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Thomas Wood : SUMMARY RECORD
Selection of watercolour paintings by amateur artist, Thomas Wood, featuring scenes of Hahndorf, Port Augusta, Salt Creek near Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, Calicalinga (Carrickalinga), Mount Barker, Wallaroo, Willunga and Noarlunga. Also included is a biographical note on the Wood family (Thomas, Thomas Percy and Rex) prepared by Ian Maidment of the Hill-Smith Gallery, a family tree prepared by Chris Hughes, the sale brochure from the gallery and Adam Dutkiewicz's article from the Advertiser 6 June 2003 about the exhibition.
From Back of Rectory Willunga (Watercolour)
This work depicts a rural scene at Willunga looking 'From Back of Rectory'. It was painted 30 November, 1904 and is part of a selection of watercolour paintings by amateur artist, Thomas Wood, featuring scenes of Hahndorf, Port Augusta, Salt Creek near Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, Calicalinga (Carrickalinga), Mount Barker, Wallaroo, Willunga and Noarlunga. Wood chose to uniquely sign his work with a symbol consisting of a design based on his initials, rather than a signature as such. This work depicts specific details of the scene including three visible "fallow" labelled in pencil, indicating fertilised areas of ground. The work also features the homestead, nestled into the side of a hill slope. The artist has included a tiny pencil drawing of another structure in the distance, in the centre of the work. Wood has also included three head of cattle in the foreground to indicate scale and to represent the rural nature of the setting. The skyline is met by a bright blue coastline which is in contrast to the dryness of the landscape. Although an amateur, Wood has provided an acurate example of the geography of the Willunga area in the early 1900's.
Hahndorf (Watercolour)
This work depicts a scene at Hahndorf. It was painted 16 April, 1910 and is part of a selection of watercolour paintings by amateur artist, Thomas Wood, featuring scenes of Hahndorf, Port Augusta, Salt Creek near Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, Calicalinga (Carrickalinga), Mount Barker, Wallaroo, Willunga and Noarlunga. Instead of the unique signature symbol used in the work entitled 'From back of refectory' 1904, Wood has simply titled and dated this work. Wood attempts to create an ideal setting by limiting details to the bottom third section of the composition. A pencil line, where he has gauged the horizon, is still visible. This technique is used to intensify the scene. The eye is lead from the bottom left, where the fence begins to the centre of the path where two tiny figures stand. From there the path is followed to a low horizon line where eucalypts create a blue haze. In comparison to the two girls, the trees on either side of the path appear gigantic, which is indicative of the deeply wooded area around Hahndorf. The artist has consciously used techniques for creating distance and scale in this work and may be considered illustrative or contrived. However, the work is also a good example of what Hahndorf might have looked like in 1910, which is perhaps similar to how it appears now in some areas. The low horizon line extends to an atmosphere which further intensifies the tree canopy and the tiny figures below. Despite his amateur status as an artist, Wood has been able to illustrate a scene with conviction. Although an amateur, Wood has provided an acurate example of the geography of the Hahndorf area in the early 1900's.
Photographs of Presbyterian buildings, activities and people.
Collection of photographs of Presbyterian Church buildings activities and people.
Photographs of Presbyterian buildings, activities and people.
Collection of photographs of Presbterian Church buildings activities and people.
Photographs of the West family
Photographs of family members of the West family and extended family members. See below for further details.
William Steele
Hand-coloured studio portrait of William Steele as a baby. He is wearing a white lace dress and is seated on a chair with blue cushion and backrest. His face and the chair have been hand-coloured.
William Steele
Black and white portrait of businessman William Steele wearing a double breasted jacket with a tie, and white trousers and shoes. He is standing outdoors in a garden, next to a stone wall and collumn.
William Steele
Black and white portrait of businessman William Steele wearing a hat, and a coat over his suit. He is standing outdoors by a gate, under a hedge archway, and has a suitcase by his feet, a satchell over one shoulder, and is holding a walking cane in one hand.
William Steele and Bill Holder
Black and white portrait of businessman William Steele, wearing an open vest with his shirt and tie and decorative business shoes. He is sitting on a bench in a garden with his grandson, Bill Holder, eldest son of his daughter Violet.
William Steele at Mount Lofty Station
Black and white portrait of businessman William Steele wearing a double breasted jacket with a tie and suit, and a hat. He is holding a walking cane and a pipe in one hand. He is standing on the platform at the Mount Lofty railway station.
William Steele
Black and white portrait of businessman William Steele wearing a double breasted jacket with a tie, and white shoes. He is holding a walking cane and a white hat in one hand, and a pipe in the other. He is standing in a garden, underneath a tree, with a wooden bench behind him.
Railway Station, Brinkworth
Railway Station, Brinkworth in the mid north of South Australia north of Clare. The town was named after an early landowner George Brinkworth and was settled in 1860 with the town being laid in 1892. The railway went through Brinkworth to Gladstone with junction lines to Snowtown, Kadina and Wallaroo.
Bundaleer Station
The woolshed on Bundaleer Station, owned at this time by C.B.Fisher. Horse teams are preparing to take wagon loads of wool bales to the nearest port, possibly Wallaroo.
Kadina
[General description] Panoramic view from a high point showing Kadina town buildings and businesses, the main focus being along Taylor Street. The Savings Bank of South Australia is seen on the right. In the centre of the view is the Palace Billiard Hall. [On back of photograph] 'Taylor Street Kadina, looking west with the Wallaroo Mines in the background'.
Kadina
Graves Street looking west, Exchange Hotel on the right and Ideal Picture Theatre on left. Kadina was founded to provide homes for miners at the nearby Wallaroo Copper Mine. The mines attracted many miners from Cornwall. The buildings in Kadina are colonial and federation style. The name Kadina was derived from the Narungga word Kadiyinya meaning Lizard Plain. The Ideal Picture Theatre was in operation from 1921. The (Royal) Exchange Hotel was in existence from 1861 and at the time of the photograph the proprietor was Gordon Hillier Jacob.
Church, Kadina
[On back of photograph] 'Recently erected Roman Catholic Church (Sacred Heart), opened by the Archbishop of Adelaide (Dr. Killian) on May 23rd 1937 / The building cost approximately 4,439 pounds / Note by Mr. O. Pryor 'The Church is built from Boor's Plains limestone taken from walls of Elder's Pumping Engine House, Wallaroo Mines after Mines closed in 1923' / Reproduced in the Advertiser for May26, 1937'.
Wandilta Mine, Kadina
"Wandilta Mine" was abandoned in 1870 because of exhaustion of ore bodies above water level, due to diamond drilling by the Mines Department in 1907 was re-opened by the Government and worked as a state enterprise until c.1912. A note on the baclk of the photograph says "Wandilta Mine, a mile or so east of Kadina, was discovered in the 1860's. Exhaustion of known ore bodies above water level led to the abandonment of the property which reverted to the State in 1870. "Geology of Moonta and Wallaroo" by R Lockhart Jack, 1917. As a result of diamond drilling by the Mines Department begun in 1907 the mine was re-opened by the Government and worked as a state enterprise until c.1912"
Wandilta Mine, Kadina
Surface installations, Wandilta mine, Kadina. "Wandilta Mine" was abandoned in 1870 because of exhaustion of ore bodies above water level, due to diamond drilling by the Mines Department in 1907 was re-opened by the Government and worked as a state enterprise until c.1912. A note on the baclk of the photograph says "Wandilta Mine, a mile or so east of Kadina, was discovered in the 1860's. Exhaustion of known ore bodies above water level led to the abandonment of the property which reverted to the State in 1870. "Geology of Moonta and Wallaroo" by R Lockhart Jack, 1917. As a result of diamond drilling by the Mines Department begun in 1907 the mine was re-opened by the Government and worked as a state enterprise until c.1912"
Kadina
Taylor Street with Wallaroo Mines in background.
Kadina
View of the township from the Wallaroo Mines.
Grain carting, Kadina
Carting grain by horsedrawn wagon (Mr William Harris of Hector Plains with his team) for shipping from Wallaroo.
Price family, Paskeville
John Cleft Price and Anne Elizabeth Price (nee Baynes) with their 13 children; Rubina (born 1889), Roy (1891), Elizabeth (1893), Arnold (1895), Leland (1896), Marcus (1898), Clement (1900), Gladys (1902), William (1904), John (1906), Ralph (1908), Melva (1910) and Jack (1912). John Cleft Price was a resident of Paskeville between 1887 and 1952, being variously described as a Butcher, Baker and Storekeeper and from 1919 as a Justice of the Peace. He was a Councillor for Kulpara and Kadina District Councils.
Kadina
Distant view taken from the top of 100' dump at Old Wallaroo copper mine. The shaft was over 4000ft deep and closed down in 1912.
Moonta Railway Station
[General description] A train is stationary in the yard at the Moonta Railway Station. A man, maybe the engineer is standing on the cowcatcher of the locomotive. The railway station building was designed by architect Alfred McBain Bonython and erected by Gambling & Son in 1909. It was one of several built to the same design by at Penola, Tailem Bend, Wallaroo and Murray Bridge.
Yelta Mine, Moonta
[General description] This is a copy of an illustrated article appearing in 'The Peoples' Weekly', Moonta dated 24-9-27. It shows the surface installation, Yelta Mine, Moonta. The man in the foreground is Captain Thomas Cowling. [On back of photograph} The text of the article reads: Shortly after Ryan's discovery in June 1861 on Captain Hughes' Warrilka run, overlooking Moonta Bay, the Yelta Mining Company was formed. Mr Frederick Wright, manager of the National Bank in Adelaide, was elected Chairman of Directors, and early in the following year rich ore was being sent to Wallaroo for shipment to the E. & A. Company's smelting works at Port Adelaide. Mr. J.L. Tuxford, of the North Terrace Implement Yard, a large shareholder, was sent up to supervise operations. His stay was short and Collingwood Kitto, a Victorian manager, accompanied by his brothers, Robert K. and Richard, took charge. He was succeeded by Captain Anthony and the part shown in the illustration was then opened up. Two years afterwards Captain Thomas Cowling took charge, and in February 1871 the first engine was set going and worked continuously until early in 1878, when operations ceased following a slump in the copper market. In 1885 the Bickford Syndicate bought out the company and the late Richard Cowling, who at that time was in charge of the Hamley, was put in command. In the illustration the figure in the foreground with the high hat is that of the late Captain Thomas Cowling, who died in January 1899. Perhaps some of the old Moonta Residents may recognise others who appear in the photograph, taken by Duryea'
Penola Railway Station
[General description] Penola Railway Station. It was one of several built to the same design by architect Alfred McBain Bonython at Moonta, Tailem Bend, Wallaroo and Murray Bridge. Railway officials stand in front of the building.
Port Adelaide
Panoramic view, possibly from Wallaroo- Mt. Lyell Fertilisers Ltd. roof at Port Adelaide.
"R.M.S. Rupara", Port Lincoln
[General description] The R.M.S. 'Rupara' at Port Lincoln. She has steam coming from her funnel and flags flying from her rigging. She was a steel single screw steamship built in 1906 by Leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne, Newcastle. She was designed for the Spencer Gulf trade, Adelaide - Port Lincoln in an express passenger and mail service. She steamed from Port Lincoln, across the Spencer Gulf to Wallaroo, and returned to Port Adelaide via Port Lincoln. [On back of photograph] "S.S. Rupara' / At Port Lincoln / 1907'.
Railway to Harbour
Railway to Port Lincoln harbour. 3'6" Y class wagons. A researcher suggests that this could be Thevenard, Port Lincoln or Wallaroo.