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Aerial photographs of the city of Salisbury : Mawson Lakes

Jones, Daryl, 2007, Photograph, B 75892/1-12

Aerial views of Mawson Lakes in the city of Salisbury, South Australia, including views of lakes, houses under construction around the lakes, the Adelaide Planetarium, the University of South Australia campus, residential areas under development, Mawson Lakes Hotel and shopping centre, Mobara Park, Volleyball courts, Helping Hands aged care, Mawson Lakes school, Watertrail Reserve Park, Greenfields Wetlands, Railway lines, Mawson Lakes interchange, salt pans, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes Golf Club, Technology Park, and the Mawson Lakes Community Church.

Hawker

1900, Photograph, B 14798

General view of Hawker in the 1900s. The town was surveyed in 1880 and was named after a member of the South Australian Parliament. It was a thriving railway centre and a wheat producing agricultural region. Among the buildings seen in this photograph are the premises of Henry Gadd's general store, a post office which opened in 1880 and two hotels which opened in 1881.Two flour mills operated in Hawker from 1884 although Dunn's mill closed in 1899 due to failing crops. The first Methodist church was built in 1880 and replaced by a stone building in 1884. There was also a school which had 63 students when it first opened.

Kingston

c. 1890, Photograph, B 10035

Main street of Kingston in the 1890s. The town was named after Sir George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician, surveyor and architect. It is located on the shores of Lacepede Bay and is located at about 150 miles from Adelaide. The railway was built connecting it to the outside world in 1876.

Riverton Institute

1933, Photograph, B 8654

Riverton Institute now used as the Town Hall. Riverton was settled in 1856 by South Australian pioneer James Masters. The settlement grow as a stopping point along the track from Adelaide to Burra. When the railway opened in 1869 the town prospered.

Warrina

c. 1889, Photograph, B 13356

WARRINA: Aboriginal camp at Warrina. Warrina is 97 kilometres north north west of William Creek on the old Ghan railway. It is nearby to Mount Younghusband and Copper Top Hill

Warrina

c. 1889, Photograph, B 13357

WARRINA: Aboriginal camp at Warrina. Warrina is 97 kilometres north north west of William Creek on the old Ghan railway. It is nearby to Mount Younghusband and Copper Top Hill. The photograph shows a family group of Aboriginal men, women and girls in front of two humpies

Montague Fetherstonhaugh

Gill, Samuel Thomas, c. 1849, Artwork, B 345

Montague Fetherstonhaugh, from the sheet first published by S.T. Gill in May 1849.

Ebenezer Ward

PYN, c. 1870, Photograph, B 6981

Caricature of Ebenezer Ward. Ebenezer Ward was a South Australian politician and journalist. He migrated to Melbourne on "The British Trident" in 1859. After travelling to Adelaide in 1861 he became leader of the Hansard staff at the Adelaide Advertiser. As a stenographer he reported on budget speeches. He had articles published. He founded several newspapers. His elegant speech aided his rise to several ministerial positions in SA. He helped establish the railway systems between Adelaide ,Melbourne, Mount Gambier. He wanted to build the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Perth. He stopped the sale of Crown Lands for cash. He also acted in amateur theatricals.

Duke of York's Visit, 1927

Walker, Gordon, 1927, Photograph, B 10220

Duke of York's visit, 1927. The crowd assembled at the Railway Station, North Terrace, looking east from a point near Morphett Street. The couple arrived from Melbourne by train and were welcomed to Adelaide by a 21 gun salute from 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade.

King William Street

c. 1878, Photograph, B 13757

Northern corner of King William Street and Pirie Street before 1878 showing South Australian Insurance Company building. Insurance Chambers on the corner of King William Street from 1876 provided offices for merchants, land agents, a solicitor and the Kadina and Wallaroo Railway Company. Architect James MacGeorge placed heavy rusticated stone decorations around the ground floor windows. The building was demolished in 1953

Cheer Up Hut

Walker, Gordon, c. 1919, Photograph, B 5504

[General description] The South Australian Cheer-Up Society was founded by Alexandrina Seager, its object being to support the soldiers in the First and Second World Wars and to bring them into contact with the 'highest type of womanhood'. This hut was near the Adelaide Railway Station and had a hostel and canteen. It was funded from various charitable institutions. The room shown here is comfortably furnished with armchairs, chairs and tables and a piano. [On back of photograph] 'Peterborough Wing / Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide / December 24 th., 1919'.