Port Augusta

Camels carrying railway sleepers

c. 1916, Photograph, B 64224

PORT AUGUSTA: Four camels carrying heavy loads of railway sleepers for the construction of the east west railway near Port Augusta.

South Australian Scenery : Port Augusta wharf

Taylor, James, c. 1889, Photograph, B 23913/21

Port Augusta wharf during the wheat season.

The Wenmouth Collection : Port Augusta

Wenmouth, Bernice Mary, c. 1957, Photograph, B 64310/297

A train on the jetty at Port Augusta.

Ostrich scene, Port Augusta

Rider & Mercer, 1892, Artwork, B 9293/29

Illustration of two ostriches at Port Augusta from 'photographs supplied by Jas. Taylor, Pt Agusta [sic]'.

A resident of Port Augusta

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/91

A well known identity resident at Port Augusta.

Landing the boiler for first railway engine at Port Augusta

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/20/343

Men landing the boiler for the first engine for the 4ft 8 half" railway at Port Augusta wharf on November 11th, 1912.

The water softening plant at Port Augusta

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/155

Water tanks and the water softening plant for the East West (Trans Australian) railway at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Crane used on the East West railway at Port Augusta

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/160

The 30 ton crane used in the construction of the East West (Trans Australian) railway at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway yards at Port Augusta, South Australia

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/43

Originally captioned 'Railway yards at Port Pirie South Australia' two researchers have confirmed that this photograph is of Port Augusta not Port Pirie. Indicators that it is Port Augusta are 1: The hills in the background. 2: The gulf and the jetty. 3: The large lookout in the background on the westside.

Commercial Road, Port Augusta

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9375

Commercial Road, Port Augusta showing a shipping agency owned by Bignell and Young. Thomas Young was a politician in the early days of the colony. His son, also Thomas Young became mayor of Port Augusta as well as founding the shipping agency Bignell and Young, and later Young and Gordon. He was also involved in copper mining. In 1881 Francis Bignell retired and the business went to Robert Gordon. At the time of this photograph in 1867 the business was a partnership between Bignell and Young and was a drapery and forwarding agency trading throughout the north of the colony in drapery, groceries and hardware.

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9380

Port Augusta; Residence of Thomas McTuck Gibson in the centre. The photograph, taken from a high spot, shows the buildings on the corner of Tassie Street and Gibson Street in Port Augusta. The central building has stables at the rear and a washing line filled with night shirts.

First Train, Tassie Street

1879, Photograph, B 10788

First railway train in Tassie Street, Port. Augusta in 1879. Note on the back says that the driver is J McCallum and the fireman is A Harrison. The railway line between Port Augusta and Quorn was opened on 15 December 1879 to facilitate the transport of ore. This line travelled through the Pichi Richi Pass.

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 26369

Derailment near Port Augusta, an accident caused by boiler explosion in the second locomotive on the 28th March 1914.

Railway Cutting, Port Augusta

1913, Photograph, B 26377

Constructing railway cutting, Port Augusta. "The cutting through the town ... has been completed." Port Augusta Dispatch 5/12/1913 pg.6.

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 26380

After leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914 the coal train comprising 27 carriages and 2 locomotives was derailed. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when...in the vicinity of the lagoon the boiler of the second engine (No 103)... burst on the left hand side".

School teachers picnic

c. 1900, Photograph, B 26828

Port Augusta School teachers picnic.

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 31177

The coal train was derailed by a boiler explosion after leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914. The second of the two locomotives involved was 'Y' class No.103. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when ... in the vicinity of the lagoon the boiler of the second engine (No.103)...burst on the left hand side."

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 31178

The coal train was derailed after departing Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when travelling down an incline in the vicinity of the lagoon the boiler of the 2nd engine (No.103), without the slightest warning, burst on the left hand side, and the concussion caused the engine to sway to the right."

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 31180

After leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914 the coal train comprising 27 carriages and two locomotives was derailed. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when in the vicinity of the lagoon the boiler of the second engine (No 103), without the slightest warning, burst on the left hand side, and the concussion caused the engine to sway to the right".

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 31181

The coal train comprising 27 carriages and 2 locomotives was derailed after leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914. The boiler on the second locomotive ('Y' class No 103) burst.

Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line

1914, Photograph, B 31182

The coal train was derailed by a boiler explosion after leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914.

"Funeral Procession"

1894, Photograph, B 43678

"Funeral Procession" of Inspector B.C. Besley on May 1894, Port Augusta; two undertakers lead a procession driving a two horse drawn bier carrying the casket, which is followed by a riderless horse with riding boots in reverse position; carriages and many others follow on foot.

School children visit to Port Augusta

1907, Photograph, B 48326

Visit by 63 school children from Leigh's Creek, Beltana, and Wilson state schools to Port Augusta on 6 December 1907. "They had been at the schools' exhibition at Quorn on the previous day and Mr Nadebaum, of the Leighs Creek School, having promised his pupils a sight of the sea, the Acting Director (Mr Maughan) arranged to have the idea enlarged, and scholars of the other schools joined in the outing....The Mayor (Mr T. Hewitson) and Mr J. Holdsworth (Chairman of the Board of Advice) met the children at the station. The mayor welcomed them, and intimated that a visit to the shipping, beach and a trip on the gulf had been arranged." (Port Augusta Dispatch 13 December 1907, page 2.).