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Melrose Post Office
Post Office and residence at Melrose in the southern Flinders Ranges. This attractive building dates from 1866, the same year as the telegraph line from Melrose to Port Augusta was installed. Melrose was named after George Melrose who arrived in South Australia onboard the "Palmyra" in 1839.
Ostrich Farm, Noarlunga
General view of the Ostrich farm at Noarlunga.
Birthday Homestead
Birthday Homestead, on Oakden Hills Station. The girl in the photograph is Barbara Potts (nee Kidman) (b.10 April 1927), and the boy is Peter Kidman (b.16 April 1928), children of Thomas Kidman and wife Letitia (nee Conway).
Oakden Hills Station homestead
Oakden Hills Station homestead.
Oakden Hills Station homestead
Oakden Hills Station homestead & kitchen.
Oakden Hills Station Woolshed
Oakden Hills Station, the woolshed situated 80 miles north of Port Augusta.The explorer, John Horrocks died nearby.
Oakden Hills Station
Oakden Hills Station.
Oakden Hills Station
Leaving Oakden Hills Station after staying overnight on the way to Port Augusta from Andamooka.
Owienagin Gap
Grave of Walter Gill, a Scotsman formerly of Galashiels, a pioneer squatter who leased Warraweena Station from Sir Thomas Elder. [He died at Owienagin Gap on 7 November 1858 while travelling to Port Augusta. His grave was fenced in with pine saplings by his companions and a rock from the creek bed was placed as a headstone. (See Austin, p.42, "Mines of South Australia".) Since this picture was taken, the fence has been removed and a conventional gravestone marks the spot. Information provided by Peter Gill.]
Parachilna
Parachilna name comes from the Nukunu Aboriginal word meaning place of peppermint gum trees. The railway lines and station can be seen in this photograph. When the railway line from Port Augusta to Farina passed through the area in 1881 the whole town was moved 10 kilometres so the population could be closer to the railway siding. The new town was laid out in 1890. The original town was surveyed in 1863
Peake Telegraph Station
Peake Telegraph Station off the Oodnadatta Track in South Australia. The Overland Telegraph Line was opened between 1870-72 to open up communication between Port Augusta and Darwin. The owner of Peake Station was Ernest Courteney Kempe.
Dr. Norton Memorial School, Peterborough
[General description] Saint Joseph's Convent School at Peterborough. A statue of Saint Joseph stands above the door and three crosses stand on the eaves of the steeply pitched roof. A carved plaque above the door says AD 1925. [On back of photograph] Dr. Norton Memorial School at Peterborough. Blessed and Opened by the Right Rev. Dr. Andrew Killian, Bishop of Port Augusta, January 24 1926.
Cadets, Peterborough
Team of cadets from Petersburg (Peterborough) led by Lieutenant Eric Chinner. The team competed in the military Competitions at Broken Hill in March 1913. The Quorn and Port Augusta Company came first with 653 points and the Petersburg Company second with 639 points.
Locomotive, Peterborough
Decorated engine of Prince of Wales special to go from Port Augusta to Terowie.
Viaduct over Pichi Richi Creek
Viaduct over Pichi Richi Creek. Railways Department officers say the viaduct is about one mile north of Woolshed Flat (between Quorn and Port Augusta), about ten miles out of Quorn.
Pichi Richi Pass
Pichi Richi Pass was named after the township in between Port Augusta and Quorn and Woolshed Flat. The railway passing through it was opened in 1879.
Pichi Richi hamlet
Pichi Richi hamlet - locomotive in the foreground.
Railway Cutting, Pichi Richi
Men working on the Railway Cutting, Pichi Richi Pass which was opened in 1879 and was part of the first stage of the Great Northern Railway intended to link Port Augusta to Darwin
Railway Cutting, Pichi Richi
Men working on the Railway Cutting, Pichi Richi Pass which was opened in 1879 and was part of the first stage of the Great Northern Railway intended to link Port Augusta to Darwin
Pichi Richi Pass
Pichi Richi Pass occurs on the railway line from Port Augusta to Quorn. The name Pichi Richi is believed to have come from the region where pituri is grown, this is a mixture of leaves chewed as a stimulant by Australian Aboriginals.
Coondambo
Lithograph of an altercation at the first surveyor's camp, Coondambo, where the artist W.M. Hardy was surveyor in charge. Artwork signed by the artist. Coondambo is near Tarcoola in the far north of South Australia, north west of Port Augusta.
Pichi Richi Hamlet
Pencil on card illustration of the Pichi Richi Hamlet, depicting an intersection of roads and showing detail of dwellings and farm buildings in the foreground. The Pichi Richi train tracks can just be made out at the bottom right corner. Annotation in bottom right corner reads '25 July 1881'.
Puttapa Gap
Marree mixed train which runs twice weekly between Port Augusta and Marree. This photograph was taken at Puttappa Gap in the Flinders Ranges between Beltana and Leigh Creek.
Quorn Railway Station
Quorn Railway Station in the Flinders Ranges was a railhead and named after Quorndon in Leicestershire. The railway line from Port Augusta to Quorn was opened in 1879 and was later extended to become the Ghan Line.
Quorn Railway Station
Original Quorn Railway Station was built in a cottage style of timber and was opened in 1879. It was replaced by this elegant stone station in 1916. It was a vital junction on the Port Augusta to Quorn line.
Quorn Railway Station
Quorn Railway Station. Sweet Adelaide 514. Quorn Railway Station opened on 15 December 1879 as the interim terminus of the Central Australian Railway from Port Augusta. In 1881 Quorn became a junction station with the opening of the Peterborough-Quorn railway line. The photograph, taken from a height, shows multiple railway lines, the station and further buildings in the background.
Quorn Railway Station
Quorn Railway Station. The original cottage-style timber station building was erected in 1879 when the yards were also completed, and the Great Northern Railway, later known as the Central Australia Railway, reached Quorn from Port Augusta. The old station was replaced by the present stone and brick structure in 1916.
Saltia
Saltia, showing the Saltia Inn, situated at the entrance to Pichi Richi Pass near Port Augusta. A bullock team is on the road in front of the inn.
Saltia Hotel, Saltia
Saltia Hotel. David Lithgow was the licensee in the early 1880s. Copy in Sweet Collection folder 5 has Sweet signature (Sweet Adelaide 397). Saltia was a town between Port Augusta and Quorn. The hotel as built in 1859 to service the bullock drivers and the proprietor was David Lithgow. A school was established in 1864 with twenty students. Evening classes were available for students who could not attend during the daytime. By 1880 there were forty three students attending the school. Thomas Lees house was demolished to make way for the railwayline and later the town died as there was no need for the bullock teams to stop at Saltia. A famous son of Saltia was John Maslin (1826-1908) who was a sheep property owner.
Saltia
View of a train at Saltia Railway Station, with the hotel in the middle ground. Saltia was a town between Port Augusta and Quorn. The hotel was built in 1859 to service the bullock drivers and the proprietor was David Lithgow. The train in the station has various loads on board including sacks of wheat, ore and passengers