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Ice cream stalls on the beach, South Australia

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/238

Ice cream sellers and other stalls on the beach at Henley Beach, South Australia.

Soldiers of the Garrison Artillery, Adelaide

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/239

A group of members of the permanent Garrison Artillery, Adelaide, South Australia.

Paddling in the sea at Henley Beach, South Australia

c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/240

Women and children paddling in the sea at Henley Beach, South Australia.

South Australian soldiers on horseback

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/241

Four South Australian soldiers on horseback at the Jubilee Oval, Adelaide. According to a researcher the uniforms are pre 1912.

A flower seller in Adelaide

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/242

A woman selling flowers in King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia.

Joseph Vardon and friends in an automobile

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/243

The South Australian politician Joseph Vardon and members of his family out driving in a 1908-1910 2 cylinder Darracq tourer.

Lawyers at a rifle range in South Australia

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/244

A group of men described as being lawyers at a rifle range in South Australia; names not known.

Four houses thought to be in Pulteney Street, Adelaide, with the former residence of Herr Rasmussen on the left and the home of photographer William S. Smith adjoining it on the right; W.S. Smith later moved to Pirie Street, Adelaide.

Three men on a bench

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/246

Three young men sitting on a bench in South Australia; names not known.

The showgrounds at Maitland, South Australia

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/247

Crowds attending a function at the Maitland showground; automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles appear in the background.

A waterhole in the Macdonnell Ranges

Gillen, F. J., c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/248

A waterhole in the Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory. This is the waterhole/rockpool on Jessie Creek, Undoolya Station, east of Alice Springs. The photographer was Francis Gillen, post and telegraph station master at Alice Springs.

A horseman jumping a hurdle

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/250

A horse and rider clearing a three-tiered log hurdle at a horse show held in South Australia.

Moving a large palm tree

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/251

Transporting a large mature palm tree on a horse-drawn cart along a road near Adelaide, South Australia.

Women charity workers in South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/252

A group of six women acting as volunteer fund raisers with trays of items to sell for a charity in South Australia; two small children stand in front.

Yachting on the Port River, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/253

Craft from the Port Adelaide Yacht Club sailing on the Port River, Port Adelaide, South Australia.

Yachting in South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/254

Yachts at sea in South Australian waters.

'Original Officers of the 10th Battalion, A.I.F.'

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/255

Group of officers photographed at Morphettville. According to a researcher, this is a picture of the 78th Militia which was known as the 10th Australian Infantry pre 1912 (Adelaide Rifles). Many of the officers went into the new 10th A.I.F. in 1914. Information from the Australian War Memorial Canberra about the 10th Battalion: Group portrait of the original officers of the 10th Battalion prior to leaving Adelaide for Egypt. Left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Julius August William Kayser from Alberton, South Australia (later Major, killed in action in France on 16 February 1917); Lieutenant (Lt) Clarence Rumball from Thebarton, South Australia; Lt Louis Gordon Holmes from Norwood, South Australia; Lt Trevor Owen-Smyth from Adelaide, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915); Captain (Capt) Sydney Raymond Hall from Unley, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt John Hamilton from Broken Hill, NSW (later Capt); Lt Alfred Cyril Sommerville from Croydon, South Australia; Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) David Leslie Todd from Adelaide (later Capt); and Lt Albert John Bryne from Broken Hill (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915). Middle row: Lt Mervyn James Herbert from Brighton, South Australia (later Major); Lt Keith Eddowes Green from Prospect, South Australia (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Lt Robert James Mansfield Hooper from Alberton (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 May 1915); Lt Eric John Carl Stopp from Kent Town, South Australia; Lt Hector Roy Heming from North Adelaide; Lt Eric Wilkes Talbot Smith, (later died of wounds in Egypt on 30 April 1915); Lt Herbert Champion Hosking from St Peters, South Australia; and Capt Harold William Hastings Seager from Adelaide (later Major and awarded MC). Front row: Lt Eric James Sexton from Alberton (later Major); Capt George Dorricutt Shaw from Hindmarsh, South Australia (later Major); Major Miles Fitzroy Beevor from Unley, South Australia (later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)); Capt Harry Carew Nott (Medical Officer) from Lower Mitcham, South Australia (later Lt Col); Major Frederick William Hurcombe, Second in Charge (2IC) from Mile End, South Australia (later Lt Col and MID); Colonel Stanley Price Weir (Commanding Officer) from St Peters (later awarded DSO); Capt Francis Maxwell de Flayer Lorenzo (Adjutant) from Westbourne Park, South Australia (later Lt Col and awarded DSO); Capt Charles Francis Minagall (Quartermaster) from Goodwood, South Australia (Later Major); Capt Edward Castle Oldham from Hackney, South Australia (later Major and killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915); Capt Ross Blyth Jacob from Kadina, South Australia (later Lt Col); and Lt Vernon Hermann Robley from Gilberton, South Australia. Absent: Lt William Stanley Frayne from Mile End, South Australia, (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915); Lt Charles Percy Farrier from Broken Hill (later killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 May 1915); Lt Felix Giles from Maylands, South Australia (later Lt Col); 2nd Lt Noel Medway Loutit from St Peters (later Lt Col); Lt William Howard Perry from Broken Hill (later Capt and awarded MC); and Captain George Ernest Redburg from Norwood, South Australia (later Major).

A South Australian beach scene

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/256

Children playing on the seashore of a South Australian beach; a crowded jetty appears in the background; exact location not known.

A flower seller in Adelaide, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/258

A woman selling bunches of roses in Adelaide, South Australia, possibly for a charity.

Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/259

Lord Denman, the Governor-General of Australia dressed in uniform and seated on a horse in Adelaide, South Australia.

Sir Day Bosanquet at Glenelg, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/260

Sir Day Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia and party leaving the Pier Hotel on their way to the Holdfast Bay Yacht Club House on the foreshore at Glenelg, South Australia.

Three men and a child

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/261

Three men and a small boy sitting on the verandah of a South Australian home, the seated elderly gentleman wears an embroidered smoking cap; names unknown.