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Mount Barker Public School
[General description] Mount Barker Public School pupils are assembled outside the School. The Headmaster Mr. P.W. Jones is standing in the doorway of the building which is a square stone structure with a gable and verandah on one side. [On back of photograph] 'P.W. Jones' school in Hutchinson Street (opposite Masonic Temple), Mount BArker / About 1871 / Pres. by Mr. J.W. Walkom.'
Mount Barker Public School
Mount Barker Public School.
Mount Barker Public School
Mount Barker Public School.
"Cherrington", Mount Barker
Cherrington, Mount Barker. Off Hawthorn Road (off the Adelaide Road), built as the homestead of an 80 acre farm owned by William Tonkin, sold to Mr. Teakle who rented the building to Mr and Mrs Harrison for the Harrison Ladies' School. It was not called "Cherrington" until later. Mrs Harrison also had another school in Gawler Street, Mount Barker. Cherrington was built by William Tonklin. Mr David Teakle who lived in it also owned land from the Adelaide Road back to Dunn's Run. The photograph shows the family including five small girls and servants standing on the verandah and in the garden.
John Dunn outside his Mount Barker residence
MOUNT BARKER: John Dunn outside "The Laurels", his residence at Mount Barker.
John Dunn at his Mount Barker residence
MOUNT BARKER: John Dunn standing on the verandah of: 'The Laurels', his residence at Mount Barker.
Residence, Mount Barker
Residence of John Dunn, Sen., Mt. Barker. The Dunns owned flour mills in the new colony. A note on the back of the photograph reads :"extract from a letter from the District Clerk, District Council of Mount Barker (Oct.17, 1941) ...the house...is now owned by Mr. HR Walsh of the Oriental Hotel, Adelaide, and is occupied by his son Mr J Walsh. The house in question is situated on part of section 4478, Hundred of Macclesfield, and is practically the same as the photograph, the only alterations being that a balcony has been placed around it, and the lower window on the left hand side of the photograph has been converted into a bay window".
Mount Barker
Gawler Street, Mount Barker, looking west. In this street scene, townsfolk are posing for the photographer. In the centre of the view stands Auchandarroch, a 30 room mansion built by Robert Barr-Smith around the Oakfield Hotel [circa 1860] which he bought in 1878. The copy in folder 4 has signature (Sweet Adelaide 702).
Church, Mount Barker
Dunn Memorial Methodist Church Mount Barker.
Mount Barker High School
Mount Barker High School.
Mount Barker, Christ Church
Mount Barker, Christ Church.
The Friend's Meeting House at Mount Barker
The Friend's Meeting House at Mount Barker, commonly called 'Quakers' Chapel', built in 1854. Signed by the artist, bottom right hand corner. The artwork was sketched from a photograph, after being commissioned for use in 'Chronicle Cameos' published by Nadjuri Australia. Other works by Malcolm Bartsch are held in the University of South Australia Architecture Museum.
Crown House, Mount Barker
The Crown House, Mount Barker. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1561/86.
A.W. Richardson druggist and bookseller store, Mount Barker
Cabinet card photograph showing a view of the Mount Barker commercial premises of A.W. Richardson, 'Druggist and Bookseller', located in the Main Street (now Gawler Street), Mount Barker. There are seven gentlemen and a young boy standing outside the building. The man wearing a top hat could be the proprietor himself, Mr Adam Watson Richardson, along with his staff, standing outside the premises. A sign on the side of the building is advertising: 'Horse & cattle medicine. Oils, paints & colours. Kerosine. Paperhangings. Books & stationery'.
Hospital, Mount Barker
Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Mt. Barker. The new wing on the left was opened Saturday 21 July 1923 by Sir John Bill. Reproduced in the 'Chronicle', August 4, 1923.
Church, Mount Barker
Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Mt. Barker, soon after the completion of this stone and brick building. Its opening was on the 4th August, 1912.
Mount Barker Springs School
Mount Barker Springs School. The first teacher was James Scheckleford, and the building was erected in 1862.
Mount Barker Boys at the Front
Photographs of faces of Mount Barker men who enlisted for service in World War One, with a photo of a Lieutenant Laurie at the top, printed on a postcard. Their names are: B. Westley, A. Evans, S. Westley, T. Murphy, T. Stokes, H.D. Neate, L.E. Cook, J. Johnson, A.L. Cook, L. White, N. Cameron and L. Scott. (see 'History' note for further details.).
Mount Barker Summit from 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of a view across the front lawn of the Frost's house on their farm, 'Kalinya', looking towards the North East and the Mount Barker Summit.
Potato crop on 'Kalinya', Frost farm at Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of a potato crop being irrigated with rows of sprinklers fed from the dam on the Frost farm, 'Kalinya'. View looking West towards the pasture paddock with Fidler lane running down the left side of the crop. The pipe from the dam runs across in the foreground at the edge of the crop, with the farm's petrol bowser sitting to the left.
Swimming in the dam on the Frost farm, Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of Julianne [Julie] [front] and Kelvin Frost [centre] swimming in the dam at 'Kalinya', the new additional section of the Frost farm on the North side of Fidler Lane. Arthur Frost is looking on from the bank, and a potato crop is in view in the paddock behind. An old soap stone quarry sits on the other side of the hill in the top left corner of the picture.
Frost family's new house and ploughed paddock, 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of the front of the Frost family's new house on their farm, 'Kalinya', with the paddock at the front ploughed ready for a potato crop. The house was designed by Adelaide architect, John S. Chappel, with construction managed by Arthur Frost.
Frost family's new house on 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph showing the rear of the Frost family's new house on 'Kalinya', with rows of potatoes growing in the paddock. The house was designed by Adelaide architect, John S. Chappel, with construction managed by Arthur Frost.
Cottage near Mount Barker
Two women at the entrance to a stone cottage with a thatched roof, located near Mount Barker, South Australia. One woman is wearing a long, dark dress and apron and is standing in the doorway, while the other woman is wearing a long patterned dress and apron and is sitting in a rocking chair by the front door. There are potplants around the house and a small brick fence in the foreground, and tall gum trees in the background.
View north west from Frost house at 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of fog or misty rain in the North West from the Frost family's new house on their farm 'Kalinya', with the decorative houseyard wall built by Arthur Frost, separating the farm's paddocks from the garden, in view. The scene looks over the neighbouring property, 'Parkindula', and towards Flaxley and the Mount Barker township.
View west from Frost house, 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of a view looking West over the Frost family's farm 'Kalinya' from their new house on the hill. Fidler Lane is running diagonally from left towards the centre of frame, and a row of shelter pine trees is in view mid/right of frame, with the pasture paddocks beyond at the bottom of the hill. The underground rainwater tank lid for the new house and the house yard back fence is in the foreground.
Arthur Frost at 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of Arthur Stanley Frost carrying a sack over his shoulder across the front lawns of the Frost family farm 'Kalinya', with the Basket Range stone frontage of the house in view. A North West view towards Flaxley and the town of Mount Barker is in the background.
Frost family's new house on 'Kalinya', Mount Barker
Digital copy of a black and white photograph of the new Frost family home built on 'Kalinya', the new section of Arthur and Violet Frost's farm on the North side of Fidler Lane, between Mount Barker and Wistow. The Basket Range Stone fronted house was designed by Adelaide architect, John S. Chappel, and the construction managed by Arthur Frost.
Auchendarroch as Mount Barker Rest Home
View of Auchendarroch at the top of the main street of Mount Barker, which was used for a period of time as a Rest Home for returned soldiers. The soldiers memorial is in view in front of the mansion at the intersection of the Gawler Street (the main street) and Adelaide Road.
Nixon's Mill, Mount Barker
View of Nixon's Mill, Windmill Hill, Mount Barker. The area developed as a milling centre in the 1840's. Frederick R Nixon's wind-powered mill was completed in 1842. This mill was located on the brow of a hill overlooking the road between Hahndorf and Mount Barker. Nixon's Millground over half a million bushels of wheat in one season. Milling ceased in 1864 as it could no longer compete with steam mills. Frederick Robert Nixon(1817-1860) was an artist, draughtsman and surveyor. He arrived in South Australia in 1838 to take up his appointment with Colonel William Light's team of surveyors. In 1839 he was in charge of one of the teams surveying 15,000 acres in the Mount Barker District