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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

Derbyshire, Edward Fairhurst, 1929, Photograph, B 71790/273-329

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.

Portraits of natives from Port Darwin

Foelsche, P., c. 1880, Photograph, B 48886/1-39

ALBUM: Attributed to Paul Foelsche, comprising 39 portraits of Aboriginal people of Port Darwin. For more information about Foelsche's Aboriginal portraits, please see the South Australian Museum website re "The Policeman's Eye" exhibition, curated by Philip Jones, who wrote; "Despite his role as a powerful police official, Paul Foelsche prepared these portraits with great care and sympathy. The people they depict all passed away several generations ago, and these images can be regarded safely now, without offending the living or the spirits of the dead." -- information from South Australian Museum website (no longer available).

Manunka Mission, River Murray

1904, Photograph, PRG 1424/4/2/12

Miss Matthews laying the first stone in the first building, Manunka Mission. Aboriginal boys and girls are lined up separately and an old Aboriginal man sits on a mound of earth with his arms crossed. From a photograph album that was owned by Annie J. Haslam.

String games, Yirrkala

Mountford, Charles P., 1948, Photograph, PRG 1218/34/2797

Aboriginal children being taught string games on the beach at Yirrkala by Wandjuk Marika.

Indigenous rights papers

Union of Australian Women, 1965, Manuscript, SRG 781/32

Records comprising papers relating to the concerns of Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women, including the Council for Aboriginal Women of South Australia and Aboriginal Affairs papers. See below for further details.

Manuscript by Nathaniel Hailes

Hailes, Nathaniel, c. 1842, Manuscript, PRG 832/1

Manuscript by Nathaniel Hailes titled 'The Aborigines of the Port Lincoln district'. It is an account of a visit to Port Lincoln in 1842 and covers the characteristics of the Aborigines of the Port Lincoln district; the search for C.C. Dutton's party; and miscellaneous notes on the Aborigines, mainly of the Port Lincoln district.

Ceduna Pier

Clark, Darren, 2012, Photograph, B 73710/2

Aboriginal girls sitting on the jetty at Ceduna, from left to right: Skyanne Sambo, Jorden Miller, Tamika LeBois, Jazlyn Sambo, and Tia Carbine. The photographer describes some of his time in Ceduna, "Ceduna turned out to be a town where I was able to work with and record a positive face of Aboriginal culture. I had been working with a lady called Shelley Coleman, who has strong family ties in the Ceduna district. One day I received a phone call from Shelley and she invited me down to the pier to photograph what she considered to be a "right of passage" for the young children in Ceduna. When I arrived I found Shelley, her daughter and a group of her school friends whose summer activity is to go to the pier after school and jump off into the sea and spend some time socializing with each other. Under normal circumstances this is a "no go zone" with Aboriginal children, but because I was invited by Shelley I was allowed to record this coastal beach culture."

Ceduna Pier

Clark, Darren, 2012, Photograph, B 73710/1

Aboriginal children having fun on the jetty at Ceduna. The photographer describes some of his time in Ceduna, "Ceduna turned out to be a town where I was able to work with and record a positive face of Aboriginal culture. I had been working with a lady called Shelley Coleman, who has strong family ties in the Ceduna district. One day I received a phone call from Shelley and she invited me down to the pier to photograph what she considered to be a "right of passage" for the young children in Ceduna. When I arrived I found Shelley, her daughter and a group of her school friends whose summer activity is to go to the pier after school and jump off into the sea and spend some time socializing with each other. Under normal circumstances this is a "no go zone" with Aboriginal children, but because I was invited by Shelley I was allowed to record this coastal beach culture."

Wood-carver Max Roberts at Glossop

State Library of South Australia, 1991, Photograph, B 74414/1-14

Aboriginal artist Max Roberts displays his wood-carving skills to a film crew by the Murray River and at the Jerry Mason Senior Memorial Centre at Glossop in the Riverland. Photographs taken by the Aboriginal Unit of the State Library of S.A.

Wood-carver Max Roberts at Glossop

State Library of South Australia, 1991, Photograph, B 74415/1-4

Aboriginal artist Max Roberts displays his wood-carving skills by the Murray River and at the Jerry Mason Senior Memorial Centre at Glossop in the Riverland. Photographs taken by the Aboriginal Unit of the State Library of S.A.

Marjorie Andrew and friends at Point McLeay Mission

Andrew, Marjorie, 1942, Photograph, PRG 1708/3/13

Marjorie Andrew and friends sitting with a group of children at the Charles Sturt memorial cairn at Point McLeay Mission Station, taken during a trip to Victor Harbor in January 1942. Original photograph: black and white print, 6.2 x 8.9 cm. The young boy third from right is Thomas Rowlands (born January 1928). The lady on the far right is likely to be his Mother - Sister May Manderville Rowlands (nee Lenton) - the community nurse at Point McLeay Aboriginal Mission, now Raulkkan (from 1928-1955).

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1925, Photograph, PRG 769/1/1

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, outside the shed they lived in for 2 years, prior to the buying a house in 1926. The children in the photograph may include Rita Richards, Paddy Waye, and Daisy Brown. It was a shed, on the west side, at the back of the boarding house. Miss Lock and Miss Harris took the first 5 children in.

Group of children and sisters at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/7

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, in front of bamboo trees. L-R Paddy Waye, Miss Harris holding Mona Paul, unidentified, Parker O'Donoghue, Sister Ruby Hyde holding George Tongerie, Rita Richards, and Sydney Waye.

Children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/4

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, in front of bamboo trees. Back row L-R: Rita Richards, Sidney Waye, Paddy Waye. Front row L-R: George Tongerie, Parker O'Donoghue, Mona Paul.

First group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/5

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, in height order. L-R: Rita Richards, Paddy Waye, Ruth Selah, Parker O'Donoghue, Sidney Waye, George Tongerie, Mona Paul. This image was used in a UAM booklet.

Children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1925, Photograph, PRG 769/1/10

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home. Back row of children standing L-R: Rita Richards, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Paddy Waye. Middle Row L-R: Sydney Waye, Miss Iris Harris, Sister Hyde, George Tongerie. Front row: Parker O'Donoghue.

Buggy at Granite Downs

c. 1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/9

Horse drawn buggy at Granite Downs pastoral lease. The boy at the back of the buggy has been identified as Paddy Waye.

Sister Harris bathing children at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta

c. 1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/8

Sister Harris bathing George Tongerie and Parker O'Donoghue at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta.

Mona Paul at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta

1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/6

Mona Paul sitting on the lawn at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta.

Sister Hyde holding Mona Paul at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta

1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/14

Sister Hyde holding Mona Paul at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta

Sister Harris holding a baby at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta

c. 1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/12

Sister Harris (later Mrs. Wade) holding a baby (originally identified as Mona Paul, but other sources disagree with this identification), at Colebrook Home, Oodnadatta.

Sister Harris holding a baby, Oodnadatta area

c. 1925, Photograph, PRG 769/1/11

Sister Harris (later Mrs. Wade) holding a baby, Oodnadatta area.

Two children in front of Oodnadatta mission

c. 1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/13

Two children in front of Oodnadatta Misson, not identified.

First official Colebrook Home, Quorn

1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/15

First official Colebrook Home, Quorn. It was purchased in May 1927 and named after T. Colebrook, president of the UAM. It was located on the northern edge of the town on a hill.

Tea party at the Colebrook Home, Quorn

1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/16

Children having a tea party at Colebrook Home, Quorn. Women standing are Sister Rutter and Sister Hyde. The children identified on the left are Parker O'Donoghue and Steve O'Donoghue.