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[Plan of townships of Currency Creek and Goolwa] [cartographic material] / drawn by Philip L. Snell Chauncy. Surveyor, Adelaide

Chauncy, Philip Lamothe Snell, 1841, Archival map/chart, C 293

Map showing town plans for Currency Creek and Goolwa, South Australia. Details include lot numbers and street names, position of town squares and public cemetery. No relief shown.

c. 1910, Photograph, B 25710

Bridge on main highway.

Homestead, Currency Creek

c. 1939, Photograph, B 37004

Col. Higgins' house, The Brook.

Currency Creek showing undulating roadway and farming land

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/504

Currency Creek showing undulating roadway with farming land either side.

Members of Currency Creek Institute Committee

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/381

Members of Currency Creek Institute Committee.

Plan of Encounter Bay and Currency Creek [cartographic material]

1852, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/25

Plan of part of Encounter Bay and Currency Creek showing section numbers of land surveyed around the Goolwa and Port Elliot area. Sections 23, 2185, 2186 and 2099, hand coloured in green, indicate land purchased by the South Australian Company on 14 August 1852. A line marked in red ink shows the route of the proposed railway from Port Elliot to Goolwa. Ink with watercolour wash on paper, ink notation . Initials 'E.R.S.' in bottom left hand corner. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile. Stamped 18.3.[18]53.

Plan of the Currency Creek Special Survey [cartographic material]

n.d., Archival map/chart, C 1022

Consists of three maps, one showing the whole of the special survey giving section numbers, names of owners and showing the reserve for natives. The second shows Currency Creek township with street names and lot numbers with some owners names, and includes green and red shading, green meaning that the area is reserved for public purposes, red for those reserved for the post office and police station. The third and smallest map shows Goolwa and gives street names, numbered lots and some owner's names. Annotations in ink. Part-coloured (watercolour).

Creeks and rivers in South Australia

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 76526

Nine views featuring various creeks and rivers in South Australia, including the Torrens River.

Views of Goolwa

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71406/1-40

A collection of images of Goolwa.

Lieut.Col. T. W. Higgins

Nixon, William Millington, c. 1866, Photograph, B 6150

Lieut Col. Thomas Walker Higgins (1840-1899) (Goolwa Volunteer Cavalry). He is wearing a Gambaldi jacket. In 1861 he became a volunteer in the Goolwa and Port Elliot Rifle Brigade. Before this he was a clerk at the Adelaide Post Office. He bought land at Currency Creek and named the property Higginsbrook after the family home in Ireland. He had cattle, sheep and cereal crops. He was respected by the local Aboriginals. He became Lieut. Colonel in 1867 and was given the rank of Colonel in Charge of the Voluntary Cavalry. He is buried in the Currency Creek Cemetery.

Photographs relating to Goolwa, Victor Harbor and south coast region

Tolley, J. C., 1854, Photograph, PRG 1377/77/1-99

Photographs and post cards collected by J.C. Tolley relating to the Goolwa, Victor Harbor and Granite Island. First 12 images are commercial postcards published by P.M. Wells, Goolwa and printed by Vardon Print, Adelaide. Others include aerial views of south coast region, Goolwa barrage and May 1929 'Back to Goolwa'.

Sketchbook of M.J. Martin

Martin (Family), 1866, Artwork, PRG 550/1/1-31

A sketch book featuring the pencil sketches of M.J. Martin, with 'M.J.M. December 1866' on the flyleaf. Most are detailed pencil sketches of various South Australian localities, but the volume also includes 3 photographs and a water colour painting. See 'contents' for details of items.

Alec Holborn's photograph album

c. 1926, Photograph, B 70990/1-147

Album of photographs mostly taken about 1926 by Alexander Harrold (Alec) Holborn. Includes views of Victor Harbor and buildings, Granite Island and environs, visit of the Prince of Wales to Adelaide in 1926, SA Amateur Swimming Association activities at Glenelg and on the Torrens, Adelaide and environs, and the Holborn family. Some pages have over-arching captions, including PAGE 10 (49-53) 'views on Hindmarsh River 1926';.

Goolwa Volunteer Cavalry

c. 1870, Photograph, B 26153

Goolwa Volunteer Cavalry with Lt.Col. Higgins of Currency Creek as Commander.

Young Bingham Hutchinson

Duryea, c. 1860, Photograph, B 11177

Young Bingham Hutchinson was a Royal Navy officer, early explorer and a settler of South Australia. He kept a diary of his voyage on board the "Buffalo". He and William Burt were the first Europeans to climb Mount Lofty, later he explored the Fleurieu Peninsula and Currency Creek. He returned to England in 1838, married and later brought his family of three daughters and two sons to live at Hindmarsh Valley where he died in 1870

George Sara

Goode, L. H., c. 1913, Photograph, B 11316

George Sara of Willunga was an enterprising businessman. Within a decade of his arrival from Cornwall he had established a building firm. He was responsible for many of the buildings in Willunga. In the 1860's the firm undertook government contracts and built the railway viaduct over Currency Creek and the Police Station at Clarendon among other projects. George was a Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Willunga District Council. He died aged 100

Edward Bate Scott

Otto Von Hartitzsch & Co., c. 1877, Photograph, B 6154

Edward Bate Scott, explorer, squatter and government official. He joined a cattle drive from Melbourne to Adelaide where he met EJ Eyre. He supported Eyre on the expedition to the interior. Later he explored the Murray River. He ran the Government Station at Moorundee and was a stockowner near Morgan. Later he moved to Goolwa on Encounter Bay, then moved to Adelaide where he became Superintendent of Yatala Prison in 1869. He died at Hamilton Lodge, his residence at Currency Creek and is buried in the local cemetery [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/30].

Alfred Weaver

c. 1885, Photograph, B 9656

Alfred Weaver, pastoralist, 1801-1891. Notes on the back of the photograph state "Alfred Weaver, pastoralist, born 1801 died 1891 Edwardstown. Mr and Mrs Alfred [Weaver] arrived in SA in the "Katherine Stewart Forbes" in 1839. By 1840 he had established himself on a property on South Road which was planted with wheat, barley and oats, and also ran sheep. Later he owned property at Currency Creek and on the Yorke Peninsula but returned to his South Road property where he also grew vines.

Alec Holborn's photograph album

c. 1926, Photograph, B 70990/148-286

Album of photographs mostly taken about 1926 by Alexander Harrold (Alec) Holborn. Includes views of Victor Harbor and buildings, Granite Island and environs, visit of the Prince of Wales to Adelaide in 1926, SA Amateur Swimming Association activities at Glenelg and on the Torrens, Adelaide and environs, and the Holborn family. Some pages have over-arching captions, including PAGE 10 (49-53) 'views on Hindmarsh River 1926';.

Australasian Views album 1

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1862, Photograph, B 47794/1-146B

1 of 2 ALBUMS: inscribed 'Australasian Views', comprising 165 early images of Adelaide, South Australia, and New Zealand. The photos of New Zealand (photos 147-165) are by Burton Brothers, Dunedin, and have not been digitised. Square brackets denote added information.

Horses and buggies outside an imposing two storey residence

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/423

Horses and buggies, and a young girl on a piebald horse held steady by a woman, outside a stone two storey residence, formerly the Currency Creek Hotel.

Photographs of river shipping and places

Godson, Harry, 1875, Photograph, PRG 1258/59/283-400

Photographs from Harry Godson's collection, some which had been assigned his catalogue numbers but were not included in earlier digitised series 1-4. A few have been donated since his death, to be added to his collection. Included are transparencies of aerial views of 1974 flood along River Murray, photographer unknown (Godson ref: 'Index 59'). Images 366-400 are the first in sequence, followed by images 322-352.

Photograph album relating to society activities

Harber, Viv., c. 1935, Photograph, SRG 699/6/1-78

Photograph album, with some of the photographs taken by Fred White (and others, mostly named in captions: Cliff Cosh, Viv. Harber, R. Rees, Doug F. Maxted, Max Phillips). Most are about movie-making and photography, with a description of the activities of the Wanderers' Amateur Cine Society 1935-1939 and the films in which members were performing. Some of the borders on the pages are decorated with caricatures by Doug Maxted. See 'Contents' for further details.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Robert Winter Beddome

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/13S

Arrived in South Australia in September 1839 on board the ship the "Anna Robertson". Land agent, Currency Creek, Rosaville (later known as Beulah Park).

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Everett

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/13T

Arrived in South Australia in September 1839 on board the ship the "Anna Robertson". Farmer, Currency Creek; grocer, Adelaide.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Hannah Wadham

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/2E

Hannah Wadham, 1829-1902; nee Abbott, married Isaac Clarke, then Francis Thomas Wadham. Arrived in South Australia in December 1836 on board the ship the "Buffalo". Resided in Currency Creek, Middleton, North Adelaide. Worked as a mantle maker, boarding house keeper.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Anne Louisa Metcalf

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/14E

Probably Mary Anne Louisa Metcalf, 1822-1891; nee Beasley, married William Metcalf. Arrived in South Australia in June 1839 on board the ship the "Hooghly". Resided in Currency Creek, Port Elliot.

Album presented to the Revd A.G. Rawstorne

Sweet, Samuel White, 1886, Photograph, SRG 94/2/13

Volume 1 of two large photographic albums presented 'to the Reverend A. G. Rawstorne, M.A. / in memory of his three years of busy work / and bright useful life / in / South Australia / with much affection and gratitude / from / the Bishop and Mrs Kennion. / Bishop's Court / N. Adelaide / Jan. 11th 1886. / My pulses therefore beat again / for other friends that once I met / nor can it suit me to forget / the mighty hopes that makes us men. / Tennyson. In mem. cant.85'. The album contains 111 Sweet photographs, each with a brief caption. [Individual photos from the album can also be viewed by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on SRG 94/2/13. The second volume can be found at SRG 94/2/14.]

Old colonists 1836-1840 : William Everett

Duryea, Townsend, 1872, Photograph, B 8235/1/4ZC

William Everett arrived in South Australia in September 1839 on board the ship the "Anna Robertson". Farmer, Currency Creek; grocer, Adelaide.

Old colonists 1836-1840 : Robert Winter Beddome

Duryea, Townsend, 1872, Photograph, B 8235/1/8O

Robert Winter Beddome arrived in South Australia in September 1839 on board the ship the "Anna Robertson". Land agent, Currency Creek, Rosaville (later known as Beulah Park).

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