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The abattoir superintendent's house and part of the surrounding garden

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/3/174

The abattoir superintendent's house and part of the surrounding garden; a small girl rides a rocking horse on the verandah.

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875, Photograph, B 72583/1-44

Collection of photographs showing bridges, roads, vehicles, road construction equipment, punts, River Murray flood scenes and a cover from a South Australian themed Christmas card.

Adelaide views album

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 72445/1-80

Album of photographs of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, many of them taken by Samuel Sweet (images 1-80). Images 81-82 of Ceylon, nos. 83-95 of Malta, 96-101 of Windsor Castle and St George's Chapel, Windsor, 102-103 of Oxford, and 104-107 of English coastal town/s. Items 108-111 (loose in back of album) are prints from clasical scenes. Attribution for the photographs are as follows: images 1-50, 73 are by Sweet; images 77-79, and possibly 80 are by Charles Bayliss. Overseas scenes (images 81-111) have not been copied.

Yatala Labour Prison

Pritchard, Hal, 1975, Photograph, PRG 1561/7/1/2/21

View across Dry Creek at Yatala Labour Prison, 1975.

Yatala Labour Prison

Pritchard, Hal, 1975, Photograph, PRG 1561/7/1/2/20

View across Dry Creek to the Highways Department Depot, at Yatala Labour Prison, 1975.

Rustic bridge, Wirrealpa

Mitchell, Robert, c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1610/11/5

Photograph of a man and a child standing on a wooden bridge over a dry creek bed.

Jas Cowan

Adelaide Photographic Co., c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1642/25/221

Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Jas Cowan, who was killed near Dry Creek at a railway crossing. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/25.

View from ICI Penrice Soda facility

c. 1960, Photograph, B 75150

View towards Dry Creek from the Imperial Chemical Industries facility, which would become Penrice Soda in 1989, at Osborne.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : John Rains

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/11S

Born in Adelaide, South Australia to Sarah Rains, nee Perkins, and William Rains. Farmer, Dry Creek.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Leonard I'Anson

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/15S

Arrived in South Australia in July 1837 on board the ship the "City of Adelaide". Farmer, Dry Creek, One Tree Hill, Steelton.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Thomas Lillywhite

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/16O

Arrived in South Australia in March 1839 on board the ship the "Buckinghamshire". Publican, Dry Creek, Enfield.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Henry James South

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/16S

Arrived in South Australia in March 1839 on board the ship the "Buckinghamshire". Farmer, Dry Creek (Modbury).

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Robert Symons Kelly

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/17N

Arrived in South Australia in February 1839 on board the ship the "Platina". Builder, Adelaide; farmer, Dry Creek, Modbury.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Roberts

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/20N

Arrived in South Australia in July 1838 on board the ship the "Henry Porcher". Farmer, Dry Creek.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : John Lewis

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/21D

Arrived in South Australia in January 1838 on board the ship the "Royal Admiral". Farmer, Stockade, Dry Creek.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Rains

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/22Q

Arrived in South Australia in December 1837 on board the ship the "Navarino". Storekeeper, baker, publican, Adelaide; farmer, publican, Dry Creek.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : James Cronk

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/25N

Arrived in South Australia in November 1836 on board the ship the "Africaine". Labourer, native interpreter, farmer, Adelaide, Dry Creek, Modbury.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : George John I'Anson

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/4I

Born in Dry Creek, South Australia to Maria I'Anson, nee Plested, and Leonard I'Anson. Farmer, Steelton, Wonna.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : William Marrett

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/6B

Arrived in South Australia in October 1840 on board the ship the "Mary Dugdale". Farmer, Dry Creek; publican, Port Pirie.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : John Coulter, Snr

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/8F

Arrived in South Australia in June 1849 on board the ship the "Charles Kerr". Farmer, Dry Creek, Tea Tree Gully, Modbury.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Taylor Gregory

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/7J

Sarah Taylor Gregory, 1834-1913; nee Squire, married Edward Gregory. Arrived in South Australia in June 1848 on board the ship the "Princess Royal". Resided in Dry Creek, Modbury.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Jane Elizabeth Storer

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/6L

Jane Elizabeth Storer, 1817-1884; nee Dayman, married Jacob Storer, then James Cronk. Arrived in South Australia in June 1839 on board the ship the "Hooghly". Resided at Adelaide, Dry Creek, Modbury.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Ann Beaumont

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/28E

Ann Beaumont, c. 1837-1908; nee Plummer, married Charles Frederick Beaumont. Arrived in South Australia in August 1840 on board the ship the "William Mitchell". Resided in Dry Creek, Angaston, Yorketown, Edithburgh, Kensington, Parkside, Hindmarsh, Albert.