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Anlaby Homestead
Steps at front of main house at Anlaby.
Anlaby Homestead
Book shelves in Anlaby homestead.
Anlaby Homestead
Rolled-up maps and a portrait inside Anlaby homestead.
Anlaby Homestead
Portrait hanging in Anlaby homestead.
Anlaby Homestead
Portrait hanging in Anlaby homestead.
Early view of Anlaby Station
Early view of Anlaby Station.
Barossa Goldfields
Barossa gold field : (Published in Stone, Derrick 1. "Gold Diggers and Digging" Melbourne, 1974 page 205. This is captioned as Tennant Creek. Photograph shows the infrastructure built on the goldfields which includes timber and canvas shelter over the windlass and workings, tents are standing in the background. Uniformed men are keeping control and a sign saying Pioneers is prominently displayed. In 1841 Johannes Menge notified the Select Committee in London about the mineral finds in the Barossa. A gold mining company was formed in Kapunda to mine gold near Mount Rufus. Shortage of water was a problem.
Post Office, Blood Creek
Blood's Creek Post and Telegraph office is probably named by Christopher Giles after a member of his party, Mr JHS Blood who was the son of Kapunda Doctor MHS Blood. Mr Blood was station master of Peake Telegraph Station which stands between William Creek and Oodnadatta. Mr Blood died in 1890 at Brighton aged 49.
Gregurke Family, Bundey
Members of the pioneering Gregurke family outside their home. This is almost certainly the family of Carl Gottlieb August Gregurke (born 8 Dec 1840 in Trzebiechów, Lubuskie, Poland). He married Maria Altus (born 10 December 1849 in Nechern, Bautzen, Sachsen, Germany). Carl was the only paternal Gregurke alive at the time that the photo was taken. His father and brother had died some time earlier. Carl's death certificate states his residence as Bundey - he died in Kapunda on 7 November 1912. His daughter, Emma Lydia Gregurke, married Johann August Wittwer in Bundey on 23 January 1902.
Post Office, Clare
Coach leaving Clare Post Office for Kapunda. The driver is possibly Mr. R.G. Harmer.
Darwin
[General description] Various people are posing on the wide verandah of the saw mill residence which is a small weatherboard structure. Horse drawn vehicles are shown in the foreground, one of which is harnessed to a tandem team. The sheds of the saw mill are in the background. [On back of photograph] 'Manders' Saw Mill / Palmerston / 1878 / Mr. Manders' residence and steam saw mill, 1878 / Bennett Street / (Vide Foelsche album of views, lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda)'.
Town Hall, Darwin
[General description] The Palmerston Town Hall was built in 1883 during the Pine Creek goldrush. It is solid stone building with arched windows and a corrugated iron roof with two ventilators. It was destroyed along with other historical buildings during Cyclone Tracy in 1974. [On back of photograph] 'Town Hall / Palmerston / 188- / "1887"- vide Foelsche album of views, lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda'Town Hall, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Darwin
[General description] This view looks out over the bay to the hill where the government buildings are situated. The area is covered with light bush with buildings in cleared areas, the largest possibly warehouses. Various small craft are anchored in the bay. [On back of photograph] 'Government House and Government Offices, Darwin, looking from Fort Hill / Government House stands on the high ground on the left. The Government Offices are on the high ground to the right. The elaborate building not far from the water's edge was built as a residence by J.C. Knight with prison labour. It was known as 'Knight's Folly / 1887' (Another hand) The view is 'looking north- Vide Foelsche album of views lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda'.
Darwin
[General description] Sea, sky and scrub make up this view of part of Darwin Harbour where the many gabled Government House, with its wide verandahs and flagstaff, sits on high ground. A coastal steamer can be seen on the right. [On back of photograph] 'Fort Hill, Darwin harbour and Government House facing south west / 1894' (Another hand) 'Facing SW- Vide Foelsche album of views, lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda'.
Darwin
[General description] Sea and sky are separated by the wooded Fort Hill stretching out into the bay. Various shipping can be seen on the water and a group of buildings on the shore. [On back of photograph] 'Fort Hill / Port Darwin / c. 1889 / Facing east. Vide Foelsche album of views lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda'. According to a researcher, the view is actually towards the south-west.
Eudunda railway station
Eudunda railway station. After the introduction of the railway Eudunda was a booming town. The pasing rail and road trade supplemented the farmers who were using the town as a regional hub. The railway split the town into halves streching from north to south. The rail lines stretched from Eudunda to Morgan and Kapunda to Eudunda and Eudunda to Robertstown. A researcher has provided the following information: "The Eudunda Railway Station was constructed in 1878. The railway line, which ran from Gawler to Morgan (North-West Bend), was opened in September 1878 by Governor Jervois, with other leading parliamentarians and notable South Australian figures on the train that day also. The view in this photograph is actually of the rear of the station; the photo was taken looking in a NNE direction. On the left side, the Railway Goods Shed is visible. In the far distance is the former Uniting Church, which was constructed in the mid-1880s."
Gawler
[General description] This stone house was the residience of Thomas Fotheringham who was one of the founders of the Fotheringham Brothers Brewery at Gawler, later Kapunda. The house has a large basement and return verandah with decorative ironwork. A staircase leads from the front entrance to the lawn. Part of its large garden is seen in the foreground where the family dog is posing (near the bench). [On back of photograph] 'Gawler / Mr. Thomas Fotheringham's residence / 1872-86'.
Greenock
General view of Greenock. Greenock was named by James Smith, secretary of George Fife Angas after Greenock in Scotland. Greenock is characterised by treelined streets with shady peppercorn trees. Its origins were in copper mining and it served the mail coaches and teamsters hauling primary produce from the Barossa Valley and copper from the Kapunda Mines. The photograph shows the dirt road winding down the hill into Greenock flanked by houses and small vineyards.
Koonunga
Koonunga, near Kapunda (Capt. Bagot's station) from a sketch. Around 1840 Bagot selected a section of 1500 acres at Koonunga on the River Light on which he ran sheep in partnership with FH Dutton. Bagot was the first to use John Ridley's reaping machine. He is remembered as a pastoralist, mine owner and parliamentarian.
Johann Krieg in his Orchard
Johann Carl Krieg in his orchard at Nuriootpa. His fruit and vegetables were sold to the miners from Kapunda. This site is now occupied by a band rotunda, C.W.A. building and Fire Station. This is one of twelve photos contained in an album presented 'To Mrs Krieg / Souvenir of our visit to Nuriootpa Xmas 1906'.
Pioneer "Koch"Cottage
Pioneer "Koch" family cottage at Peterborough. JH Koch was founder of Peterborough (Peterburg). Koch was made manager of the property by Peter Doecke from Kapunda who intended to farm on Section 216 of the Hundred of Yongala. Doecke sold the property to Koch. The Koch hut was originally the home of Doecke. The photograph shows a single storey rendered building festooned with flowering creepers around the door and windows.
Port Wallaroo from the jetty
Lithographic print of a panoramic view of Port Wallaroo from the Jetty, with the smelting works in the background. A note on the back by O. Pryor reads: 'View of Wallaroo Jetty and Smelting works. Erection of smelters began early in 1861. Ten furnaces completed about September of that year. Fires list in November 1861. Wood fuel used at first, mixed with coal a little later. Architects: G. and E. Hamilton, Adelaide. Contractors: Tiver and Co. Superintendent: Capt. Lysson Jones, formerly of Burra and Kapunda. Stack - 110 feet high, 24 feet square at base, 12 feet square at summit. See the "Observer" for articles on furnaces, jetty & stack (Jan. 25, 1862), opening ceremony and lighting new furnaces (Nov. 16, 1861, Suppl. 4c), new jetty (Nov. 30, 1861, 2b), and arrival of crane and donkey engine for jetty (Dec. 14, 1861, 7g).
Windmill Hotel, Prospect
Windmill Hotel, Prospect was licensed in 1843 and served traffic passing through to Gawler, also carts and bullock wagons carting ore from Burra and Kapunda. The photograph shows a driver sitting in his carriage having a tankard of beer. Other horses,men and carriages can be seen also. Harry (Henry John)Boord was the proprietor.
Warden's Quarters, Yam Creek
The Warden's Quarters at the Yam Creek goldfields are situated in a bush clearing, surrounded by a post and rails fence. There are two buildings; one small timber cottage with corrugated iron roof and another larger building entirely of corrugated iron with wide verandahs. A lone figure is seated out the front. [On back of photograph] ' Warden's Quarters / Yam Creek / Northern Territory / in 1870s / 1879- Vide Foelsche's album of views, lent by L.J. Burton, Kapunda)'. Photographer was possibly Paul Foelsche.
Edward Meade Bagot
Edward Meade Bagot, son of Captain Bagot . He was a Director of the Kapunda Copper Mine and a stock and station agent. His body was found in a quarry at Yatala in 1886.
John Henry Smyth Blood
John Henry Smyth Blood of Blood's Creek second son of Dr M. Blood. He was born in County cCare and grew up in Kapunda. He worked on the construction team establishing the Overland Telegraph where he later became the Post Master and Telegraph Officer at the Peake Station. He held the position of Grand Master of the Freemason Lodge. John married Mary Enock and they had five children. He died at Auburn aged 49
John Medway Day
John Medway Day - Register staff member. The Register was originally known as the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register and later the South Australian Register was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1936 and moved to Adelaide in 1837. John Medway Day served at Mount Gambier Baptist Church and later at Kapunda. He left his ministry and became lead writer for the Register. While acting editor in 1883-1884 he had extreme views on land nationalization and championed the village settlements on the Murray. He left the Register in 1892.
Frederick Hansborough Dutton
Frederick Hansborough Dutton, founder of Anlaby was the third son of Frederick Hugh Hampton Dutton. Son Frederick (1812-1890) took up a sheep run which had been founded by Captain John Finniss and named it Anlaby. As well as being a grazier he was a Member of the Upper House, mining investor, overlander and sheep breeder. He invested in copper and later left Anlaby, which was the oldest stud sheep station in South Australia, to his nephew Henry Dutton
Francis Stacker Dutton
[General Description] Head and shoulder portrait of Francis Stacker Dutton, the subject facing left. He is wearing a stand up collar and striped tie and has greying side whiskers and a moustache. He served as Premier of South Australia twice for short periods in 1863 and again in 1865. At the time of his death he was serving as agent-general in London for South Australia. He was credited with the discovery of copper at Kapunda in 1843 and was made a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1872.
Ernest Henry Geyer
Dr. Ernest Henry Geyer possibly the same as Dr Ernest Henry Geyer and his wife Johanne Christiane Geyer (nee Rossler) who arrived on the barque 'Helene' in Adelaide 23 October 1858. A researcher has provided the following information: "Dr Ernst Heinrich Geyer (aka Ernest Henry) was married to Lydia Ceinwen Lewis in Kapunda in 1867 (not to Johanne Christiane Rossler who was married to Ernest Hermann Geier)." She believes that Dr E.H. Geyer arrived on the barque Helene, but that his wife did not.