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Sheep droving, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/74

Sheep droving on a road, Gumeracha.

Gumeracha Bridge

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/76

Bridge over the Torrens at Gumeracha, which was opened in 1872.

Salem Road, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/80

Salem Road, Gumeracha

Stringy Barks, near Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/82

Stringy Barks on a road near Gumeracha (postcard printed by the Donald Taylor Collotype Company).

Oaks, Kenton Park, Gumeracha

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/86

Oak trees at Kenton Park, Gumeracha (postcard printed by the Donald Taylor Collotype Company).

Police Station, Gumeracha

Chandler, R. H., 1933, Photograph, B 6244

Police Station, Gumeracha, 16 July 1933. The Police Station was built in 1856 and is the oldest police building being used for its original use. It was one of two police stations using the same design, the other being Riverton which has since been demolished.

Gumeracha Bridge

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 9147

[General description] Gumeracha Bridge is a single arch of timber supported on stone abutments with a span of 100 feet. It was the largest bridge so far built in South Australia in February 1858 when it was completed. A gumtree studded hillside forms a backdrop to the view. Note the telegraph pole and wire.

Gumeracha Bridge

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 9148

[General description] Looking up from the river bank towards the Gumeracha Bridge (See B 9147 for info and a different view). The rocky Torrens River is in the foreground; wooded hillside in the background.

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1878, Photograph, B 10608

[General description] Looking along the road into Gumeracha in the eighteen seventies showing township houses and outbuildings. Wooded hills form a backdrop.