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Beltana Station to Lake Gregory

c. 1922, Photograph, B 71650/1-32

A collection of photographs taken on Beltana Station, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Murnpeowie Station and at Lake Gregory in South Australia's north. Items 1- 8 are at Beltana; items 9- 18 are at Mount Lyndhurst Station; remainder are at Murnpeowie Station and Lake Gregory (items 30-31). See 'contents' for details of individual items.

Beltana Hotel

Phillips, Sydney, c. 1900, Photograph, B 64279

BELTANA: Premises of the Beltana Hotel, local residents including the Rev. F. W. Wilkinson stand outside, two men and a boy ride in a stationary horse drawn vehicle.

Commemorative plaque at Beltana

c. 1990, Photograph, B 61831

BELTANA: A plaque commemorating the work of the people involved with the Smith of Dunesk Mission in the Beltana area.

Commemorative plaque at Beltana

c. 1990, Photograph, B 61832

BELTANA: A plaque commemorating the work of the people involved with the Smith of Dunesk Mission in the Beltana area. View 2.

Presbyterian manse at Beltana

Phillips, Sydney, c. 1900, Photograph, B 64280

BELTANA: Premises of the Presbyterian manse at Beltana, South Australia.

Views of Beltana

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71357/1-28

A collection of images of Beltana.

Royal Victoria Hotel at Beltana, 1897-98

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/167

Photograph of a stone building with men and women standing by the verandah, identified as the 'Royal Victoria Hotel, Beltana. 1897-98'. A duplicate copy exists as No. B 14800.

Royal Victoria Hotel, Beltana

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, B 14800

Royal Victoria Hotel, Beltana existed from 1879 to 1887 and then again from 1891 to 1957. At the time of this photograph the proprietor was Mrs Mary Harvey who is possibly one of the women seen in front of the Hotel. The hotel was built on land which was puchased in 1878

Government School, Beltana

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, B 15272

Government School, Beltana - Pupils and Teachers assembled outside. In 1900 the population of Beltana numbered 500. The school was originally located at Sliding Rock but later was dismantled and rebuilt at Beltana. The present building was built in 1893 and operated as a one teacher school with approximately 30 students

Beltana Station

1931, Photograph, B 46135

Shearing shed at Beltana Station with a small camel train on its way from the North during the Great Drought.

Railway engineer's camp at Beltana

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62389

BELTANA: A railway engineer stands outside his camp accommodation during construction of the Great Northern Railway at Beltana.

Afternoon tea at Beltana manse

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 991/54/2/24

Residents enjoying afternoon tea on the verandah of the manse at Smith of Dunesk Mission, Beltana, South Australia.

Goat cart at Beltana

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 991/54/2/143

A goat cart escorted by children bringing in half a ton of firewood to Beltana, South Australia.

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, B 15270

Panoramic view of Beltana. Beltana became established in the 1870's after copper was found in the vicinity. Beltana has important links with the overland telegraph, transcontinental railway, mining, outback services, Australian Inland Mission and Afghan camel history. The original inhabitants were the Kuyani and Adnyamathanha Aboriginal people who camped at the nearby springs

Beltana Station

1931, Photograph, B 46134

Woolshed and outbuildings of Beltana Station during the Great Drought.

Dust storm, Beltana

1931, Photograph, B 46138

Two men with four camels coping with dust and wind during the Great Drought on Beltana Station.

School at Beltana

Phillips, Sydney, c. 1900, Photograph, B 64278

BELTANA: Premises of the school and schoolmaster's residence at Beltana, South Australia.

Shearers outside their shed at Beltana

Phillips, Sydney, c. 1900, Photograph, B 64282

BELTANA: A group of shearers with bales of wool being loaded on to a horse drawn wagon outside the shearing shed at Beltana, South Australia.

Sydney Phillips, schoolteacher at Beltana

c. 1900, Photograph, B 64287

BELTANA: Sydney Phillips, schoolteacher at Beltana and Farina, photographed driving a vehicle pulled by a team of four horses.

Beltana Station children

c. 1919, Photograph, B 61969

BELTANA: Station children starting off for school in a donkey cart.

Ruins of a woolshed at Beltana

1927, Photograph, B 61993

BELTANA: The ruins of the woolshed after a fire at Beltana in 1927.

Ruins of a woolshed at Beltana

1927, Photograph, B 61994

BELTANA: Distant view of the ruins of the woolshed after a fire at Beltana in 1927.

Beltana Post Office

c. 1970, Photograph, B 55530

BELTANA: A view of the Beltana Post Office. This building was the original railway station at Beltana. [Information provided by Glenys Aird].

Workmen's camp at Beltana Creek

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62377

BELTANA: Workmen's camp set up in the shade of gum trees at Beltana Creek.

Reverend Robert Mitchell in his study at the Beltana Manse

c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/70

Photograph of Reverend Robert Mitchell sutting at his desk in the study at the Beltana Manse, with various items and photographs in view.

Mission hall interior, Beltana

1930, Photograph, PRG 991/54/2/127

Sturt pea decorating the interior of the Mission hall at Beltana, South Australia.

Two women riding a camel at Beltana, 1897-98

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/168

Photograph of two women, assumed to be Agnes Mitchell and Emma Strapps, sitting on a camel with an open landscape behind. Caption reads 'At Beltana'.

Shearers at Beltana

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/284

Photograph of a group of men standing at the front of a large stone building. A tall wooden crane stands nearby loading bales of wool onto a cart. Caption reads 'Shearers. Beltana.'.

Sitting room, Beltana Manse

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/69

Photograph of the interior of a room, identified as the 'Sitting Room. Beltana Manse', with a piano and other furnishings in view.

Assembly hall at Beltana

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/101

Photograph of a corrugated iron building, with another building in view to the side, Identified as the 'Assembly Hall, Beltana'.

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