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City of Adelaide S.A. Looking South-East.
Monochrome tinted lithograph from a drawing by Samuel Calvert of an early settlement in Adelaide looking south-east from a point near Strangways Terrace in North Adelaide. In the foreground Aboriginal people are depicted fishing in the River Torrens (Kaurna name: Karrawirra Parri). The image illustrates the Torrens River and the cattle yards at the north western end of the city opposite the Newmarket Hotel. The Mount Lofty Ranges can be seen in the background.
Solaris over the Murray
Fish-eye view by Mike Stass of Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski's 'Solaris' exhibit at Brisbane's World Expo 88, sponsored by BP SOLAR Australia. The image is superimposed on a scene of the River Murray in South Australia. Ostoja's original composite image was made at Chrome Colour Laboratories. This image was printed for cards by Ostoja-Kotkowski.
Photograph album of Ceduna
Album of photographs of Ceduna and region, mostly captioned by Howard Gwynn Watson, photographer and owner of a local garage. See 'contents' note for more details.
Photographs of the Adelaide Hills, and locations in Queensland and Western Australia
Several pages from an Album of photographs, containing views of the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Reservoir, and locations in Perth, Brisbane, Cairns, Newcastle and Thursday Island. Selected images have been digitised; request album to view complete collection.
Photographs of river shipping and places
Photographs from Harry Godson's collection which had been given his catalogue numbers but were not included in earlier digitised series 1-4. His numbers are included in caption details. Among the collection are photographs from the PS 'Marion' on its last trip from Berri to Mannum in June 1963 before being handed over to Mannum National Trust (images 32-63). Most images undated. See 'Contents' in 'More info' for details.
South Australian scenes and activities 16
Part of a collection of slides taken by amateur photographer Elva Heinemann of South Australian scenes and activities, featuring the South East in 1966. See 'contents' for details of individual images.
South Australian scenes and activities 6
Part of a collection of slides taken by amateur photographer Elva Heinemann of South Australian scenes and activities, featuring Kangaroo Island in 1965. See 'contents' for details of individual images.
Arts and Crafts : Exhibitions
John Lewin. Australia. 1770-1819. Fish catch and Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour c1813. oil on canvas 86.5 x 113.0 cm. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Gift of the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation and SA Brewing Company's Centenary 1988. 899P30. 27th February 1991.
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.
Adelaide Festival of Arts projects
The series consists of photographs, negatives, transparencies and documents relating to proposals, and projects undertaken by Ostoja-Kotkowski, for the Adelaide Festival of Arts. They include sound and image productions, floats, chromasonic towers, festival decorations, and exhibitions. It includes 'Genesis' designed in 1962 which was Ostoja's first attempt to present photographic images synchronised with sound. The 1968 Sound and Image production used a laser beam for the first time. 'Time Riders' was produced for the 1970 festival. Ostoja combined dreamtime legends with poetry by Judith Wright, Roland Robinson, Kenneth Slessor and Max Harris. The script was by Tony Morphett and the music by Richard Meale, Peter Sculthorpe and John Antill. 1964 float for the parade; Sound and Image production. 1966 street decorations; exhibition of photography by Members of Image 8; Sound and Image production. 1968 Sound and Image production. 1970 Chromasonic tower; Sound and Image production of Time Riders; street decorations;. 1980 Laser kinetic exhibition 'Futuresight'. 1982 Laser concert. 1990 'Brush with stage' participant in exhibition. 1994 'Inscape 94' exhibition.
Diary of John Conner
Diary 22 March to 4 June 1923 believed to be by John David Conner, River Murray fisherman on New South Wales - Victoria part of the river (Balranald, NSW is mentioned frequently); photoprint of 18 pp. handwritten diary.
'Woonda'
'Woonda' [steel single screw steam tug ON146200, 309 gross, nil net tons. Built 1915 (6) JP Rennoldson and Sons Ltd., South Shields. 125.3 x 25.2 x 13.1. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 134nhp by shipbuilder. Owners: Built for the Adelaide Steam Tug Co. but taken over by the Royal Navy when completed. Sold out of service. Jan. 1922. The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide. Two funnels. Most powerful tug in South Australia until the arrival of mv 'Tusker'. Sold 1964 to KW Tidwell, Port Lincoln, for conversion to a tuna fishing boat. She was not converted and the hull was broken up in Port Adelaide during 1965. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Leprena'
'Leprena' immediately after launching with her builders, March 1922 [wooden 2 mast ketch. ON131506. 70 gross, 67 net tons. 75.0 x 22.5 x 6.8. Built 1912 Philip B Forbes, Lake Macquarie, NSW and registered at Port Adelaide in 1923, having formerly been owned in Melbourne. Lengthened and renamed 'Leprena' in May 1938 = 105 gross, 85 net tons. 92.8 x 22.8 x 6.6. Requisitioned by Commonwealth Government during WW2 but returned to commerical service in 1946. Ultimately became a fishing vessel and was destroyed by fire off Port Moorowie, SA Feb. 12, 1964. See 'Ketches of South Australia' Parsons, 1978] [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner, ON151549. 143 tons. 110.0 x 26.0 x 10.1. Built 1922 Purdon and Featherstone, Battery Point Hobart. Owners: Rooganah Ltd. registered Hobart. Wrecked in March 1925 on a voyage Hobart - Port Adelaide off Eddystone Point, Tasmania. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May]
'Cheopis'
'Cheopis'. [Cheopis means flea. Steel single screw steamship, ON156011, 55 gross, 25 net tons. 70.0 x 14.0 x 5.3. Built 1914 Robinson Bros. Melbourne. Compound steam engine, 34nhp, by shipbuilder, 10 knots. Owners South Australian Government's Customs and Health Department (Built as a boarding launch) Taken out of service and towed to Melbourne by SS Lady Loch Oct. 21, 1932. Sold and in 1934 registered at Port Adelaide by Kangaroo Island Transport Co. Ltd and intended for a service between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island. This was not successful and she was eventually sold and converted into a shark fishing boat no later than 1946. Eventually she became the property of Mr J. Anderson, of Apollo Bay, Vic. who unofficially renamed her Black Witch. She was wrecked Jan. 22 1954 at Apollo Bay. Her register was closed at Port Adelaide Customs in June 1956 with 'Vessel sunk'.]
Palmerston, Fort Point
Palmerston, Darwin. Fort Point with fishing boat and men [also at B 9749] [2 copies (1 annotated)].
Goolwa beach
Hal Pritchard photographing a jelly fish on Goolwa Beach, 1975.
Album of World War I photographs
Album of photographs of nursing sisters, Col. Simpson Newland and others on the 'Orvosa' in Cairo, Ismailia, Dartford and elsewhere.
The 'Earl Dalhousie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Earl Dalhousie', 1765 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/148 [wooden barquentine, 213 gross, 189 net tons. 114.4 x 25.2 x 11.9. Built 1871 Hansen, Skien. Owners: J Nielsen, registered Porsgrund] [wooden barque. 1047 tons. ON29463. 191.5 x 34.8 x 22.0. Built 1862 (9) A Stephen and Sons. Dundee. Owners A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee. c.1882 sold to Bremen and renamed Meta Seeger. Noted as being stranded in 1887]. According to a researcher the captain of this ship was Richard H Cary - who came from the fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall England. He was one of five brothers - all were ships captains who spent time in Australian waters. Richard was the only one of the brothers who did not die at sea.
The 'Earl Dalhousie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Earl Dalhousie', 1765 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/18 [possibly also known as the 'Meta Seeger' owned in Bremen] [wooden barque. 1047 tons. ON29463. 191.5 x 34.8 x 22.0. Built 1862 (9) A Stephen and Sons. Dundee. Owners A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee. c.1882 sold to Bremen and renamed Meta Seeger. Noted as being stranded in 1887]. According to a researcher the captain of this ship was Richard H Cary - who came from the fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall England. He was one of five brothers - all were ships captains who spent time in Australian waters. Richard was the only one of the brothers who did not die at sea.
South Australian Company : SUMMARY RECORD
Business records of the South Australian Company, comprising minutes, correspondence, the original 1836 Deed of Settlement and other copies, deeds, share documentation, reports and other papers of the London Office of the company, together with those of the South Australian office including minutes, correspondence, reports, registers of land sales, papers re whaling and fishing, pastoral activities, imports and exports, farming, construction, financial records, administrative matters, legal documents, maps, plans, photographs and newspaper cuttings. Also in the group is a collection of 8 passenger lists of ships with names of Company emigrants who arrived in the colony between 1837 and 1839 (records formerly accessioned as V 1174).
Artefacts relating to navy career
Items from Jefferson Walker's navy dress uniform, comprising his commander's cap and shoulder epaulettes. Also included is a tin trunk which originally belonged to E.A. Feldt and subsequently used by Walker; a padlock and key used to secure the trunk; a sword knot (also belonging to Feldt); a wooden badge for the 'Parramatta'; and five of black armbands. See below for further details.
Diary of Robert Gouger
Diary of Robert Gouger in five parts: Some rough notes of a voyage ... in the 'Africaine' in two parts, extracts from a memorandum of a residence in Holdfast Bay; memoranda made during a voyage ... by way of Van Dieman's Land in the 'Katherine Stewart Forbes' and 'Voyage from Hobart Town to England'. Includes copy made by Sarah Gouger, of which parts two and three are not present in the original. With two fish illustrations.
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.
Mellor family photographs
Letter to Eliza Mellor and photographs (with negatives) of the Mellor family.
Photographs of the West family
Photographs of family members of the West family and extended family members. See below for further details.
Photographs & correspondence relating to Sir Tom Bridges' trip to Kangaroo Island
Papers relating to the planning and execution of the Kangaroo Island trip (1919-1923) with the Governor Sir Tom Bridges, comprising letters received by S.A. White (from V.H.F. Cook, R.W. Chapman and Charles Anderson, all of Kingscote), an ink sketch by Sir Tom Bridges of S.A. White and Bill Chapman titled 'The Guides disagree', and photographs taken by S.A. White during the trip around Kangaroo Island. The envelope containing the prints carries a note which reads 'K.I. Trip with Sir Tom Bridges - round the Island by [Dort] car'.
The 'Surprise' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Surprise', 38 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57621, 38 tons, 63.0 x 17.7 x 6.1. Built 1889 Thomas Purdon, Old Beach, Hobart, Tasmania. Owners: T Purdon, registered Hobart. May 1910 George R Heritage, registered Port Adelaide. Transferred to Melbourne December 1924 and fitted with an auxiliary motor. Subsequently became a fishing boat based on Port Welshpool. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition, 1978]
'Rachel Thompson' wooden ketch
'Rachel Thompson' wooden ketch 16 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 16 tons. ON57577, 47.3 x 12.6 x 5.9. Built 1877 Tasmania. Ultimately turned to fishing and when owned by TM Burgess was wrecked on Victoria Rocks, Bass Strait, in July 1922 although her register was not closed until September 1949]
River Murray, Mannum and Berri
Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising lantern slides and glass plate negatives of Murray River scenes including paddlesteamers, boating for leisure, picturesque landscape scenes and items documenting flood levels in Berri, Mannum and Morgan. See CONTENTS for more information and details of images.
'Leprena' wooden schooner at Port Adelaide
'Leprena' wooden schooner at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast ketch 143 tons ON131506. 70 gross, 67 net tons. 75.0 x 22.5 x 6.8. Built 1912 Philip B Forbes, Lake Macquarie, NSW and registered at Port Adelaide in 1923, having formerly been owned in Melbourne. Lengthened and renamed 'Leprena' in May 1938 = 105 gross, 85 net tons. 92.8 x 22.8 x 6.6. Requisitioned by Commonwealth Government during WW2 but returned to commerical service in 1946. Ultimately became a fishing vessel and was destroyed by fire off Port Moorowie, SA Feb. 12, 1964. See 'Ketches of South Australia' Parsons, 1978] [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner, ON151549. 143 tons. 110.0 x 26.0 x 10.1. Built 1922 Purdon and Featherstone, Battery Point Hobart. Owners: Rooganah Ltd. registered Hobart. Wrecked in March 1925 on a voyage Hobart - Port Adelaide off Eddystone Point, Tasmania. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May]