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Larrakeyah Army Theatre

Andrew, Marjorie, c. 1945, Photograph, PRG 1708/3/40

View of the Larrakeyah Army Theatre, Darwin. The sign on the side of the screen reads 'Whitmore Theatre'. Original photograph: black and white print, 6.5 x 9 cm.

Father Christmas arrives in Darwin by plane

1938, Photograph, BRG 121/1/1489

A man dressed as Father Christmas, and two little girls, help to unload parcels and bags at an airport in Darwin. Father Christmas has travelled to Darwin from the Magic Cave in John Martin's department store in Adelaide.

Ross Smith Avenue, Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1950, Photograph, PRG 18/16/23

View of Ross Smith Avenue, Darwin, once part of the old Darwin aerodrome.

Drawing of the Ross and Keith Smith memorial, Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1945, Artwork, PRG 18/60/2

Pencil drawing of the commemorative Monument to Ross and Keith Smith and the first England-Australia flight at Darwin, Northern Territory, by artist Dale Cuthbertson.

Cable House, Port Darwin

Telecom Australia, c. 1875, Photograph, B 78440

'Port Darwin. The small white building on the beach is the cable house which was the Australian end of the International cable. The large building above is the Government Residency'. Written on reverse: Telecom, 26. Handwritten on reverse: 'Cable Hut. Cable handing place west side of Fort Hill, Port Darwin, showing the Residencey. The opening between Fort Hill on the right and the tableland on the left on which the Residency is built is the place where Mr Goyder, Surveyor General, and party landed and pitched their camp in February 1869 (The small hut on the beach in the centre is the cable house)'.

Church women in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1927, Photograph, PRG 933/23/151

A meeting of church women in Darwin 1927.

'John McBride' mission boat, Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, c. 1932, Photograph, PRG 933/13/3

"The McBride, mission boat in Darwin for repairs early 1930s". The McBride was shipwrecked in 1932.

Morning tea in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1927, Photograph, PRG 933/13/146

"A meeting of ladies in Darwin 1927".

Aircraft hanger, Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1930, Photograph, PRG 933/13/151

"Aircraft hangar on old aerodrome Darwin 1930. This area has many houses on it now"

First airmail service to Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1936, Photograph, PRG 933/13/153

"The first airmail service arriving at Darwin 1936".

Street in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 933/13/171

Cars in a street, possibly Darwin, Northern Territory.

Street in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 933/13/173

Street view, possibly Darwin Esplanade.

Arrival of first air mail at Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1936, Photograph, PRG 933/13/308

"The headmen at the arrival of the first air mail in Darwin 1936".

Aboriginal children visiting Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1930, Photograph, PRG 933/13/335

"Part Aboriginal children out for trip on the Administration vehicle, Darwin 1930". Possibly children from Croker Island.

Aeroplane used for first airmal to Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1936, Photograph, PRG 933/13/464

"The plane that bought the first airmail to Darwin".

Church women meeting in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1930, Photograph, PRG 933/13/352

"A meeting of church women in Darwin 1930".

First airmail arriving in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1936, Photograph, PRG 933/13/474

"First mail arriving Darwin 1936?"

Methodist Church and Mission house, Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1927, Photograph, PRG 933/13/414

"The church and mission house Darwin 1927".

Harold Shepherdson at the Mission house in Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1927, Photograph, PRG 933/13/456

"Me at the Mission house Darwin, 1927".

Methodist Misssion House, Darwin

Shepherdson, Harold, 1927, Photograph, PRG 933/13/497

"The Mission House Darwin 1927".

A group of eight girls who conduct at Darwin their own laundry on a profit-sharing basis

Aborigines' Friends' Association (Adelaide, S.A.), 1936, Realia, SRG 139/57/2

A printing block and a printed image from the block, depicting Australian Aboriginal life on mission. Printing block number 152.

c. 1869, Photograph, B 1151

Stereoscopic view illustrating the Northern Territory Survey Expedition, led by George W. Goyder, 1868-70, showing men at the main camp.

Darwin

c. 1869, Photograph, B 1152

Stereoscopic view illustrating the Northern Territory Survey Expedition, led by George W. Goyder, 1868-70, at the main camp.

Darwin

c. 1869, Photograph, B 1153

Stereoscopic view illustrating the Northern Territory Survey Expedition, led by George W. Goyder, 1868-70, showing the main camp.

Darwin

c. 1869, Photograph, B 1155

Stereoscopic view illustrating the Northern Territory Survey Expedition, led by George W. Goyder, 1868-70, at the main camp, with Fort Hill on the left.

Darwin

c. 1869, Photograph, B 1156

Stereoscopic views illustrating the Northern Territory Survey Expedition, 1868-70, led by George W. Goyder, at the main camp, with Fort Hill on the left.