Willunga • Find • State Library of South Australia

Australian Slate Quarries at Willunga

c. 1880, Photograph, B 55417/204

WILLUNGA: General view of Australian Slate Quarries.

Australian Slate Quarries at Willunga

1920, Photograph, B 55417/205

WILLUNGA: General view of the quarry face at the Australian Slate Quarries.

Australian Slate Quarries at Willunga

1925, Photograph, B 55417/206

WILLUNGA: The steam crane, at Australian Slate Quarries is being relocated. The crane was situated on the quarry floor before being moved to the top of the quarry face.

Australian Slate Quarries at Willunga

1922, Photograph, B 55417/207

WILLUNGA: The small hand crane was used at the Australian Slate Quarries to prepare the site for the installation of a steam crane.

Australian Slate Quarries at Willunga

1922, Photograph, B 55417/210

WILLUNGA: Workers installing a steam crane on the top of the quarry face. The crane had previously been on the quarry floor.

Willunga Railway Station

1969, Photograph, B 55417/257

WILLUNGA: The railway station.

Men standing in front of their cars, Willunga

Boyle, Leonard Stanley, 1926, Photograph, B 69784

Two men stand in front of their cars on a street in Willunga, May 1926.

Port Willunga coastline

Smith, Roger, 2009, Photograph, B 71154

The coastline at Port Willunga in the late afternoon, 14 March 2009.

Alma Hotel, Willunga

Brooker, William Charles, c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 1316/12/500

Two women and a man standing near a motor vehicle in front of the Alma Hotel in Willunga.

Bassett's School House, Willunga

Ragless, Margaret E., 1985, Photograph, PRG 1631/104/71

Barrett's School House at Willunga. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1631/104.

Delabole Slate Quarry

Ragless, Margaret E., 1976, Photograph, PRG 1631/104/215

View of the Delabole Slate Quarry, near Willunga. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1631/104.

Lover's Bridge, Willunga

c. 1916, Photograph, B 24132

View looking across Lover's Bridge, Willunga.

Bangor Slate Quarries, Willunga

c. 1906, Photograph, B 24135

A view of Bangor State Quarries at Willunga, more commonly known as Australian Slate Quarries [copy of this photograph at B 55417/59].

Willunga Cheer-up group

Goode, L. H., c. 1916, Photograph, B 74167/21

A group of women identified as the 'Cheer-up Group, Willunga'.

Martin's Slate Quarry, Willunga

c. 1880, Photograph, B 24133

A view of the workers at Martin's State Quarry at Willunga. Thomas Martin is the man in the frock coat, was the owner of the quarry [copy of this photograph at B 55417/69].

Large two storey house in Willunga

c. 1910, Photograph, B 74167/9

A large two storey house with a corner verandah and a balcony above. Groups of people sit on both levels: three young women and a young man are on the balcony, and three adults and three young children are on the verandah. The house is large and stately with ornate lace work around the balcony and verandah and a garden. Written on the back of the photo: Willunga House.

Martin's Slate Quarry, Willunga

c. 1891, Photograph, B 24134

A view of the workers at Martin's State Quarry at Willunga, operated by Thomas Martin [copy of this photograph at B 55417/67].

Aerial photographs of the city of Onkaparinga : Port Willunga

Jones, Daryl, 2007, Photograph, B 75769/1-10

Aerial views of Port Willunga, in the city of Onkaparinga, South Australia, including views of the coast and cliffs along the beach, and surrounding fields.

Wllunga Public School

c. 1887, Photograph, B 24112

Willunga Public School children and teachers. The school was opened by Governor Jervois in 1877 and Thomas Noye was first Head-Master.

Buckland House School

c. 1875, Photograph, B 24152

Buckland House School - Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bassett, Miss Nesbitt (Assistant) and pupils.

Coach that ran between Adelaide and Willunga

c. 1913, Photograph, B 4988

[General description] The Adelaide to Willunga coach is drawn by a team of five horses, the passengers seated on the outside of the coach in tiers. Mail bags hang from the side of the vehicle. The driver is Walter Branson and Frank Aldam is second from the right. The service operated between Adelaide and Willunga and was disbanded following the opening of the railway in 1915. [On back of photograph] 'Reproduced in the 'Observer', July 7, 1928 / Last coach to run between Adelaide and Willunga / December 31, 1913'.

The 'Star of Greece'

Gregory, G. F., c. 1888, Artwork, B 12016

Artwork depicts the 'Star of Greece', breaking up close to the shore at Port Willunga. The artist has included figures on the beach in the foreground, and others being washed in to shore along with fragments of the ship. Escarpment and jetty are illustrated in the distance to the left.