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Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53522

GOOLWA: Barrage construction showing the dredge used to lift small stone and sand.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53524

GOOLWA: Barrage construction showing large heaps of stone with a dredge ready to load.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53525

GOOLWA: Barrage construction.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53526

GOOLWA: Barrage construction.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53527

GOOLWA: Barrage construction.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53528

GOOLWA: Barrage construction.

Barrage construction at Goolwa

c. 1939, Photograph, B 53529

GOOLWA: Barrage construction.

Goolwa Centennial Celebrations

1951, Photograph, B 55417/130

GOOLWA: Centenary re-enactment in 1951. [Duplicate of B 21731.]

Goolwa Railway Station and yard

1922, Photograph, B 59118

Goolwa Railway Station and Wharf on Regatta Day, 1922. Many cars are parked nearby with crowds waiting to board a steamer.

Goolwa main street and town

c. 1912, Photograph, B 59186

GOOLWA: General view of the main street and town, with the railway track in the foreground.

Paddle steamer 'Murrabit', Goolwa

Boyle, Leonard Stanley, 1939, Photograph, B 69743

Distant view of the paddle steamer 'Murrabit' towing a barge at Goolwa, June 1939.

Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations at Goolwa

1951, Photograph, B 69844

The 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee re-enactment of Sturt's landing in Goolwa, with men in period costume bringing an open boat into shore.

Goolwa train

Giles, Stephen, 2007, Photograph, B 69282/397

View of the Goolwa Railway engine at the station, 25 February 2007.

Anglican Church, Goolwa

c. 1950, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/403

The Anglican Church, Goolwa, with clock tower, two men standing at the gate of the stone wall encircling the church.

Goolwa Methodist Church with bell tower

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/404

Goolwa Methodist Church with bell tower and front picket fence.

Shamrock motor launch with a crowd on board at Goolwa

1911, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/409

Side view of motor launch 'Shamrock' towing dinghy, with a crowd of onlookers on board, including women and children, and yachts and other launches nearby, probably during the Goolwa Regatta.

Main street, Goolwa

Brooker, William Charles, c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1316/12/201

Australasian Hotel and other buildings in Goolwa. Copy made from negative from lantern slide.

Early settlement at Goolwa

Martin, M. J., 1867, Artwork, PRG 550/1/17

Distant view of early settlement and the coastline at Goolwa, a pencil sketch by M.J. Martin.

Mrs Bonsor with sons, Goolwa barrage

Bonsor, William, c. 1935, Photograph, B 74579

Digital copy of a black and white photograph of 'Mum and boys' on the Goolwa Barrage. One of the boys may be George Bonsor.

Scenes in Adelaide, Goolwa and Ungarra, Eyre Peninsula: photograph album

Gordon, Raymond Hier, 1937, Photograph, PRG 1605/1/1-35

Album includes views of Adelaide and beaches at Brighton and Glenelg; draught horses at the Royal Show 1937; Goolwa barrage under construction, Sturt paddle steamer; the sailing ship Passat; together with family, farming, fishing and other leisure and sporting activities in the region of Ungarra, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Details of the photographs are listed under items.

First Troop of the Goolwa Volunteer Rifles in uniform

c. 1860, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/385

Five men wearing the uniform of the Goolwa First Troop Volunteer Rifles, with Captain (afterwards Lieut. Colonel) Higgins, in command, far left with sword, and the others holding guns. Higgins served with the Rifle Volunteers until the Goolwa Volunteer Cavalry was formed in 1864 (Information supplied by a researcher). The second man from the left is J.W. (John Huxtable Wesley Peryman). He was the manager of the Bank of Adelaide branch at Goolwa from March 1866 until it closed in July 1867. It closed due to competition from other banks and the railway taking away river trade. His rank at that time was Lieutenant (granted 2 July 1866). He left banking and went on to farming, becoming Captain of the Red Hill Rifles, and eventually going to the reserve Volunteer Force. He went to live at Mount Magnet, Western Australian in 1892 as a miner, prospector, hotel and brewery owner. A photograph of him with other miners is published in the book 'Drawn to Mount Magnet' by Karen Morrissey and Lorna Day (information supplied by a researcher). Queen Victoria gave assent to the Volunteer act of 1865-66 (Act no. 18) on 16th March, 1866. Months prior to this the Volunteer force was in limbo. Volunteers retained their rank but the various troops were basically disbanded. Under the new regulations the government would supply uniforms and pay the troopers for each drill they attended. The Goolwa Cavalry (formerly known as the Port Elliot/Goolwa Cavalry was thus disbanded and reformed in July 1866, It was then known as the No. 1 Cavalry Troop (Encounter Bay) or commonly called the First Goolwa Cavalry. The New troop did not receive all their uniform immediately and it was not until November 1866 that they paraded in their new uniforms for the first time information supplied by a researcher). The photograph appears with names of all the men in The Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931),edition January 29 1910, p. 29.

[Tracing showing sections in Encounter Bay and Goolwa, including the proposed railway line to Port Elliot] [cartographic material]

n.d., Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/61

Tracing of map in three parts showing (1) sections along the Inman River, Hd. of Encounter Bay; (2) sections around Kerby's Hill (section 2408, north of Port Elliot), Hd. of Goolwa; and (3) sections along the Lower Murray from Goolwa township westwards, Hd. of Goolwa, with part of Hindmarsh Island sections, in the Hd. of Nangkita. The 'Line of Rail or Tramway' between Goolwa and Port Elliot is indicated as a dotted line; section 1 on Hindmarsh Island shown coloured green. These three Hundreds are all located in the County of Hindmarsh. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Numbered 10) in top left hand corner. (Original on same sheet as maps 62-63).

Blacksmith Workshop

c. 1876, Photograph, B 25704

The Barton Bros, blacksmith and wheelwright's workshop at Goolwa.

Australia's First Caravan

1929, Photograph, B 59120

Australia's First Caravan, built by Mr. Kaesler at Nuriootpa. He drove the vehicle to Goolwa, and arrived during the Back to Goolwa celebrations in 1929. The Mayor, Mr. Percy Wells bought it on the spot, and it has remained in Goolwa ever since. It is now owned by the National Trust of South Australia and housed at the Goolwa History Centre and Museum.