Find • Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886 • Results 211 to 240 of 1,125
Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens, Palm House. Palm House was designed by German architect Gustav Runge using hanging glass walls. This view of the Palm House shows its position on a rise with a flight of stairs flanked by two statues leading down to the path. A gentleman is standing at the top of the stairs.
Botanic Gardens
Avenue lined with Norfolk Island pine trees and palms in the Botanic Gardens. Two statues of dogs stand guard on either side of the avenue
Exhibition Building
[General description] Exhibition Building on North Terrace. Piles of rubble and stone suggest the building is still under construction. [On back of photograph] Exhibition Building, North Terrace. Probably 1887.
Exhibition Building
Exhibition Building, North Terrace.
Government House
[General description] Looking down on Government House and its garden from a building on North Terrace. The Union Jack is flying from a flag pole and the gatehouse guards the house and grounds. On King William Road the triple fronted building housing the Swimming Baths can be seen. The Rotunda stands in Elder Park and the steeples of North Adelaide can be seen above the trees. [On back of photograph] 'North Adelaide and Government House. Government Domain and City Road'.
North Terrace
[General description] North Terrace looking east towards the Adelaide Hills. The gardens of Government House, Library, Museum, Art Gallery and Exhibition Building can be seen along North Terrace. [On back of photograph] North Terrace, looking east. Probably in the eighteen nineties.
Rundle Road, Adelaide
Adelaide, viewed across the East Parklands, from Rundle Street, Kent Town, 1872-86. The Adelaide Hospital can be seen on the right of the photo, and the Scots Church spire is visible in the middle distance.
South Australian Institute
South Australian Institute Building, North Terrace photographed between 1872-83. The southern half of this building was built in 1860 and is an example of a Victorian building in the Renaissance style. It was designed by EA Hamilton. The northern portion was built in 1900.
South Australian Institute
South Australian Institute and the Public Library, North Terrace. The building was constructed in 1860 and is one of the oldest cultural buildings on North Terrace. It was built following lobbying to colonial government to establish a public library and museum
Torrens Lake
[General description] A man sketching the view across Torrens Lake with the Adelaide buildings in the background. The bridge in the photograph is possibly the Morphett Street Bridge and scaffolding on a new building can be seen towards the east on North Terrace in the vicinity of the railway yards. Henry [Hinton's] Free Store is visible on the southern bank of Torrens Lake. [On back of photograph] Torrens Lake.
Torrens Lake
[General description] Four man rowing team and its coxswain rowing on Torrens Lake. Photograph taken from the new weir, with the Montefiore Road Bridge, Railway station and city buildings in the distance. [On back of photograph] Torrens Lake 1881- 86. (Lake opened in 1881).
Torrens Lake, East of Adelaide
Torrens Lake, East of Adelaide Bridge - lake first used for boating July, 1881. The photograph depicts rowers standing in their boats looking at the photographer and many empty rowing boats moored along the banks of the lake (Sweet Adelaide 334).
Long's Boat Shed
Torrens Lake Long's Boat Shed where row boat skulls can be hired. The photograph was taken looking south west from a point between Adelaide and Victoria Bridges. The buildings in the north west corner of the city can be seen in the background.
Torrens Weir
Torrens Weir was opened 21 July 1881 and it transformed a string of muddy waterholes into a picturesque lake. The Torrens Lake Weir is of added interest as an early concrete gravity dam. The concrete is formulated with lime rather than cement.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square.
Zoological Gardens
Flamingos in the Zoological Gardens.
Zoological Gardens
Kangaroos in the Zoological Gardens.
SS Sorata
SS Sorata at Cape Jervis.
Dining Room, Torrens Park House
TORRENS PARK: The dining room at Torrens Park House, the residence of Mr. Robert Barr Smith, businessman and philanthropist of South Australia.
Gardener at work
A gardener photographed at work. A family with children and a pram walk behind. The same image at B 72483/6/3 identifies the possible location as Buckland Park, near Port Gawler.
Views of South Australia
Album of twelve views of South Australia by Capt. Sweet. Includes Botanic Gardens, waterfall, King William Street, Grenfell Street, Blacks' Wurlie, Victoria Square, Rundle Street, Glenelg, Mount Lofty and Torrens Lake.
Muggs Hill Road, Mitcham
Muggs Hill Road, Mitcham in the 1880's. View is looking south. The convent at the top of the road was demolished in 1951. Alex Tolmer's house is on the top left. (Details supplied by Mr. W.A. Norman). Thomas Mugg was Micham's first school teacher. Originally he was a carpenter and joiner and was appointed teacher, a position he held for twenty years. He taught writing, reading and arithmetic to students aged three to fourteen. The school opened in 1847
Dr Robert Peel beside anthill
Dr Robert Peel standing beside an anthill at Port Darwin, taken during the Goyder Expedition.
Bank of South Australia, King William Street
Bank of South Australia King William Street, later known as Edmund Wright House after the architect. This view has horse tram 54 standing outside.
King William Street near North Terrace
King William Street between Hindley Street and North Terrace.
Commercial and English, Scottish and Australia Banks
Commercial and English, Scottish and Australia Banks, King William Street.
Corner North Terrace and King William Street
Corner North Terrace and King William Street, with Bank of New South Wales and Adelaide Club.
Bank of New South Wales King William Street
Bank of New South Wales on corner of King William Street and North Terrace.
Botanic House and Family Hotel, North Terrace
Botanic House and Family Hotel, North Terrace.
Rundle Street north side
Rundle Street north side looking east, with Theatre Royal.