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The public gardens at Rotorua, New Zealand

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/417

The public gardens at Rotorua, New Zealand.

Maori women washing clothes in hot springs, New Zealand

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/418

Maori women washing clothes in hot springs, New Zealand.

General view of Hamurana Springs, near Rotorua, New Zealand

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/419

General view of Hamurana Springs, near Rotorua, New Zealand.

The waters at Okura, Rotorua, New Zealand

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/420

The waters at Okura, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Camilla Hargeaves and Sophia Hinerangi

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/421

Camilla Maude Hargreaves and Sophia Hinerangi in New Zealand. Sophia Hinerangi was the main guide of the famous Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana before their destruction by the Mt Tarawera eruption of 1886, after which she became a guide at Whakarewarewa. Camilla Hargreaves nee Nicholls was the wife of William Arthur Hargreaves, South Australian government analyst and chief inspector of explosives. The Hargreaves travelled to New Zealand in 1904.

Two women boiling clothes in hot spring waters, New Zealand

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/422

Two women boiling clothes in hot spring waters, New Zealand.

The Blue Lake at Mount Gambier

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/423

The Blue Lake at Mount Gambier, South Australia.

A small sailboat

1905, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/425

A small sailboat beached along the Coorong in South Australia.

Brown Lake at Mount Gambier, South Australia

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/426

Brown Lake at Mount Gambier, South Australia.

The gardens at Mount Gambier hospital

1907, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/427

The gardens at Mount Gambier hospital.

Bridge and countryside at Clarendon

1907, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/428

General view of a bridge and surrounding countryside at Clarendon, South Australia.

Lighthouse and adjacent building at Cape Northumberland

1906, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/429

Lighthouse and adjacent building at Cape Northumberland, near Port MacDonnell, South Australia.

Beach and foreshore at Port Elliot

1906, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/430

Part of the beach and foreshore at Port Elliot where a horse grazes near a small buggy cart.

The Signal Station at Semaphore, South Australia

1906, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/431

The Signal Station at Semaphore, South Australia.

Two cyclists with a bicycle

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/235

Two cyclists involved in a "Round the world" event with a bicycle; location unknown.

A "Round the world" motorcyclist

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/236

A crowd of men and boys giving a send-off to George Ramsay of Kadina prior to attempting a 24 hour distance world record on an LMC motorcycle. Information courtesy of the Veteran Car Club of S.A.

Broken down motor car

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/237

A damaged broken down motor car.

A tram accident

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/238

Men working on a tram after an accident on East Terrace, Adelaide.

A tram accident

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/239

A small crowd looking at a tram which had received damage during a collision.

Damage to a motor car after an accident

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/240

A damaged motor car after an accident.

A tram accident on East Terrace, Adelaide

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/241

A tram accident on East Terrace, Adelaide.

First train to Ascot Park

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/242

The first train to run on the new Brighton line photographed at the location of the planned Ascot Park railway station. One of three trainloads of intended Ascot Park land purchasers who travelled to the site on Saturday 22 February 1913. The train in the picture is V.R. No.1, later No.12 and then No.528 (which can be seen on the front buffer beam), Geo. England 2-2-2, B/No.146/1857. It originally had 72" driving wheels before being converted to a 2-4-0 in 1870. It went to South Australia for Rawdon & Baxter, contractors for the Outer Harbor works, Port Adelaide in 1904. Rebuilt by James Martin in 1912, then acquired by Smith & Timms, contractors for the Adelaide to Willunga line.