PRG 1258 • Find • State Library of South Australia

P.S. Dispatch

c. 1885, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/787

'P.S. Dispatch' on the lakes at Goolwa.

P.S. Dispatch

c. 1885, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/788

'P.S. Dispatch', which may also have beeen called 'Despatch'.

P.S. Dispatch

c. 1888, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/790

'P.S. Dispatch' at Goolwa.

P.S. Dispatch

c. 1888, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/791

'P.S. Dispatch' passing cliffs, probably at Bowhill.

P.S. Dispatch

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/794

'P.S. Dispatch' at Narrung Jetty.

Preparing to lay track to shift the 'Dora Bassett' over the dunes

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/800

Preparing to lay the track to take 'Dora Bassett' over the dunes. 'Dora Bassett' was a screw motor launch, which was blown ashore and grounded at the Murray Mouth, and shifted by cutting access through the sand dunes of Younghusband Peninsula to the Coorong. Teams of draught horses were used to drag it on makeshift railway tracks.

'Dora Bassett'

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/808

'Dora Bassett' with team of draught horses towing a section of rail track through the sandhills from Murray Mouth to the Coorong.

Dora Bassett on way to top; securing track near top of sandhill

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/812

Men laying the light rail track ahead of 'Dora Bassett' to shift it through the sandhills of Younghusband Peninsula to the Coorong.

Dora Bassett approaching the Coorong

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/818

'Dora Bassett' in the sandhills approaching the Coorong, with team of draughthorses ahead.

Dora Bassett at the water's edge; the Coorong

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/824

'Dora Bassett' on the mud flats at the water's edge at the Coorong, with draughthorse team and workers on either side.

Dora Bassett afloat, and men ready to pick up track

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/830

'Dora Basset' afloat at the Coorong, with men preparing to pick up the track used to launch her.

P.S. The Duke of Edinburgh at Goolwa

c. 1868, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/840

Paddle steamer 'The Duke of Edinburgh' at Goolwa. [Advice from A. Presgrave: This photo, B17414 and B 5689 are duplicate images. The date is probably ca.1868 as the Goolwa wharf is in the second stage of its development which included some extension to the jetty head in 1866].

Eagle barge at Echuca

c. 1885, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/841

'Eagle' barge loaded high with wool bales from Ulonga, Willandra, Auburn Plains, Elam and other places, at Echuca wharf.

P.S. Ebygebes, small paddle steamer, at Mildura

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/842

'P.S. Ebygebes' at river bank, Mildura.

Echuca barge, loaded with wool on the Murrumbidgee

c. 1875, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/843

'Echuca' barge loaded with wool, side-view against well-timbered river bank.

Echuca barge, with Billilla shearers aboard, River Darling

1931, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/848

'Echuca' barge under tow through choppy wake, loaded with wool and with Billilla shearers aboard, River Darling, 1931. High river.

P.S. Edwards

1937, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/850

The 'P.S. Edwards' and 'Ada' barge.

P.S. Edwards at Echuca

1958, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/851

The 'P.S. Edwards' at Echuca, 1958, the year it sank at Evans Brothers Saw Mill.

P.S. Edwards with P.S. Melbourne, Hero and Coonawarra at Echuca

c. 1950, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/854

'P.S Edwards' at rear, with 'Melbourne' and 'Hero' in foreground and 'P.S. Coonawarra' distant on opposite bank, at Echuca.

P.S. Elfie

c. 1886, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/859

'P.S. Elfie' on the upper Murray.

P.S. Elizabeth

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/860

The 'P.S. Elizabeth' and barges at Mildura.

P.S. Elizabeth at Echuca towing barge

c. 1875, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/862

Early sketch possibly of 'P.S. Elizabeth' towing barge midstream, with various riverboats, at Echuca Wharf.

P.S. Ellen at Bourke

c. 1885, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/863

The 'P.S. Ellen' at Bourke.

P.S. Ellen at Bourke

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/864

'P.S. Ellen' at Bourke, loaded with wool. Bullock team and empty cart waiting on river bank.

P.S. Ellen steaming

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/867

Side-view of 'P.S. Ellen', showing extended cabin accommodation. Woodpile in foreground.

P.S. Ellen and barge alongside, about to tie up, on the river

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/866

Side-view of 'P.S. Ellen' about to tie up with loaded barge alongside. Passengers include women in long dresses, sightseeing from various positions around the decks and wheelhouse.

P.S. Ellen

c. 1913, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/871

'P.S. Ellen' steaming on river, with a few passengers.

P.S. Ellen at Wentworth

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/879

'P.S. Ellen' at Wentworth, crew shifting cargo onto loading bay. Loaded barge in background. Front view.

P.S. 'Ellen', P.S. 'Barwon' and P.S. 'Royal' at Renmark

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/891

Front view of P.S. 'Ellen', with other paddle steamers behind. The vessel on 'Barwon's' port side is the 'Royal'. About the time this photo was taken it was owned and operated by Captain Dyer who used it to run a weekly service from Renmark to Morgan. Captain William Drage worked on this vessel as a boy.

P.S. Ellen

1910, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/894

'P.S. Ellen' with Paika barge, and 'P.S. Gem' and 'P.S. Maggie' in far background, at Morgan Wharf.

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