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Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Military Barracks

1925, Photograph, B 61788/69

Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : View of the Military Barracks, Adelaide.

Gateway to the Mounted Police Barracks

c. 1933, Photograph, B 69912

The gateway to the Mounted Police Barracks (behind the Art Gallery).

Men at the Thebarton Police Barracks

c. 1920, Photograph, B 31061

Group of men, pictured outside the Police Barracks at Thebarton, ca.1920. Back row (from left): P.B.Judd, J.Buttfield, Geo. Smith, A.Sprigg, H.Ward. Middle row (from left): D.Wedding, W.Partridge, A.Mertin, C.Ford, Trebilcock, P.Thornton. Front row (from left): P.F.Kain, Penny, Foggarty, J.Hilton, unidentified. Man standing in doorway is Mounted Constable Gordon.

Parade in front of police barracks

Paterson & Goldsmith, c. 1899, Photograph, PRG 1364/1/8

Militia on parade outside the Police Barracks in Adelaide.

'Old Mounted Police Barracks'

c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 287/1/2/64

The Old Mounted Police Barracks at the back of the South Australian Museum on North Terrace in Adelaide. The building has twin eaves with a balcony on the first floor and a single staircase leading down to the courtyard. The right-hand side of of the structure has since been demolished.

'Old Barracks Gateway'

c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 287/1/2/65

Sandstone and red brick arch, which is the gateway to the Old Mounted Police Barracks situated on North Terrace behind the South Australian Museum and Art Gallery. Buildings of the Destitute Asylum and a long picket fence can be seen through the gateway.

Old buildings at the Old Police Barracks - Adelaide

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 287/1/9/76

Old brick building forming part of the Old Police Barracks on North Terrace, Adelaide. Part of the detached building has been demolished leaving an exposed doorway and chimney.

'Old Police Barracks' - Adelaide

c. 1947, Photograph, PRG 287/1/14/85

A man walking through the archway entering the Old Police Barracks behind the Museum on North Terrace in Adelaide.

Administrative Staff at Keswick barracks

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/182

'The Administrative Staff at Keswick, photographed in front of the barracks.' This photo appeared in 'The Observer', Saturday 17 May 1919, page 28, under the heading 'Military Headquarters in South Australia'. Seated in the 3rd row from front are: Colonel F.J.D. Darvall (11th from left); Captain Somerville (13th from right); and Lieutenant Watson (7th from right).

Army headquarters at Keswick, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/10/110

Premises of the Commonwealth Army offices and barracks at Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia.

Medal presentation at Keswick Barracks, South Australia

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/9

Distant view of Sir Henry Galway, Governor of South Australia, presenting war decorations to military personnel at Keswick Barracks, near Adelaide; the Governor's open motor car is parked in the foreground.

Medal recipients, Keswick Barracks, South Australia

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/10

A group of soldiers photographed at Keswick Barracks, South Australia after receiving medals; names not known.

Function at Keswick Barracks, South Australia

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/19

Crowds of visitors attending a function at Keswick Barracks, near Adelaide, a military guard of honour stand at ease outside a building where honoured guests are signing a book.

Soldiers and nursing staff at Keswick Barracks, South Australia

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/198

A military inspection at Keswick Barracks, South Australia; army officers and officials appear in the foreground with nursing staff at the rear.

An army officer at Keswick Barracks

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/752

An army officer standing at the entrance of the Keswick Barracks administrative offices, likely to be Brigadier-General J.M. Antill [See PRG 280/1/15/968].

Nurses at the Military Hospital, Keswick Barracks

c. 1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/19/261

Two lines of women nurses dressed in the uniform of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, commonly referred to as V.A.D., waiting for inspection at the Military Hospital, Keswick Barracks; names not known.

Horse stalls at the Mounted Police Barracks, Thebarton

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 280/1/27/13

Horse stalls inside the stables at the Mounted Police Barracks complex, Port Road, Thebarton, South Australia.

Police Barracks' stables, Thebarton

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/342

Mounted police with their horses outside the Police Barracks' stables at Thebarton, South Australia.

Sir George Murray at Keswick Barracks

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/32/129

Distant view of Sir George Murray, Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, addressing a group of civilians during a medal presentation ceremony held at Keswick Barracks; the Bay Road, now called the Anzac Highway can be seen on the left, with Keswick Bridge in the background.

Sir George Murray at Keswick Barracks

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/32/140

Sir George Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, taking a salute during a military function held at Keswick Barracks, South Australia.

Adelaide police outside their barracks

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/58

Members of the Adelaide foot police force wearing new uniforms in a large group outside their barracks.

Members of the Metropolitan Police attending a monthly parade on the Mounted Police Barracks Square, Adelaide

c. 1906, Photograph, PRG 280/1/4/501

Members of the Metropolitan Police attending a monthly parade on the Mounted Police Barracks Square, Adelaide.

[Refugee barracks, Northam, Western Australia][artwork]

Dutkiewicz, Wladyslaw, 1949, Artwork, PRG 1385/72/2

The barracks at Northam in Western Australia where Wlad was sent in 1949, 100 kms north-east of Perth. The sketch shows two emus in the composition. Part of a series relating to his stay in Western Australia.

Fort Glanville

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1866, Photograph, PRG 742/5/91

Fort Glanville barracks and parade ground. According to a researcher at the Fort Glanville Historical Association, this photograph would have been taken prior to 1883 because the wooden guard house was replaced by a brick guard house, near the south rear defense wall. The rear defence wall was heightened after Colonel Gordon and Major Downs declared that the rear of the guns was subject to attack from rifle men on the rear manning ground, outside the walls.