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'Old military barracks Ypres.'
Nissan huts and damaged building in the background at Ypres.
Dame Roma Mitchell at Mary Bleechmore's dinner
Mary Bleechmore's dinner at Keswick Barracks to raise funds for University Regiments.
House at Barracks Rd, Hope Valley
Internal photograph of house at Barracks Rd, Hope Valley, designed by architects Danvers and Boyce.
House at Barracks Rd, Hope Valley
Internal photograph of house at Barracks Rd, Hope Valley, designed by architects Danvers and Boyce. Includes partial view of bathroom.
Adelaide View
Views of Adelaide taken from a vantage point on the corner of King William Street and Waymouth Street. The views were copied from 'a faded panoramic photograph presented by the South Australian Company, London'.
Series 109: Aerial views of Kelvinator factory at Ashford
Aerial photographs of the Kelvinator Australia Limited factory at Ashford, bounded by Anzac Highway, Everard Avenue and Day Avenue, and surrounding premises including parts of the Keswick Barracks and houses in Ashford and Keswick.
Colin James Ellis, World War II photograph album, Darwin.
Comprising a World War II photograph album of 49 pages created by Private Colin James Ellis 'S21513', during his service in Darwin, in the 27th Infantry Battalion (South Australian Scottish Regiment) 20/11/1941-18/8/1943. The album consists of 49 composite pages, each page with an average of 4 individual photographs, which document Ellis' war service in Darwin and surrounding regions whilst serving in the 7MD Field Postal Unit. Included are images of everyday life in service, servicemen and military scenes in Darwin and Larrakeeyah (Northern Territory), Japanese Air Raid scenes during and after the attacks, damage caused by air raids including sunken ships and burned out buildings, Adelaide River headquarters, general landscape and leisure scenes, scenes of men and women off-duty. There is a section of pages at the end which illustrate Army troupes marching though Wagga Wagga (New South Wales) Labour Day 7/10/1943. Much of the photograph album is captioned. See CONTENTS and NOTE for more information and details.
Buildings in Kintore Ave precinct prior to demolition for building of the Bastyan Wing
Exterior views of buildings in the vicinity of Kintore Ave and North Tce, demolished to make way for the new Bastyan Wing of the State Library of South Australia (opened in 1967).
Photograph album taken during World War One
Photograph album of Ross Smith, comprising photographs of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment at Weymouth Camp in England, and on active service in Egypt during the First World War. See below for details.
Photographs of W.A. Robjohns
The series comprises 15 albums housing 1,973 photographs, most of which were taken by photographer W.A. Robjohns ca.1920-1966. Album covers were numbered and labelled by Robjohns. The sequence is incomplete, however, as only volumes 1-9, 12-14, 15, 20 and 23 have been donated. Robjohns' brief descriptions of content on the covers and spines are incomplete. For further descriptions of place names and subjects contained in each album, SEE details below. The albums contain small black and white prints, mostly undated, with captions by W.R. Robjohns. Also sepia and postcard prints, and a few hand-tinted prints. A small number of images were taken by other photographers, several of whom have been identified by Robjohns. Images depict Adelaide suburbs, city scenes and country towns, with an emphasis on rural landscapes, parks and reserves, rivers, reservoirs, streets, houses, churches, businesses and shop fronts, and public celebrations and processions. Also included are images of the Robjohns family on picnics and holiday outings, and their homes, cars and pets. A number of photos were duplicated or enlarged by Robjohns and appear in more than one album.
Series 088: Aerial photographs of South Australian gaols
Aerial views of Adelaide Gaol, Yatala Labour Prison, Gladstone Gaol and one image of the Thebarton Police Barracks.
Photograph album of the Middle East
Photograph album compiled by Bob McGhee, featuring photos mostly of life in the Middle East (Jerusalem, Palestine, Haifa, Tel-a-Viv, Hadet, Cairo, Bethlehem, Tripoli, Mombasa, Alexandria, Syria) but also including a few war photos from Tobruck, and photos from Durban (acquired on his return to Australia?). Many of them seem to have been produced for the tourist market. Inside the front cover is an inscription 'To dear May / wishing you a Happy Birthday / 4th June 1941 Bob'. In the bottom left hand corner is 'SX 7038 / Sgt. R. P. McGhee'. [May was his his wife]. Album was lent for copying by the State Library of South Australia.
Series 001: Aerial views of city and other locations
Aerial photographs of the city of Adelaide and surrounding parklands, Broadview Oval and Old Noarlunga.
Funeral of Warrant Officer Charles Wood
Funeral of warrant - officer Charles Wood. The cortege can be seen leaving the Keswick Barracks for the AIF Cemetery , West Terrace. The casket is on the gun carriage in the middle of the procession which is headed by soldiers with reversed rifles. The escort party is followed by drummers with muffled drums beating to keep step, the mounted escort, casket on gun carriage followed by members from the platoon. The Keswick Barracks are in the background of this photograph. Warrant Officer Charles Wood from Tailem Bend died while being brought to Adelaide for treatment. He served in the war with 18th Battery.
Destitute Asylum, Adelaide
[General description] Ivy hung walls of a stone building with Dutch gables and slate roof is seen on the left. The Mounted Police barracks are on the right. [On back of photograph] 'Portion of the old Destitute Asylum / photographed in 1932 / The buildings in the background to the right form part of the old Mounted Police Barracks / For plan and notes see A419 / The building on the left is marked 2 on the plan in A419'.
Photograph album of the Parker and Davidson Families
The album shows aspects of station life at various sheep properties in the far north east of South Australia and the Broken Hill region, among them Buckalow, Bimbowrie, Oulnina Park, Telechie, Burta, Topar, Tantallon and Yalcowinna as well as visits to other stations in New South Wales and Victoria namely Morundah, Widgeongully and Tolarno. Three young women thought to be Grace Langloh Parker (1895-1987) and her sisters Wilga Maud (1898-?) and Una Geraldine Davidson, nee Parker (1901-1986) are central to many of the photographs and it may be that the album was compiled by Grace Parker. Holiday visits were made to Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Inman Valley, Second Valley, Mount Gambier, Portland Victoria, Sydney and Tasmania. A number of photographs relate to the BHP towns, Iron Knob and Broken Hill. Two of the Parker daughters, thought to be Wilga and Grace, accompanied their Mother on a voyage from Sydney to the Celebes and Java in 1926, including sightseeing at Macassar in the Celebes, the Mount Bromo Volcano, Sand Sea, Borobodur, and other places in Java with the homeward voyage via Singapore, Port Darwin, Thursday Island and Cairns.
Photographs relating to Peter Jackson's war service
Loose photographs from Peter Jackson's war service in the RAAF. Digital copies.
Research paper on Edward Angus Hamilton along with photographs
Research paper on Edward Hamilton together with a brief biography, photographs of buildings with which he was associated, a copy of the article on Edward Hamilton which was reproduced from the September 1985 edition of heritage periodical and a photocopied newspaper article about a mansion to be demolished at Unley. Details for the photos (D 7683/2) are as per brief captions on back of photographs.
Active Service in Egypt, World War Two
A collection of photographs showing an unidentified soldier's active service in Egypt during the Second World War from May to September 1941, comprising: German tanks, travelling on board troopships, troops and camps in Egypt. Includes descriptions of most places and names. See below for details.
Photographs of Second World War active service in the Middle East
A collection of photographs, which belonged to Harold Good, of his active service during World War Two in the Middle East, including Jerusalem, Gaza, Syria and in Alamein. Most photographs are captioned. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
![Plan of the City of Adelaide [cartographic material] :
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Plan of the City of Adelaide [cartographic material] : showing the private streets, public buildings, churches, hotels &c
Map of Adelaide city from Barton Terrace to South Terrace including street names, showing gaol, cattle market, council chambers, government house, soldiers barracks and horse police barracks.
Telegraph Station
Alice Springs Overland Telegraph Station. Work on the Alice Springs station began in November 1871, the initial building being the telegraph office and men's quarters. In the following years, a harness room, buggy shed, barracks, police station, and Station Manager's house were added. Initial staffing was the station manager, one assistant telegraphist, and four linesmen, the latter maintaining almost three hundred miles of line. The station remained in service until 1932.
Military Offices, Keswick
Commonwealth Military Offices and Barracks at Keswick, still under construction. View shows some scaffolding still in place and men at work.
Military Escort, Keswick
The Governor General's escort at the Barracks, October 1924.
Military Ambulance, Keswick
Army T-model Ford Ambulance.
Keswick Military Barracks
An early view of Keswick Military Base & Hospital; inscribed with Alma Hancock's signature.
Salvation Army, Moonta
Salvation Army Barracks at Moonta.
Presbyterian Church
[On back of photograph] This modest single storey building was the first Presbyterian Church at Port Adelaide / At the corner of Leadenhall and Marryat Streets / Foundation stone laid by Sir Thomas Elder on August 21, 1856 / Built by Bristoe & Goldsworthy for 1,600 pounds / Opened February 1857 / After the opening of the new church in St. Vincent Street (in 1882) the old building was successfully used as a Salvation Army barracks and a warehouse / Presented by Mrs. J. Hall Angus' (Another hand) 'Information from undated and undentified newspaper article in posession of Mrs. J. Hall Angus'.
West Jetty, Port Augusta
West Jetty, Port Augusta. Notes on the back of the photograph say "Port Augusta from the west side. Possibly taken c.1870-1871. Port Augusta West jetty in the foreground. Two storey building at left side of photograph is the store of PR Warren, draper and grocer. (This building is Transcontinental Printing Office of 1963). The next two storey building shown along Tassie Street bears the name of the firm Bignett and Young. This was their second shop in Tassie Street - the first opened in 1867, opposite. Built as a single storey store at the corner of Commercial Road during 1872 - thus helping to fix the date of the photograph. Bible Christian Chapel in Chapel Street, and behind it, first building of St Augustine's Anglican Church. Along shore frontages, Gooch and Haywards and also Tassie's jetties, and respective stores. Police Barracks, and stableyards. Former Dover Castle Inn, then boarding house. Old Customs House and residence beyond Alexander MacKays old store".
Railway Cottages, Terowie
Railway cottages and barracks at Terowie before demolition.