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Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934

Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934

A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Tallala Well, Thevenard, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, Wudinna, Mount Wedge, Haslam, Carawa, Laura Bay, Perlubie, Venus Bay, Elliston, Coulta, Tod River, Poonindie, Tumby Bay, Verran, Cleve, Arno Bay, Cowell, Kimba, Whyalla, Penong, Iron Knob. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time, at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.

Photographs of George William Cole

Photographs of George William Cole

Photographs of George William Cole.

Series 047: Aerial views of Catholic mass at Wayville Showgrounds

Series 047: Aerial views of Catholic mass at Wayville Showgrounds

Aerial views of the Main Arena at the Wayville Showgrounds, showing a crowd assembling for a Pontifical High Mass held in conjunction with the all-Australian Roman Catholic Education Congress. Apostolic Delegate the Most Rev. Dr John Panico presided over the mass, which was attended by approximately 20,000 people in November 1936.

Views of Burra

Views of Burra

A collection of images of Burra.

City of Adelaide S.A. Looking South-East.

City of Adelaide S.A. Looking South-East.

Monochrome tinted lithograph from a drawing by Samuel Calvert of an early settlement in Adelaide looking south-east from a point near Strangways Terrace in North Adelaide. In the foreground Aboriginal people are depicted fishing in the River Torrens (Kaurna name: Karrawirra Parri). The image illustrates the Torrens River and the cattle yards at the north western end of the city opposite the Newmarket Hotel. The Mount Lofty Ranges can be seen in the background.

Viceregal train

Viceregal train

Half-plate glass negative of South Australian Governor, Sir Day Bosanquet's, viceregal train at Port Augusta for the turning of the first sod on the Trans Australian Railway. The locomotives are Y class No. 103 and No. 106.

Viceregal train

Viceregal train

Half-plate glass negative of South Australian Governor, Sir Day Bosanquet's, viceregal train at Port Augusta for the turning of the first sod on the Trans Australian Railway. The locomotives are Y class No. 103 and No. 106.

Mervin John Harmer Lines

Mervin John Harmer Lines

Studio portrait photograph of Private Mervin John Harmer Lines. His service numbers were 2238 and 2328, and he last served in the 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company.

Aerial photograph of train

Aerial photograph of train

Aerial view of the Trans Australian train in the Innamara region of South Australia.

Photographs and slides relating to Coober Pedy

Photographs and slides relating to Coober Pedy

Photographs selected to be incorporated into a book about Coober Pedy. Initial discussions took place between John Dallwitz and Rigby Ltd. in 1977 but it is unclear as to whether the book was published. Photographs were to be used in various chapters .... which was to be titled 'Photographic essay of present day Coober Pedy'. Also an index to the photographs. Not all the photographs have been digitised. Also includes colour slides with the name 'Busbridge' on them.

View of the crowd attending the Voice to Parliament public ceremony

View of the crowd attending the Voice to Parliament public ceremony

View of the crowd attending the Voice to Parliament Public Ceremony, looking towards the Adelaide Railway Station. The South Australian public were invited by the Government to attend the special sitting of Parliament and the signing of the bill, to be a part of the establishment of Australia's first Voice to Parliament for First Nations People.

Blacksmith, Islington

Blacksmith, Islington

Blacksmith shop, Australian National Workshop, Islington Depot.

Photographs collected and taken by Dorothy Pyatt OAM

Photographs collected and taken by Dorothy Pyatt OAM

Photographs collected and taken by Dorothy Pyatt OAM in South Australia and Northern Territory

Messenger Press: Views of Adelaide, its commercial and public buildings

Messenger Press: Views of Adelaide, its commercial and public buildings

A collection of photographs and colour photocopies of commercial premises, buildings and streets in and around the City of Adelaide (in two volumes), including artists' impressions and designs for redevelopment. Includes some designs for the Remm Group Myer Centre development, with artist's impressions of the interior. The album comprises photographs collected by Messenger Press, many of which have been published in the various suburban editions of the paper. To view apartment buildings and domestic architecture in Adelaide see album B 71883. A brochure.

Photographs of company premises, staff and merchandise

Photographs of company premises, staff and merchandise

Approximately 170 photographs and postcard images of Colton, Palmer & Preston Ltd. premises in Currie Street, Adelaide, on Port Road, Allenby Gardens and Gepps Cross; including scenes at Currie Street of the February 1907 fire, new building, leather goods factory, celebrations for Armistice Day 1918, Port Adelaide steel yard and bulk store, Adelaide warehouse interior scenes, Harrold Colton & Co. staff in 1909 and later, social functions, sporting functions, cricketing and football teams.

P. Smiley

P. Smiley

Half-plate glass negative of P. Smiley in World War One uniform, thought to be Sergeant Percival Vernon Smily, standing in front of a woodland path background. Written on original paper envelope: '3327 P. Smiley 3 Bw'.

Aerial photographs of the city of Whyalla : Steelworks

Aerial photographs of the city of Whyalla : Steelworks

Aerial views of the Whyalla Steelworks in the city of Whyalla, South Australia, including views of blast furnaces, plants, shipyards, Whyalla Port, railway lines, Whyalla Maritime Museum and the HMAS 'Whyalla', Hummock Hill lookout, and the Whyalla Marina.

Wheat stacks

Wheat stacks

Wheat stacks in a field, with horses grazing nearby, and a railway line passing in between. In the background is J. Burgess Ice Works and Aerated Waters and Cordials. Mountains are visible in the distance, possibly the Adelaide Hills.

Victor Harbor

Victor Harbor

Coastal view along Victor Harbor, showing the jetty and Granite Island on the far left, and 'The Bluff' in the distance, with the railway line in the foreground.

Henry Scott with Ramsay family, Cummins

Henry Scott with Ramsay family, Cummins

Henry Rowland Scott, District Foreman of South Australian Railways, in white shirt with Ramsay family from Scotland.

Light Horsemen, Islington

Light Horsemen, Islington

Members of the Light Horse on duty during a strike at Islington Railway Workshops.

Bulk grain wagon being delivered

Bulk grain wagon being delivered

South Australian Railways bulk grain wagon being delivered, Port Lincoln.

Semaphore

Semaphore

Semaphore Road, looking towards ship's masts at Port Adelaide from a point near the jetty. The Semaphore Hotel is on the extreme left of the photograph and Jetty Hotel stands in the centre of the photograph. The wooden slatted building on the extreme lower left of the photograph houses the South Australian Railways Office so two of the four men in the foreground are possibly waiting for transport to Adelaide.

Strangways Springs Station

Strangways Springs Station

[General description] Strangways Springs Telegraph Station. It was one of a number of repeater stations (at approximately 300 kilometre intervals) along the telegraph line between Adelaide and Darwin and was an important stopping place for travellers. It was abandoned in 1896 when William Creek on the new Central Australian Railway took over its services.

William George Goodman

William George Goodman

Sir William George Toop Goodman (1872 - 1961) Engineeer, later General Mananger of Municipal Tramways Trust. He sat on the Metropolitan Omnibus Board. In 1931 he chaired the Royal Commission on the South Australian Railways. He was knighted in 1932 for services to Adelaide.

Artillery Brigade

Artillery Brigade

[On back of photograph] 'An Artillery Brigade of the second A.I.F. leaving the Adelaide Railway Station for a street march, prior to their departure for the eastern states / December 1939 / Presented by the' Chronicle''.

Mess Staff

Mess Staff

Mess staff at horse camp.

Kangaroo Shooters

Kangaroo Shooters

Kangaroo shooters.

Locomotive

Locomotive

No. 718. First large power on Port line at Commercial Road Station, on Port Adelaide viaduct, on 27th February 1965. The occasion was an Australian Railway Historical Society special train to Outer Harbor. It was the first use of 'large power' on the line. No. 718 was built at the SAR's Islington Works in 1929.

Last Train to Milang

Last Train to Milang

Last train to Milang. An Australian Railway Historical Society (SA Division) tour to Milang on 30 May 1964. The locomotives are Rx class, numbers 195 and 233. [Information provided by A. Presgrave.]