Mount Barker

Freeman's cottage, Mt. Barker

c. 1860, Photograph, B 36201

Samuel Freeman's cottage. He was an early pioneer arriving in 1850 from London, he died in 1899. During the Victorian goldrush he was a miner and policeman, later became a farmer and fishmonger (at Lake Alexandrina).

Dairy herd at Mount Barker

c. 1950, Photograph, B 61020/27

No. 1208. Dairy Herd (Cowan's) near Mt Barker.

Woodcarting Mt Barker

c. 1950, Photograph, B 61020/120

No. 1275. Woodcarting Mount Barker. A horse drawn cart on the road.

Postcard of Mount Barker Road

c. 1917, Photograph, B 74087

Postcard with a photograph of 'Mt Barker Rd, near Adelaide', with the inscription of 'Wish you good luck from Mr Nelson, Queen St Alberton' on the verso.

Salvation Army staff at Mt Barker Boy's Home

c. 1960, Photograph, B 78095

Salvation Army staff on the front steps of the Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mount Barker (also known as Eden Park). Left to right: Brigadier Reginald Lawler, unknown, unknown, Mrs Major Dulcie Adams, Mrs Brigadier Verity Stevenson, Major Edward Adams, Captain Margaret Wylie, Colonel Albert Mingay (Chief Secretary), Captain Carmichael, Mrs Colonel Mingay, and Major Fred Lawrence.

Methodist Church, Mt. Barker

1933, Photograph, B 8666

Methodist Church, Mt. Barker. The Dunn Memorial Church was built in 1881. A kindergarten hall was erected nextdoor. John Dunn arrived in South Australia in 1840 and fulfilled a life long ambition of becoming a miller. He erected his first mill in the Hay Valley and later another mill at Mount Barker. From these small beginnings he prospered and he eventually owned eleven mills making his business the largest milling firm in the colony. He was elected to Parliament in 1857 and is remembered as a great townsman and benefactor.

J. R. Barker

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1950, Photograph, BRG 347/2720

Photograph of a family of three very young children, one of whom is J.R. Barker, taken in the studio in 1950, Mount Gambier.

B. Barker on her wedding day

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1950, Photograph, BRG 347/5501

Photograph of Miss Barker taken in the studio on her wedding day in 1950.

Railway Station, Mt. Barker

1933, Photograph, B 8669

Steam locomotive at the Railway Station. A carriage of livestock can be seen behind the engine and tender. The Mount Barker Railway Station was opened in 1883 and was built of Aldgate freestone. It housed the stationmaster and a ticketing office. It was a station on the Victor Harbor line.

c. 1920, Photograph, B 25933

Two views from a Postcard - bottom shows the Old School House, Mt. Barker Springs, built 1862.

Mt Barker Convalescent Home

c. 1948, Photograph, B 28494

Mount Barker Convalescent Home.

Gawler Street, Mt. Barker

c. 1865, Photograph, B 31047

View of Gawler Street.

General Store, Mt Barker

1946, Photograph, B 45946

Premises of E. E. Heinrich's general store, built c. 1850.

Mt. Barker Road

c. 1950, Photograph, B 61020/60

No. 331. Mount Barker Road showing a horse and buggy on the road.

Near Mount Barker, South Australia

Phillips, Keith P., c. 1955, Photograph, PRG 1712/2/24

"Australian woodland country road near Mt. Barker, S.A.".

The road to Mount Barker through the Mount Lofty Ranges

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/16/207

An early make car travelling along the Mount Barker road through the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.

M.L. Barker

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1944, Photograph, BRG 347/4728

Photograph of two sisters wearing crocheted dresses taken in the studio in Mount Gambier in 1944. The girls are about five and six years old and have their hair curled and pinned.

Cows in paddock at Mount Gambier

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 246/27/24

Black and white photograph of a herd of cows in a paddock, with a shelter belt of pine tree in the background and what is believed to be the summit of Mount Gambier.

Mount Gambier Scottish Company.

1901, Photograph, B 19200/55

Members of Mount Gambier Scottish Company chosen to form part of the South Australian Contingent on the occasion of the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament by the Duke of Cornwall and York, 9 May 1901. Back row L-R: John Buchanan, John E. Topham, Malcolm D. Cameron, A.C. 'Archy' Haig (Colour Sergeant), Nicol Cameron, William D. Mitchell. Front row L-R: Edwin Sims, Joseph Golley, J. Driscoll, R.M. Haig, W. Watson, Andy Anderson, Golding.

Prints from glass plate negatives of South Australian scenes

Tolley, J. C., 1900, Photograph, PRG 1377/78/1-231

Prints from glass plate negatives of photographs of scenes of country South Australia and Adelaide, taken in the first decade of the 20th century. See 'Contents' for more details about the photographs. Some locations, exact dates and the photographers' names are unknown - see 'More info' section for information. Do a NUMBER search on PRG 1377/78/1-231 to see digitised images of this collection.

Dairy herd

c. 1950, Photograph, B 61020/80

No. 1206. Dairy Herd (Cowan's) near Mount Barker.

Newspaper advertisement for 'Eden Park'

1893, Photograph, B 78097

Photographic copy of a newspaper advertisement for the sale of 'Eden Park' near Mount Barker, South Australia, published in the Mount Barker 'Courier', 29 December 1893.

Alexander Law

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1880, Photograph, B 10884

Alexander Law, Presbyterian minister of Mt Barker. He was inducted to the pastorate on March 24, 1863. Mr Law resigned from Mount Barker after 14 years service on March 24, 1877 when Monarto was separated from Mount Barker and became a separate charge with Mr Law as its minister.