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Unloading Supplies
[General description] The 'Crayfish' is moored at the riverbank with a wooden ramp being used to assist loading. Some men are seated on the boat and others on the bank amongst piles of bags awaiting loading. The river and lightly wooded hill on the opposite bank forms a backdrop. [On back of photograph] 'Unloading supplies at the Victoria River Depot / Northern Territory / 1891' (Another hand) 'See also reverse of B 10111'.
Boyle Travers Finniss
[General description] This is an upper body portrait of Boyle Travers Finniss, in three quarter view. He wears a jacket, double breasted waitcoat and mutton chop whiskers. Mr. Finniss, a surveyor, arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836 and as Surveyor General William Light's assistant had a role in the setting out of Adelaide and surrounds, later founding the site for Darwin. He was South Australia's first Premier for a brief period.
William Webster Hoare
William Webster Hoare: pioneer at Port Darwin, N.T., 1869 on the G.W.Goyder Survey; here in costume as a "British Chief" for the Empire Pageant, Crystal Palace.
William Webster Hoare
William Webster Hoare, Assistant Surgeon, Artist and Meteorologist, with the Surveyor-General, Mr. G.W. Goyder's expedition to Port Darwin in 1869.
William Webster Hoare
William Webster Hoare, Assistant Surgeon, Artist and Meteorologist, with the Surveyor-General, Mr. G.W. Goyder's expedition to Port Darwin in 1869. He is posing with his (?) dog.
Robert Peel
Doctor Robert Peel, a well-known Adelaide doctor, who also practiced in Darwin. He was the medical officer attached to Goyder's survey party in 1869.
John and Rebecca Ross with three of their five children
Daguerreotype portrait of John and Rebecca Ross with their three children. Housed in an elaborately decorated embossed leather case with a gilt metal frame. Rebecca was Rebecca McKinlay Affleck and she died in 1869. John Ross remarried to Georgina Strongitharm and they had two daughters. His son, Alexander accompanied him in 1874 and was also a member of the successful Giles expedition in 1875-76. The children in this photograph which was taken in 1856 at Stanley Flat near Clare are Sarah (born 1853), Rebecca (born 1854), and Henrietta (born 1855) John Ross led the survey team whose task it was to find a route for the Overland Telegraph to Port Darwin in 1870.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Robert Dalrymple Ross. He has greying hair, beard and moustache and is facing left. He was an army officer, amateur horticulturalist and Member of the House of Assembly. He actively supported schemes to lay cable from England to Australia and for a transcontinental railway from Adelaide to Darwin. He was an enthusiastic advocate for South Australia's wine industry. Described as a 'model colonist' he was knighted in 1886 for his many achievements.
Sir Ross MacPherson Smith
Sir Ross Smith and Sir Keith Smith. In 1919 the brothers flew from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England to Darwin in twenty eight days to claim prize money of ten thousand pounds which they shared with their mechanics Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers. The brothers are shown in this photograph - Keith is standing and Ross in sitting on a bale of wool.
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a shadowy head and upper body portrait of Sir Charles Todd in later life. He is facing left and has greying hair, moustache and beard. Arriving in Adelaide in 1855, he became Postmaster General, Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer of South Australia. The most famous of his many achievements was his conception and leadership of the installation of the Port Augusta- Darwin overland single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. In June 1893 he was made K.C.M.G.
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a moodily lit artistic portrait of Sir Charles Todd as a dignified elderly gentleman. A man of many parts, he was an astronomer, meteorologist, electrical engineer and public servant. He is best known for his leadership of the establishment of the overland (from Adelaide to Darwin) single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. He was appointed C.M.G in 1872 and promoted to K.C.M.G in 1893.
Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles Todd pictured wearing his CMG decoration. He worked at the Greenwich Observatory and Cambridge University. Later he was engaged by the South Australian Government as astronomical and meteorological observer. In 1859 Todd conceived the idea of the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Darwin. The line was completed by 1872. His next great work was the line of 1000 miles from Eucla establishing communication from Adelaide to Perth. He worked for the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments for 51 years
Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles and Lady Todd arrived in Adelaide in 1855. His wife, Alice Gillian Bell was the namesake of Alice Springs. Their daughter Gwendoline married William Henry Bragg and was the mother of William Lawrence Bragg, both of whom shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915. Charles Todd worked at the Greenwich Observatory and Cambridge University. Later he was engaged by the South Australian Government as astronomical and meteorological observer. In 1859 Todd conceived the idea of the transcontinental line from Adelaide to Darwin. The line was completed by 1872. His next great work was the line of 1000 miles from Eucla establishing communication from Adelaide to Perth. He worked for the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments for 51 years
Sir Ross Smith's Aeroplane
Sir Ross Smith's aeroplane at Adelaide after its historic flight from England in 1920. The pilot can be seen getting out of the cockpit. Ross and Keith Smith along with Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers flew from Hounslow to Darwin in 1919 taking less than 28 days and 135 flying hours.
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown
Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, extreme left, E.Warman camel driver, centre and "Billy" Beachley (camel driver) with a camel team at Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory. Brown was government geologist for the South Australian government. In 1905 he journeyed to Charlotte Waters and to the north-west of the Northern Territory. By the time of his death in Adelaide in 1928 he knew every mineral belt from Darwin to Mount Gambier.
Adelaide Young Men's Society
Members of the Adelaide Young Men's Society. Numbers read from left to right. 1. M. F. Dawkins; 2. A. Heath; 3. H. Roach; 4. W. S. Thomson; 5. H. Roach; 6. T. McKenzie; 7. W. E. Cooke; 8. D. McLeish; 9. J. C. Craigie; 10. M. H. Mead; 11. F. Flint; 12. J. Noack; 13. R. Sexton; 14. F. K. Baker; 15. F. Day; 16. W. Green; 17. A. Verco; 18. P. Newland; 19. B Tate; 20. W. Cornock; 21. H. H. Dawson; 22. M. Schroeder; 23. P. Messent; 24. C. K. Baker; 25. J. J. Morrison; 26. H. D. Braidwood; 27. G. McDonald; 28. H. A. R. DuRieu; 29. C. Sparks; 30. A. G. McLean; 31. H. H. Tapscott; 32. W. H. Logue; 33. G. Stephens; 34. J. B. Messent; 35. H. McMillan; 36. J. S. Dane; 37. J. Williams; 38. E. Leaver; 39. F. Gurr; 40. R. Drummond; 41. W. G. F. Leask; 42. F. G. Stanton; 43. E. A. Symonds; 44. s. J. Whitmore; 45. R. C. Cornish; 46. J. S. Duff; 47. G. Searey; 48. S. Good; 49. A. Sladden; 50. C. Proud; 51. J. Limbert; 52. J. T. Hackett, B.A.; 53. W. C. Harris; 54. H. Dean; 55. C. J. Genders; 56. D. Kirkman; 57. H. Maskell; 58. W. T. Shapter; 59. F. E. James; 60. H. Darwin; 61. J. F. Schramm; 62. E. H. Limbert; 63. S. H. Goode; 64. W. B. Carr; 65. F. P. Townsend; 66. J. A. Dowie; 67. F. B. Dalton; 68. W. T. McLean; 69. D. Williams; 70. W. I. Dawkins; 71. G. Collis; 72. F. A. Braddock; 73. J. Sadler; 74. H. Higgins; 75. G. A. McLean; 76. J. Scott; 77. H. H. Everett; 78. W. G. Cooper; 79. W. C. Cavill; 80. G. Williams; 81. A. Creese; 82. E. E. Nesbit; 83. T. H. Dancker; 84. P. S. Hocking; 85. J. C. P. B. Seaver; 86. T. M. McKinlay; 87. W. E. Dalton; 88. A. Mackie; 89. J. G. Jenkins; centre portrait - Rev. W. R. Fletcher, M.A., President; 90. W. D. Pouder; 91. J. Bennett; 92. H. B. Taylor; 93. A. O. Chambers; 94. F. C. Coombs; 95. J. D. Whittam; 96. W. Jeffery; 97. A Badger; 98. W. L. Glyde; 99. H. H. Crosby; 100. C. A. Gare; 101. T. Miller; 102. W. C. Crawley; 103. J. Bevan; 104. W. K. Baker; 105. E. G. Bowley; 106. W. B. Skinner; 107. T. H. Smeaton; 108. Harry Dean; 109. E. D. Davies; 110. R. Kingsborough; 111. A. C. Dancker; 112. F. W. Dancker; 113. C. G. Gurr; 114. C. H. Franklin; 115. J. W. Cowell; 116. C. A. McLean; 117. J. Annear; 118. F. D. Laffer; 119. G. J. Cresswell; 120. A. Smith; 121. E. Lassau; 122. T. H. Rennick, M.A.; 123. J. Anderson; 124. H. Savage; 125. S. J. McCallum; 126. R. J. Lavis; 127. A Walmesley; 128. F. P. Sinnett; 129. W. J. Evans; 130. G. F. Cleland; 131. G. A. Brinsley; 132. E. F. Cooke; 134. W. Beard; 135. T. H. Marshall; 136. F. C Smith; 137. C. T. Good; 138. W. McLean; 139. E. A. Scarfe; 140. B. Robertson; 141. N. Bell; 142. J. Shakespeare; 143. J. Snelling; 144. J. H. Manuel; 145. W. Coward; 146. G. T. Pank; 147. C. Cawthorne; 148. ? Coles; 149. W. Cumming; 150. W. H. Charlton; 151. H. A. Nesbit; 152. W. A. Jones; 153. K. Evans; 154. H. W. Waterhouse; 155. C. Turner; 156. E. W. Oldham; 157. A. H. Clarke; 158. W. T. Dobson; 159. G. F. Smith; 160. J. Cooke; 161. W. D. Bottomley; 162. T. W. Babbage; 163. A. L. Calder; 164. A. Leitch; 165. J. Olifent; 166. J. Sibbald; 167. A. Krichauff; 168. R. G. Mallinson; 169. A. J. Roberts; 170. C. H. Braddock; 171. R. Stokoe; 172. F. Fox; 173. D. J. Keckwick; 174. A. Dawkins; 175. A. Richardson; 176. H. Hocking; 177. G. H. Castle; 178. D. S. Jenkins; 179. James Annear; 180. F. Snowball; 181. V. Y. Richardson; 182. C. W Dean.
Railway Staff Huts
Railway staff huts.
Railway Hospital
Railway hospital, camp on the north-south line.
Water Camels
Water camels resting on the north-south line.
Water Camels
Water camels on the north-south line.
Camel Wagons
Loading camel wagons on the north-south line.
Abunga Bore
Abunga bore sunk during construction of the north-south line.
Shifting Camp
Shifting camp.
Memorial
Memorial erected to the men who were murdered by Aboriginals whilst working on the Overland Telegraph to Port Darwin.
Francis and Clive Birtles
Francis and Clive Birtles leaving Melbourne GPO in their "Metz" car on route to Port Darwin ; they used Pratt's "Red Label" and Gargoyle Mobiloil A exclusively on the great Continental trip.
Gallipoli
Pte. Darwin, Pte. Fisher (wounded 24/8/1915), Pte. Taylor, and Marshall (KIA 16/8/1915?) in dugout.
Ballasting operations
Ballasting operations, North South railway line; railwaymen are putting the scarifier under the line.
Ballasting operations
Ballasting operations, North South railway line after being replaced.
"Scotty" the Ganger
"Scotty", the ganger riding the scarifier, North South railway line.
Flinders Street, Adelaide
[General description] This panoramic photograph with Flinders Street as its main focus shows the rooftops of city buildings receding into the distant suburbs and Adelaide Hills. Murray Aunger's motor business premises can be seen on the left. (With Harry Dutton he drove from Adelaide to Darwin in 1908.) Next to it is the Flinders Street Presbyterian Church. The plume of smoke is from the Adelaide Power Station. [On back of photograph] 'Dec. 15, 1916 / Looking east along Flinders Street from the Education Building / This is a portion of the panoramic photo taken on the same day. (B 2222)'.