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Premises of P.R. Allen & Company in Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61442

DARWIN: Premises of P.R. Allen and Company in Palmerston (Darwin); the building was later destroyed by a cyclone.

Wesleyan Church Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61443

DARWIN: The Wesleyan Church in Palmerston (Darwin) before it was destroyed by a cyclone.

School buildings in Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61444

DARWIN: School buildings in Palmerston (Darwin) before they were destroyed by a cyclone.

Blanket Day in Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61446

DARWIN: Large group of residents attending Blanket Day in Palmerston (Darwin).

Chinese Joss House in Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61447

DARWIN: A Chinese Joss House in Palmerston (Darwin) which was later destroyed by a cyclone.

Schultz Street, Palmerston

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61452

DARWIN: General view of homes in Schultz Street, thought to be in Palmerston (Darwin).

Views of Northern Territory : View from Fort Hill

c. 1895, Photograph, B 24187/2

Port Darwin Palmerston. Government stables in the front with Government offices on the hill. The 2 storey building in the middle of the photographs is known as 'mud hut' (Knight's Folly).

Guinea Airways Ltd. : Aircraft

1939, Photograph, B 57200/101

Jim Bell, John Jukes, Peter Donegan at Mendil Beach, Darwin on Tuesday 17 January 1939, the day before accident L14H VH-ABI, when the Koranga, Lockheed Super Electra aircraft left Darwin for Adelaide via Katherine and Alice Springs, with 1 passenger and 700lb of airmail. The aircraft attempted to takeoff from Katherine airport at 7.50 am but failed to gain altitude and crashed in the Katherine River, killing all four on board. They were Captain John Jukes, Captain Cecil Clarke, First Officer Peter Donegan, and passenger Alexander McDonald.

'Wash day Darwin'

1942, Photograph, B 70698/3

Colin White washing clothes in a small basin in the open air near Darwin, whilst serving with the Australian Army. Identified by him as 'wash day Darwin 1942'.

Aerial photograph of Darwin oil tanks

Nicholas, R. P., c. 1944, Photograph, PRG 1435/4/92

Aerial photograph of Darwin's oil tanks, taken from 6,000 feet by the No.1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit, 6 April 1944 (V2).

Aerial photograph of Darwin oil tanks

Nicholas, R. P., c. 1944, Photograph, PRG 1435/4/93

Aerial photograph of Darwin's oil tanks, taken from 6,000 feet by the No.1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit, 6 April 1944 (V3).

Accident on Darwin road

Nicholas, R. P., 1945, Photograph, PRG 1435/4/115

View along a stretch of road near Darwin, with the nearest Army vehicle upside down in the middle of the road and service personnel standing beside it, with three more vehicles driving towards it.

'Mud Hut', Darwin

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/16/269

Side view of Mud Hut (also known as Knight's Folly)a building built in 1893 by John George Knight and burned down in 1933, possibly the Commercial Bank, and a side road leading to the Camp.

A man and a child standing by an African palm

c. 1908, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/354

A man and a child standing by foliage identified as a type of African palm growing at Darwin, Northern Territory.

Part of the coastline showing railway tracks leading to the jetty where SS "Chungtu" is moored

1903, Photograph, PRG 280/1/2/24

Part of the coastline showing railway tracks leading to the jetty where SS "Chungtu" is moored. According to a researcher, this location is most likely Port Darwin at Palmerston.

Photographs of Captain Bagot's Northern Territory Tour from Adelaide to Darwin

Bagot, E. D. A., 1926, Photograph, B 71884/1-56

A collection of photographs given to Sydney Ray Wallage, who was the motor specialist and member of 'Bagot's Northern Territory Tour, Adelaide-Darwin'; the photos were a gift to Wallage from Capt. Bagot 'in appreciation of his services and a souvenir of the first passenger motor tour of Northern Territory...'

Darwin defenders SA Memorial, Adelaide

Scott, Jenny, 2012, Photograph, B 72923

Darwin defenders SA Memorial in memory of all veterans who served defending Darwin, 1942 - 1945. The memorial is on the Pathway of Honour which runs along the northern boundary of Government House, 12 July 2012.

Artworks

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1920, Artwork, PRG 18/60

Pictorial works comprising original pencil drawings of Sir Ross Smith's memorial at Creswell Gardens, Adelaide and another of the Commemorative memorial to both brothers in Darwin; an original watercolour of WWI planes by R.S. Ashby; and a colour print of the Vickers Vimy G-EAOU and crew in flight by R.S. Ashby.

Sketch map of the North Territory country in the vicinity of Adam Bay [cartographic material]/ constructed by J.W.O. Bennett

c. 1865, Archival map/chart, C 25

Shows explorers' tracks, the gold producing district discovered by F.H. Litchfield in September 1865, natural features from Chambers Bay to Cape Ford, including Port Darwin. 'Constructed by J.W.O. Bennett...from data and instructions furnished by B.T. Finniss...Govt. Resident Northern Territory'. Library has four copies of the map that are identical except for manuscript additions, with one map partly coloured.