Burra

View of the Burra Burra Mines

c. 1875, Photograph, B 75028

View of the mine workings at Burra, taken from a nearby vantage point. There is a raised conveyor belt or aquaduct in the foreground.

A tall square sided chimney erected by the Patent Copper Company at its smelters about 1850 in Burra. The township of Burra can be seen in the distance. [On back of photograph: The Burra 1925. From 'The Chronicle' 14th November 1925'.] [Information provided by Neil Nicholson.]

1925, Photograph, B 3150

[General Description] Soldiers Memorial in town square of Burra. Photograph taken during the "Back to Burra" celebrations in November 1925. Bunting decorates the main street and a dog lies sleeping at the foot of the War Memorial. [On back of photograph] The Burra 1925. From the Chronicle 14th November, 1925.

Burra

Stacy, R. S., c. 1870, Photograph, B 4149

[General description] Panoramic view of the Burra Copper Mines where horses can be seen operating whims to pull kibble buckets full of copper ore to the surface. [Information provided by Neil Nicholson.] [On back of photograph] 'Burra Copper Mine / Probably in the eighteen seventies.'

Old Court House, Burra (Redrut

1933, Photograph, B 8628

Old Court House, Burra (Redruth) Originally The Burra consisted of three small towns - Redruth, Kooringa and Aberdeen. The Redruth Court House was erected in1857. In 1864 the original single storey court house was enlarged, the roof raised and a clerk's room added. In 1878 a porch was added.

Smelts chimney, Burra

1933, Photograph, B 8632

Smelter chimney at the mines Burra. Information supplied by a researcher : The smelts chimney, when built in the 1850s was the tallest structure in Australia and was demolished in the 1950s because young boys used to climb to the top, about 100 feet tall. The photograph shows the Welsh Haulage Engine Chimney which was built in 1876. It is a square stone chimney with a cement capping. Welsh chimneys were square while Cornish chimneys were round.

Town Hall, Burra

1933, Photograph, B 8636

Town Hall, Burra was originally the Mechancis and Miners Institute and was opened in 1857. A new Institute was opened on the site in 1874. It held the library, museum, education classes and lectures. TheCorporation of the Town of Burra was proclaimed in 1876.

Town Hall, Burra

c. 1937, Photograph, B 23608

Town Hall and Post Office, Burra.

Memorial, Burra

1916, Photograph, B 27685

Australia Day in Market Square, Kooringa, Burra on 28 July, 1916. There are several other photographs of this occasion and a description of the day's events in "The Burra Record". Previously thought to be a view of the crowd at the unveiling of the Edward VII Memorial in Market Square, Kooringa, Burra.

Floods, Burra

1915, Photograph, B 27688

Burra Creek in flood and remains of Pig and Whistle bridge on the left.

Foundation Stone, Burra

1974, Photograph, B 30853

Foundation stone of the Burra Model School. The Burra High School began in 1913 in the northern section of the Burra Model School building.

Burra Burra Mine

c. 1860, Photograph, B 45575

Burra Burra Mine - looking North. Lithograph?

Burra Burra Mines

Thwaite, H. J., 1875, Photograph, B 47031

Burra Burra Mines; panoramic view of the surface looking South from Penny's waste heap ;.

Princess Royal Homestead near Burra

Andre, Roger, 1970, Photograph, B 57177

BURRA: Princess Royal Homestead near Burra.

Lorry and truck on a farm near Burra

1925, Photograph, B 57247

BURRA : Lorry and truck driven by Albert Stanley Laver on a farm near Burra with men as passengers.

Interior scene in the Burra Mine

Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1848, Artwork, B 69728/3

'Interior of 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. A man in the foreground holding a candle may be Gill, who is watching a 'tributer' ramming home a charge of gunpowder.

Navy Day celebrations at Burra, South Australia

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/58

Navy Day celebrations at Burra in South Australia; spectators gathered together on an Oval are watching men in naval uniform, and women dressed in white playing music with brass instruments and drums near a large model of a four funnelled battleship. A researcher has suggested that this photograph was taken on the steps of the Town Hall, looking towards the Burra Creek. In the background can be seen the frame work of the old wooden swing bridge, and on the right hand side, behind the trees, the Paxton Square cottages can be seen.