Moonta • Find • State Library of South Australia

Moonta Street, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, 1959, Photograph, B 14278

[General description] This small cottage appears to have been updated some years earlier with pillars and low brick wall replacing an earlier front verandah. See B 14277 for its neighbour on the other side of the lane (on the right). [On back of photograph] 'Moonta Street, west side, 24 December 1959, left side of cottage is 42 yards north of Gouger Street, frontage is 8 yards.

Engine room, S.S. Moonta

c. 1912, Photograph, B 33932

Two ship's engineers photographed in the S.S. Moonta's engine room.

The "Moonta"

c. 1930, Photograph, B 23529

The motor ship "Moonta".

Two ship's officers

1932, Photograph, B 61813

GENERAL: Two ship's officers standing on the deck of the 'Moonta', one is identified as the Purser Billie Hutton.

John R. Grey

Bentley, William, 1881, Photograph, B 62309

PORTRAIT: John R. Grey of Moonta, 23 July 1881.

Views of SA, WA, Vic & NSW : Town Hall

c. 1925, Photograph, B 58973/87

Town Hall, Moonta.

Postcards of passenger Ships

c. 1960, Photograph, B 71842/1-3

Postcards of three passenger ships. See 'Contents' for details.

Some members of the Cradle Roll Department

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/6

A group of toddlers seated on a rug in a park, with an older child and woman looking on.

Cradle Roll Department with mothers

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/7

A group of toddlers (making up the 'Cradle Roll Department') with their mothers on a rug in a park.

Mothers' Meeting Committee

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/47

Members of the Mothers' Meeting Committee, pictured at a large table at one end of a hall.

Attendance barometer for six months

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/48

Photograph of a framed chart labelled 'Attendance barometer for six months'. The chart allows for weekly attendance figures for the months July to December to be entered.

Star chart

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/49

Photograph of a framed chart labelled 'Star chart' with stars awarded to different classes and departments for the months July to September.

Members of the No.1 Girls' Class

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/51

A group of women being instructed by two men. See also PRG 1185/7/52.

Members of the No.1 Girls' Class

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1185/7/52

A group of women being instructed by two men. See also PRG 1185/7/51.

Mining operations in South Australia

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/19/282

Mining operations in the 'iron triangle' of South Australia, identified as Richmans Plant, Moonta Mines, with Taylors Shaft in the background. [Information provided by Roger Bradford.]

Views of South Australian places, festivals and events

South Australia. Immigration, Publicity and Tourist Bureau, 1964, Photograph, B 71728/1-38

Views of South Australian places and events taken by a South Australian Government Tourist Bureau photographer. See 'Contents' note for more details.

Portrait of a boy with a cricket bat and ball

Bentley, William, c. 1867, Photograph, B 73624

A studio photograph (carte de visite albumen print) of a boy posing with a cricket bat and ball, dating to the late 1860s. There is no studio imprint, but the painted backdrop is identical to that of William Bentley's Moonta studio (see p.33 in 'A century in focus : South Australian photography 1840s-1940s', edited by Julie Robinson and Maria Zagala, Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2007).

Submarine, 'Trump'

Smith, Dorothy Vernon, c. 1945, Photograph, PRG 1642/13/768

The British submarine 'Trump' arriving at No. 1 berth, Port Adelaide, which was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on 25 March 1944, and was mostly attached to the 4th Submarine division based in Australia. The M.V. 'Moonta' is at No.2 berth. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.

Part of a ship

c. 1931, Photograph, PRG 1681/10/16

View of part of a ship from the deck, possibly the 'Moonta'.

Group working with lambs

1907, Photograph, B 48266

Group of 5 men and boys having a break from working with lambs, possibly near Moonta.

Views around South Australia

Giles, Stephen, 2010, Photograph, B 69282/564-593

Various images from around South Australia's mid-north, including Snowtown, Moonta, Mintaro, Clare, Kapunda, Wallaroo and a tram outside the Entertainment Centre, Port Road. All taken in August 2010. See 'contents' for details of items.

Photograph album of Miss Molly Stokes

1926, Photograph, B 61789

ALBUM: Holiday views in South Australia, 1926-34.

Research paper on Edward Angus Hamilton along with photographs

Sherrin, A., c. 1985, Mixed material, D 7683/1-199(T)

Research paper on Edward Hamilton together with a brief biography, photographs of buildings with which he was associated, a copy of the article on Edward Hamilton which was reproduced from the September 1985 edition of heritage periodical and a photocopied newspaper article about a mansion to be demolished at Unley. Details for the photos (D 7683/2) are as per brief captions on back of photographs.

Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934

Derbyshire, Edward Fairhurst, 1929, Photograph, B 71790/154-272

A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Tallala Well, Thevenard, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, Wudinna, Mount Wedge, Haslam, Carawa, Laura Bay, Perlubie, Venus Bay, Elliston, Coulta, Tod River, Poonindie, Tumby Bay, Verran, Cleve, Arno Bay, Cowell, Kimba, Whyalla, Penong, Iron Knob. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time, at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.