Melrose

Melrose Supermarket

Pritchard, Hal, 1978, Photograph, PRG 1561/4/F76/14

Melrose Supermarket in front of the mist of Mount Remarkable.

Jacka's Brewery, Melrose

Pritchard, Hal, 1978, Photograph, PRG 1561/4/F76/19

Jacka's Brewery, Melrose.

Jacka's Brewery, Melrose

Pritchard, Hal, 1978, Photograph, PRG 1561/4/F76/18

Jacka's Brewery, Melrose.

Near Melrose

Butterworth, Delbert, 1968, Photograph, B 77752

'Salvation Jane' (also known as 'Paterson's Curse') on land near Melrose.

Near Melrose

Butterworth, Delbert, 1968, Photograph, B 77753

A Holden Station Wagon on a secondary road near Melrose.

Butterworth, Delbert, 1970, Photograph, B 77754

Buildings on both sides of a very wide street in Melrose.

Melrose

Butterworth, Delbert, 1970, Photograph, B 77755

Looking towards Mount Remarkable from a road in Melrose.

Charles James Melrose

Aeroplane (London, England : 1911), 1935, Photograph, B 12725

Charles James Melrose, pilot with his aircraft. A researcher has added : The aircraft is his Heston Phoenix painted green and silver. It also had 'South Australian Centenary 1936' painted on it. Also his uncle's name - who it is believed sponsored it. A note on the back of the photograph states "Mr CJ Melrose and his aeroplane in which he is flying to Adalaide, South Australia, early in April, to attend the South Australian Centenary Celebrations. Mr Melrose desires to take three passengers and enquiries regarding costs etc. should be addressed to the Agent General and Trade Commissioner for South Australia, British Industries House, Marble Arch, W1"

Photographs of the mid-North

Scott, Jenny, 2009, Photograph, B 71689/1-81

Collection of photographs of towns and landmarks in the mid-North including: Yacka; Wirrabara; Laura; Murray Town; Melrose; Goyders Line; Wilmington; Quorn; Gladstone; Georgetown; Clare; Auburn; and Rhynie. See 'contents' for details of individual images.

Study Interior

1930, Photograph, B 32283

The decorated wall of S.Marshall's study at Melrose.

"Register" extract

1930, Photograph, B 32285

Extract from the "Register" about the Curiosity Shop at Melrose.

Royal Exchange Hotel at Melrose

1871, Photograph, B 19714/49

Stagecoach with crowd of onlookers outside premises of the Royal Exchange Hotel at Melrose. Built in 1865 of stone, several stone chimneys can be seen in this view.

Melrose

c. 1900, Photograph, B 16320

Valley in the Melrose District of the Flinders Ranges. Melrose was once called Mount Remarkable. The Adnyamathanha lived in this area for many millennia. A copper mine was erected in 1846 and after several closures was finally closed in 1917. At one time the town boasted woolsheds, brewery, post office, court house, police station and blacksmiths

Melrose

c. 1900, Photograph, B 16323

Party of young people exploring the creekbed in the Melrose area. Melrose was once called Mount Remarkable. The Adnyamathanha lived in this area for many millennia. The Mount Remarkable Creek provided water for the local Jacka's Brewery

Melrose

c. 1900, Photograph, B 16324

Pituresque creek through the Melrose district. Melrose was once called Mount Remarkable. The Adnyamathanha lived in this area for many millennia. The Mount Remarkable Creek provided water for the local Jacka's Brewery

Melrose

c. 1880, Photograph, B 17236

Main street.

Melrose

c. 1909, Photograph, B 26302

Main street scene.

Melrose brewery ruins

Blood, J. H. S., c. 1860, Photograph, B 19714/19

The ruins of the first brewery on lot 38A in old Melrose.

A motor car outside the North Star Hotel, Melrose

c. 1925, Photograph, B 47072/261

Mr John Nykiel's 1923 Oldsmobile motor car outside the North Star Hotel, Melrose.

Melrose

c. 1890, Photograph, B 70683/30

View of Lambert Street, Melrose, probably taken from the top of Jacka Bros. Brewery. Melrose was home to Walter and Elizabeth Slee.

Mrs. Hilda Melrose

Booker, Edith, c. 1960, Photograph, PRG 1366/48/19

Mrs. Hilda Melrose, mother of aviator Jimmy Melrose, stands in her garden at 13 South Esplanade in Glenelg. The photographer, Edith Booker, wrote on the back of the photograph that the sun was too strong.

Plane propeller on the gate of Jimmy Melrose's house

c. 1960, Photograph, PRG 1366/48/1

Plane propeller on the gate of Jimmy Melrose's house at 13 South Esplanade, Glenelg. After his plane crash Jimmy's mother, Mrs. Hilda Melrose, had the propeller placed on the gate The house has since been demolished and the whereabouts of the propeller is unknown.

Melrose

c. 1910, Photograph, B 16318

Panoramic view of the township of Melrose which is the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges. This town was once called Mount Remarkable. The Adnyamathanha lived in this area for many millennia. The copper mine which can be seen at the right of this photograph was erected in 1846 and after several closures was finally closed in 1917. At one time the town boasted woolsheds, brewery, post office, court house, police station and blacksmiths