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South Australian public officers

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/38

Fifteen South Australian men, possibly public officers; names not known.

Delegates at a Lutheran conference

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/39

Delegates at a Lutheran conference held in Adelaide.

House interior showing the entrance hall

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/40

The interior of the entrance hall to a house in Pirie Street, Adelaide owned by Mr.W.S.Smith.

Afternoon tea in a marquee

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/41

Tables set for an afternoon tea of scones and cake in a flag decorated marquee.

A refreshment tent packed with customers

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/42

A refreshment tent at a country function, possibly horse-racing, packed out with customers.

A country picnic

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/43

Four women and three men enjoying a picnic lunch at a country function, possibly at the races.

An outsize boiler in transit from Port Adelaide

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/44

A team of nine horses pulling a jinker carrying an extra large boiler on the road from Port Adelaide.

A large brandy still on display

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/45

Interested spectators looking at 'the world's largest brandy still' destined for Penfold's winery, displayed on the back of an early make motor truck waiting outside the 'Register' newspaper offices in Adelaide.

Staff of Bagot, Shakes & Lewis

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/46

Staff members of the firm Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Ltd, stock and station agents, wool and produce brokers, land and financial agents, auctioneers and valuators at an informal meeting.

Yachtsmen at Henley Beach

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/47

A group of yachtsmen at Henley Beach, South Australia.

Women Colonists at Glenelg

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/48

Original women colonists, now in their later years photographed at a reunion held at Glenelg.

Mourners in the funeral procession for Tom Price

1909, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/49

Mourners in the funeral procession for Tom Price, Premier of South Australia 1905-1909; they are walking to Mitcham cemetery.

A street procession float in Adelaide

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/50

A street procession float representing black minstrels.

Labor Day procession in Adelaide

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/51

Part of a Labor Day procession progressing along Rundle Street, Adelaide.

Guests at a Mayor's banquet, Glenelg

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/52

Guests at a Mayor's banquet held in the town hall at Glenelg.

South Australian accountants

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/54

A gathering of South Australian accountants at an informal meeting.

Inauguration banquet for the East West Railway

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/55

Inauguration banquet held at the Port Augusta town hall to celebrate the turning of the first sod ceremony for the East West (Trans Australian) railway in 1912.

Foundation stone ceremony for the Education Building

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/56

Official party watching Ann Peake (nee Thomas), wife of the Premier of South Australia, laying the foundation stone for the Education Building, Flinders Street, Adelaide, Wednesday 18 September 1912. Also present at the ceremony were the Premier (Archibald Peake), the Commissioner of Public Works (R. Butler), the Chief Secretary (J. Bice), the Attorney General (H. Homburg), the Minister of Agriculture (T. Pascoe), the Speaker of the House of Assembly (L. O'Loughlin), the Mayor of Adelaide (John Lavington Bonython), and Lady Way.

Hardy family group in a garden.

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/57

Members of the Hardy family in a garden. From left, back row: Richard Grenfell Thomas, Guy, Sybil, Walter G. Thomas, Wentworth. Middle row, seated: Edith, Charles Burton Hardy, Beatrice. Front row, seated: Penelope Woodham, David Thomas, Macdowell Thomas, Barbara Woodham. Wentworth Hardy was born in New Zealand but educated in England and France before arriving in South Australia in 1865, shortly afterwards joining the Survey Department and in 1868 he accompanied the Surveyor General to Darwin. From 1894 to 1906 he was Inspector of Surveys in Tasmania before returning to South Australia. Charles Burton Hardy was born in Adelaide on the site of the present Adelaide Club, North Terrace, the son of Alfred Hardy, a member of Colonel Light's staff, and Mary Newenham. Educated at St. Peter's College, he married Ellen MacDowell in 1873 and practiced law until a few years before his death.