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Bridge, Hartley
Bridge over thejunction of Mount Barker creek and Bremer River ; this view also shows sediment taken from the creek bed.
Flour Mill, Hay Valley
Remains of a flour mill erected about 1840 by John Dunn, sen., approx. 4 kilometres north west of Nairne, near Hay Valley . The timber for the Mill was hauled using bullocks by Henry Kelly of Semaphore. The Mill was built entirely of wood hewn by John Dunn.
Mountain Hut Hotel
[General description] Taken from the hill opposite, the photograph shows the stone hotel building, horse stables and yards set into the base of a gum studded hill. Various people and a horse team and dray are posed in front of the hotel. The road is bounded by post and rails fencing and the telegraph line. Piles of stones have been dropped by the roadside. [On back of photograph] 'Mountain Hut Hotel / Mount Barker Road, north side, on section 1284, about 300 yards from a sharp elbow in the road, between the Eagle on the Hill and Glen Osmond. Probably in the eighteen eighties'.
Devil's Elbow, Leawood Gardens
Devil's Elbow on the Mount Barker Road.
Old Mountain Hut
Old Mountain Hut, Mount Barker Road.
Mountain Hut Hotel
Mountain Hut Hotel, Mount Barker Road.
Mountain Hut Hotel
Mountain Hut Hotel, Mount Barker Rd.
View, Adelaide Plains
View of the Adelaide plain from Mount Barker Road.
Mountain Hut Hotel
Mountain Hut Hotel, Mount Barker Road.
Farm Building
Farm building on the "The Valleys" homestead, a property about 3 miles north of Nairne. It is thought to have been used as a post office. After his arrival in South Australia in 1839 from Leith in Scotland, Matthew Smillie purchased 4000 acres of undulating land north of Mount Barker. He named it after his wife's maiden name Nairne.
"The Valleys" Homestead
"The Valleys" homestead, 3 miles north of Nairne. Looking East. After his arrival in South Australia in 1839 from Leith in Scotland, Matthew Smillie purchased 4000 acres of undulating land north of Mount Barker. He named it after his wife's maiden name Nairne.
"The Valleys" Homestead
"The Valleys" homestead, 3 miles north of Nairne built by pioneer Matthew Smillie in 1931, looking east. After his arrival in South Australia in 1839 from Leith in Scotland, Matthew Smillie purchased 4000 acres of undulating land north of Mount Barker. He named it after his wife's maiden name Nairne." The Valleys" homestead consists of several stone buildings set in a valley.
"The Valleys" Homestead
"The Valleys" homestead, 3 miles north of Nairne, founded by the Smillie family. Looking West. After his arrival in South Australia in 1839 from Leith in Scotland, Matthew Smillie purchased 4000 acres of undulating land north of Mount Barker. He named it after his wife's maiden name Nairne.
Old Mill, Port Augusta
Old Mill at Port Augusta. Dunn's Mill was established to process the wheat harvest. John Dunn was a successful miller from Mount Barker who expanded his mills into country areas. A jetty was constructed on the foreshore to cope with the transport of the wheat and flour from Dunn's Mill.
Flour Mill, Hay Valley
John Dunn's wind-driven flour mill at Hay Valley in ruins. John Dunn arrived in South Australia in 1840 and built a windmill in 1842 for grinding flour on land purchased near his brother's property at Hay Valley (near Nairne) The windmill was possibly the first in Australia. In 1844 he built his first steam mill in Mount Barker when South Australia was the only colony in Australia producing wheat.
Port Augusta from the west
View of the Port Augusta, with the caption 'Port Augusta from the West, 27 September 1884. Numbers across the top of the image identify building on the shore and ships in the harbour - they are: 1. Thunderbolt. 2. Peri. 3. J. Dunn & Co Mill. 4. Durisdein(?). 5. Jacobus Johannes. 6. Roman Catholic Church. 7. Oatlands. 8. Bank of South Australia. 9. Messrs Perrers & Barker's Brewery. 10. Capella. 11. Gooch & Haywards. 12. Prospero. 13. A.D. Tassie & Co. 14. Taylor's Hotel. 15. Great Northern Hotel. 16. SS Investigator. 17. Phillis. 18. Post Boy. 19. Young & Gordon. 20. Beltana. 21. Royal Hotel. 222. Custom House. 23. Joliba. 24. City of Adelaide. 25. SS Bengal. 26. Auckland. NOTE: the attached image shows the left hand side of the original - see B 6290/2 for the right hand side. This photograph taken in 1884 is in two parts and shows the ships at anchor in the port and the rail and jetty reaching out into the port. Wool bales, barrels and a horse and cart are on the water's edge amongst the mangroves.
Port Augusta from the west
View of the Port Augusta, with the caption 'Port Augusta from the West, 27 September 1884. Numbers across the top of the image identify building on the shore and ships in the harbour - they are: 1. Thunderbolt. 2. Peri. 3. J. Dunn & Co Mill. 4. Durisdein(?). 5. Jacobus Johannes. 6. Roman Catholic Church. 7. Oatlands. 8. Bank of South Australia. 9. Messrs Perrers & Barker's Brewery. 10. Capella. 11. Gooch & Haywards. 12. Prospero. 13. A.D. Tassie & Co. 14. Taylor's Hotel. 15. Great Northern Hotel. 16. SS Investigator. 17. Phillis. 18. Post Boy. 19. Young & Gordon. 20. Beltana. 21. Royal Hotel. 222. Custom House. 23. Joliba. 24. City of Adelaide. 25. SS Bengal. 26. Auckland. NOTE: the attached image shows the right hand side of the original - see B 6290/1 for the left hand side. This photograph taken in 1884 is in two parts and shows the ships at anchor in the port and the rail and jetty reaching out into the port. Wool bales, barrels and a horse and cart are on the water's edge amongst the mangroves.
Avenue Road, Stirling West
Avenue Road, Stirling West. Stirling was named by Peter Dowding Prankerd after his close friend Edward Stirling MLC who lived at Strathalbyn. The photograph shows buildings on the right hand side of Avenue Road leading down to Mount Barker Road. The building nearest the main road is possibly the fire station
"Stirling Hotel"
"Stirling Hotel" in Stirling West was originally known as the Halfway Inn which was a reference to its position between Adelaide and Mount Barker
Locomotive and Engine shed
Locomotive and Engine shed, Strathalbyn. Class "N". The engine number is 53. The town was founded in 1839 and the Victor Harbor railway line was extended to Mount Barker via Strathalbyn in 1869 and to Adelaide in 1884
Sir James Penn Boucaut
Sir James Penn Boucaut, barrister, free trade politician, Member of Lower House, Premier, race horse breeder, stockman, federationist. He migrated with his parents to South Australia in 1846 and worked as a stockman. In 1851 he turned to the law and was presented to the Bar in 1855. While a Member of the House of Assembly he voted to disallow plural votes for property owners. He resigned from government in 1867 to fight the Moonta Mines case which opposed Sir Walter Hughes being granted a mineral lease ahead of his clients. He was made a QC and Supreme Court Judge in 1978. In his retirement he bred Arab horses on his estate at Mount Barker.
Robert Davenport
Robert Davenport was born in Oxfordshire and arrived with his brother George Francis in South Australia in 1939. His brother Samuel lived nearby. He settled at Battunga on the Davenport survey which spread from Mount Barker to the source of the Angas River. He painted many landscapes some of which are in the Art Gallery of South Australia. He was elected as the member for Hindmarsh in 1851 but resigned in 1854
Victor Dumas
Victor Dumas, schoolmaster of Mount Barker. A notable South Australian. This distinguished looking gentleman is seated in the studio and sports white hair and a long beard.
Abraham Fordham
Abraham Fordham. According to a descendant, he established the 'Eagle on the Hill' hotel and owned a number of hotels in Adelaide, including Fordham's Hotel in the 1840s. He also organized and ran the first Adelaide show out of the back yard of one of his Hotels. Abraham Fordham arrived in 1837 at the age of 34. He established himself as a hotelier and opened the Fordham's Hotel, later known as the Sturt Arcade Hotel in Grenfell Street. The hotel was originally built from packing cases in which port wine had been brought out from England. He also established the Anderson's Arms on Mount Barker Road, the name of which was officially changed to Eagle-On-The-Hill in 1855. It was renamed because a large hawk/eagle often sat on a flagpole near the entrance. Bushrangers terroised patrons and travellers near the hotel. Abraham Fordham suffered ill health and died aged 61
Dirk Meinerts Hahn
Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn brought a group of persecuted Germans to South Australian on board the "Zebra" in 1838. His name was given to the settlement in recognition for his help in obtaining 150 acres of land near Mount Barker. The hard working Germans soon built houses from local stone and farmed on their farmlets which were built along a straight road in Hahndorf.
Charles Wolfe Hamilton
Charles Wolfe Hamilton. According to a researcher, Charles Wolfe Hamilton was the 26th President of the BMA SA Branch from 1904-1905 [SRG 681/12/26] He was admitted ad eundem gradum to the Adelaide University in 1899. The British Medical Association was formed in 1880 and their first formal headquarters were in Hindmarsh Square. In 1896 Hamilton leased a block of land at Mount Barker for ten years
Amos William Howard
Amos William Howard, discoverer of Subterranean clover. This species of clover is used in farming to produce a dense crop and also for longer lasting grazing pasture. Amos William Howard of Mount Barker supplied information and seeds for farmers in temperate climates around the world. Many struggling farmers benefited from his generosity. This photograph shows AW Howard holding a mass of subterranean clover
Frederick May
Frederick May J.P.
Robert Archibald Peake
[General description] Upper body portrait of Robert Archibald Peake, public servant, in seven eighths view. [On back of photograph] 'Robert Archibald Peake / Parents: Archibald Henry Peake / Annnie Peake nee Thomas / Schools: Naracoorte Public / Mount Barker Public/Hahndorf College / A.S. & B.T. Academy, Flinders Lane (Wm. Hogg, Principal) / Other night studies: Commerce Class, University of Adelaide (Mr. R.N. Finlayson, Lecturer) / Cabinet Making, School of Mines (Mr. Lykke, Instructor) / Fruit Culture (Mr G. Quinn, Horticultural Expert) / Entered Government Service on July 1st, 1907 / Appointed Acting Public Trustee 29-11-1934 / Public Trustee 8-8-1935'.
Arthur Searcy
Arthur Searcy was born at Mount Barker, married Emily Louisa Payne and had 14 children. He worked in public office for 50 years occupying 24 appointments, including customs officer and positions at the State Harbours Board. He collected and took photographs through the first 25 years of the 20th century. See his papers at PRG 280.