Victor Harbor • Find • State Library of South Australia

Causeway, Granite Island

c. 1907, Photograph, B 26305

Causeway to Victor Harbor as seen from Granite Island [also at B 77156/62].

Cricket Club, Port Elliot

1908, Photograph, B 23842

Members of Port Elliot Cricket club at Victor Harbor. Charles Wilson Colman in centre with white beard.

[Detail of the Luilyl homestead]

Whitfield, J. M., Mrs, 1877, Artwork, B 63457/1/1

Drawing in pencil on paper of the side of the building at Luilyl, near the Bluff at Victor Harbor. See below for further details.

Luilyl

Whitfield, J. M., Mrs, 1877, Artwork, B 63457/1/2

Drawing in pencil on paper of the Luilyl homestead near the Bluff at Victor Harbor.

Honorable A. Hay's Residence

L. Henn and Co., c. 1881, Artwork, B 821

View of the residence, Mount Breckan, owned by the Hon. Alexander Hay, seen in the distance across a river.

British Light Cruisers at Victor Harbor: H.M.S., Delhi, Dunedin, Dragon, Dauntless and Danae. This photograph was taken on 15th March 1924. The photograph was possibly taken from Granite Island looking towards Goolwa.

Old Mill, Encounter Bay

c. 1926, Photograph, B 3893

[General description] Remains of the Old Mill at Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor. It is a two storey round brick structure standing in an isolated place.

Fountain Inn at Yilki

c. 1926, Photograph, B 3894

[General description] Fountain Inn at Yilki near Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor. The building is partially obscured by its overgrown garden. Later reputed to be haunted it was the first hotel in the district, licenced in 1847 to Henry Simmons. It ceased trading after 1870 but became a private residence for a long period up to 1998 when it became Bed & Breakfast accommodation. It is item 219 on the National Trust Classified List.

The Bluff, Encounter Bay

c. 1920, Photograph, B 7735

The Bluff, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor. This photograph shows the small wooden wharf under the Bluff. The Bluff was created about 500 million years ago when magma was squeezed up from deep in the continental crust. The ensuing Ice Age caused granite boulders to move north thus smoothing the profile of the Bluff. Gold, silver, lead, copper and tin oxide were mined near the Bluff.

Encounter Bay

1933, Photograph, B 8729

Building formerly known as the Fountain Inn at Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor. It was located on the road to the Bluff. A hand pump can be seen in the courtyard of the inn. The Fountain Inn was located on Franklin Parade, Yilki at Encounter Bay. It existed as an inn from 1847-1870. It was reputed to haunted.

River Hindmarsh

c. 1882, Photograph, B 9397

Steam train crossing River Hindmarsh, Victor Harbor.

Umbrella Rock, Granite Island

c. 1906, Photograph, B 16393/30

Umbrella Rock, Granite Island, Victor Harbor. This island covers 62 acres and is famous for its unusual granite formations and was declared a reserve in 1856 by the Surveyor General.