Aboriginal • Find • State Library of South Australia

Farina

1928, Photograph, B 24007

FARINA: Two Aboriginal ladies - Polly and Fanny.

Farina

Hopewell, Alice Mary, 1909, Photograph, B 38337

FARINA: Aboriginal family playing cards. Note: any reproduction to include "Photograph by Mrs. A.M. Hopewell".

Finniss Springs

Barnes, Doris Constance, c. 1943, Photograph, B 52698

A vehicle used by the United Aborigines Mission, S.A. Inc.

Glencoe

c. 1900, Photograph, B 23502

Aboriginal men l-r John Bull, Paunchey holding boomerangs.

Innamincka police with a black tracker (believed to be 'Sambo' who was employed by the Innamincka police) in the role of punt operator crossing Cooper Creek. Information provided by a researcher: The Aboriginal man in the punt was a local police tracker 'Jack the Ripper' whose native name was Mara Mundu, a Yandruwandha man, and his totem was the 'big-footed yellow wallaby'. He was married to Annie, a Yandruwandha woman, and they had two daughters. His nephew, Geordie was the third husband of Cora Parker (Nee King), who was the granddaughter of John King, and a full-blooded Yandruwanha woman. Cora's mother was Alice, and grandmother was Turinyi, the daughter of Carrawaw, mentioned in Alfred Howitt's relief expedition journals of 1861. His pary found John King with the people of the pitchery clan of Yandruwandha.

Fishing at Cooper Creek

c. 1920, Photograph, B 32222/77

An Aboriginal man fishing from the banks of Cooper's Creek, while a father and son from Innamincka Station fish from a row boat alongside.

Cricket, St.Peter's College

c. 1872, Photograph, B 1950

St. Peter's College, Hackney: A cricket match between Poonindie Aboriginal boys and St.Peter's College is in progress. St.Peter's team are batting. Students and school staff look on from the steps in front of the School. (See Whitington's Life of Bishop Short, p. 111). This image is similar to B 1960.

St. Peter's College, Hackney

c. 1872, Photograph, B 1960

[On back of photograph] 'St. Peter's College' [General description] Cricket match between Poonindie Aboriginal boys and St.Peter's College. Poonindie boys are batting. School staff and students look on from the steps in front of the building. See Whitington's Life of Bishop Short, p. 111. This image is similar to B 1950.

School, Hermannsburg

1923, Photograph, B 15392

An official visit to the Hermannsburg School by the Governor of S.A., Sir Tom Bridges in June 1923. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

Sports Day, Hermannsburg

c. 1930, Photograph, B 15394

Schoolchildren in a wheelbarrow race on Sports Day. Teacher's residence in the background. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

Wedding, Hermannsburg

1927, Photograph, B 19838

Aboriginal bridal couple after their wedding at Hermannsburg Mission Station.

Frieda Strehlow with Children at Hermannsburg

c. 1910, Photograph, B 42430

Friedericke (Frieda) Johanna Henriette Keysser, wife of Carl Strehlow, holding Theodore Strehlow (1908-)with the other Strehlow children Martha, Rudolf, Friedrich, Hermann, Carl (jnr) and some unidentified Aboriginal children.