Wallaroo

c. 1909, Photograph, B 4434

[General description] Panoramic view over Wallaroo's streets, shops, houses and gardens with glimpses of the sea in the distance. The masts of two moored ships can be seen. [On back of photograph] 'Wallaroo looking west from the Town Hall / 1909-11'.

Presbyterian Church, Wallaroo

c. 1932, Photograph, B 8148

[General description] The Presbyterian Church at Wallaroo was designed in the Italian Gothic style by architect W. Lewis. The foundation stone was laid by the Reverend Ralph Drummond on the 12th September, 1864. The church was opened approximately a year later.

Smelting Chimney, Wallaroo

1937, Photograph, B 9908

Smelting Chimney, Wallaroo. The other parts of the smelting works were demolished between 1923 and 1936. The initials WWH (faintly visible on front of chimney are those of Captain WW Hughes, one of the principal owners of the Wallaroo Mine. Chimney now used as a shipping beacon. The height of the chimney was increased considerably in approximately 1908.

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.