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North Terrace, Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1878, Photograph, B 9179

[General description] Looking along North Terrace east with houses and commercial premises on the right and the South Australian Institute building on the left side of the road which is lined with trees and white picket fencing. The spire of Scots Church is seen in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 20,21 / North Terrace East / Looking east from a point a little west of Kintore Avenue / 1878- 1884 / The near side of G. & R. Wills' premises (on right) is 63 yards east of Gawler Place'.

Sheep Sale Yards, Adelaide

Rawlings, 1914, Photograph, B 259

Sheep sale yards in the Parklands near the corner of West and North Terraces. Situated immediately north of Acre 1.

Sheep Sale Yards, Adelaide

Rawlings, c. 1914, Photograph, B 271

Sheep sale yards, near the corner of North and West Terraces. Situated immediately north of Acre 1.

Victoria Square

c. 1875, Photograph, B 3668

[General description] A panoramic view of Victoria Square with its formal gardens and post-and-rails fencing and the city buildings beyond. Prominent are the General Post Office on the left and the Treasury Buildings and Town Hall on the right. [On back of photograph] 'Victoria Square / with Acres 270, 267, 238, 303 / looking north / 1875-79'.

Victoria Square

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1883, Photograph, B 4185

[General description] Civic buildings including the Post Office, Town Hall and Treasury Buildings form a backdrop to the Victoria Square Gardens where two men pose for the photographer. At this time there is a metal fence around the square which predates the later wrought iron railings. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 236 and 237 / Victoria Square looking north towards the Post Office and the Town Hall'.

Victoria Square

c. 1905, Photograph, B 16393/53

Victoria Square looking north across towards the General Post Office and the Town Hall. The statue of Queen Victoria can be seen in the middle of the road through the centre of Victoria Square. The offices on the right hand side of the square are situated on Acre 303.

Waterworks Valve House

1937, Photograph, B 9930

Waterworks Valve House on the corner of Dequetteville and North Terrace. Contained control valves for the city supply of water from Thorndon Park and Hope Valley Reservoirs. Erected in 1857. In 1974 the Engineering and Water Supply Department decided to transfer its operations elsewhere. The Valve House was relocated and rebuilt using the original materials. This was completed 6 December 1982 and the structure is the only reminder of the workshops and works depot which once covered 3.5 acres. The building in the photograph shows a uniquely shaped structure of bluestone with brick quions with diamond shaped latticed glass in the windows. The front part of the building is octagonal and an ornate drinking fountain stands outside. The whole property is surrounded by a white picket fence set into brick pillars on a low wall.

Sailing Ship 'Zebra'

c. 1860, Photograph, B 15527

Sailing ship 'Zebra'. She departed Altona, Hamburg on the 12th August, 1838, arriving at Port Misery, South Australia on the 28th December, 1838. Information taken from SA Memory website states that: 'The Zebra was a three masted ship, built in 1818 and weighing 350 tons, owned by J Dede of Altona, Germany. This artwork has been attributed to Jacob Boettger. He has paid attention to fine details of the vessel including sails, rigging and hull. The work was possibly painted from a model or from drawings of building plans of similar vessels, or perhaps the actual vessel as Boettger lived and worked in Altona. Painstaking measures have been employed to make finely detailed points including sails, rigging and ropes. The artist's interpretation of the work has a focus on the detail of the vessel itself and the sea lacks embellishment. Boettger made many maritime paintings usually depictig the vessels in profile and under full sail. Danish Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn, as captain brought a group of almost 200 'Old Lutherans' to Adelaide aboard his ship the Zebra in 1838. In South Australia, Hahn assisted this group to obtain 150 acres of land near Mount Barker from William Hampden Dutton. In gratitude the people named the settlement after him - Hahndorf. The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia.'

General Post Office, Adelaide

c. 1950, Photograph, B 63149

The Adelaide General Post Office on the corner of Franklin Street and King William Street, looking north along King William Street with the Town Hall clock tower on the right.

Choir and orchestra in Adelaide Town Hall

1923, Photograph, B 63559

Adelaide Harmony Society choir and Norwood Wesley Choir at the Adelaide Town Hall for a rehearsal for Handel's Messiah which was performed over two evenings on 13 & 15 December 1923. The conductor was Samuel Gould, the leader of the orchestra Sylvia Whitington and the 1st cellist Harold Parsons. This was the first time the work had been performed in its entirety in Australia.

Pirie Street, Adelaide

c. 1900, Photograph, B 63828

The intersection of Pirie Street and King William Street in Adelaide; the premises of E.J. Wivell Jnr 'Ecole de Dance' in Eagle Chambers is on the corner. Edmund Jerome Wivell, son of Edward James Wivell, operated from this location during 1899 and 1900.

Supreme Court, Angas Street

Summers, Charles, c. 1850, Artwork, B 63896

Pencil and watercolour drawing of the premises of the Supreme Court, Angas Street, Adelaide.

Bank of New South Wales, Adelaide

c. 1950, Artwork, B 64096

An artist's impression of the new premises of the Bank of New South Wales on the east side of King William Street, Adelaide.

Globe Dining Rooms Hindley Street

c. 1905, Photograph, B 53933

The Globe Dining Rooms, 21 Hindley Street. Alice Jerrems operated the rooms from 1901 to 1922. Born Alice Kearns on 9/8/1870, Alice and her second husband Arthur had one daughter, Edith in 1897. Alice died on the 17 September 1936 and is buried in West Terrace Cemetery. (see Advertiser 18.9.1936 pg.16).

Fans welcoming 'The Beatles'

1964, Photograph, B 54233

John Lennon looking over the balcony of the Adelaide Town Hall at the crowd gathered to welcome 'The Beatles' in June 1964.

Bob Francis with 'The Beatles'

1964, Photograph, B 54234

Media personality Bob Francis with "The Beatles" addressing the crowd gathered outside the Adelaide Town Hall. Left to right: Jimmy Nicol, Paul McCartney, Bob Francis, George Harrison (obscured), John Lennon.

East End Market Hotel

State Library of South Australia, c. 1988, Photograph, B 56468

ACRE 32: The backyard, East End Market Hotel.

Demolition of Prospect House, North Adelaide

Andre, Roger, 1966, Photograph, B 57179

Demolition of Prospect House, Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide.

Wine grapes grown at Gawler Park

Ball, R. H., c. 1895, Photograph, B 57371/77

ANGASTON: Wine grapes grown at Gawler Park which yielded 12 tons per acre.

Scots Church, Adelaide

Adamson, J. H., 1854, Artwork, B 57703

Scots Church, corner of Pulteney Street and North Terrace: a watercolour by James Hazel Adamson showing the church without its spire. The artwork is an illustration in a volume titled 'The Essayist' in the Presbyterian Church record group (SRG 123/784).

Construction of the new A.M.P. building

c. 1968, Photograph, B 57865

Construction of a new building on the south west corner of King William Street and North Terace. The old AMP building occupies the centre of the view and the CML building is seen on the extreme left. In the foreground is the Boer War Memorial statue. For views of the buildings which were demolished for this project, see B 1576 [the E,S&A Bank] and B 22808 [Gresham Hotel].