Burra

1925, Photograph, B 3151

The old wooden swing footbridge over the Burra Burra Creek at Burra in the Mid North of South Australia. A boy is wheeling a bicycle across the narrow suspension bridge. The building on the right, situated opposite the footbridge, with a staircase up to the first floor, is the Burra Town Hall. There is a banner across the road in front of the Town Hall with the words 'Welcome Back to Burra'. [On back of photograph] The Burra 1925. From The Chronicle 14th November 1925.

Horse-drawn Cab, Burra

1917, Photograph, B 27697

Horse-drawn Cab owned by T. Hall, outside the Burra Hotel.

Methodist Sunday School, Burra

c. 1925, Photograph, B 2439

Methodist Sunday School, at Redruth, Burra, soon after its opening. Reproduced in the 'Observer', February 20th, 1925.

Girl's Band, Burra

1916, Photograph, B 27687

Burra Cheer-Up Girl's Band.

Burra School Detachment of Commonwealth Cadets

1908, Photograph, B 27713

Burra School Detachment of Commonwealth Cadets. At least seventeen of the cadets later participated in World War I, teacher in charge Adolph Lott (later Major Lott). Back row: Lance Tiver; Dick Bennetts; G. Burns; H. Fuss; H. Davey; Laurie Clode. Second row: Vern Riggs; Lindsay Page; Andrew Pearce; Ross Harris; Perce Herbert; Guy Tiddy; Clem Tiver; Essen Rule. Third row: Lindsay McBride; Harold Neville; Bob Crewes; Adolf Lott; Colin Taplin; Colin Scott; Harry Davey; Arthur Harris; Darcy Lowe. Front row: Joe Pascoe; Rodney Woollacott; Dick Ockenden; Bob Bartholomaeus; Lesley Carey; Gordon Shortridge.

Naval Band, Burra

c. 1915, Photograph, B 27715

Naval band on visit to Burra - in Market Square.

St. Mary's Church, Burra

Anglican Church of Australia. Diocese of Adelaide. Church Office, c. 1880, Photograph, SRG 94/10/18/105

St. Mary's Church of England, Burra.

St. Mary's Church, Burra

Anglican Church of Australia. Diocese of Adelaide. Church Office, c. 1880, Photograph, SRG 94/10/18/99

St. Mary's Church of England, Burra [also at B 18896].

Unicorn Brewery, Burra

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10378

Unicorn Brewery, Paxton Terrace, Burra in about 1890. This brewery was established by William Banks in 1873 when the population was declining. However as nine hotels remained in the town it was seen as an opportunity for the expansion of trade. The newly expanded railway provided the means for transporting barley and brewery machinery, bottled and casked beer.

Unicorn Brewery, Burra

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10379

Unicorn Brewery, Paxton Terrace, Burra. This brewery was established by William Banks in 1873 when the population was declining. However as nine hotels remained in the town it was seen as an opportunity for the expansion of trade. The newly expanded railway provided the means for transporting barley and brewery machinery, bottled and casked beer.

Unicorn Brewery, Burra

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10380

Unicorn Brewery, Paxton Terrace, Burra (In Brewery yard). This brewery was established by William Banks in 1873 when the population was declining. However as nine hotels remained in the town it was seen as an opportunity for the expansion of trade. The newly expanded railway provided the means for transporting barley and brewery machinery, bottled and casked beer. The photograph shows the workers and their dogs standing in the brewery yard.

Church of England, Burra

Northern Gem Photo. Co., c. 1880, Photograph, B 18896

St. Mary's Church of England at Burra.

Burra Uniting Church

1981, Photograph, B 42230

Burra Uniting Church Note: Copies are to be accredited to donor. B42230 to B42282.

Burra Uniting Church

1981, Photograph, B 42231

Stained glass window of the Burra Uniting Church Any reproduction requires acknowledgement to donor.

Burra Uniting Church

1982, Photograph, B 42229

Uniting Church, Burra. Any reproduction requires acknowledgement to donor.

St Joseph's Catholic Church, Burra

Batchelor, W. H., c. 1870, Photograph, B 71076

View of St Joseph's Catholic Church at Burra, situated in a barren landscape.

Photographs of stone buildings in Burra

c. 1965, Photograph, B 70975/1-13

Glass plate negatives collected by architectural historian, David Saunders, Professor of Architecture at the University of Adelaide. The photographs of stone buildings in and around Burra were taken by an unidentified photographer.

Burra Burra Copper Mine

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1848, Artwork, B 69728

Four scenes from the Burra Burra Copper Mine engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, page 339. The views have been later hand-coloured. The scenes are (1) Kooringa - The Burra Burra township; (2) Opening of Lode in Stock's air-hole, in the mine; (3) Interior of the mine; and (4) Burra Burra Mines - the surface operations. Newspaper text is inserted between the scenes, including "We are indebted for the drawings of our illustrations to Mr. J.B. Graham, who has recently returned from Australia, where, after a few years' labour, he has realised a handsome fortune from his shares in the Burra Burra Mine."

Views of Burra

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71326/1-67

A collection of images of Burra.

Suspension Bridge, Burra

1933, Photograph, B 8634

The suspension 'Swing' Bridge, in Burra was erected in 1889 to enable school children to cross the Burra Creek. On Tuesday 29 September 1889 State School children and members of the Burra Literary Society put on a fundraising concert with the proceeds devoted to the completion of the new footbridge across the Burra Creek, near the government school [see 'Burra Record', Friday 2 August 1889, page 4, Entertainment]. After flooding in April 1915 a number of footbridges across Burra Creek were washed away and the Burra Council received a grant to rebuild the bridges [see 'The Register' Friday 6 August 1915, page 11, The Country]. The new footbridge across Burra Creek, built opposite the Institute building (now the Town Hall) was completed in August 1916 [see 'Burra Record', Wednesday 9 August 1916, page 3, Burra Town Council]. A researcher has provided the following information: 'The present footbridge opposite the Town Hall dates from 1960 and is the replacement for a nearby swing bridge that entertained generations of children between 1916 and 1956. (seen in the photograph) It, in turn, replaced an earlier small footbridge that was washed away by a flood in 1915. This series of bridges served people accessing the Town Hall, the school and the stock yards which used to be where the school oval is now. The headmaster of the school argued that having school children cross the creek by the footbridge at the Burra Hotel took them through an undesirable environment.' References from "The Burra Record" regarding the building of the swing bridge. 23 Feb. 1916, page 2 Burra Town Council. The Commissioner of Crown Lands has approved the tender for the bridge opposite the Institute for £215 and the Department will pay half. 9 Aug. 1916, page 3 Burra Town Council. The Commissioner of Crown Lands reports that the bridge opposite the Institute has been completed. From the chapter on bridges in "Burra a Photographic Journey" by Satchell & Kuss, 2014.

View of the Burra Burra Mines

Thwaite, H. J., 1875, Photograph, B 75029

View of the mine workings at Burra, taken from a nearby vantage point. The mount has been inscribed 'The Burra Burra Mines - 1875 - view looking north west from the top of the bank between the tributers upper dressing shed and the open cutting'.

View of the Burra Burra Mines

Thwaite, H. J., 1875, Photograph, B 75030

View of the mine workings at Burra, taken from a nearby vantage point. The mount has been inscribed 'The Burra Burra Mines - 1875 - view from top of main incline looking into the open cutting, north with the Bon Accord Mine in the distance'.

Interior scene in the Burra Mine

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1848, Artwork, B 69728/2

'Opening of Lode in Stock's air-hole, in the mine', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill. Gill has included himself in the foreground drawing the scene, while a man beside him holds a candle.

The surface operations at the Burra Mine

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1848, Artwork, B 69728/4

'Burra Burra mine, the surface operations', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill. A horse-whim used for hauling ore and water can be seen near the centre of the picture; at front is a group of Aboriginal people and a European woman and her child.