition of electric light fittings and electrical appliances. It was a display mounted by local engineering businesses at the official opening of the Grenfell Stree power station on 19 November 1901. At the far end, furniture retailers P Gay & Co (who built Gay's Arcade) have two display rooms. To the righ is a display by John Just & Co, and to the right again is a display by Todd Samuel & Anstey. Hedley Todd was Chares Todd's younger son, and J. K. Samuel later became chairman of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co.

Humber Car

c. 1907, Photograph, B 22102

Humber car driven by Dr Gault's chauffeur, with his daughter Freda Gault in the back seat of the vehicle which is stationary outside the entrance gates to 'Park View House'.

Boundary Peg

1907, Photograph, B 22184

South Australia/ Western Australia boundary peg at the South corner.

S.S. Juno

c. 1907, Photograph, B 24299

S.S. Juno travelling down Port River.

Australian Gold Diggings

c. 1907, Photograph, B 25570

Australian gold diggings, the cradle at work.

District Rifle Club Teams

Holdsworth, James, 1907, Photograph, B 26359

District Rifle Club teams consist of Peterborough, Wilmington and Port Augusta.

Municipal Tramways Trust

c. 1907, Photograph, B 28641

Mr Alex B Moncrieff and Mr W.G.T. Goodman from the Municipal Tramways Trust.

The Silver Tree

c. 1890, Photograph, B 29600

The Silver Tree which was made by Mr Steiner a German Jeweller in Adelaide.

Trapper's House

c. 1907, Photograph, B 30656

View of a trapper's home.

Mail Coach on Rough Terrain

1907, Photograph, B 31272

Mmail coach held with a rope to prevent capsize on a rough bush road near Adelaide.

"Pride" motorcycle

1976, Photograph, B 32434

The "Pride" motorcycle built by Mr. F.B. Puckridge at Port Lincoln in 1907 photographed at the Koppic Museum.

Wool Teams

c. 1907, Photograph, B 34742

Wool teams.

Wool Carting

c. 1907, Photograph, B 34743

Wool carting.

Wheat Threshing

c. 1907, Photograph, B 34744

Wheat threshing.

South Australian Pioneers

Krischock, Harry, 1906, Photograph, B 45044

Five South Australian Pioneers who have seen each of the seventy birthdays of the State. Taken at the banquet given by the Mayor of Glenelg (Mr H.W. Varley) on Commemoration Day (Proclamation Day) in December 1906, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the State.