Semaphore

Signal station at Semaphore

c. 1877, Photograph, PRG 280/1/38/88

The Signal station and Time ball tower near the corner of the Esplanade and Semaphore Road at Semaphore, South Australia; the pilot is seated at the end of the wall and signalman William Uden is leaning on the post.

Jetty and kiosk at Semaphore

c. 1940, Photograph, B 73003

Postcard showing the jetty and the Semaphore Kiosk at Semaphore in Adelaide.

Semaphore Cheer Up Group

Pulford, Martin Harold, c. 1914, Photograph, B 73157

Photograph depicting members of the Semaphore Cheer Up Group, including Army personnel and musicians, at Semaphore. This photograph is attributed to Martin Harold Pulford.

Time Ball Tower & Signal Station, Semaphore

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1879, Photograph, PRG 742/5/66

Time Ball Tower & Signal Station, Semaphore. The man leaning on the post is Signalman William Uden. The Tower was completed in December 1874, and commenced service on 2nd August 1875 [also at B 2408].

Croquet players

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 1642/13/2

Members of either the Smith or Taylor Family at Esplanade House, likely to be at Semaphore, playing croquet.

S.S. Florrie

Smith, Dorothy Vernon, 1925, Photograph, PRG 1642/13/676

S.S. Florrie at the Semaphore Jetty. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.

Four boys at St. Bedes Hall

Smith, Dorothy Vernon, 1940, Photograph, PRG 1642/13/797

Four boys, Brian Prest, Jack Hart, Jack Mutton, and Lawrence T. at St. Bede's Hall, Semaphore. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.

Rio van at Semaphore

Oldfields Bakery Pty Ltd, c. 1930, Photograph, BRG 332/12/76

Two employees standing in front of a Rio van (a motorized vehicle modified to be pulled by a horse) at Semaphore which was used to take bread from Semaphore to Kilkenny.

Scenes of Port Adelaide, Semaphore and Mannum

c. 1929, Photograph, B 78568/1-6

Photographs of scenes around South Australia.

Esplanade, Semaphore

c. 1929, Photograph, B 52896

On the esplanade at Semaphore; the Convalescent Rest and Nursing Home in the background, Ron Hubbard standing on his head.

Signal Mast and Station

c. 1910, Artwork, B 47069

An oil painting on board of the Semaphore Signal Mast and Station.

Esplanade, Semaphore

Payne, J., 1922, Photograph, B 1183

Esplanade at Semaphore showing the kiosk and bathing pavilion at its opening in December, 1922. This was reported in the Advertiser, 25 December 1922, page 11g. A band plays in the rotunda and a crowd is gathered.

Semaphore Esplanade

1930, Photograph, B 5466

Semaphore Esplanade showing holidaymakers with sun shield tents.

Semaphore, looking East toward

1867, Photograph, B 7213

Semaphore, looking east towards Port Adelaide. This view was taken from the attic of Captain Bickers' house on the corner of the Esplanade and South Terrace. The castellated house on the right is in South Terrace and was still standing in 1937. Ships docked at Port Adelaide can be seen the background across the sand hills.

"Protector" Naval Gun

McKinnon, L. D., 1936, Photograph, B 9666

Six inch naval gun from HMAS "Protector " near the Esplanade at Semaphore. HMCS, later HMAS "Protector" was a flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884 for the purpose of defending the local coastline against the "Russian scare" of the 1870's.

Semaphore beach

c. 1890, Photograph, B 11437

Semaphore beach on a holiday. Large round tents have been erected on the beach. Horses and buggies are lined up along the foreshore. Children are paddling in the sea. Rides and swings can be seen above the tent tops