Victor Harbor

Boating on Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbor

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64113

VICTOR HARBOR: Two young men and a girl boating on Hindmarsh River at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Boating on Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbor

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64114

VICTOR HARBOR: A man and a woman boating on Hindmarsh River at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Horse drawn baker's cart at Victor Harbor

c. 1920, Photograph, B 56112

VICTOR HARBOR: Fred Bailey in the horse drawn baker's cart owned by J.E. Sedunary, baker at Victor Harbor.

Playground, Victor Harbor

Boyle, Leonard Stanley, 1926, Photograph, B 69807

A woman stands on a swing, surrounded by a small group of friends at a playground in Victor Harbor on September 12th, 1926; the causeway between Victor Harbor and Granite Island can be seen in the background.

Victor Harbor causeway and jetty

c. 1920, Photograph, B 72471

View looking down from Granite Island towards Victor Harbor. Shows the whole length of the causeway linking Granite Island to the Victor Harbor foreshore, along with a view of the causeway jetty. Photo is mounted on cardboard and has a written inscription: Miss Barker with best wishes from C.R.W.

Victor Harbor Trots Track

c. 1955, Photograph, PRG 1617/12/18

Crowd gathered at the Victor Harbor Trots Track. The Bluff can be seen in the background.

Man with two women, Victor Harbor

Kaines, Jack A. P., 1921, Photograph, PRG 1638/2/182

Man with two women at Victor Harbor. The bluff is in the background.

Car and motorbike, Victor Harbor

Kaines, Jack A. P., c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 1638/6/150

The Stow-Smiths in a motor car and Ian Thomas on a motorbike near the Victor Harbor Railway Station. The west facing facade of the Austral Hotel is visible in the background.

Street parade, Victor Harbor

Laube, Alexander, 1959, Photograph, B 75511

Victor Harbor Neptune Oil float in a street parade on Ocean Street, Victor Harbor. Deane Galpin was the proprietor of Neptune Oil. In the background, the enclosed balcony of Serv-Wel grocery store can be seen on the left, with the enclosed balcony of Avondale Milk Bar next to it. The Central Guest House balcony, Ruffles Frock Shop, and Tudor Guest House verandah in the background on the right. All three were demolished around 1985.

Amateur Sports Carnival, Victor Harbor

Laube, Alexander, 1959, Photograph, B 75516

View of a women's running race at the Amateur Sports Carnival, held at Victor Harbor Oval. Peggy Laube is in a striped dress on the left.

1913, Photograph, B 68

Destroyers at Victor Harbor seen from Granite island with a jetty in the foreground, looking east. According to a researcher, the photograph was taken on 3rd September 1912 and documents the delivery trip from the UK of HMAS's Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra. Another researcher has suggested that the Paramatta and Yarra arrived in 1913.

Post Office, Victor Harbor

1921, Photograph, B 695

New Post Office being built at Victor Harbor.

Victor Harbor

1889, Photograph, B 1625

View of Granite Island from the Victor Harbor jetty. Shallow waters prevented ships from docking close to shore, making the passage of goods very difficult. A broad gauge railway track, seen here, was laid on the causeway to make the transportation of these goods possible. In 1894, the first double deck horse drawn passenger tram carried tourists from Victor Harbor to Granite Island.

Victor Harbor

c. 1928, Photograph, B 4960

[General description] Panoramic aerial view of town roads and buildings with a glimpse of Encounter Bay on the right and open countryside in the distance. A.L. Sedunary's Tea Rooms can be seen in the bottom left hand corner. [On back of photograph] 'Aerial view of Victor Harbor / 1928'.

Victor Harbor Tram

1930, Photograph, B 5623

Tram used to carry passengers between Victor Harbor and Granite Island. The horse drawn tram, laden with visitors is returning from Granite Island to Victor Harbor.

Victor Harbor Jetty Tram

1935, Photograph, B 8998

Victor Harbor Jetty Tram pulling a party of men who are seating on the top of the tram. One Clydesdale horse is pulling twelve men on the tram over the Causeway between Victor Harbor and Granite Island. From 1900 the horse drawn tramway was operated by George and Frank Honeyman on behalf of the South Australian Railways.

Mount Breckan, Victor Harbor

c. 1912, Photograph, B 10538

The ruins of Mount Breckan, Victor Harbor.

Victor Harbor House

c. 1910, Photograph, B 14443

[General description] Victor Harbor House is a two storey stone building with wide verandahs and balconies. It was the first stone house in the township, built in 1863 as a boarding house for workers at the Port. It became Victor Harbor Hotel in 1927 when it was purchased by Mr. A.A. Edwards, M.P. who had the building renovated and extended, the cost being estimated at 25,000 pounds. The licence was transferred from the Finnis Vale Hotel at Second Valley.

River Inman, Victor Harbor

c. 1900, Photograph, B 14444

[General description] Newland Bridge over River Inman at Victor Harbor, built in 1863.

Victor Harbor

1879, Photograph, B 14960

[General description] Victor Harbor: Causeway to Granite Island which can be seen in the distance. There is moored shipping on the left which is difficult to see. [On back of photograph] 'Victor Harbor / December 1979 / Ships on extreme left of the view: 'Garnett' with smaller 'Queen of the South' alongside / Barge on the beach 'John Robb' used in breakwater construction'

Newland Memorial Church

1927, Photograph, B 15752

Newland Memorial Congregational Church, Victor Harbor. This original church was built in 1868 and was named in honour of the Reverend Ridgeway Newland who arrived in Encounter Bay with 34 settlers. After a fatal carriage accident Reverend Ridgeway Newland was buried beneath the pulpit in his chapel. His remains were later removed to the Victor Harbor cemetery. A new church was built in 1927 and the old church became the church hall.