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Mule Team, Innamincka
Large mule team pulling a goods wagon outside Innamincka Hotel. A researcher has provided the following information: Going by the direction the mule team is facing, they have crossed Cooper Creek already, and are facing the direction to transport the wool (probably Cordillo Wool clip) south to the railhead at Marree, or Farina.
Mail Coach, Innamincka
The Horse Mail Coach outside Innamincka Hotel.
Mount Nor'West Station
Station out from Farina.
Parachilna
Parachilna name comes from the Nukunu Aboriginal word meaning place of peppermint gum trees. The railway lines and station can be seen in this photograph. When the railway line from Port Augusta to Farina passed through the area in 1881 the whole town was moved 10 kilometres so the population could be closer to the railway siding. The new town was laid out in 1890. The original town was surveyed in 1863
Witchelina Station Homestead
Witchelina Station Homestead. According to a researcher, this photograph was taken by Alice Mary Hopewell (nee Hiddle). The occasion was a tennis party circa 1912/14. Pictured left to right are Jack Bell, Digby Germein, Fred Burr, Renn Barnes, P. McIntosh, Sid Burr (Farina's baker) Vic Lampe, Eva Napier, Emma Ragless, Harry Ragless, Bill Darmody, Val Hopewell, Lena Ragless, Richard Ragless, "Scotty" Napier.
Billy Kite
Aboriginal boy Billy Kite was found at Muccumba Station and adopted by Stephen and Matilda Kite from Farina, who sent him to Port Augusta to be educated. He became the best stockman in the far north-west. His twin sister Naraldia married a Mr Warren from Finniss Spring near Maree. [From information provided.]
John Henry Reid
Portrait of John Henry Reid, nephew of Rev. Richardson Reid.
Camel Mail Buggy
Camel drawn mail buggy used on the Cordillo Downs run. Cordillo Downs, originally Cardilla is 72 miles north of Innamincka and 96 miles south west of Birdsville in South Australia. The area was once Australian's largest sheep station. Airmail delivery to remote outback properties began in 1949 but before this the camel drawn mail buggy was used. The Afghans with their camel teams hauled stores and mail up the Strzelecki Track to Farina and returned with wool. The journey took two months to complete. Cordillo Downs had it's own post office in 1900.
Locomotive 53
[General description] The crew poses with Locomotive no. 53. These W class locomotives were used on the Port Augusta and Government Gums (Farina)Railway. [On back of photograph] 'Locomotive no. 53 / Class W (Maker's continuation no. 1717 / Built in Manchester in 1877 by Beyer Peacock / Used on construction work by Barry, Brooks & Fraser until 1882, when it was sold to the South Australian Railways. Sold to Teasdale Smith in December 1911 / Used on 3'6" guage / Photo evidently between 1882 and 1911 / Information supplied by Mr. L.S. Kingsborough'.
Camel team leaving Arrabury, Queensland
GENERAL: Camel team leaving Arrabury Outstation in Queensland en route for Farina in South Australia, photographed by Les Reynolds of Unley, Adelaide, during his journeys in South Australia, south Queensland, and New South Wales.
Sydney Phillips, schoolteacher at Beltana
BELTANA: Sydney Phillips, schoolteacher at Beltana and Farina, photographed driving a vehicle pulled by a team of four horses.
Les Loud (shearer) work & holiday scenes : Arrabury Station
Loading wool onto camels for Farina.
Les Loud (shearer) work & holiday scenes : Innamincka to Wooltana
Accalana mail change from Innamincka to Farina. Camels pulling mail coach with a ute alongside.
Frederick Slee
Frederick Slee standing in front of his electrical goods shop in Melbourne. Fred Hugh Slee was born in 1895 in Farina, South Australia.
Camel outside Manfield's premises
A camel, loaded with Amgoorie Tea chests, outside the premises of 'J.W. Manfield, 'general merchant, receiving and forwarding agent'. The camel's Afghan handler can just be seen on the right of the picture. Location unknown, possibly Farina.
Views of Andamooka
A collection of images of Andamooka.
Portraits in South Australia
Photographs in black & white and some sepia, of portraits of South Australian people and scenes ca. 1890-1930. Some images include noteworthy costumes. See CONTENTS for more information and details.
Cassidy family photos
A collection of photographs, some taken during a trip to New South Wales for the wedding of Nancy Osborne to Dudley Doherty in Wollongong, and others of travels along the South Coast to Buddong Falls in the Snowy Mountains. Also includes a few miscellaneous photographs. See 'contents' for details of individual items.
South Australian views: album
Album titled 'South Australian views', with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in Adelaide, the Botanic Gardens, Victoria Square, Mitcham, Glen Osmond, Morialta, Waterfall Gully, Clarendon, Eden Hills, Glenelg, Port Elliot, Naracoorte Caves, Mount Gambier and Lakes, Melrose, Broken Hill mines and River Murray. See 'more information tab' for further details of individual photographs. A small collection of loose photographs was found in the back of this album. To see details of these, go to B 72112/1-35.
Cobb's coach at Accallana Well
An abandoned Cobb & Co coach at Accallana Well. A note with the photo reads 'dumped used to be dragged by camels across Cobbler Desert'. However Benny Kerwin, a "half caste" Yandruwandha man from Innamincka, drove the Farina to Innamincka Cobb & Co. mail coach as a teenager. In approximately 1906-1907 he was crossing Accalana crossing, Strzelecki creek and the horses bolted, causing the mail coach to crash. For sometime after that he carried the mail by packhorse.
Gourley, Slade and Russell
Copied from a Crombie family album, this image shows Phil Gourley, Slade and Robin Russell at Farina.
Sweet Collection folders, volume 6
Volume 6 in a collection of photographs by Captain Samuel Sweet, arranged in six folders. Each photograph in Folders 1-5 and some in Folder 6 have separate records in the catalogue and have been previously digitised. By searching on Collection: Sweet Collection, these records can be drawn together. Additional photographs in Folder 6 can be viewed by taking the browse album link attached to the record B 72483/6.
Photographs from northern South Australia
A selection from travel photographs taken by amateur photographer G.R. Oliver. Identified as from 'South Australia, Beltana, Marla and Port Pirie', they also include nearby localities such as Leigh Creek, Aroona, Port Pirie, Maree, Copley, William Creek, Coober Pedy and Andamooka.
Coopers Creek in flood
Envelope and six photographs showing Coopers Creek in flood near Innamincka, and camel team hitched to a mail coach at Carraweena en route for Innamincka. Envelope is addressed to 'The Honorable Judge Mitchell Adelaide, from Baron De Pury, Police Station Innamincka, S. A'. Each photograph is captioned, signed 'J. R. de Pury, M. C.' [mounted Constable] and dated '22/5/26'. Other copies of the photograph 'Changing mails at Carraweena' are held at B 44611, B 68243/45, B 25220 and PRG 1435/1/24 but B 72715 has the definitive date.
Photograph albums
Albums of miscellaneous photographs including: farming and station properties, horse drawn vehicles, townships, farm buildings and implements, and portraits of prominent South Australians including members of Legislative Council. Album 2 comprises photographs of the 1890 Royal Pastoral Commission inspection of South Australia and the Northern Territory showing members of the Commission and locations they visited. Some of the locations include: 'Springfield' the property owned by John Warren and Mount Crawford, Williamstown, Wirrabara, Tandowie, Wilpena Pound, the Barossa Ranges, Beltana Station, Farina, Strangways Springs, Warren Reservoir, Millbrook Reservoir, Morgan, the Murray River, Anna Creek, Beetaloo Dam, the Macdonnell Ranges, Melrose, the Flinders Ranges, and Strzelecki Creek. Also included are photographs thought to be of the Warren family at 'Springfield' and taken during various family outings, and photographs of John Warren comprising: a photograph of John Warren and two other men dressed in military uniform, a group portrait of the Royal Pastoral Commission, an unidentified group portrait (possibly the Legislative Council), and a composite photograph of the 1902 Legislative Council.
Album of South Australian views
An album of various South Australian views including: Blair Place near Smithfield, the mill at Middleton, 'Springfield' the home of the Warren family, Victoria Creek near Williamstown, Mount Crawford, Georgetown, Gladstone, Wirrabara, Tandowie, Kanyaka, Arkaba Range, Wilpena Pound, Cockatoo Valley, Lyndoch, Barossa Ranges, Beltana Station, Windy Creek, Farina, Finnis Springs Station, Hermit Hill, Strangways Springs, Douglas Creek, Woodside, Echunga, Reynella, Granite Island, and Port Victor. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
Witchelina Station
Witchelina Station, home of Ragless Brothers. Richard W. Ragless is on the balcony and Henry Ragless is on the steps. The house was buily by John Ragless Junior and his sons, near Farina. It was destroyed by fire on 1 December 1959, and was owned at the time by Myrtle Springs Pastoral Company. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/25.
Photographs of old South Australian pubs
Collection of photographs of old South Australian pubs and hotels, originally held by Consumer and Business Services, South Australia. Hotels include: Hotel Thevenard, North Blinman Hotel, Wirrulla Hotel, Transcontinental Hotel in Oodnadatta, Penong Hotel, Exchange Hotel in Farina, Tiger Hotel in Tantanoola, Commercial Hotel in Orroroo, Parachilna Hotel, Co'burn Hotel in Cockburn, Burton Hotel in Manoora, Stanley Bridge Hotel in Verdun, Cockburn Hotel, Manoora Hotel, and the Wheatsheaf Inn in Allendale North. To view individual photographs, do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on B 74512/1 - B 74512/16.
Aeroplane undergoing repairs
"Plane flown from Adelaide-Darwin. Refuelled at Farina. Engine cut out over Adelaide on test flight the night before over Dry Creek - dropped into empty filled - towed back to Parafield 1936. Cap and valve came out of petrol pump. Took part of brother's car." Possibly Reverend Griffiths, near Alice Springs.