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Floodwaters flowing over the Torrens River weir in Adelaide

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/35

Fast flowing flood waters pouring over the Torrens River weir in Adelaide, South Australia.

Men's lacrosse team in Adelaide

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/36

Members of a men's lacrosse team at Adelaide University; names not known.

Pioneer men from McLaren Vale and Aldinga, South Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/37

A group of elderly men from McLaren Vale and Aldinga in South Australia; names not known.

Sir Sidney Kidman opening a new park at Unley, South Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/38

Spectators watching Sir Sidney Kidman pushing a hoe as he 'turns the first sod' for a new park at Unley, South Australia.

Two baseball players in action during a game

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/39

Two baseball players in action during a game in Adelaide, South Australia.

Sir Sidney Kidman opening a new park at Unley, South Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/40

Sir Sidney Kidman, standing second from the left with a small group of other men during the opening of a new park at Unley, South Australia.

Sturt and West Torrens Football players during a match

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/41

Four Sturt and West Torrens football players after the ball during a match in Adelaide.

Girls playing netball in Adelaide

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/42

Girls scoring a goal during a game of netball in Adelaide, South Australia.

Opening ceremony for a new park at Unley, South Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/43

A small crowd attending an opening ceremony for a new park at Unley, South Australia; Sir Sidney Kidman is standing fourth from the left.

Sturt and West Torrens Football players during a game in Adelaide

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/44

Football players from Sturt and West Torrens Football Clubs jumping after the ball during a game in Adelaide.

Members of an exhibition committee in Adelaide

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/45

Members of an exhibition committee in Adelaide; Sir Langdon Bonython stands centre of the back row, Sir John Bice sits front row, far right, other names not known.

J. Ifould winning the Junior High Jump

Smith, W. S., 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/46

J. Ifould of Presbyterian Girls' College winning the Junior High Jump at the third annual combined sports day held at Adelaide Oval on 10 August 1923.

Girl Guides at the Adelaide Town Hall

Smith, W. S., 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/49

A two days' fete in aid of the Girl Guide movement and to demonstrate the practical work being performed by members under the banner 'Good Citizenship' was held on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May 1923 in the Adelaide Town Hall.

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral choir

c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/50

A group of men and women who were members of the choir and orchestra at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wakefield Street, Adelaide; names not known.

St. Peter's College Memorial Hall foundation ceremony

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/51

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia with Arthur Nutter Thomas, the Bishop of Adelaide and other clergy attending the foundation ceremony for the new Memorial Hall at St. Peter's College, Hackney; flags are flying over the site as the audience listens to Brigadier General Leane delivering an address.

St. Peter's College Memorial Hall foundation ceremony

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/52

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia with the Bishop of Adelaide and other clergy attending the foundation ceremony for the new Memorial Hall at St. Peter's College, Hackney; flags are flying over the site as the audience listens to Brigadier General Leane delivering an address.

St. Peter's College Memorial Hall foundation ceremony

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/53

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia saluting during the national anthem at the St. Peter's College Memorial Hall foundation ceremony; he stands on a dais with the Bishop of Adelaide, clergy, and other guests.

Adelaide welcomes Aidan de Brune, who has walked around Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/54

Mr. J.H. Flannagan of the Imperial Hotel, Grenfell Street, Adelaide photographed welcoming Aidan de Brune, who had walked around Australia to Adelaide; he is handing over a piece of paper which could be a cheque outside the premises of the hotel where a small crowd of spectators stand watching. A researcher has provided the following information from the diary of Aidan de Brune (a pseudonym of Herbert Charles Cull), documenting his walk around Australia, from the entry for 23 November 1923, day 795 of the journey: 'To leave Sydney on foot, to walk ten thousand miles (more or less) around Australia, calling at all the ports en route on the four coasts, and to return to Sydney, was the task set me'. The diary is available to read online from Project Gutenberg Australia - 'Record diary of a walk around Australia' by Aidan de Brune.