Wallaroo

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 10629

[General description] General view of Wallaroo showing men with piles of stacked timber in the foreground with township buildings in the distance. They are probably working on railway or jetty construction. [On back of photograph] 'Owen Terrace, Wallaroo / Probably in the eighteen seventies.

Wheat Stack, Wallaroo

c. 1904, Photograph, B 11522

Wheat stack at Wallaroo. Bagged wheat was first shipped from Wallaroo during the 1870's, Large wheat stacks remained a presence in the town, especially after the harvest. In July 1917 the stacks contained 2,500,000 bags of grain

Wallaroo Jetty

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 11711

Wallaroo Jetty. (Sweet Adelaide 804). Wallaroo had three jetties and was South Australia's second busiest port. During the gradual change from sail to steam both kinds of vessels were in port at the same time and a large population was needed to manually handle the loading and unloading of goods

Presbyterian church, Wallaroo

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12118

Presbyterian Church, Wallaroo. The foundation stone for St Andrews Presbyterian Church was laid in September 1864 by the Reverend Ralph Drummond. The Italian Gothic style church was opened a year later

Wallaroo Phospate Co

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12119

Wallaroo Phosphate Company Ltd. Phosphate rock for fertiliser was manufactured at Wallaroo from 1900. It was one of the largest inward cargoes. It was used for the local farms. It was situated near Charles Terrace

Wallaroo Town Hall

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12121

Wallaroo Town Hall was built in 1902 and destroyed by fire in 1917. It was rebuilt in 1918 and a memorial arch was erected in front of the Town Hall to honour the men from the town who lost their lives in World War I

Wallaroo Smelters

c. 1907, Photograph, B 12122

Wallaroo Smelters were constructed in 1861 by the owners of the Wallaroo Mine to process the ore from there and from the Moonta Mine. The smelting works were at one time the largest smelter outside Swansea in Wales. The mines and smelters were closed down in 1923.

Wallaroo Smelting Works

c. 1910, Photograph, B 12380

Wallaroo Smelting Works began operation in 1861. After the Moonta & Wallaroo mines closed in 1923, the smelters operated at a reduced capacity until 1926. The smelting works is an extensive complex of buildings with numerous chimneys.

Wallaroo Smelting Works

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12770

Weighing refined copper, Wallaroo Smelting works.

Wallaroo Smelting Works

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12773

Travelling crane, Wallaroo Smelting Works. The coal gantry towers over the railway tracks

Wallaroo Jetty

c. 1890, Photograph, B 15985

Wallaroo jetty. The jetty, built in 1861, replaced a landing stage where copper was shipped to other ports. Wallaroo is a deep water port which enabled ships to moor directly along side the jetties. Wheat and wool were also exported and coal, mining necessities, timbers for the jetties, potatoes were imported.

Wheat ships, Wallaroo

c. 1890, Photograph, B 17467/1

Wheat ships, Wallaroo.

Wheat ships, Wallaroo

c. 1890, Photograph, B 17467/2

Wheat ships, Wallaroo.

Railway Station, Wallaroo

c. 1920, Photograph, B 18010

Wallaroo Railway Station with a V class locomotive pulling a passenger train on a 3'6" railway.

Wallaroo Mill

c. 1918, Photograph, B 20116

Wallaroo Mill destroyed by fire. There were fires at the Wallaroo Mill in October 1918 and January 1920.

Town Hall, Wallaroo

c. 1910, Photograph, B 20117

Town Hall, Wallaroo.

Old Railway Station at Wallaroo

c. 1915, Photograph, B 20120

Two men outside the early stone railway station at Wallaroo.

Old Post Office, Wallaroo

c. 1880, Photograph, B 21086

Old Post Office at Wallaroo.

Wallaroo Hockey Club

c. 1914, Photograph, B 22088

Wallaroo Hockey Club.

Wallaroo Hockey Team

c. 1905, Photograph, B 22089

First Hockey Team at Wallaroo.

Flinders Memorial, Wallaroo

1956, Photograph, B 25775

Flinders Memorial, Wallaroo.

Wallaroo Jetty

1910, Photograph, B 26195

Hydraulic lift at Wallaroo jetty.

Loading Wheat, Wallaroo

c. 1920, Photograph, B 27677

Loading wheat at Wallaroo.

Masonic Hall, Wallaroo

c. 1910, Photograph, B 35617

Masonic Hall at Wallaroo.

Wallaroo Jetty

c. 1900, Photograph, B 35621

Steamship "Wandara"at Wallaroo jetty.

Wallaroo Schoolchildren

c. 1921, Photograph, B 35622

Wallaroo Grade 3 schoolchildren.

Wallaroo Jetty

c. 1900, Photograph, B 36091

Ships at Wallaroo jetty.

Wallaroo Jetty

1916, Photograph, B 45163

View of Wallaroo jetty with the ship S.S. Wandana.

Regatta Day, Wallaroo

c. 1900, Photograph, B 46261

Crowded jetty on Regatta Day, Wallaroo.

Regatta Day, Wallaroo

c. 1900, Photograph, B 46260

Crowded beach on Regatta Day, Wallaroo. There are two versions of this photo: B 46260 which was copied from a print lent to the Library in 1987; B 46260A was donated in 2019. There are subtle differences between the two although they were clearly taken on the same day and from the same spot.

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