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Victor Harbor, South Australia

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/22/248

Distant view of Victor Harbor in South Australia and its causeway connection to Granite Island.

Australia Day procession at Victor Harbor

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/188

Part of an Australia Day procession of horse drawn wagons and decorated motor cars travelling through the main street of Victor Harbor.

Australia Day procession at Victor Harbor

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/190

A brass band, floats, and vehicles travelling along the main street of Victor Harbor in an Australia Day procession.

Roll of honour float for Australia Day at Victor Harbor

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/193

A large fabric roll of honour float created for an Australia Day procession at Victor Harbor; names of local heroes who served during World War I are listed with the headings: Advance Australia, Gallipoli, and ANZAC; streamers and flags of the allied nations decorate the float.

A float representing a 'cart before the horse' at Victor Harbor

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/194

Eight men, two dressed as women, photographed with their 'cart before the horse' representation created for an Australia Day procession at Victor Harbor; they sit and stand by a small cart with a small boy riding a grey horse attached at the back.

Part of Hindmarsh River near Victor Harbor

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/317

Part of Hindmarsh River near Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Mount Breckan, a house gutted by fire at Victor Harbor

c. 1909, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/38

Part of the ruins of Mount Breckan, a large residence at Victor Harbor which was gutted by fire.

Ceremony on the foreshore at Victor Harbor

c. 1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/24/330

Spectators watching a ceremony being held near the Soldiers' Memorial Gardens at Victor Harbor which involves a contingent of uniformed sailors and a brass band, possibly associated with a war memorial; several naval vessels anchored in Encounter Bay can be seen in the background.

Memorial gardens, Victor Harbor

c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/32/36

Distant view of the soldiers' memorial gardens and surrounding fence at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Soldier's Memorial Gardens at Victor Harbor

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/32/176

Part of the Soldier's Memorial Gardens at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Carrickalinga guest house, Victor Harbor

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/38/43

Carrickalinga guest house at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Loading wheat at Victor Harbor

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/38/321

Men loading wheat on to a ship alongside the jetty at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Distant view from Granite Island off Victor Harbor and the causeway link

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 280/1/2/371

Distant view from Granite Island off Victor Harbor and the causeway link.

An area in Victor Harbor looking towards Granite Island and the causeway

1900, Photograph, PRG 280/1/2/374

An area in Victor Harbor looking towards Granite Island and the causeway; a fenced area at the right is the old police station, the lifeboat shed is on the left.

The railway bridge over Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbor

c. 1907, Photograph, PRG 280/1/4/2

The railway bridge over Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbor.

Hoffmann photographs, box 2, outings by the sea

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1930, Photograph, B 73327/1-12

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images are of group outings, some by the sea. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor].

Hoffmann photographs, box 4

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1930, Photograph, B 73329/1-20

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images comprise gatherings, views over water, houses, and Colonel Light's statue at North Adelaide. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor].

Hoffmann photographs, box 3, the steeplechase

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1930, Photograph, B 73328/1-11

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images comprise gatherings, a steeplechase and people on horseback, and woodchopping. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor]. Austral Standard Orthichrome Plates.

Hoffmann photographs, box 6, motorcycles

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1934, Photograph, B 73331/1-11

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images comprise motorbikes and motorcycle racing, some with sidecars. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor]. Kodak plates.

Oliver A. Baaner

Prosser, J. H., c. 1914, Photograph, BRG 216/22/8

A black and white cabinet photograph of Oliver Baaner in fancy dress as a soldier. Oliver became the first Mayor of Victor Harbor when it became a separate corporation in 1914. He was the son of Kirsty Baaner, who was an Aunt of Walter Buxton Bruce, and thus a cousin to Walter.