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Memorial Hospital, Gumeracha

Chandler, R. H., 1933, Photograph, B 6245

Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Gumeracha 15 July 1933 was built in 1922. It was a permanent memorial to soldiers of the district. Gumeracha was settled in 1839 and the name was derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'fine water hole'.

c. 1881, Photograph, B 11360

View at Gumeracha showing part of the "District Hotel" kept by Carl Scheek with a Royal Mail coach on the left. The town was laid out in 1860 with commercial businesses springing up along the main street, including a coach house and hotel

Gumeracha Memorial Hospital

1922, Photograph, B 1033

Gumeracha Memorial Hospital, possibly Opening Day on July 29, 1922. A crowd stands in front of the building, probably listening to a speech, and a motor car of the era is seen on the right.

Methodist Church, Gumeracha

c. 1890, Photograph, B 38202

Methodist Church at Gumeracha.

Kenton Park, Gumeracha

Gilbert, S. H., 1976, Photograph, B 60933

Kenton Park (house) at Gumeracha, the home from about 1846 of William Beavis Randell, formerly of the South Australian Company.

District Hotel, Gumeracha

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1875, Photograph, B 11488

View of Gumeracha, showing the " District Hotel ".

District hotel, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 26720

District Hotel, Gumeracha [also at B 77156/171].

Kenton Inn Hotel, Gumeracha

1936, Photograph, B 31826

Kenton Inn Hotel at Gumeracha.

Soldiers, Gumeracha

1892, Photograph, B 46909

Members of the Gumeracha S. A. Mounted Rifles on horseback.

Soldiers, Gumeracha

1892, Photograph, B 46910

Members of the Gumeracha S. A. Mounted Rifles standing & kneeling in two rows.

Views of Gumeracha

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71429/1-19

A collection of images of Gumeracha, including Randell's Mill.

Mail coach, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/83

Mail coach, Gumeracha (postcard printed by the Donald Taylor Collotype Company).

Gumeracha School

c. 1878, Photograph, B 7807

Gumeracha School showing approximately 85 students and a teacher who is standing just to the left of the centre tree. Gumeracha was settled in 1839 and was named after the Aboriginal word meaning fine waterhole. The school was established in 1857.

Butter factory, Gumeracha

c. 1912, Photograph, B 22755

Premises of the Butter Factory at Gumeracha.

The weir at Gumeracha

c. 1936, Photograph, B 63947

GUMERACHA: The weir at Gumeracha, South Australia.

The weir at Gumeracha

1936, Photograph, B 63948

GUMERACHA: The weir at Gumeracha, South Australia.

Crossing the ford at Gumeracha

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64117

GUMERACHA: A horse drawn vehicle, followed by a horseman, crossing a ford after heavy rain at Gumeracha in South Australia.

Court House, Gumeracha

c. 1870, Photograph, B 17884

Court House and Police Station at Gumeracha.

River Torrens, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 44755

River Torrens at Kenton Park, Gumeracha [also at B 77156/72].

Crossing the ford at Gumeracha

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64116

GUMERACHA: Three laughing women and a boy driving a horse drawn vehicle across a ford at Gumeracha, South Australia.

Gum trees at Gumeracha

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64118

GUMERACHA: Gum trees photographed at Gumeracha, South Australia.

Town Hall, Gumeracha

Chandler, R. H., 1933, Photograph, B 6246

Town Hall, Gumeracha. Photograph taken 15th July, 1933. The area was named by the Peramangk people who knew the land as Umeracha, meaning watering place. The early settlers started to farm the area in the 1840's. The Town Hall was built in 1909.

Aerial view of Gumeracha

Smith, D. Darian, 1935, Photograph, B 6636

Aerial view of Gumeracha. The text on the photograph reads as follows: ' Reprinted from the Advertiser Friday 15, 1935. Gumeracha, a grazing and market gardening centre set in the midst of typical and picturesque hills scenery is here seen from the air. It is one of the earliest settled towns in the State. Photograph by D Darien Smith'.

Gumeracha Bridge

Davis, H., c. 1875, Photograph, B 7316

Gumeracha Bridge. This photograph was taken by H. Davis for the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876. The stone and iron bridge spans the River Torrens near Gumeracha. A man is seated on a rock looking at the placid river.

Gumeracha Bridge

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 13766

Bridge over the Torrens at Gumeracha. Gumeracha was settled in 1839 and the bridge was opened March 28, 1872 by Miss Blyth, daughter of the Premier the Hon. Arthur Blyth

Gumeracha

c. 1890, Photograph, B 19074

Gumeracha township with the police station and court house in centre front, and the District Hotel further down Albert Street.

Oak trees at Gumeracha

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64115

GUMERACHA: Local residents standing in the shade of oak tree canopies stretching across a track at Gumeracha, South Australia.

River Torrens at Gumeracha

c. 1910, Photograph, B 64122

GUMERACHA: Part of the River Torrens at Gumeracha, South Australia.

'Berry Hill' a residence south of Gumeracha

c. 1870, Photograph, B 56705

GUMERACHA: 'Berry Hill' at Kenton Valley south of Gumeracha, built by Richard Sandercock who arrived in South Australia in 1853. There is a detached kitchen at the rear of the house and a 'cool house', the small room with an overhanging roof. A slab-hut shed stands at the back left hand corner. The house is still inhabited.

Willow bridge, near Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/15

View of a willow bridge, near Gumeracha.

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