Ruins in South Australia • Find • State Library of South Australia

Ruined building on farm at St Kitts

Wundersitz, Pat, 1999, Photograph, B 78617

Photograph of an old stone and timber structure, in ruined condition. At St Kitts, north of Truro. Caption on back reads 'St Kitts farm 1999. Dairy & slabs of timber to form inside walls of feed shed.'

Ruined building on the Swan Reach road out of Sedan

Wundersitz, Pat, c. 1990, Photograph, B 78610

Photograph of a ruined farmhouse on a grassy hillside, with a row of eucalypts in the distance. Caption on back reads 'Wattle & daub with native pine. East & west walls also overlaid with concrete. South too. Swan Reach road out of Sedan'.

Ruins in the Tothill Ranges

Giles, Stephen, 2008, Photograph, B 69282/457

Ruins of a stone building in the Tothill Ranges, near Robertstown. Taken 31 May 2008.

Sliding rock mine ruins

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/64

Photograph of the ruins of a stone building with other buildings in the distance.

Church at Delabole Slate Quarry

Ragless, Margaret E., 1976, Photograph, PRG 1631/104/218

Ruins of chhurch at Delabole Slate Quarry, near Willunga. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1631/104.

Glen Osmond

State Library of South Australia, 1969, Photograph, B 19550

"Birksgate" - ruins of old tower in the grounds.

Building destroyed by fire

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/36/267

The ruins of a building destroyed by fire in South Australia, possibly the property of Bowering and Fisk.

Postcard of a paddle steamer on the Murray River

1908, Photograph, B 73603

Photograph in postcard format showing a paddle steamer on the Murray River. There is a small group of ruined buildings along the bank. A message is written on the back of the card and is dated 14 February 1908. The postmark is possibly Teal Flat, which is in South Australia.

Marble Hill

Giles, Stephen, 2002, Photograph, B 69282/791-798

Part of a collection of photographs taken over time of various places and events in South Australia by Stephen Giles, these images show the ruins of Marble Hill after it was destroyed by fire in 1955. Also included is a photograph of part of the cemetery at Norton Summit.

Flour Mill, Hay Valley

Duryea, Townsend, 1869, Photograph, B 11539

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.

Photographs of Presbyterian buildings, activities and people.

Presbyterian Church of Australia. South Australian Assembly, c. 1865, Photograph, SRG 123/348/1-50

Collection of photographs of Presbyterian Church buildings activities and people.

Photographs of Presbyterian buildings, activities and people.

Presbyterian Church of Australia. South Australian Assembly, c. 1880, Photograph, SRG 123/348/261-294

Collection of photographs of Presbyterian Church buildings activities and people. Housed in album with nos 221-260.

Research paper on Edward Angus Hamilton along with photographs

Sherrin, A., c. 1985, Mixed material, D 7683/1-199(T)

Research paper on Edward Hamilton together with a brief biography, photographs of buildings with which he was associated, a copy of the article on Edward Hamilton which was reproduced from the September 1985 edition of heritage periodical and a photocopied newspaper article about a mansion to be demolished at Unley. Details for the photos (D 7683/2) are as per brief captions on back of photographs.

Cowell and Franklin Harbour, Eyre Peninsula

Trengove, Arthur M., 1900, Photograph, PRG 1480/7/1-194

Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising lantern slides and glass plate negatives, mainly of church buildings of the Eyre Peninsula region, with a focus on Cowell and the Methodist church, manse and scenery. There are also photographs of Maylands Methodist Church and Orroroo Methodist Church. Also includes some images of the Franklin Harbour hotel in Cowell, other buildings in the Eyre Peninsula and coastal jetty scenes, and some portraits of missionaries serving in the Eyre Peninsula circuit. Some images have legible (minimal) captions but most are without captions. See CONTENTS for more information and details of images.

Album of South Australian views

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 23/6/1/1-47

Various photographs of South Australian views including 'Springfield' the property owned by the Warren family at Mount Crawford, Warren Reservoir, the Springfield sawmill, Millbrook Reservoir, Mount Crawford, the Barossa Ranges, mustering rams at possibly 'Wyeroo' homestead, and stud rams. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.

Sheep stations

Smith, Clement Penfold, c. 1939, Photograph, PRG 1642/39/148-224

Collection of photographs showing the life and conditions of sheep stations that Clement Penfold Smith worked on including Outalpa and Weekeroo near Mannahill, northeast of Peterborough, Coola, near Mount Gambier, and Auburn. They show the homesteads, gardens, livestock, tanks, land and surrounds.

Bruce Hotel

Cox, Barry, 1969, Photograph, B 78603

An abandoned single-story stone hotel in Bruce, South Australia. The hotel has a corner door and corrugated iron roof and verandah, next to a dirt road. Two old cars are parked under the verandah.

Aspects of petroleum exploration in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins of North East South Australia.

Mount, T. J., c. 1979, Photograph, PRG 1492/1/1-34

Comprising 34 X 35mm colour photo transparencies (slides) taken by Dr. Trevor J. Mount while employed as a geologist by Delhi Petroleum/Santos Ltd (Adelaide) in the exploration for oil and gas in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins. This major petroleum province is located in the Simpson Desert of far north eastern South Australia, and extends into Queensland. The images record a stage in the history of the area beginning with the early explorers (Bourke & Wills) who opened up the land ahead of the pastoralists (Kidman) and petroleum pioneers (Reg Sprigg, Bonython). At the start of the new millenium, the area was being developed for geothermal energy. See CONTENTS for more information and details.

Ruins, Inverbrackie

1900, Photograph, B 8008

Ruins of the Caledonian Church, Inverbrackie. The church was opened in 1848, and closed in 1878, because it "had proved too small and uncentral". The congregation was moved to the new Scotch Church, Woodside, which was bought from the Lutherans, and named St. Johns Presbyterian Church. A similar photograph of the ruins can be viewed at SRG 123/348/43. A note on the back of the photograph states: "Ruins of the Caledonian Church situated in Inverbrackie Valley (about a mile south of Woodside). Photographed in 1900. Church erected in 1848. Fire caused in March 1912 by an employee of one of the Adelaide monumental yards who had been sent up to cut an additional inscription on a headstone at the back of the church and whose pipe, while he was asleep, set alight to the surrounding grass. [Letter from Mr A Thomson of Woodside, June 23, 1932]". The photograph shows the ruins completely covered by creepers.