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The 'Coringle' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Coringle', 99 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden aux. 3 mast schooner ON120761. 96 gross, 76 net tons. 76.4 x 23.8 x 7.0 built 1909 Woodley's Ltd. Berry's Bay North Sydney. Engine 25hp. Lengthened 1918 = 128 gross, 99 net tons. 105.7 x 24.0 x 6.4. Re-engined 1938 now twin screw auxiliary schooner. 132 gross, 95 net tons. Owners Orbost Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Melbourne. 1918 Rosenfeld Hillas and Co. Pty. Ltd. August 1922 JA Olsen and others, registered Port Adelaide, then Austral Plaster Co. Ltd. requisitioned by government during WW2. Re-registered Port Adelaide in September 1946 by R. Fricker and Co. and others. By 1969 was operating out of Darwin for others.]
'Lark' wooden schooner
'Lark' wooden schooner 139 tons aground at Port Adelaide, possibly following her collision with ss 'Darwin' at Semaphore Feb. 1890 [wooden 3 mast schooner, 179 gross, 139 net tons. ON93563. 108.0 x 22.4 x 10.6. Built 1881 Westacott and Sons, Barnstaple. First registered at Sydney in 1887. At Fremantle in 1897, at Port Adelaide in 1899 by Messrs. Seymour and in Nov. 1900. Owned by JJ Craig, the vessel was registered in Auckland. That register closed in 1909 with 'Broken up'.
Palmerston, Fort Point
Palmerston, Darwin. Fort Point with fishing boat and men [also at B 9749] [2 copies (1 annotated)].
Round Australia travellers
Photograph of Ray Gordon and friends, with the Landrover in which Ray and friend Wilf Roediger made their overland trip to Darwin. One photograph in a small collection of negative film rolls, photographed by Raymond Gordon. To see all photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1605/7.
Benjamin Watson Shearer
Studio portrait of a young Benjamin Shearer.
The 'Gulnare' in Roper River, Northern Territory
The wooden schooner 'Gulnare', 64 tons, in Roper River, Northern Territory [wooden 2 mast schooner, 151 tons, ON41724, 103.6 x 24.2 x 10.7. Built 1856. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, formerly owned in London and arrived in Port Adelaide Dec. 1863, having been purchased by Captain Alex McCoy and Mr E Jenkins, registered Port Adelaide as 1/1864. Sold to the South Australian Government 1869 for use in connection with the Overland Telegraph Line, and while conveying supplies to the Roper River working party, was stranded on a reef near the Vernon Islands (about 30 miles from Darwin) and after survey was condemned in October 1871. See 'Ships of the Overland Telegraph, Australasian Shipping Record' Vol.3(5) page 129 Sept. 1972. Port Adelaide Customs Register 1/1864].
Ayers family : SUMMARY RECORD
Papers of Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of S.A., including letters received from Lady Musgrave and Sir John Downer, and of his granddaughter, Lucy Lockett Ayers and his family, comprising correspondence relating to his political career, commissions of appointment, maps, including a plan of the Adelaide to Port Darwin telegraph line (1872, formerly C 725) in folded sections backed on canvas with blue leather cover with gold blocked title & Sir Henry Ayers' armorial book plate, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings, family papers, photographs and programmes. Also contains diaries of Lucy Lockett Ayers. Includes literary manuscripts. Additional papers comprise his personal files on education, South Australian Gas Company (when he was chairman), his parliamentary career in the Legislative Council, papers relating to wheat yields and land leases, and history of foundation of the state, finance and banking, and miscellaneous papers about agricultural and Crown Land /nationalization of land. Correspondents include R.C. Baker, Robert Barr Smith, W.H. Bundey, G.W. Goyder, H.R. Hancock, John Lewis, Dr. S. Magarey, Solomon Moody, Sir Charles Todd, Samuel Tomkinson and S.J. Way.
Full report to Vickers Limited
Covering letter dated 18 April 1920 and full report by Ross Smith to Vickers Limited, London, detailing the England-Australia flight, including a list of petrol and oil used from London to Darwin.
Correspondence and other papers
Correspondence, some to Lady Smith. Includes postcards, autographed menus, Vickers Limited wax seal, telegrams (one from R.G. Menzies) and letters of condolence on Sir Keith's death.
Instructions for despatch of telegrams and cablegrams, and memorandum of agreement between Vickers Limited and Captain Ross Smith
Instructions regarding the despatch of telegrams and cablegrams to media bodies and the determination that a total of at least twenty messages were to be sent throughout the flight. Includes a copy of a memorandum or agreement between Sydney Darlington and Captain Ross Smith of Vickers Limited and The United Cable Service (Australiasia) outlining clauses as to the agreement to supply an exclusive account of the aviators flight from England to Port Darwin in Australia to the Cable Services for publication in Australia and New Zealand.
Records relating to sculpture projects carried out or proposed by JS Ostoja-Kotkowski
The series consists of photographs, transparencies, negatives, watercolours, drawings, correspondence, and models of sculpture projects undertaken by Ostoja-Kotkowski; proposals which were never undertaken; and photographs of a sculpture of JS Ostoja-Kotkowski. Some of the proposed towers were sound and kinetic works. Chronology:. 1956: Architectural exhibition Botanic Gardens Adelaide. 1957: Fountain Tasman Hotel beer garden Port Lincoln. 1958: Fountain. 1964: Fountain Rothman's Theatrette Wayville showgrounds; Australian Photographic Society plaque. 1967: XII Stations of the Cross Churinga Monastery chapel. 1969: Trophy England to Australia commemorative air race; Fountain West End market Adelaide. 1960s: Tubular steel sculptures. 1970: Descending dove Immanuel College Novar Gardens. 1972: Helios Churchill House Canberra. 1973: Dom Polski wall sculpture. 1976: Polish Soldiers' monument Dom Polski Adelaide. 1978: Carved headstone Zenon Swigon. 1979: Ned Kelly. 1981: Sphaeros Perth District Court. 1988: Monument to Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cooma New South Wales. nd: door handles - gallery.
Photographs of W.A. Robjohns
The series comprises 15 albums housing 1,973 photographs, most of which were taken by photographer W.A. Robjohns ca.1920-1966. Album covers were numbered and labelled by Robjohns. The sequence is incomplete, however, as only volumes 1-9, 12-14, 15, 20 and 23 have been donated. Robjohns' brief descriptions of content on the covers and spines are incomplete. For further descriptions of place names and subjects contained in each album, SEE details below. The albums contain small black and white prints, mostly undated, with captions by W.R. Robjohns. Also sepia and postcard prints, and a few hand-tinted prints. A small number of images were taken by other photographers, several of whom have been identified by Robjohns. Images depict Adelaide suburbs, city scenes and country towns, with an emphasis on rural landscapes, parks and reserves, rivers, reservoirs, streets, houses, churches, businesses and shop fronts, and public celebrations and processions. Also included are images of the Robjohns family on picnics and holiday outings, and their homes, cars and pets. A number of photos were duplicated or enlarged by Robjohns and appear in more than one album.
The 'Gwendoline' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Gwendoline', 84 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden schooner, 84 tons, ON106153, 86.0 x 23.1 x 7.2. Built 1897 Coopernook, NSW. Owners Alfred and Robert Langley, registered Sydney. c. 1903 Henry C Edwards, registered Port Darwin, later to E W Lepoigneur. Wrecked February 10, 1924 when she ran ashore at Port Hedland, West Australia. Abandoned as a total loss in April 1924].
The 'Rachel Cohen' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden brigantine 'Rachel Cohen', 150 tons, in an unidentified harbour. Also refer to print PRG 1373/35/150, Part II. [wooden 2 mast schooner, 170 tons, ON64370, 105.5 x 21.0 x 10.5. Auxiliary engines installed 1915 = 171 gross 95 net tons. Built 1871 Alexander Newton, Manning River, NSW. Owners: Samuel Cohen registered Sydney: 1873 Piggott and Worledge, registered Melbourne: 1889 O Geeves, registered Hobart: July 1895 A le Messurier and William Tulloch, registered Port Adelaide c.1898 R Glen and others: c. 1909 CAL Neuman; c.1914 Joseph Hatch: c.1918 The Southern Isles Exploration Co. Ltd.; 1920 Browse Island Co. Ltd. Destroyed by fire at Darwin January 16, 1924]
The 'Coringle' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Coringle', 99 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden aux. 3 mast schooner ON120761. 96 gross, 76 net tons. 76.4 x 23.8 x 7.0 built 1909 Woodley's Ltd. Berry's Bay North Sydney. Engine 25hp. Lengthened 1918 = 128 gross, 99 net tons. 105.7 x 24.0 x 6.4. Re-engined 1938 now twin screw auxiliary schooner. 132 gross, 95 net tons. Owners Orbost Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Melbourne. 1918 Rosenfeld Hillas and Co. Pty. Ltd. August 1922 JA Olsen and others, registered Port Adelaide, then Austral Plaster Co. Ltd. requisitioned by government during WW2. Re-registered Port Adelaide in September 1946 by R. Fricker and Co. and others. By 1969 was operating out of Darwin for others.]
Birds eye view from Palmerston Hill, Darwin
Birds eye view of from Palmerston Hill, with a camp and group of men in foreground [also at B 17389/33][2 copies (1 annotated)].
Fort Hill
Fort Hill, Darwin. A group of men are standing on the beach. Photograph is signed with Captain Sweet's anchor [also at B 4649].
'Ayers Rock trip' Uluru 1960, collection of colour slides
'Ayers Rock' trip 1960, collection of colour slides, photographed by Raymond Gordon. Gordon camped with friends at Uluru / Ayers Rock, on his trip across Australia from Ungarra, Eyre Peninsula to Darwin, July to August 1960. Slides also include a views of Coober Pedy, Palm Valley, Standley Chasm, Curtin Springs, and other places. Details of the photographs are listed under items.
Round Australia travellers
Photograph of Ray Gordon and friends, with the Landrover in which Ray and friend Wilf Roediger made their overland trip to Darwin. One photograph in a small collection of negative film rolls, photographed by Raymond Gordon. To see all photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1605/7.
Round Australia travellers
Photograph of Ray Gordon and friends, with the Landrover in which Ray and friend Wilf Roediger made their overland trip to Darwin. One photograph in a small collection of negative film rolls, photographed by Raymond Gordon. To see all photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1605/7.
Letters to Elizabeth Venning
Letters written by Geoffrey Barnes to Elizabeth Venning, and her mother, from Vietnam during his 12 month tour of duty, and later when he was teaching in Darwin and travelling overseas.
London to Adelaide souvenir
Souvenir flag issued to commemorate Ross and Keith Smith's successful flight from London to Adelaide. It features a drawing of the Smiths' Vickers Vimy plane in black on a beige coloured fabric, with a silky fringe, and the words 'London to Adelaide 1920' in gold paint. Both Smiths, together with their crew, Wally Shiers and Jim Bennett, have autographed the flag in pencil. The flag was subsquently mounted in a wooden frame, with three contemporary newspapers cuttings attached to the back.
Parer and McIntosh's aircraft
The aircraft, a single-engine de Havilland D.H.9 biplane, G-EAQM, which Lieutenants Ray Parer and John McIntosh flew from England to Australia, after landing in Longreach, 13 August 1920, 11 days after arriving in Darwin, completing the 208 day flight. Ray Parer's mother, Myria Parer, is standing at the tail of the aircraft.
Parer and McIntosh's aircraft
Crowds admiring the aircraft, a single-engine de Havilland D.H.9 biplane, G-EAQM, which Lieutenants Ray Parer and John McIntosh flew from England to Australia, after landing in Longreach, 13 August 1920, 11 days after arriving in Darwin, completing the 208 day flight.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Parer
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Raymond Parer in military uniform.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Parer
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Raymond John Paul Parer in military uniform.
War service photographs
A collection of photos relating to Thomas Chappell's time serving in the Middle East. Each image has a brief caption: many show military activities - vehicles such as trucks, tanks and horse-drawn carriages; prisoners of war; guns; captured planes; donkeys, mules and camels used for transportation; servicemen and army camps. There are also quite a few of the people, scenery and buildings in the Middle East. See items for details of individual images.
Surveying the North/South railway from Alice Springs to South Australia
23 black and white photographs taken by James (Jim) J. Kennedy in 1927 to 1928 during the surveying of the North/South Ghan railway from Alice Springs to South Australia. They were taken with a Box Brownie camera which Jim purchased for 10/- (10 shillings). Descriptions supplied by donor. See below for details.
Ragless Reserve
Mr Payne, of Quinlan Avenue, C.C. Ragless, G.B. Ragless, and H.P. Darwin, possibly at the 'Grand Picnic Fete', held on the reserve in aid of the South Road Progress Association and Soldier's Fund, opened by C.C. Ragless. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1631/44.
Kaines Collection
Collection of 15 photograph albums, containing 2943 photographs taken by Jack Kaines from the time he finised school until the end of World War II. The photographs act as a pictorial documentary of his life showing the places he traveled to around South Australia and Australia, including many roadtrips and daytrips visiting friends and family. Many of the photographs show the various cars that he owned. The photographs taken during World War II initially show many other Servicemen, but subsequently become mostly tourist shots. Except for a small number of photographs taken in Fiji, the collection ends with his war photographs, and the last 30 years of his life is not captured in this collection. A selection of photographs from his albums have been digitised and can be searched on PRG 1638.