Broken Hill • Find • State Library of South Australia

Studio view of a small girl

Bradley Studio, Broken Hill, c. 1890, Photograph, B 55057

COSTUME: Studio view of a small girl carrying a muff.

The 'Pebble King' of Sellicks Beach

1920, Photograph, B 55417/5

SELLICKS BEACH: The 'Pebble King' of Sellicks Beach. Many tons of the pebbles from Sellicks Beach were sent by rail to Broken Hill to be used for crushing ore. Back row: Ted Button, Perce Leaker, Jack Sheriff. Front row: George Fraser, Bob Herrick, James Sinclair Heathersay (the Pebble King), Vidi Shepherd, Walter Gordon.

Bullock teams in High Street, Willunga

1916, Photograph, B 55417/36

WILLUNGA: Bullock teams in High Street with timber carts. The men are Dan Skeyhill and Frank Hailstone. The logs were cut on the property of Alf DeCaux and taken to the railway for consignment to the Broken Hill Mines to be used as shoring timbers.

Zinc Corporation Saw Mill at Myponga

c. 1917, Photograph, B 55417/129

MYPONGA: A view of the Zinc Corporation Saw Mill at Myponga run by B.H.P. of Broken Hill.

Cornelius Proud

c. 1880, Photograph, B 56241

Cornelius Proud, born Bickerton, Yorkshire, on 22 September 1853, the son of William and Ann Proud. He arrived South Australia with his wife, Mary Ann nee Lines, and brother, John Henry Proud, in 1875. Following the death of Mary Ann, he married Emily Good in 1882. Initially employed on the literary staff of the Register newspaper he was a founding member and Honorary Secretary of the Adelaide Stock Exchange in 1883, he then spent the years 1885 to 1890 in Broken Hill during the silver boom. In 1894 he delivered the Women's Suffrage petition to the South Australian Parliament.

Premises of J.W. Wendt

c. 1880, Photograph, B 59011

GENERAL: Premises of J.W. Wendt, watchmaker and jeweller, believed to be at Broken Hill. the shop was regarded (or claimed) as the first stone building (or shop) in the town. See the centenary booklet published by Wendts Jewellers of Adelaide in 1954.

Residence called 'Hazel Dell'

c. 1900, Photograph, B 61403

GENERAL: Residence called 'Hazel Dell'. The couple standing under the verandah are Phillip and Ella Teer. One of the two men who are seated is Mr Blomwell who came from Broken Hill.

Horse and cart belonging to B.H.P. Co

c. 1910, Photograph, B 62499

WHYALLA: An employee of B.H.P. Co. with a horse and cart belonging to the Company.

Victor York Richardson

Coventry, Lionel, c. 1945, Artwork, B 62822

A caricature by Lionel Coventry of Victor York Richardson, sportsman and radio commentator. Victor York Richardson scored 27 centuries in first-class cricket, represented Australia at baseball, South Australia at golf and tennis, and excelled at lacrosse, basketball, and swimming. He captained South Australia and Australia at cricket, a South Australian captain of football, and an outstanding gymnast, athlete, and hockey player. He later became a journalist and a radio commentator.

Railway transport: 520 class

1951, Photograph, B 58892/64

Broken Hill Express at North Adelaide, December 1951.

Railway transport: 520 class

1952, Photograph, B 58892/86

Broken Hill Express at North Adelaide, February 1952.

Railway transport: 520 class

1952, Photograph, B 58892/87

Broken Hill Express at North Adelaide, February 1952.

Railway transport: Locomotives and rolling stock 3'6"

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/498

Narrow gauge 3'6" T class 204 arriving at Port Pirie with ore train from Broken Hill.

Railway transport: Locomotives and rolling stock 3'6"

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/499

A 3'6" T class locomotive arriving at Port Pirie Junction, named Solomontown railway station, with an ore train from Broken Hill. A 3'6" 75 class railcar and brakevan are in view in the distance.

Duncan & Fraser wagon

1900, Photograph, B 14103/122

Duncan & Fraser Fire Brigade hose wagon. 'Broken Hill Fire Brigade' on side.

The Royal Midgets General & Mrs Mite

1880, Photograph, B 16763/87

Emily (aka Millie) Edwards and Francis Joseph Flynn. Also known as General and Mrs Mite, Flynn was born in New York in 1872. In 1884 he married Edwards in England. They came to Australia in 1890 to tour. Flynn died in Broken hill in 1898. Millie moved to New Zealand and continued to perform under the name Mrs General Mite. She died in an acccident in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 16 December 1919, and is buried in Bromley Cemetery.

Captain Rex Sheahan

c. 1980, Photograph, B 68898

Portrait of Captain Rex Sheahan at the wheel of a river boat.

Family photographs : Bus

c. 1926, Photograph, B 47585/21

Twenty-first of 35 photographs in an album. One of Duffy's two Red Robin passenger buses in Broken Hill. He retired in the 1940s.

Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Port Pirie

1925, Photograph, B 61788/3

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : Ellen Street, Port Pirie.

Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Port Pirie

1925, Photograph, B 61788/4

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : Ellen Street, Port Pirie.

Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Port Pirie

1925, Photograph, B 61788/5

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : Ellen Street, Port Pirie.

Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Port Pirie

1925, Photograph, B 61788/6

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : Ellen Street, Port Pirie.

Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Port Pirie

1925, Photograph, B 61788/7

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925: Ship tied up at the wharf, Port Pirie. A researcher suggests that the small steamer is the "SS Nelcebee", built in Port Adelaide in 1883. When this photo was taken the ship was based in Port Pirie and owned by the Adelaide Steam Tug Company. She was taken out of service in 1928 and converted to an auxiliary cargo sailing vessel, and was used like this until 1982, when the vessel was gifted to the South Australian Maritime Museum. The vessel survives on dry land at Port Adelaide.