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Mixed party from Point McLeay Mission
A mixed group from Point McLeay Mission posed in a grassy area with small trees behind, showing staff and children seated in front, and Mission people mostly men, standing at the back. Caption does not provide names of individuals.
Aboriginal man dressed in kangaroo skins with shield and weapon
Aboriginal man wearing kangaroo skin dress, carrying a shield and weapon called 'Mypundi', and posed for the photograph on a grassy and treeless plain.
Aboriginal warrior dressed in skins and carrying weapons
Aboriginal man posed to face the camera, dressed in skins, and carrying a bent weapon and a spear. Caption does not provide details of personal name but S.A. Museum has his name as 'Pelican'. Bent weapon is 'Mypundi', the other is 'Plongie'. Photograph probably by Captain Sweet, presumbably in Point McLeay area.
Aboriginal woman and child wearing a kangaroo skin cloak
Portrait of an Aboriginal woman 'Teenminnie', in profile, carrying her small child on her back, both wrapped in a kangaroo skin cloak, and she has a walking stick. Photographer was probably Captain Samuel Sweet and the location was probably in Point McLeay Region. A later caption provides the name 'Narahminyerie'. She was the first Aboriginal woman convert to Christianity.
Cliff at Bunyip Reach near Renmark
Cliff at Bunyip Reach near Renmark, showing deeply indented cliff face above, and weathered slopes below it, down to the grassy river edge.
Paringa Station homestead near Renmark
Paringa Station homestead high up the river bank near Renmark, viewed from the river, showing the weathered rocky outcrop to the water's edge.
Renmark Avenue after 1898
Renmark Avenue after 1898, with immensely wide, dirt street, criss-crossed with cart tracks, with buildings far left and right.
Water tank and steam tractor with crowd of locals
Water tank and steam tractor nearby, with a crowd of locals, mainly men with a few children.
Several men in rowboats reparing a snagging charge at Renmark
Several men in a rowboat and raft alongside, preparing for a snagging charge, to remove a sunken tree trunk, close to the water's edge, near Renmark.
Snagging charge explodes at Renmark
Snagging charge explodes at Renmark, breaking up a large tree stump that was a navigation hazard.
Log carting, Renmark
Log carting using bullocks at Gibbons Saw Pit, Renmark. Henry Gibbons is seated on the log. His son Ned (Edward Edmund) is next to him, and another son, Alf (Alfred James) is sitting on the wheel. The large house behind the log is Henry's, which was burnt down by a disgruntled swaggie who, after being given a meal, was told to move on. [Information provided by a researcher].
Greeting card showing the Renmark Post office
Post office, Renmark, and nearby residence, with children in street, and staging posts for securing horses, as depicted on a greeting card.
View of post office with stage coach arriving at Renmark
Wide view of Renmark street, showing Post office and water tower on left, and stage coach arriving at right, with fruitpacking sheds and river far right.
Mr Turner's orchard at Renmark
Mr Turner's orchard at Renmark, several men standing among the fruit trees planted in long rows.
River Murray in high water near Renmark
River Murray in high water, near Renmark, with large trees inundated.
Sun drying raisins at Renmark
Sun drying raisins at Renmark with fruit spread out in trays in long rows, people working in the distance near the sheds.
Channel making at Renmark
Channel making at Renmark, horses and cart in foreground, men standing in the channel with brooms, shovels and hand trucks probably of cement slurry.
Coach arriving at Renmark in a cloud of dust
Stage coach drawn by three horses, carrying two men and a woman up front, with luggage strapped on top, arriving at Renmark in a cloud of dust.
Coach leaving Renmark possibly for Wentworth
Stage coach with four horses, carrying three men up front, leaving Renmark, possibly for Wentworth.
Post Office, Police Station and Institute in Main Street Renmark
Post office, Police station and Institute, in the main street of Renmark, taken from opposite side of the wide unsurfaced street.
Renmark viewed from upstream
View of Renmark from upstream, with gardens, farmhouses, church, and township and wharf in distance.
Preparing fish for Adelaide market
Preparing fish for the Adelaide market, with fisherman standing at river bank in foreground, his catch strung on a line between poles. The very large fish are lying at the water's edge, with the bow of a small fishing boat far right.
Renmark Motor Club cars outside the District Council and Library
Four Renmark Motor Club cars with passengers, lined up outside the Institute library building, which bears the date 1912.
Renmark Wharf at low river with timber and snags exposed
Renmark wharf at low river, the gauge showing water level below its lowest reading, with wharf timbers and several snags exposed, and a couple of river boats tied up in distance.
Sandbagged river at Renmark
River sandbagged at Renmark to hold back the flow, a man sitting on the sandbags smoking a pipe, with water escaping below him in a white spray.
Low river at Renmark with river bed exposed
Low river at Renmark, with river shipping close to the bank obscured by trees, the 'Loxton' barge and Renmark wharf just showing, and a wide curve of exposed river bed with a small channel of rippled water in the middle.
Renmark gardens
Renmark ornamental gardens around a small oval, with water tower in distance, and palms planted along the river bank at right.
Renmark Hotel, River Murray
Renmark Hotel, River Murray, with a dray under shady street tree on left and barrels being unloaded, several men chatting outside.
Renmark Settlers club
Renmark Settlers Club, showing a building with verandah and garden with gravel paths and benches.
Renmark motor services
A line-up of four cars with visible number plates, loaded with passengers, parked in front of the Renmark Motor Services Booking Office and R.P. James, auctioneers and valuators.