Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886 • Find • State Library of South Australia

Station bell at Pewsey Vale

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1882, Photograph, B 61940

PEWSEY VALE: Three children sit on a horse drawn cart which is carrying a water tank and is waiting at the base of a tree where the Pewsey Vale Station bell hangs.

'Glenara' a private residence at Glenelg

Sweet, Samuel White, 1875, Photograph, B 56803

GLENELG: 'Glenara', a private residence on the Esplanade.

'Glenara' a private residence at Glenelg

Sweet, Samuel White, 1875, Photograph, B 56804

GLENELG: 'Glenara', a private residence on the Esplanade.

'Glenara' a private residence at Glenelg

Sweet, Samuel White, 1875, Photograph, B 56982

GLENELG: The private residence 'Glenara', facing north.

'Glenara' a private Glenelg residence

Sweet, Samuel White, 1875, Photograph, B 56983

GLENELG: The private residence 'Glenara' viewed on the side facing the sea; the three women in the garden are Eve, Florence and Laura Hill. Two men on the look-out platform are using a telescope.

'Glenara' a private Glenelg residence

Sweet, Samuel White, 1875, Photograph, B 56984

GLENELG: The private residence "Glenara", featuring the entrance gates and carriage-way to the front and rear of the house.

Garden of 'Glenara' a private Glenelg residence

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1878, Photograph, B 56993

GLENELG: A view of the garden at 'Glenara' taken from the tower, showing Robert Street on the left. The pond on the right of the far distance is where Laura Hill sailed 'The Betsy'. Taken at the same time as B 10746 from a similar location

Drawing room at 'Dimora', East Terrace

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 58688

ACRE 286: The drawing room at 'Dimora', East Terrace.

Morning room at 'Dimora', East Terrace

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1895, Photograph, B 58689

ACRE 286: The morning room at 'Dimora', East Terrace.

Dining room at 'Dimora', East Terrace

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1895, Photograph, B 58690

ACRE 286: The dining room at 'Dimora', East Terrace.

Dining room at 'Dimora', East Terrace

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1895, Photograph, B 58691

ACRE 286: The dining room at 'Dimora', East Terrace.

Hall at entrance at 'Dimora', East Terrace

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1895, Photograph, B 58692

ACRE 286: The hall and entrance at 'Dimora', East Terrace.

Grave of James Frew

Sweet, Samuel White, 1877, Photograph, B 60281

GENERAL: The grave of James Frew, member of the John McDouall Stuart expedition.

W. R. Pybus

Sweet, Samuel White, 1893, Photograph, B 60361

PORTRAIT: W.R. Pybus, city organist, Adelaide.

Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Pybus

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 60363

PORTRAIT: Mr & Mrs W.R. Pybus.

Studio view of a woman

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1900, Photograph, B 60374

COSTUME: Studio view of a woman wearing a lace trimmed dress and cap.

Studio view of a small girl

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1895, Photograph, B 60379

COSTUME: Studio view of a small girl wearing a broderie anglaise dress.

Camels and Afghan handlers

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62375

BELTANA: Camels enclosed in a stockyard at Beltana; seven Afghan men sit and stand in the foreground.

Beltana railway station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62376

BELTANA: Distant view of Beltana railway station, looking south.

Workmen's camp at Beltana Creek

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62377

BELTANA: Workmen's camp set up in the shade of gum trees at Beltana Creek.

Railway workers on a steam engine

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1881, Photograph, B 62378

BELTANA: Railway workers standing on a steam engine near their camp on the Great Northern Railway project which was never completed. This project was known as the Port Augusta to Government Gums Railway, and was the first part of the schem that was at that time called variously the Transcontinental Railway or the Great Northern Railway. It reached Hergott Springs (Marree) and Oodnadatta while financed by the South Australian government. See the Adelaide Observer 27 May 1882 for an article on the Great Northern Railway.

A railway cutting near Leigh Creek

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62379

BELTANA: A railway cutting, part of the incomplete Great Northern Railway. The 'tent hills' in the background are near Copley. The line was completed to Marree and then Oodnadatta and finally to Alice Springs. The location of this photograph is about 35km north of Beltana, about 3km north of present day Leigh Creek. [From information provided by Glenys Aird].