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Wakefield Street
Wakefield Street, north side, September 9th 1955, left side of Moulds and Ellis' building is 16 yards east of Gawler Place, frontage is 10 yards, old building to the right has frontage of 9 yards, extreme right is approximately 45 yards east of Gawler Place. The cottage adjoining Moulds and Ellis Motorcycle Shop on the right side, was demolished in 1955
Wakefield Street
Wakefield Street, north side, western corner of Gawler Place, October 28th 1952, right side of Peerless Dry Cleaners building abuts Gawler Place, frontage is 7 1/4 yard to Wakefield Street. For view of the building before alterations made in 1950 see B 12395.
Wakefield Street
Wakefield Street, south side, Willard Hall. November 2nd 1936, right side is 2 1/3 yards west of east side of Gawler Place. Site of Willard Hall's right side is 2.75 yards west of the east side of Gawler Place. Willard Hall was previously St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In 1928 an old bell was found in the tower of Willard Hall. This relic was probably the first bell cast in Adelaide and made to the order of the session of St Andrew's Kirk. The bell was made at a foundry on North Terrace and the maker had embellished it with his name and date, Pybus, March 5th, 1845.
Flinders Street, Adelaide
Flinders Street, north side, Adelaide, October 1917 photographed a few months before the demolition of the buildings from Gawler Place up to and including 'Motors Limited'. Left side of 'Motors Limited' is 60 yards west of Gawler Place. For view after the erection of new premises for Motors Ltd. see B 1755.
Adelaide View
[General description] View of Adelaide from the Town Hall Tower showing horse paddocks abutting Gawler Place. On the opposite side of Gawler Place are shingle roofed workman's cottages. A hotel, the 'Young Queen Inn' is in the centre of the view and Thomas Wells is the licensee at this time. Rooftops, parklands and foothills recede into the background. Part of panorama of Adelaide / Photographed from the Town Hall tower by Townsend Duryea in 1865 / Copied in 15 sections from B 5099.
Laying bitumin outside the A.G. Healing Ltd. machine workshop.
Photograph of workmen laying bitumin outside the A.G. Healing Ltd. machine workshop building on Flinders Street near Gawler Place. It is possible the bitumin was laid over reinforced steel structures to protect new storm water pipes.
Site of former York Theatre, Rundle Street
The York Theatre stood on the corner of Rundle Street and Gawler Place, Adelaide, City Acre 43, and was demolished in 1962 for the widening of Gawler Place. The building behind is the head office of G. & R. Wills & Co. Limited, which was also partly demolished for the new roadway. The crane visible on the left-hand side is being used for the construction of the Prudential Building on North Terrace. Note policeman directing traffic on right. (Photograph taken 4 April 1962).
Photographs and slides
Photographs of the factory and employees of the Bunyip Soap Company. Slides relating to advertising relating to Bunyip Soaps.
Anzac Day March along North Terrace, 1931
Panoramic view of crowds lining the streets to watch the Anzac Day march along North Terrace. Returned Servicemen are marching. The Gawler Place corner can be seen on the extreme right of the photograph. The G. & R. Wills & Co. Limited building, located on the corner of Gawler Place and Fisher Street, can be seen in the background on the right.
Promotional poster
Poster advertising A. Simpson & Son Adelaide featuring images of the original factory in Gawler Place (1857), Freeman Street Factory, Wakefield Street Works, Gawler Place Warehouse and Factory, and Pirie Street frontage, along with a photograph of a banker's safe. Composed by Ernest Gall, Photo-Illustrator, 11 Alma Chambers.
Rundle Street
[General description] Shops along the northern side of Rundle Street between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. The buildings range from three storeys to two storeys high and comprise of such shops as the Coliseum, Stevenson's Watchmakers and Jewellers, Donaldson and Andrews Importers, J. Marshall and Company Importers. A large three sided clock is located in the street above Stevensons Shop. Many pedestrians are shopping in Rundle Street and several horses and carriages and a pony and trap are waiting for the shoppers. [On back of photograph] Acres 46,45,44. Rundle Street, north side. 1908-12. Probably 1909 See B 7787/5. On the extreme right is Galwer Place. A little to the left is Stephens Place. Division between the Coliseum and Stevenson's is 23 and a half yards west of James Place.
Rundle Street
[General description] Shops on the northern side of Rundle Street between James Place and Gawler Place. The shops include The Coliseum, Stevensons Watchmakers and Jewellers, Donaldson and Andrews, J. Marshall and Company importers. Gas lamps are positioned along the pavement. Window shoppers are looking at sale items in the windows of J. Marshall. Their sales include shirts, linens, ties, mens clothing, manchester, hats and boots. [On back of photograph] Acres 45 and 46. Rundle Street, north side. Probably about 1911. Further note says probably 1909. See B 7787/5. Near side of Coliseum is 23 and a half yards west of James Place.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Rundle Street, its horse drawn traffic and its buildings, seen from above with the hills forming a backdrop. In the centre of the view is Flannagan's Hamburg Hotel. The horse trams are still in use, with number 106 tram appearing near the Gawler Place intersection. [On back of photograph] 'Rundle Street / looking east from Stephens Place / 1909 / Near side of Griffiths' building is 15 yards east of Stephens Place.'
Pirie Street, Adelaide
North east corner of Pirie Street and Gawler Place, Adelaide. Extreme left of photo is 30 yards north of Pirie Street, extreme right is on west corner of Coromandel Place. This is one of the Onslow Buildings, recently completed. See B 2505 for the other one, situated on the east side of Coromandel Place.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[On back of photograph] 'Acre 167 / North east corner of Pirie Street and Gawler Place / 1889 or 1890. On extreme right is Coromandel Place.' [General description] This is one of the Onslow Buildings, recently completed. See B 2505 for the other one, situated on the east side of Coromandel Place.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
Pirie Street, Adelaide, north side, east corner of Coromandel Place. One of the recently completed Onslow buildings is shown, with the premises of Anton Kolb, Tailor and Outfitter prominent. See B 141 for the other building, on the corner of Gawler place, west side of Coromandel Place. The frontage of the building is 29 yards. See B 2478 for an earlier view of this site.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] This three storey building dating from the 1880s was originally known as Onslow Buildings. The part of the building on the left with the rendered facade is the premises of the National Bank of Australasia. The ground floor of the near end of the building consists of small shops with the Quick Lunch Cafe on the Coromandel Place corner. There appears to be 'for sale' notices on the facade. [On back of photograph] Pirie Street, north side, February 18th 1938 / Alterations were made in 1937 / Compare with B 6883 / The left side of three storey building in centre abuts Gawler Place / The right side abuts Coromandel Place / Frontage: 30 yards'.
Australasian Views album 1
1 of 2 ALBUMS: inscribed 'Australasian Views', comprising 165 early images of Adelaide, South Australia, and New Zealand. The photos of New Zealand (photos 147-165) are by Burton Brothers, Dunedin, and have not been digitised. Square brackets denote added information.
North Terrace, Adelaide
North Terrace, corner of Gawler Place, Adelaide. This is the old South Australian Company's premises. See B 9505 for the new premises, Gawler Chambers, built in 1913-14. Also the site of Madam Marval's school in the late eighteen seventies. Photographed on the same day as B 2475.
S.A. Company's Offices
[On back of photograph] 'Acre 19 / North Terrace east, corner of Gawler Place (Site of Gawler Chambers) / Probably 1900-09' South Australian Company's second town office, pt. Town Acre 19, North Terrace / 1842-1913' (Another hand) 'Showing first olive trees grown in South Australia / The building was erected for the S.A. School Society and the trees planted 1839-40'.
Stephen King : SUMMARY RECORD
Papers of Stephen King junior, surveyor, member of the John McDouall Stuart Expedition, comprising sketches, photographic cartes, correspondence, testimonials and newspaper cuttings relating to the Expedition, diaries and field books of surveys in the Northern Territory, Overland Telegraph and South East, papers of J.W. Billiatt relating to an English colony in Paraguay, and postcard letters to his grandson Tom King, son of Freer Barnes King, and F.B. King's wife Isabella, nee Macdonald from female relatives. Item 275, Stephen King's 4-part panorama sketches 'The Great Exploring Expedition on the march from Chambers Creek January 8th 1862' has been digitised as No. 39/1-4 of a collection of Stephen King drawings of the expedition. See B 486/1-45 in the South Australiana Database. A later donation of items collected by Miss Shirley Cameron Wilson and donated by her executors after her death in 2003 is arranged and described as items 338-519 as an addendum to the original item listing of 1994. They relate to Stephen King junior, his parents and his brother-in-law John William Billiatt and their families over several generations. Includes the journal of the Billiatts' return trip to England on the 'Coonatto' in 1863-64. Photographs have not been listed individually but arranged in groups from item 471-480. Copies have been made and originals placed in Reserve collection. Other photographs relating to the Billiatt and King families have been digitised and available to view: see separate records for PRG 627/501 and PRG 627/511 on the catalogue. See item list for details.
North Terrace
This is a sketch apparently copied from a lithograph shown at B 9483/9. Various buildings are numbered which indicates that there was a key to identify them, which is not included on the sketch. A key published in the 'Register' newspaper, 26 March 1910, page 6, identifies the buildings in the sketch, using a numbering system. The title is 'Key to a View of North Terrace'. Then as follows: 1. Old theatre, 2. Sidney hotel, 3. Residence of Mr. J. Morphett, 4. Morphett street, 5. Trinity Church, 6. Residence of Rev. C. B. Howard, 7. South Australian Bank, 8. King William Street, 9. Post Office, 10. Stephens place, 11. South Australian School, 12. Bank of Australasia, 13. Office of South Australian Record, 14. Beck & Co.'s warehouses, 15. Auction rooms, 16. Wesleyan Chapel, Gawler place, 17. Rev. T. Q. Stow's Congregational Chapel, 18. Police station, 19. British Society's Schoolhouse, 20. Government House. See B 75089 for a key to the buildings.
Automobile Club First Run
The opening run of the Automobile and Motor Cycling Club of South Australia in 1903 assembled on North Terrace east. The three tiller steered motor cars are Oldsmobiles; the lady motorist is seated in a De Dion car. The two motor cycles on the extreme right are Lewis machines. The right side of the two storied building on the right (Harvard House) is 35.5 yards east of Gawler Place. The left side of the adjoining two stories building is on the east boundary of Acre 20. According to source the photograph was taken in October 1903 at the start of the first club run of the RAA. The Curved Dash Oldsmobile to the left shows Richard Duncan (L) and James Duncan. Next is a Lewis motorcycle then Florence Thompson's Swift with her driving. The centre Olds is that of Dr Gunston and Vivian Lewis has his elbow resting on the car while holding his Lewis motorcycle. There is another Lewis, then a Curved Dash Olds of artist Alfred Scott Broad. Tom O'Grady, Bill Courtney, Norm Jackson and Alf Lykke rode Lewis motorcycles in the event but have not been placed in the photo. There were 30 entrants, a list and details of the event are contained on p.30 of 'Australian Motoring Events 1903-1930'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
Rundle Street, Adelaide, north side. Charles Birks & Co.'s department store is in the centre and on Birks' right is Bermingham & Co. On the extreme left is Stephens Place and on the right the left side of Marshall's music warehouse is 6 yards west of Gawler Place.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
Rundle Street, Adelaide, north side, showing Birks' Department Store, with shoppers admiring the window displays. An advertisement for the latest sewing machines can be seen on the ewxtreme left. The corner premises (foreground) is occupied by Crooks & Brooker, Ironmongers. On the left is Stephens Place, and on the right is Gawler Place. See B 2462 for Robin & Birks' first Rundle Street store.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] This is the Charles Birks building before its rebuild completed 1962. A sign (bottom right hand corner of photograph) shows an image of the new building. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Rundle Street, north side / May 9th 1960 / The right side of Birks building abuts west side of Gawler Place (as at 9 May 1960) and left side of Birks building abuts east side of Stephens Place / For view of the building subsequently erected on this site see B 14541'
Rundle Street
Rundle Street, south side showing the premises of C.W.Gosling & Co. frontage: 9 yards. The building was demolished in November 1922, and replaced by the Haigh's Buildings. For a view taken on December 19th, 1923, see B 1855. Acre 81 stands on the corner of Gawler Place and Rundle Street. The right side of Goslings marks the acre boundary, which is opposite the middle of Stephens Place. CW Goslings and Company was a tailors, hatters and mercers establishment.
Rundle Street
Rundle Street, south side, looking east from Stephens Place. The extreme right is 30 yards west of Gawler Place. A note on the back of the photograph says "1913 or later, vide motor car registration number". There is one car amidst the horse drawn carriages and carts.
Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Grenfell Street, Adelaide, north side. Two men are crossing the road, passing a horse feeding from its nosebag. The building with the classical statue is the premises for the Australian Widows Fund Life Assurance Society. To its right, the building with the dome is the Mutual Life Association. Next on the right is Woodman's Piano and Organ Depot. For alterations and additions made to this building in 1936, see B 7046. The extreme left of the photograph is 17 yards east of James Place, on the right is Gawler Place.
Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Grenfell Street, Adelaide, south side, looking west from Gawler Place. The Advertiser premises, third building from left, has not yet removed to King william Street. A portion of the one storey building on the east side of Register Building (on the right with the tower) was demolished by 1865 (see B 5099). The fourth building from the left was erected in 1863. On the extreme left is Commercial Place, named after the Commercial Inn on its corner.