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Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934
A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Port Lincoln, Boston Bay, Kirton Point, Proper Bay, Warner, Myalpa Beach, Tod River, Lake Hamilton, Sleaford Bay, Woolshed Cave, Talia, Streaky Bay, Back Beach, Ceduna, Koonibba, Point Sinclair, Port Le Hunte, Penong, Kooringibbie Well. The album contains photographs documenting the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them SS Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, MV Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he as a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.
NAIDOC Business breakthrough launch
NAIDOC Business breakthrough launch at the State Library of S.A. Photographs taken by the Aboriginal Unit of the State Library of S.A.
Album of views of Oodnadatta
A small personal collection of views taken in the Oodnadatta area featuring members of the Hewish family on picnics, Aboriginal men and women, sheep and other farming activities, race meetings, members of the tennis club, and other daily activities. See 'contents' for details of individual items.
Farina South Australia - Glass plate negatives
Farina glass plate negatives
Photographs from the 1905-1906 Exploring Expedition
A collection of photographs taken by Frank George, a member of the Government Exploring and Prospecting Expedition to the South Western Portion of the Northern Territory. The include images of Aboriginal people, camels, landforms and human activity. See 'contents' for details of items.
Views of South Australia and abroad: album
Album of views partly of South Australia, with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in Adelaide and at the Botanic Gardens, Waterfall Gully, Morialta, and Strathalbyn. Several photographs may be of Aboriginal men and women of the Point McLeay area. The album includes nineteenth century views of Melbourne, Launceston & Hobart, Brisbane and Maryborough in Queensland and other places abroad including Ceylon, Malta, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. Some of these are by the noted photographers, Horatio Agius (Malta), Poul C. Poulsen (Queensland) and Allan Hughan (New Caledonia). The following photographs have not been digitised and can be seen by requesting the Album: 54. 'Porta Reale, Malta'; Photographs of New Caledonia by the photographer Allan Hughan, including 55. 'Noumea', view of the town, harbour and shipping in the nineteenth century; 56. 'River Foa a Pierra, Noumea'; 57.'Bananiers et Femme Noumea', banana tree with woman sleeping beneath, Noumea; 58. 'River de La Foa (a Daunis) Noumea'; 59. 'Travailleurs indigeni Noumea', workers with weapons and implements, nineteenth century, Noumea. Photograph 378 by Allan Hughan. 60. 'Pilou Pilou New Caledonia', group of warriors in a tribal ceremony; 61.'Cascade a Ciu (Canale) Noumea'; 62. 'Sortie de la Messe, Vao Mission, Ile Des Pins', photograph 976 by Allan Hughan; 63. 'Piroguiers du Chef Samuel, Noumea', canoeists for Chief Samuel, launching a long boat. Another long canoe is on the shore and a very large hut with grass thatched roof is in the background; 64. 'Cas du Chief Philip, Noumea', cone shaped tribal house with grass thatch roof; 65. 'Docil Henghine, Noumea', inhabitant of Hienghene, New Caledonia; 66-75. Views in and around Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka); 76-84. Views of Tasmania; 85-87. Brisbane and the Brisbane River, several by photographer G.R.; 88. Brisbane River with view to 'Botanic Gardens and Houses of Parliament, Brisbane'. Photograph by P.C. Poulsen; 89. River port, possibly Brisbane; 90-91. Churches, possibly in Brisbane; 92-94. Views of Maryborough including Boys Grammar School and Richmond Street, possibly by P. C. Poulsen. 95. Street view of main business district in Maryborough, nineteenth century. Some additional loose photographs of King Country, New Zealand, by the photographers Burton Bros, Dunedin, were found in the back of this album. These have been described separately at B 72119.
Photographs by, or collected by, Bill Edwards
A selection of photographs by, and collected by, Bill Edwards. The rest of the collection can be requested via the Reference Desk.
Photographs relating to George Dankel
Photographs relating to George Dankel, comprising early farming scenes and including Aboriginal people and Aboriginal dwellings. One of the images has been positively identified as created by D. Darian Smith, with the remainder strongly attributed to the photographer. On comparison with SLSA images of Hermannsburg and the Aranda (Arrernte/Aranta), it is possible that the location of the images is Alice Springs, Terowie, Finke River and McDonnell Ranges area (see PRG 1559/8/1-295).
Views of Point McLeay Mission
A collection of photographs in an album that belonged to the Revd J.R. Digance, and carries the title 'Views of Point McLeay Aboriginal Mission' on the front page. There are variety of views of the building and people, most only with minimal description. See 'contents' for details of items.
Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934
A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Tallala Well, Thevenard, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, Wudinna, Mount Wedge, Haslam, Carawa, Laura Bay, Perlubie, Venus Bay, Elliston, Coulta, Tod River, Poonindie, Tumby Bay, Verran, Cleve, Arno Bay, Cowell, Kimba, Whyalla, Penong, Iron Knob. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time, at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.
Gladys Elphick
Photograph of Aboriginal community worker Gladys Elphick.
Photographs of life on the Trans-Australian Railway Line
Photographs of the construction of the Trans Australian Railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie together with portraits of people, many of whom are family members. The series contains 121 contact print enlargements, most of which are uncaptioned. See 'contents' for details of items.
An album of photographs mostly from Point Pearce and Koonibba, South Australia
A collection of 71 black and white prints, of a settlement and of Aboriginal people at Koonibba Mission Children's Home, taken during the first half of the twentieth century at Koonibba Mission. Images feature Aboriginal helpers at the home pre 1926. See 'contents' for details of items. Some of these were taken at Point Pearce and also Colebrook.
Photograph album 3
Collection of mostly silver albumen photographs, in an album. Believed to have been taken by F.C. Krichauff, who worked as a photographer in South Australia. The photographs include bush scenes, houses, waterfalls, group travelling through northern South Australia on camels, Aboriginal people, Victorian bush scenes and early Australian stamps [the photographs of stamps have not been digitised]. See 'contents' for details of individual photographs.
Cordillo Downs Station
A collection of photographs taken at Cordillo Downs Station, including some of the visit of the Governor General, Lord Gowrie, in the 1930s. See 'contents' for details of individual items. [NOTE that the captions shown under 'contents' are as shown on the back of the original photographs. Any additions to make the captions clearer are shown in square brackets.]
McColl family photograph album and scrapbook
An album and scrapbook initially kept by Jane McColl, daughter of James Ramsay McColl, showing the family and family home 'Largs Villa' at Woodville, her father and his employees in the marine plumbing business at Port Adelaide, and her brothers and cousins, some of whom found work on coastal steamers around Australia, including ports in Queensland, Sydney, Albany and Wyndham in Western Australia. The album was lent for copying and the State Library does not hold the original.
Photographs of the Northern Territory
Photographs of Aboriginal people and places in the Northern Territory, including Point Charles, Brocks Creek, and Powell Creek in the early twentieth century.
Photographs: black and white negatives and contact prints
Series comprises approximately 18,000 black and white negatives including contact prints made from each negative and the envelopes in which the negatives were orginally housed, plus miscellanous unnumbered prints (damaged), possibly used for publications or presentations. The content includes a broad range of subjects with most images taken during expeditions to Ayers Rock [Uluru], Mount Olga [Kata Tjuta] and Yuendumu in Central Australia, Warburton Ranges, Nepabunna Mission Station in the Northern Flinders Ranges, Arnhem Land, Melville Island and the North West of Western Australia. Also includes images from the Expedition to search for the remains of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt and the 'Commonwealth Board of Enquiry into the alleged ill-treatment of Aborigines near Ayers Rock'. See individual expedition series for subject matter. Contains restrictions. See item records for further details. PART DIGITISED.
Eyre Peninsula logging and land clearing, and other scenes
Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising lantern slides, glass plate negatives and nitrate negatives of logging and scrub rolling, reaping and agricultural scenes, including working horses. Also including images of Aboriginal families of the Eyre Peninsula area, photographed by Rev. Trengove at this time. Trengrove was transferred to Cowell after the Wilmington circuit and became interested in land clearing, and the shipping of wheat. See CONTENTS for more information and details of images.
Photographs of Darwin, Northern Territory
Eleven photographs of Darwin including jetty and foreshore, streets, Chinese settlement, Larakia Camp and the Governor's residence, photographed by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer of Melbourne University, July 1911. He was then Special Commissioner and Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory. Each photograph has note 'Photo by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer of Melbourne University July 1911'.
"Make a Book" workshop for children of Kaurna Plains School
"Make a Book" workshop for children of Kaurna Plains School. Photographs taken by the Aboriginal Unit of the State Library of S.A.
Photographs relating to George Dankel
Photographs relating to George Dankel, comprising early farming scenes and including Aboriginal people and Aboriginal dwellings. One of the images has been positively identified as created by D. Darian Smith, with the remainder strongly attributed to the photographer. On comparison with SLSA images of Hermannsburg and the Aranda (Arrernte/Aranta), it is possible that the location of the images is Alice Springs, Terowie, Finke River and McDonnell Ranges area (see PRG 1559/8/1-295). One image has been withdrawn from access and viewing online (PRG 638/5/16) : Unknown location, a group on twelve young Aboriginal children standing with four men, ca. 1930 (negative, black and white, 9 x 14 cm). This image has been restricted from general viewing for cultural reasons. To discuss accessing this image contact the Library's enquiry service 08 8207 7250 or info@slsa.sa.gov.au.
Jetty, Point McLeay
Postcard of Aboriginal Australians on the jetty at Point McLeay Mission Station, January 1923.
Queensland outback stations
A collection of photographs taken at various Queensland outback stations and towns, including Roxburgh Station, Kihee Station, Durham Downs Station, Alexandra Station, Bluff Station (Diamentina River), and Birdsville. Also includes Aboriginal people from Minnie Downs in northern South Australia. See 'contents' for details of individual items.
Notebooks kept by Gillen during an expedition.
Notebooks kept by Gillen during the expedition with Professor Walter Baldwin Spencer, with much of the content with dealing with Aboriginal languages. The purpose of the expedition was to study the Aborigines of Central and Northern Australia.
Oodnadatta home
First official Oodnadatta Mission home, which was purchased by United Aborigines Mission in 1926, and would become Colebrook Home. It shows the back of the house and the room that was used as the girl's dormitory on the left.
R.T. Maurice's expedition party
Expedition party featuring five gentlemen and a dog. Standing : 'Karraminya', 'Nunjena', 'Napparinya'. Sitting : William Richard Murray and Richard Thelwell Maurice. Murray and Maurice partook of an exploratory expedition to Central Australia in 1902 from Fowler's Bay to Wyndham on Cambridge Gulf, relying on Aboriginal guides to map springs and waterholes throughout north-western South Australia. They left an anthropological and exploratory record of the event.
The grave of Reverend George Taplin
GENERAL: The grave of the Reverend George Taplin who died in 1879; Aboriginal men standing mourning in the background. The inscription on the gravestone reads" Sacred to the memory of The Rev. George Taplin, missionary for 20 years to the Aborigines of South Australia and founder of the Point MacLeay Mission. Died June 24th 1879 aged 47 years. We thank thee that the way-worn sleeps, the sleep in Jesus blest, the purified and ransomed soul, hath entered into rest. Erected by the Aborigines".
Lantern slides taken by Ruby Hyde
Fifty one lantern slides taken or collected by Matron Ruby Hyde during her years at Colebrook Home at Quorn. Five of the slides require special permission for viewing due to their cultural sensitivity. Another two slides require permission from an archivist. To see individual images do a NUMBER search on B 70884.
Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934
A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Cleve, Ceduna, Cowell, Franklin Harbor, Port Lincoln, Boston Bay. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1934 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.