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Rural views in South Australia
Eight views featuring mostly coastal scenes around Port Elliot.
Adelaide views
An album of photographs by S.W. Sweet, featuring scenes in and around Adelaide.
Adelaide views album
Album of photographs of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, many of them taken by Samuel Sweet (images 1-80). Images 81-82 of Ceylon, nos. 83-95 of Malta, 96-101 of Windsor Castle and St George's Chapel, Windsor, 102-103 of Oxford, and 104-107 of English coastal town/s. Items 108-111 (loose in back of album) are prints from clasical scenes. Attribution for the photographs are as follows: images 1-50, 73 are by Sweet; images 77-79, and possibly 80 are by Charles Bayliss. Overseas scenes (images 81-111) have not been copied.
Glenelg from the Jetty
[General description] Glenelg from the jetty showing the buildings along the foreshore and the Adelaide Hills in the distance. Tram lines run along the length of the Jetty past people sitting on benches enjoying the fresh air. [On back of photograph] Glenelg from the Jetty. 1880-84. Sweet & presence of Institute). (Sweet Adelaide 242).
Glenside
[General description] Parkside Lunatic Asylum (later known as Glenside Hospital). It was designed by R.G. Thomas in 1868 during his stint as Government Architect and built from Glen Osmond stone. The central portion of the building has a tower and a widow's walk and there is an imposing portico over the entrance. The clock was installed in 1876.
The "Gulnare" at Southport
[On front of photograph] '"Gulnare" at Southport, Port Darwin / From Captain Sweet's negative.' Another hand '1871-72.' [General description] The "Gulnare", Captain Sweet's two masted schooner, is seen at anchor, her masts reflected in the water. She was the supply vessel for Goyder's Northern Territory survey expedition. On the right tents can be seen and men are posing for the photographer, in boats and on the jetty. On her return journey the ship grounded on a reef and was condemned.
Pichi Richi railway
Pichi Richi railway bridge near Quorn, with two men in foreground. Taken on Sweet's trip on the Great Northern Railway from Adelaide to Farina. Two men with beards are in the foreground, marked 'Sweet Adelaide 422'.
Auldana Winery
Stone wine cellars and other buildings at Auldana where men pose with bullock wagons filled with barrels. There is a garden in front of the buildings and wooded hills in the background. Wine and spirit merchant Patrick Auld planted his land with mostly Shiraz vines in 1845 and by 1862 it was amongst the largest vineyards in South Australia. In 1888 Auldana was taken over by Sir Josiah Symon who employed Edmund Mazure under whose management the estate thrived.
Bridgewater
View of Bridgewater, showing water-mill and hotel. The Bridgewater Hotel was established in 1841. At the time of this photograph the proprieter was RW Athorn. Bridgewater was originally known as Cox Creek and was renamed when the adjacent flour mill was built in 1857
Institution, Brighton
[General description] This two storey stone Victorian Gothic building features a central gable, topped with a cupola. There is decorative brickwork around its doors and windows, and a small balcony over its front door. A large ground floor verandah has carved wooden detail including an archway. Funds were raised for this building by William Townsend, M.P., the founder of South Australian Institution for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb. Building commenced in 1876 and was completed in 1878 at the cost of £4,289. [On back of photograph] 'Blind, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Brighton / 1878-86'.
Canowie Station homestead
[General description] Canowie Station homestead with a rocky creek in the foreground. Situated in the mid-north of South Australia (between Hallett and Jamestown) Canowie Station was a pastoral lease of originally around 60,000 acres. It ran high quality sheep and Shorthorn cattle.
Canowie Station
[On back of photograph] 'Canowie Station / The Manager's house and grounds / 1872-86'.
Cudlee Creek
Ledgard's Bridge over the River Torrens, near Cudlee Creek store and Post Office - two horsemen George Hannaford (on the left) and G. Kennings. The bridge broke down in 1914 and was rebuilt. (See B 613).
Darwin
[General description] The Government Survey Camp, Palmerston is an orderly collection of tents and iron huts in a cleared area in the sparse bush. The sea is visible in the distance. (From Captain Sweet's negative).
Fullarton
Home for Incurables in the Adelaide suburb of Fullarton. Purchased in 1879 for 1,700 Pound the large building has wrought iron trimmed verandahs. It was surrounded by 9 acres of Eucalyptus trees and parklands. The home was renamed The Julia Farr Centre in 1981. [On back of photograph] "Home for Incurables, Adelaide (Fullarton) 1872-86".
Oaklands house and garden, Gawler
[General description] The extended Pile family including explorer John McKinlay pose on the garden path in front of Oaklands, the family's gentleman's residence. This photograph must have been taken 1872 or before as John McKinlay died in 1872. [On back of photograph] ''Oaklands' / Residence of James Pile, Gawler East / 1872-85 / Photograph by S. W. Sweet' (Another hand) 'Note by Mr. Robert Gordon of Gawler: From back of path John McKinlay (Explorer), his wife Jane (nee Pile), gardener, Mr James Pile, Mrs Pile, ?, Miss Jessie Pile / 9-4-1969'. James Pile's wife was Isabella Pile, nee McCauslin.
Hotel, Gawler
Commercial Hotel, Murray Street showing the newly built Town Hall to the left. Further down the street shop verandahs stretch out over the footpath.
Glenelg
Old gum tree, Glenelg. The sign on the bent old tree says "On this spot on the 28th December 1836 The Colony of South Australia proclaimed a British Dependency". The tree on a small block is enclosed on all sides by a wooden fence. A thatched building is standing on the next door plot. Fields and a few buildings can be seen in the background.
District Hotel, Gumeracha
View of Gumeracha, showing the " District Hotel ".
Saint Peter's College, Hackney
[General description] Saint Peter's College at Hackney showing the adjacent Chapel. [On back of photograph] St. Peter's College and Chapel. 1872-86 (Sweet).
Residence, Kent Town
[General description] A stone house with wide verandahs is partly obscured by shrubs. A ploughed area in the foreground has an orchard in process of establishment. [On back of photograph] 'House at Kent Town / 1872-86 / From an album of photographs made by Sweet'.
Pier Hotel, Largs Bay
The Largs Pier Hotel at Largs Bay opened in 1882 the same day as the Largs Bay Railway and Pier. From 1882 until approximately 1892 the Largs Pier was the primary port of call for migrants arriving from Europe. This photograph taken from the jetty shows the three storey hotel standing at the southern side of the shore. A small boy holding a fishing road is standing in the foreground
Mannum
Mannum.
Jetty at Milang
[General description] Railway lines running along Milang jetty. More than ten steamers are moored at the jetty, one of which is the Avoca. Note the spark catchers fitted to the steamer funnels. Milang is located on the shores of Lake Alexandrina.
Slate Quarry at Mintaro
[General description] Mintaro Slate Quarry showing men and horses at work. Men are seated at frame saws which were used for cutting slate and there is a small steam crane (seen in the background). Slabs of slate of all sizes are stacked around the quarry yard.
Mitcham
[General description] A woman and a girl pose at a roadside in front of a post and rails fence. Trees on either side of the road form a frame for a distant farm house on a hill. [On back of photograph] 'Mitcham / Probably in the eighteen eighties].
The main street, Mt. Barker
[General description] Looking along the main street of Mount Barker with neat stone houses and gardens. Telegraph poles are seen along the right side of the street.
Mount Gambier
[General description] This is a panoramic view of the township with a peak, probably Mount Gambier, seen in the background. The house in the middle has washing on the line and its garden has many fruit trees. There appears to be some demolition work in progress on the block in the foreground. Note the wood paling fences around the gardens.
Railway Bridge, Murray Bridge
[General description] Railway Bridge over the River Murray at Murray Bridge. Part of the bridge has been constructed over marshland and a lagoon and cliffs can be seen in the background. [On back of photograph] Murray Bridge probably in the eighteen eighties. (Sweet Adelaide 401).
Railway Bridge, Murray Bridge
Railway bridge over the River Murray.