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Samuel White Sweet

c. 1870, Photograph, B 5959

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel White Sweet. He wears a double breasted jacket and a colourful cravat and sports mutton chop whiskers. He was a sea captain who retired from the sea in 1875 and opened up a photographic studio in Adelaide. He travelled through South Australia in his horse-drawn darkroom photographing landscapes, outback stations and homesteads. A large collection of his work is held in the South Australian Archives.

Aboriginal Hunter

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1876, Photograph, B 23516

GENERAL: Aboriginal hunter. An Aboriginal man in a kangaroo fur cloak, holding a woomera, and shield with incised diamond pattern. There is a boomerang in the woven bag over his shoulder. Sweet Adelaide 457.

Grenfell Street, Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1883, Photograph, B 2902

Grenfell Street, Adelaide, viewed from King William Street. A group of people is standing at the South Australian Insurance Building corner. The 'Register' newspaper building is seen in the centre with its tower. In the foreground is a telegraph pole showing the insulators and the web of wires over the street. (Sweet Adelaide 104).

Adelaide Town Hall organ

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1877, Photograph, B 7497

Adelaide Town Hall organ, King William Street. (Sweet Adelaide 853) The organ arrived from London in 1877. The opening concert was held in 1877 with David Lee, Melbourne City Organist at the keyboards.

Gawler Place

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 10673

Union Bank of Australia, south western corner of Gawler Place, then Freeman Street, and Pirie Street. (Sweet Adelaide 32) The Union Bank was first established in Hobart in 1837. It was an Anglo-Australian bank. The photograph shows the Adelaide branch which was housed in an attractive two storey building with shutters over the windows and an iron railing fence in the front.

King William Street

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1875, Photograph, B 7486

Government Offices, North-East corner King William Street and Flinders Street photographed between 1875-1886 (Sweet Adelaide 80) The buildings have their shutters closed against the bright sunlight. King William Street is devoid of traffic.

Flinders Street Baptist Church

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1877, Photograph, B 10692

Flinders Street Baptist Church and Manse on the west corner of Flinders and Divett Streets. (Sweet Adelaide 501) The church was completed in 1863 and the Manse in 1877. The church was designed by architect RG Thomas and is typical Gothic revival style with elaborate captials to the columns.

Government Offices, Victoria Square

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1883, Photograph, B 7492

Government offices, Victoria Square. East side. 1883-1886. (Sweet Adelaide 71) The octagonal tower of the Unitarian Church can be seen on the northen side of Wakefield Street around the corner from the Torrens Building. The Torrens Building was designed by Melbourne architect Michael Egan. The gardens in Victoria Square are contained behind iron railings.

North Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1875, Photograph, B 3334

Behind the houses and gardens of Stanley Street is the open expanse of parkland. The city can be seen further in the distance. In the centre right a building is under construction. [On back of photograph] '1875-79. Looking south from the north side of Stanley Street. The extreme left is 41 1/2 yards east of New Street. Critical factors in determination of date are the white clock face of the G.P.O. and the presence of the old bridge on the Frome Road. This is the central portion of a panorama of three views of which B 1005 is the right portion and B 9202, the left.' (Sweet Adelaide 378).

Botanic Gardens

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1878, Photograph, B 9336

Botanic Gardens fountain in palm house. ([Sweet] 106). Palm House was designed by German architect Gustav Runge using hanging glass walls.

Elder Park

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1882, Photograph, B 3124

[General description] King William Road looking north across the River Torrens towards North Adelaide. Over the river the land rises towards Montefiore Hill. Spires of churches in North Adelaide rise above the treeline. Elder Park and the Rotunda are in the foreground. A horse drawn bus is driving up towards North Terrace. The King William Road tunnel - or cattle creep - can be seen at the centre of the photograph. [On back of photograph] King William Road, looking north 1882-86. Rotunda. (Sweet Adelaide 331).

Government House

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 7302

Government House, North Terrace. (Sweet Adelaide 33) Approximate date of the photograph is 1880. In 1872 the Conservatory (Library) was built next to the Ballroom. The Billiard Room, Private Secretary's Office, Porter's Hall and Strong Room were all added. The photograph shows the new western wing of Government House.

Government House

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 10701

Government House, Adelaide looking towards the entrance from the west side showing the sweeping driveway and entrance portico (Sweet Adelaide 36?) This photograph shows the conservatory (now the library) which was built in 1872 next to the Ballroom.

King William Road looking south

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 3099

[General description] King William Road looking south from North Adelaide over the City Bridge and sloping towards North Terrace and King William Street. A horse drawn tram is travelling towards North Adelaide. Trees line the road as it runs through the parklands. [On back of photograph] King William Road, looking south. (Sweet Adelaide 325).

Public Library

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 3720

Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery. (Sweet Adelaide 78).

Victoria Square

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, SRG 94/2/13/31

Victoria Square. (Sweet Adelaide 331).

C. S. Sweet

1921, Photograph, B 64202

PORTRAIT: A woman aged 78 years identified as being C. S. Sweet, born at Hahndorf and photographed on February 23 1921.

Gum trees

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 58005/14

A country scene with gum trees and distant farm buildings. A very large eucalypt is in the foreground. Sweet Adelaide 269?

Adelaide Town Hall dinner

Sweet, Samuel White, 1883, Photograph, B 43017

The interior of the Adelaide Town Hall with people seated for a banquet. The image shows detail of the table settings and decorations and view of the pipe organ. The South Australian Advertiser, 2 November 1883: page 4 notes that Captain Sweet took a photograph of the interior of the Town Hall during a luncheon for the laying of the foundation stone for the Adelaide Young Men's Christian Association, with Hon. Alexander Hay, President of the Association in the chair. His wife, Agnes Grant Hay nee Gosse, is seated two seats to Alexander's right and Charles Goode is seated four seats to his left.