1907 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Broken Hill : Miners and horse

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/40

A mine horse receiving medical attention underground. Also shows three miners.

Broken Hill : Mining scoop

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/37

A mining scoop at work.

Broken Hill: Open cut mine

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/43

An open cut mining area.

Broken Hill: British Mine caves

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/44

The British Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited was incorporated in London in 1887 to acquire Blocks 15 and 16 from the BHP company. Seven shafts were sunk along the lode covered by the two mineral leases. Three men can be seen in the British Mine caves.

Broken Hill: British Mine caves

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/45

The British Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited was incorporated in London in 1887 to acquire Blocks 15 and 16 from the BHP company. Seven shafts were sunk along the lode covered by the two mineral leases. Inside the British Mine caves.

Broken Hill: Old chimney

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/46

An old chimney kept as a historic monument.

Broken Hill: Water supply

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/47

Broken Hill water supply. 1903 famine. Shows the very low water level and several men sitting around.

Broken Hill: Stephens Creek

c. 1907, Photograph, B 54756/48

Stephens Creek water supply. Water can be seen falling over the wall.

W.P. Cummins

1902, Photograph, B 6691/11

Formal portrait of W.P. Cummins, member for Stanley.

Jarrett family

c. 1942, Photograph, B 69318

Street portrait of Bryce Jarrett (left) with his parents Silby Joyce Jarrett (nee Sampson) and Lionel (Laurie) Horace Jarrett in army uniform.

G.H. Buttery

c. 1900, Photograph, B 12166/21

Portrait of G.H. Buttery, one in a composite of 36 photographs of past members and officers of the Adelaide Democratic Club Inc. To see the composite do a number search on B 12166.

Charles Todd and the Overland Telegraph team

c. 1872, Photograph, B 69996/15

A note on the back of the photograph reads 'Members of the Overland Telegraph Party at Roper River, 1872. Left to right: J.A.G. Little, R.C. Patterson, Charles Todd and A.J. Mitchell. Todd (later Sir Charles Todd) was one of the great men of South Australian history. The telegraph lines which he built linked Adelaide with Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Darwin (and hence by cable with the rest of the world). Todd was the first man to pioneer the centre after Stuart's first crossing to Darwin. Alice Springs (on the Todd River) was named after his wife. This photograph, taken by Captain Sweet, is a brilliant example of early photography in Australia and is reproduced by courtesy of the South Australian Archives'.

Elizabeth, Charles and Hedley Todd

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1865, Photograph, B 69996/26

Studio portrait of the three Todd children, Elizabeth, Charles and Hedley, pictured with a rocking horse.

Todd family at the Observatory

c. 1897, Photograph, B 69996/70

The Todd family pictured in the grounds of the Adelaide Observatory. Back row (from left): Mrs Charles Todd (nee Elsie Backhouse), Sir William H. Bragg (1862-1942), (Alice) Maude Todd (later Mrs F.G. Masters), Mrs Mabel Tower (sister of Mrs Hedley Todd), Hedley Lawrence Todd (1860-1907), Lorna Todd (1877-1963). Middle row (from left): Alice Todd, Gwendoline Bragg nee Todd (1869-1929), Charles Edward Todd (1858-1917), Mrs Charles Squires nee Charlotte Elizabeth Todd (1856-1937), Mrs Hedley Todd (nee Jessie Scott), Charles Todd. Front row (from left: (William) Lawrence Bragg; Frances Tower, Yolande Tower, Robert Bragg (1892-1915).

Charles Todd and the OT team (caption only)

c. 1872, Photograph, B 69996/14

A note on the back of the photograph of the Members of the Overland Telegraph Party at Roper River, 1872.

View of Alice Springs

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/1

View from a hilltop looking across a valley towards a small settlement amongst some trees.

Buildings at Alice Springs

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/2

Three men are standing under the verandah of a small stone cottage with a galvanised iron roof, with other similar buildings beyond it.

Water carrier at Alice Springs telegraph station

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/3

An Aboriginal man picture in the yard of a stone cottage, with a yoke acrosshis shoulders and two buckets suspended on either side.

Horse team and wagon

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/4

George Hablett with a 10 horse team and wagon, bringing in supplies for the Adelaide Springs telegraph station.

Hailstones

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/5

Photograph of a large clump of hailstones on a meat plate, with two smaller plates of hailstones. They were still being collected in Alice Springs for several days after the hailstorm.

Riding party

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/6

A group of riders, children of the photographer Thomas Bradshaw, on their horses outside one of the Alice Springs telegraph office buildings. At right, riding side-saddle is Doris Bradshaw (about 16), with Mortimer, 13, Jack (Eric Ivan, about 10), and Consie (Constance), aged 11.

Children at Alice Springs

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/7

A group of six children, three boys and three girls, together with a young woman, on the verandah of a stone house.

Boy at Alice Springs

Bradshaw, Thomas A., c. 1907, Photograph, B 70589/8

A boy with two buckets on a shoulder yoke, standing beside an evaporometer, which measures evaporation. According to a researcher, Charles Todd was passionate about weather and all the Telegraph stations had a weather station, and had to report weather data at set times of the day. Alice Springs had this extra item, which is still there with a plaque.