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Government House interior, Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43064

Interior decor of the drawing room, Government House, Adelaide.

Elder Park Rotunda

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43066

Rotunda and Elder Park, a more distant view with young man posed on the grass.

Laying foundation stone for the Exhibition Building

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1886, Photograph, B 43067

Crowd assembled for the laying of the foundation stone for the Jubilee Exhibition Building 21 June 1886. Official guests are on a raised platform above which flags are flying. A researcher has suggested that this photograph may have been taken after 1901 because of the flags which appear to be the official national flag of Australia, which was designed and came into use after Federation in 1901. However, this flag design may have been a precursor to the national flag as the Southern Cross constellation has been used to represent Australia since the early days of British settlement, and each of the stars has five points, unlike the national flag design, in which the stars in the Southern Cross constellation had between five and nine points, while the Commonwealth or Federation Star originally had six points.

Parliament House

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1886, Photograph, B 43069

Western wing of the new Parliament House, Adelaide.

Venus and cupid statue

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1886, Photograph, B 43071

Small statuette of Venus leaning over her son Cupid. She is holding an arrow, with which to spank the winged Cupid. The statue is mounted on a lacquered base with painted floral decoration.

River Torrens

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43072

Mother and infant and two young women on a grassy bank of the River Torrens. Willows line the bank. The same family group is pictured in B 43045.

Torrens Lake

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43074

View of Torrens Lake and banks of the River Torrens, with three people in a rowing boat. Adelaide City skyline visible in the background. View is taken from the northern bank of the River Torrens, west of the Morphett Street bridge.

Torrens Lake

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43076

Torrens Lake from the northern path along the River Torrens, east of the City Bridge.

University of Adelaide Mitchell Building

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43077

The Mitchell Building, University of Adelaide. This appears to be a closer view of the image seen at B 72111/44.

Cattle at Angaston

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43080

Cattle in a paddock at Angaston.

Brown Hill on the road to Belair

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43081

Horse and buggy on the road to Belair, with view of stone wall, and post and rail fence. Brown Hill can be seen in the background.

Road to Belair

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43082

View of the road to Belair with the Adelaide plains in the distance. Two people are sitting on stumps in the foreground amongst eucalypt and sheoak trees.

Cox's Creek, Bridgewater

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43083

Two men fishing from the bank of Cox's Creek, Bridgewater, with distant view of the Bridgewater Hotel and Mill buildings.

Bungaree Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43084

Bungaree Station with view of the out buildings and cows and a bull near the stream.

Sheep at Bungaree Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43085

Ewe with a handler, Bungaree Station.

Sheep at Bungaree Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43086

Merino ewe in a pen at Bungaree Station.

Pigs at Bungaree Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43087

Pigs at Bungaree Station.

Station dogs, Bungaree Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43088

Hunting dogs at Bungaree Station, including three fox terriers, two wolfhound greyhound mix and one possibly of mastiff or great dane origin, pictured at the gate.