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Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 4652

The stables of the Goyder Survey Expedition party.

[General description] In a clearing in the foreground is the Government camp which is a mixed collection of buildings in various states of repair. Some are of corrugated iron, earlier ones of timber. The Government residence on the hill on the left has a flagstaff and appears to be having building work done. There are other well built houses or public buildings in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'Palmerston / The Government camp / 1878 / Govt. residence on hill at left' (Another hand) 'For note see B 4652'.

Darwin

1878, Photograph, B 5040

Chinaman's garden and hospital, Peel's Well, Palmerston.

Darwin

c. 1880, Photograph, B 5048

[General description] A Banyan tree showing its aerial prop roots. The Banyan starts its life as an ephiphyte when its seeds lodge in crevices of a host tree. When mature it can cover a large area. [On back of photograph] 'Banyan tree / Botanical Gardens / Palmerston / 1887'.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9727

Palmerston, portion of the camp, just below the present Government Residence. Harbour Master's quarters on left, Mr. Gardiner's quarters in centre, Government Hill on right. The buildings appear to be at sea level and built of galvanised iron with wooden supports.

Darwin

c. 1869, Photograph, B 9728

Palmerston. Government Store - erected 1869, photographed in the early 1870s.

Darwin

1870, Photograph, B 9729

Palmerston. Stockman's hut in centre, Police quarters on right further up the hill.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9733

Palmerston. Sub. Inspector of Police's Quarters (Mr Paul Foelsche) After arriving in Palmerston and realising there was no Police Station Foelsche and his six troopers built one. His first residence was a two room tin hut which was later replaced by a three roomed house in Mitchell Street. Paul Foelsche was Keeper of the Palmerston Gaol from 1872 - 1874. The quarters were built on the site of what was later to be the Government Administrative Offices, almost facing the Cable Quarters.

Darwin

1873, Photograph, B 9737

Palmerston. The Gaol - built 1871 - first prisoners' cells built in the Northern Territory. Later Fannie Bay Gaol was built between 1882-1883. The original gaol was built between the Customs House and what was in 1930, the Police Station. The gaol was constructed from stone and had two doors and no windows. A water tank had pipes leading frfom the tin roof.

Darwin

1870, Photograph, B 9740

Palmerston. Police Station which was very close to the Police Station erected subsequently. The wooden building which had window frames with vertical shutters to catch any breezes had a galvanised tin roof and a large water tank. The office had been patched with canvas at one end.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9743

Palmerston. Stock fleet in Port Darwin Harbour on September 13, 1871. Three three masted vessels, {a barque and two ships), can be seen along with a smaller sloop towing a row boat which is in the foreground.

Darwin

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 9744

Palmerston. Telegraph Station showing a wooden building with a thatched roof surrounded by a rustic fence all in a clearing among the trees. A man is standing holding a rifle at the corner of the building.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 9747

Palmerston. Tents and both roads to Port Darwin. The bell tents are set in rows within corrals. Rustic buildings stand nearby. The roads can be seen going off into the distance.

Darwin

c. 1890, Photograph, B 9754

Palmerston. Old Jetty built by Wishart, contractor, later destroyed by tornado. Stokes Hill is on the extreme left.

Darwin

c. 1880, Photograph, B 10095

Palmerston Telegraph Offices and Residency. Buildings noted in the photograph are The Post and Telegraph Office, Cable Company Offices and the Government Residence. Mangroves and scrub can be seen in the foreground rising from the beach to the buildings.

Darwin

c. 1872, Photograph, B 10096

Palmerston Telegraph Offices (including the Post and Telegraph Office and the Cable Company offices) and the Superintendent's quarters. The three buildings looked sturdily built of stones and iron . They all have wide verandahs on two sides. The land has been cleared in the foreground.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 10097

Shanties at Palmerston Northern Territory. The houses look flimsy having been constructed from thatched roofs and sheets of iron.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 10098

Shanties built at Palmerston in the Northern Territory. The materials used include thatched and sheets of iron.

Darwin

1874, Photograph, B 10103

Government Residence in Darwin in 1874 showing parts of the verandah in a state of disrepair.

Darwin

1896, Photograph, B 10105

Government Residence at Darwin showing the white picket fence in front of the house and the flagpole in the front garden.

Darwin

c. 1880, Photograph, B 10107

Government Residence and Police Station at Darwin. The gaol was established in 1883. Paul Heinrich Matthias Folsche became the Government Resident in 1870. On his arrival he and his five troopers built a police station. Later he was the Keeper of the Palmerston Gaol.

Darwin

c. 1880, Photograph, B 10136

First Government Experimental Gardens, near Palmerston (about 1.5 miles out of Darwin) The photograph shows a small brick building next to a smaller wooden hut. The property is fenced and many banana palms can be seen among the eucalypts. Five gardeners with tools stand near the hut.

Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 10839

The Police Station.

Darwin

c. 1872, Photograph, B 10842

Post and Telegraph Office, and Superintendent Quarters.

Darwin

c. 1895, Photograph, B 11502

Track from Jetty to Chinatown, (Darwin) Palmerston taken from Stoke's Hill between 1895 and 1900. The Larrakia people were the first owners of this sacred site

Darwin

c. 1895, Photograph, B 11507

View of Palmerston (Darwin) from Fort Hill, looking toward Govt. Offices. Stables are in the foreground

Cemetery, Darwin

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 11523

Grave of John W. Ogilvie Bennett, and Richard Hazard, both members of Goyder's Survey Party. Goyder was sent by the government of South Australia to lay out street plans for a capital to be named Palmerston. Bennett was a draftsman and died from a spear attack and Richard Hazard was a cook who died from rheumatism

Darwin

1873, Photograph, B 11947

[General description] Griffith George Todd in jockey's attire, having ridden Capt. Douglas's 'Bowerlee' to a win in the Maidens, May 1873, accompanied by officials left to right: A.D. Gore, S.E. Reynolds, Todd, P.R. Freer, G. Minza. This photograph is probably from the Easter Monday race meeting (April 14th) at Fannie Bay, the meeting being reported in some newspapers as 'the first Northern Territory races'.

Aborigines, Darwin

c. 1870, Photograph, B 11948

Group of Aborigines sit and stand together, many carrying weapons.

Town hall, Darwin

c. 1880, Photograph, B 13238

Town hall, Darwin - opened in 1883.

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