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Life-Rocket Competition
Competition between Normanville and Victor Harbor for life-rocket practice.
Whitehead Family
Members of the Whitehead family of Point McLeay; Mrs Florence Pearce sitting centre.
Sketches of South Australia
Two small sketchbooks (B 63457/1 and B 63457/2) of 16 accomplished drawings comprising a total of approximately 15 complete sketches and 5 preliminary drawings in pencil on paper and including two watercolour drawings of landscapes, farmhouses, cottages, lakes, and coastal views in South Australia, attributed to J. M. Whitfield [Mrs Janet Whitfield nee Simpson, who died in 1884, aged 58]. Some of the items have been titled (B 63457/1) 'On Lake Alexandrina, Pomonda in the distance', Wellington Lodge, from the east', 'Luilyl' and (B 63457/2) 'The Hermitage', 'Lake Amy', 'Sudings Hut at Lake Robe'. Illustrations include recognisable landmarks like the Bluff at Victor Harbor.
The Sanctuary
An avenue of trees in Botanic Park known as "The Sanctuary"; an original etching by J.C. Goodhart.
Sketches of South Australia
The second of two small sketchbooks of accomplished artworks comprising 6 pencil on paper drawings and including watercolour drawings of landscapes, farmhouses, cottages, lakes, and coastal views in South Australia, attributed to Mrs. J. M. Whitfield. Artworks include 'The Hermitage' (B 63457/2/1), 'Lake Amy' (B 63457/2/2) and 'Sudings Hut at Lake Robe' (B 63457/2/3). There are recognisable landmarks like the Bluff at Victor Harbor. See below for further details.
Roman Catholic church
The fine new Catholic church of St Barnabas Church, Strathalbyn was opened in 1911. The old St Barnabas Church was established in 1848 as part of the Mount Barker Parish that stretched from Victor Harbor to Meningie, Pinnaroo to Mount Pleasant to Glen Osmond. By 1901 Strathalbyn was a parish in its own right.
Locomotive and Engine shed
Locomotive and Engine shed, Strathalbyn. Class "N". The engine number is 53. The town was founded in 1839 and the Victor Harbor railway line was extended to Mount Barker via Strathalbyn in 1869 and to Adelaide in 1884
View of Encounter Bay
'View of the Company's fishing station and Cape Rosetta at Encounter Bay, South Australia / Taken from the Beach in 1838'. Delimited by Colonel Light, engraved by J. Grieve and published by J.C. Hailes, London. A note on the back indicates that the views of Encounter Bay were exhibited by Light, Finniss & Co. in August 1838.
Whaling Station
Whaling Station at Encounter Bay, and black snake drawn by Edward Snell on Christmas Day 1850. (Original sketches from Snell's diary held in State Library of Victoria's Australian Manuscripts Collection and published by that Library in 1988.).
Soldiers Memorial garden (Rose
Soldiers Memorial garden (Rose series P.9308).
Granite Island Jetty
View of Granite Island Jetty.
Granite Island Jetty
View of Granite Island Jetty.
Hindmarsh River
Hindmarsh River.
Kiosk on Granite Island
Kiosk on Granite Island.
Aerial view of Granite Island
Aerial view of Granite Island.
"Nature's Eye", Granite Island
"Nature's Eye" on Granite Island.
Jetty, Granite Island-
Jetty and tramway at Granite Island.
Flinders Tablet at the Bluff
Flinders tablet at the Bluff.
Crossman's Crossing
Crossman's Crossing, Glacier Rock.
Willunga
Willunga township looking towards Victor Harbor. The Police Station is on the left and the Post Office on the right. A horse and cart are crossing the road halfway up the hill.
Municipal Offices Yankalilla
The Municipal offices and Town Hall of the township of Yankalilla viewed on the right of the photograph. A sign above the building states 'Yankalilla District Board Room AD 1864'. A nearby signpost has directions to Victor Harbor, Adelaide, Second Valley and Normanville.
Yankalilla
Post Office at Yankalilla and a view along the Victor Harbor Road.
Jack Augustus
Jack Augustus Swede Sailor Jack. Jack Augustus was employed by Malen Rumbelow and Sons and was buried in Victor Harbor Cemetery
Mr and Mrs Pegleg Jones
Mr and Mrs Pegleg Jones, possibly from a whaling family residing near Victor Harbor. Mr Jones' wooden leg is visible.
Cain Jelliff and Alice Rumbelow
Cain Jelliff and Alice Rumbelow. The Rumbelows were a boating and fishing family residing in Victor Harbor. Cain Jelliff died in 1877, eight months before his nephew Cain Rumbelow was born. During the 112 day voyage to Australia it seems likely there was an onboard romance, for one of the sailors, Cain Jelliff, accompanied the family to Encounter Bay. Shortly after arriving in their new home their eldest daughter Alice married young seaman Cain Jelliff in the Encounter Bay Tabernacle Church.
Malen and Alice Rumbelow
Malen and Alice Rumbelow who arrived at Port Adelaide from England on 5 October 1854 and settled at Encounter Bay in January 1855 with their nine children. The Rumbelows were a boating and fishing family residing at Victor Harbor.
Malen Rumbelow
Malen Rumbelow junior, fisherman at Victor Harbor.
Rumbelow Family
Cabinet card portrait of the Rumbelow Family, a boating and fishing family residing in Victor Harbor, Malen and Mary Rumbelow with their adult children: Alice, Godfrey, Jane, Cain and Rose, seated: Malen junior, Malen, Mary, Henry and Grace. A researcher provided the following information: Cain Rumbelow would have been named after his uncle, Cain Jelliff, the husband of Alice Rumbelow, who died in 1877, eight months before Cain Rumbelow was born.
Ralph Wardle
Ralph Wardle: Came to Australia with his parents Michael and Mary Wardle on "Sir Charles Forbes" in 1839. Parents settled at Hindmarsh Valley near Victor Harbor. Ralph married Eliza Abbott 1857 and they had 10 children. Ralph was a farmer all his life, firstly at Hindmarsh Valley, then Nairne, and later at Hawker.
W. A. L. Wolter
Wilhelm Adolph Ludwig Wolter (of the River Murray). Wilhelm Wolter, Master Mariner, arrived at Port Adelaide aboard the brigantine 'Adolph' from Hamburg in 1863. He died at Victor Harbor in 1933. He was a pioneer on the River Murray Steamers with 53 years experience. He was born at St Pauli, suburb of Hamburg and served in windjammers and vessels on the Indian coast and later sailers in the South Australian trade. He led an adventurous life before landing at Port Adelaide in 1863. On arrival he worked as a mason before venturing to Goolwa to work on Murray Steamers. He became a Captain and owned the steamer 'Pilot'.