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Opening the new railway at Willunga, South Australia,

Smith, W. S., 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/12

Celebrations at Willunga for the opening of the new railway, 20 January 1915; spectators watch as a ribbon is held across the track prior to the signal being given for the engine to run through the station and break the ribbon.

The new railway at Willunga, South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/14

The new railway stretching to Willunga in South Australia.

Visitors arriving at new slate dressing shed, Australian Slate Quarry, Willunga

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/23/215

Overhead view of a group of men visiting the new slate dressing shed at the Australian Slate Quarry (formerly the Bangor Quarry) at Willunga. A motor car and horse drawn vehicles are parked nearby.

Railway opening day at Willunga

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/75

Groups of spectators on their way by horse and trap across a bridge and ford to attend the opening of the railway at Willunga, South Australia.

Willunga railway opening day

1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/232

A large crowd attending the opening of the new railway at Willunga, South Australia.

A group of people at Willunga

c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/34/323

A group of men, women, and children standing in a slate quarry at Willunga, South Australia.

Slate quarry at Willunga

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/38/371

Part of the slate quarry at Willunga, South Australia, showing the offices and workshop, piles of slate, and the rail track used for transportation; a small group of visitors stand in the foreground near a motor car and horse drawn vehicles.

Work beginning on the Willunga railway line, South Australia

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/391

Railway construction workers and horse drawn wagons starting work on the Willunga railway line.

[Plan of] Extended Township of Willunga [cartographic material]

c. 1855, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/36

Plan of extended township of Willunga, showing St. John's Terrace, section numbers and dimensions of sections. The road to Encounter Bay and Yankalilla passes through the right hand end. (The area on this plan is now known as Willunga South.) Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Scale 2 inches to 6 chains. Stamped 30.6.[18]55. (Original on same sheet as map 35).

Sisters Maude, Kathleen and Rita Allen of Willunga

Hunt, E. G., c. 1910, Photograph, B 74167/1

Three sisters, Maude, Kathleen and Rita Allen photographed in an outdoor setting. All the young women are wearing hats. Photograph has been mounted on a postcard with photographers stamp: E. G. Hunt, Willunga. The sisters shortened names are written in pencil on the back.

Waverley Homestead, Willunga

1907, Photograph, B 74167/19

View of Waverley Homestead, Willunga, with a child standing at the front gate. [The photo appears in the book 'Willunga Town and District 1901-1925' (page 2); and online under the Waverley Homestead Conservation Plans, 2000, page 15.]

Willunga grandstand

Evans, Jim, 2012, Photograph, B 74256

Willunga grandstand, Willunga, South Australia.

Willunga grandstand

Evans, Jim, 2012, Photograph, B 74255

Willunga grandstand, Willunga, South Australia.

Willunga grandstand

Evans, Jim, 2012, Photograph, B 74257

Willunga grandstand, Willunga, South Australia.

Willunga grandstand

Evans, Jim, 2012, Photograph, B 74258

Willunga grandstand, Willunga, South Australia.

Raymond Scott

1952, Photograph, B 75362

Raymond Scott in the grounds of Willunga High School, aged 15 and a half. He was Willunga's representative in the Youth Travel programme, which ran 1951-1955 (excluding 1954), and sponsored by The Advertiser. Originated by the Herald Sun, Victoria, it was replicated in S.A. by The Advertiser's general manager Sir Lloyd Dumas. The youths, all male, were intended to be viewed as ambassadors for Australia, in Britain to attract migrants during the post-World War II period.