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Country south of Adelaide from O'Halloran Hill to Mt. Terrible including District C and portions of Districts B and D [cartographic material] / Surveyed by J. McLaren esqr., John Arrowsmith 10 Soho Square 1840

McLaren, J., 1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/28

Cadastral map of country south of Adelaide with relief shown by hachures. Shows land sections in Section C, north of Port Noarlunga to Aldinga Bay, and eastwards to the Willunga hills part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, including the section 258 on which Willunga was settled. Also includes part of Section B on the north side, from O'Halloran Hill, and Section D on the south, to Sellicks Beach. Land sections with occupiers' names are coloured.

Star of Greece Memorial

Helps, H. V., c. 1938, Photograph, B 7604

This memorial is in the grounds of the Uniting Church at Aldinga. It is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The text can be seen in a close up view in B 7605. [On back of photograph] 'Memorial erected at Aldinga to the memory of the lives lost at Port Willunga in the wreck of the 'Star of Greece' / July 1888 / 1838'.

Star of Greece Memorial

Helps, H. V., c. 1938, Photograph, B 7605

[General description] This is a close up of the memorial which was erected in the grounds of the Methodist (now Uniting) Church at Aldinga. The text reads: 'Erected by the residents of Aldinga and neighbourhood / To the memory of: Capt. H.R.Harrower; W.R. Waugh; R. Muir; F.C. Blackman; C. Irvine; W. Oermirch; H.J.R. Cork; G. Carder; F.C. Carter; D. Blair and A. Orson who lost their lives through the wreck of the 'Star of Greece' at Port Willunga, July 13th, 1888' [On back of photograph] 'Star of Greece' / Memorial / Aldinga 1938'.

Aldinga, White's Flour Mill

c. 1905, Photograph, B 13321

White's flour mill, Aldinga. This mill was owned by Samuel White and was used as a signal to passing ships from Melbourne to Port Adelaide. The price of wheat and flour was conveyed to the captains of these ships. The tower was 40 - 50 feet high. A watch was also made for the ship "Aldinga" which was owned by Mr White. The mill was built in 1844 and used for milling local wheat which was exported from Port Willunga. The chimney was demolished in 1908. See B 7455

Railway Station, Brighton

c. 1914, Photograph, B 19653

Brighton Railway Station, Beach Road. Horse and carriage tethered out the front. The first train to Brighton on the Adelaide to Willunga line occurred on 24 November 1913.

Memorial, Crystal Brook

1932, Photograph, B 8470

Soldiers' Memorial, Crystal Brook dedicated on April 7, 1922 to remember those who died in service in World War I. The rotunda cost one thousand pounds, is pagoda style with eight marbe columns and has a Willunga slate roof.

Glandore

c. 1884, Photograph, B 24161

Toleman's Forest Inn - horses and buggys and penny farthing cycles assembled outside. The Inn was a stopping place for travellers to Willunga. Mr. Toleman had the Licence of the Inn for two years, 1884 and 1885. It was delicensed, probably in 1909 when B.J. Conroy was licensee.

Noarlunga

c. 1901, Photograph, B 11453

View at Noarlunga showing "HorseShoe Hotel. The hotel was first licensed in 1840, only four years after the settlement of South Australia. Originally the hotel had shingles on the roof but later the facade was changed by the erection of a parapet. The hotel provided a welcome stop for the Cobb and Co. coaches and bullock teams en route for Willunga. The photograph shows the hotel which also provided stabling and stock yards

Railway Camp, Pedler's Creek

c. 1913, Photograph, B 24143

Willunga Railway Camp at Pedler's Creek.

George Witherage Cotton

Scott-Barry, Walter, c. 1880, Photograph, B 6319

George Witherage Cotton 1821-1892 was a carpenter at Willunga, shop owner on Hindmarsh Island, land agent, land reformer, Member of the Upper House (which he entered aged 61), Methodist lay preacher. As a land agent he bought land for Prince Alfred College and was secretary of the school in it's first 20 years. His pamphlet 'Small Holdings, the Mainstay of Individuals and Nations' published in Adelaide in 1888 shows his views on working men's blocks schemes. Another entitled 'The Obligations of a Civil Government' shows his belief in putting people on the land thus providing a comfortable life for them.

William Mahood

c. 1860, Photograph, B 17857

Mr. William Mahood: Founder of Waterloo Township. According to a researcher, he was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1821 to John Mahood and Catherine Wallace Mahood. Arrived in S.A. in 1840 on 'Mary Dugdale'. Lived Willunga, Gawler, Stockwell, Gumeracha, Marrabel, Waterloo S.A., then Broken Hill, then Cue W.A. Married Jane Smith. They had 9 children. Died Cue 1901.

Reverend James Way

Marchant, P. J., c. 1875, Photograph, B 11233

Reverend James Way was asked to form a Bible Christian Mission in Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850. The first chapel seating 160 was erected at Bowden. Other churches were established including Yankalilla, Normanville, Finniss Vale, Peachey Belt, Willunga, Findon and the City Chapel in Young Street. He retired after fifty years of dedicated service to the people of South Australia. He was the father of Samuel James Way

Reverend James Way

c. 1870, Photograph, B 11234

Reverend James Way was asked to form a Bible Christian Mission in Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850. The first chapel seating 160 was erected at Bowden. Other churches were established including Yankalilla, Normanville, Finniss Vale, Peachey Belt, Willunga, Findon and the City Chapel in Young Street. He retired after fifty years of dedicated service to the people of South Australia. He was the father of Samuel James Way

Reverend James Way

Niesche, Charles, 1884, Photograph, B 11235

Reverend James Way : medallion portrait. Reverend James Way was asked to form a Bible Christian Mission in Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in 1850. The first chapel seating 160 was erected at Bowden. Other churches were established including Yankalilla, Normanville, Finniss Vale, Peachey Belt, Willunga, Findon and the City Chapel in Young Street. He retired after fifty years of dedicated service to the people of South Australia. He was the father of Samuel James Way

King William Street

c. 1864, Photograph, B 9423

King William Street, east side looking towards Government House Gate House. Many horse drawn carriages and carts are standing on either side of King William Street. The photograph shows the elegant loggia: a covered open sided walkway with arches along one side which stood beside the main gates. The building was stuccoed and rendered, with a roof of Willunga slate. This loggia was later demolished in 1920's when the road was widened.

Christ Church, North Adelaide

c. 1870, Photograph, B 1942

Christ Church and parsonage, west side of Palmer Place, North Adelaide. Built of limestone mined from Palmer Place, and roofed with slates from Willunga, this Norman style church was opened on the 20th December, 1849, by Bishop Augustus Short.

Bonython Hall

State Library of South Australia, c. 1937, Photograph, B 7034

[General description] This gothic style building, gifted to the University of Adelaide by Sir (John) Langdon Bonython is of Murray Bridge limestone, with roof slates from Willunga quarries. Architect was Walter Hervey Bagot [On backof photograph] 'North Terrace east, north side / April 22, 1937 / Bonython Hall, western side / Hall erected on vacant site / completed 1936 / For view of front of Hall see B 6975 / For measurements giving exact site of hall see B 6945'.

Lieutenant John Snoswell

c. 1865, Photograph, B 53900

PORTRAIT: Lieutenant John Snoswell whilst serving at Willunga; he arrived in South Australia in 1836 on the "Africaine".

James Bailey Bassett

Fruhling Studio, c. 1900, Photograph, B 55417/50

PORTRAIT: James Bailey Bassett (born 1883), grandson of an early school teacher at Willunga (also named James Bailey Bassett).

McLaren Vale Congregational Church

1974, Photograph, B 55417/97

McLAREN VALE: Congregational Church which has a roof of Willunga slate.

Caroline Lasscock

1887, Photograph, B 55417/115

PORTRAIT: Caroline Lasscock, the daughter of Thomas and Rose Lasscock who owned a saddler's business in the main street of Willunga. Caroline married Herbert Allen.

Mount Jagged near Mount Compass

c. 1920, Photograph, B 55417/178

MOUNT COMPASS: Mt. Jagged, near Mt. Compass where timber was obtained for the legs of the steam crane at Bangor Slate Quarry, Willunga.

Pedler Creek train derailment

1926, Photograph, B 55417/186

PEDLER CREEK: A train derailment, on the 15th January 1926, taken by a N.S.W. passenger. Harry Prior of Willunga was the guard on the train.

Pedler Creek train derailment

1926, Photograph, B 55417/187

PEDLER CREEK: A train derailment, on the 15th January 1926, taken by a N.S.W. passenger. Harry Prior of Willunga was the guard on the train.