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Grenfell Street, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1931, Photograph, B 5928

[General description] J.N. Taylor's Motorcycle shop, agents for B.S.A. and Indian Motorcycles, has been built into the side of what was once a fine church building, still with damaged stained glass in its windows. (See B 71558 for the Congregational Church). On the left is Knuckey's tyre shop. Motorcycles and a truck are parked at the kerb. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 150 / Grenfell Street, south side / April 22nd 1931 / Taylor's shop erected in 1920 / Compare with B 5225 / Site of new shop: Right side is 22 yards east of Hindmarsh Square / Frontage is 11 yards' (Another hand) 'For a view of Taylor's shop (showing a small addition on the right side) in 1957 when occupied by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, see B 13865'.

Grenfell Street

State Library of South Australia, 1957, Photograph, B 13864

Grenfell Street, south side, 27th June 1957, right side of Taylor's three motor cycle buildings is 33.5 yards east of Hindmarsh Square. Frontage of Taylors 3 buildings is 37.5 yards.

Grenfell Street

State Library of South Australia, 1957, Photograph, B 13865

Grenfell Street, south side, 27th June 1957, right side of Australian Broadcasting Commission building is 19 3/4 yards east of Hindmarsh Square and frontage is 13 3/4 yards. The ABC apprently occupied the rear building (with centilever verandah) in 1945. Small section of building (without verandah) on right was erected after April 1931. Compare with B 5928

Grenfell Street, Adelaide

c. 1865, Photograph, B 2595

Grenfell Street, Adelaide, south side, looking from East terrace. The Woodman Hotel, [later to become the Producers], which existed on this site since 22nd March, 1939, is seen on the left. The licensee at this time is C.R. Jones. The tower from the Congregational Church on Hindmarsh Square can be seen faintly on the right in the distance. The road is muddy and wheel-rutted. Reproduced from a faded original.

Grenfell Street

1885, Photograph, B 7959

Grenfell Street, east end, after the fire at Burford's Soap factory. WH Burford and Son were soap and candle makers. The factory was on the corner of Grenfell Street and East Terrace. Residents complained about the smell from the soapworks and Peacock's Tannery. A fire which started in the adjoining timber yard destroyed the factory. Another was built in Sturt Street. A researcher notes that there was also a fire at Burford's Adam Street, Hindmarsh site in 1907.

Pirie Street

State Library of South Australia, 1962, Photograph, B 14522

Pirie Street, north side, corner of Ackland Avenue (Frome Street) 5 October 1962, left side of building is 128 yards east of Hindmarsh Square and frontage is 17.5 yards. The businesses located in this soon to be demolished building have relocated.

Aurora Hotel, Pirie Street

1970, Photograph, B 21247

The Aurora Hotel on the south-east corner of Pirie Street and Hindmarsh Square, December 1970. It was first known as the Black Eagle from the 29th June, 1859, then had several name changes, including the Marquis of Queensbury (1891-1894), until 1894 when it was named the Aurora. It traded under that name until the 1st December, 1983 when it was demolished. The plan to demolish the building led to one of the most controversial heritage debates of the 1980s.

Pirie Street

1983, Photograph, B 42953

Aurora Hotel, Pirie Street.

Pirie Street

State Library of South Australia, 1956, Photograph, B 13710

Pirie Street, north side, 13 September 1956, frontage of building to Hindmarsh Hotel is 16 3/4 yards. Left side of building abuts east side of Hyde Street of building. Buildings nearby include Nelson Hawker pistons store and a gunsmith and sportsgoods store

Pirie street, Adelaide

c. 1928, Photograph, B 4858

[General description] This modern three storey corner building exudes confidence. Its lines are plain but there are art deco touches in the leadlight detail in the top storey windows and the decorative parapet bearing the name of the company. It is only just completed as the windows are still whitewashed and shops on the ground floor have 'to let' signs in their windows. The firm was founded by Alfred George Healing in 1896, initially producing bicycles, but later diversified into manufacturing radios, television sets, refrigerators and washing machines. Two cars are seen on the road in the foreground, one a flat-bed utility. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 210 / South west corner of Pirie Street and Hindmarsh Square / September 1928 / These buildings were erected in 1928. For views of shops formerly on the site see B 3497 and B 4772 / Pirie Street frontage: 33 yards / Pulteney Street frontage: 37 yards'.

Volunteer Fire Brigade

1904, Photograph, B 34009

Hindmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade with the band of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.

Adelaide View

Duryea, Townsend, 1865, Photograph, B 5099/4

[General description] View of Adelaide, looking east from the Town Hall Tower. Pirie Street cuts across the centre of the view, which shows shingle roofed workmen's cottages, open paddocks and a mix of city buildings. In the right foreground is the roof of the Pirie Street Methodist Church. On the upper left of the view is the Hindmarsh Square Congregational Church. Parklands, eastern suburbs and hills lie beyond. Part of Panorama of Adelaide / Photographed from the Town Hall tower by Townsend Duryea in 1865 / Copied in 15 sections from B 5099.

Headstone of O. Gilles

Pike, D., 1949, Photograph, B 15809

Headstone of Osmond Gilles, West Terrace Cemetery. Osmond Gilles was colonial treasurer and a pioneer in South Australia. He arrived onboard the "Buffalo" in 1836 with Governor John Hindmarsh. Although possessing a violent temper he also showed his compassionate side when he helped drag a handcart in the blazing sun from Holdfast Bay to Adelaide with Colonial Chaplain Rev. Charles Howard where they set up a makeshift shelter and held the first official service in Adelaide. He was a benefactor to various denominations and to many cultural societies and charitable institutions

H. M. S. "Buffalo"

c. 1836, Photograph, B 4263

The "Buffalo"(originally named the "Hindostan") was built of teak at Calcutta by Bonner and Horsburgh and launched on 4th January 1813. In October 1813 she was bought by the British Navy, renamed and classed as a sixth rater. She served as a convict ship in 1833 before her 1836 voyage to South Australia with Captain John Hindmarsh. She was an important ship in South Australian maritime history, serving many useful purposes before her eventual wrecking on the 28th July, 1840 in a storm at Mercury Bay, New Zealand. [On back of photograph] 'H. M. S. "Buffalo" / Copied from a pen and ink drawing by Lieutenant Y.B. Hutchinson, R.N. (One of the passengers, 1836)'.

"Buffalo"

c. 1920, Photograph, B 11061

[General description] Model of the HMS 'Buffalo', commanded by Captain Hindmarsh who was South Australia's first Governor.

Boucher James

c. 1861, Photograph, B 23002

James Boucher, an early landholder at Hindmarsh Valley and Inman Valley. A researcher has added: 'this is pioneer SA pastoralist Richard Boucher James (1822-1908), of Canowie Station and Erudina Station fame'. The features and build are very similar to the pastoralist (see SLSA Image B8502/K1).

Clarence John Hembury

1915, Photograph, B 46130/109

No. 1341 Private Clarence John Hembury, born Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, 4 November 1892. Enlisted 3rd Light Horse 17 May 1915. Served Egypt. Returned to Australia 1919.

Glenelg Centenary Pageant

1936, Photograph, B 8334/121

Sailor from the Buffalo carrying Governor Hindmarsh ashore.

Glenelg Centenary Pageant

Krischock, Harry, 1936, Photograph, B 8334/122

Governor Hindmarsh inspecting the guard of honour of marines from the Buffalo.

Glenelg Centenary Pageant

1936, Photograph, B 8334/125

Governor Hindmarsh in primitive transport.

Pioneer houses in South Australia

c. 1969, Photograph, B 63458

ALBUM: A collection of ten views depicting homes built by the South Australian pioneer families of Featherstone and Kearne which include the entrance, drive, and premises of 'Oaklands', built by John Wilson Kearne, and 'Brighton House', built by Michael Featherstone. John Ridley, the inventor of 'The Stripper' harvesting machine was a fellow emigrant, friend, and neighbouring settler; the album includes portraits of John and his wife Mary, a diagram and sketch of the original machine, and a view of the Ridley's first house at Hindmarsh, near Adelaide. To see individual photographs do a NUMBER search on B 63458/1-9.

South Australian pioneers 1840 [mosaic]

Duryea, Townsend, 1872, Photograph, B 7865

A collection of studio portraits under the title 'South Australian Pioneers 1838', with 'T. Duryea, Adelaide, 1872' at the bottom. This mosaic includes portraits of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh and Governor George Gawler above 127 portraits, and the handwritten names of the colonists are listed under the ships they arrived below the portraits.

Adelaide Motor Car Works & Garage

1906, Photograph, B 64342

ACRE 86: Premises of the Adelaide Motor Car Works & Garage located on the north west corner of Pulteney Street and Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia.

Photograph album of Miss Molly Stokes

1926, Photograph, B 61789

ALBUM: Holiday views in South Australia, 1926-34.

Emu hunting on Anlaby Station

Ball, Adam Gustavus, c. 1870, Photograph, B 62292

ANLABY: A rest during emu hunting on Anlaby Station; the two men are said to be Adam Ball who was working as a boundary rider, and Henry Thomas Morris, nephew of Mrs Susan Hindmarsh, wife of the first Governor of South Australia. Another photograph of the original is at B 37437.

Port-Torrens Football Club

1942, Photograph, B 55951

PORT ADELAIDE: Port-Torrens Football Club, Premiers Patriotic Premiership, S.A.N.F.L., Season 1942. A researcher has provided the first names of the men : BACK ROW: Charlie Hayter (Secretary); Stuart Glastonbury; Les McLean; Ken Obst; W. Hamilton; Frank Magor THIRD ROW: - Laurence Martin; Ivor Dangerfield; Thomas Kellaway; Bob McLean; Louis Martyn; Rudal "Snow" Searle; Shine Hosking (Coach); Max Drury (Assistant Coach) SECOND ROW: - William Tonkin; William McFarlane; Merv Shaw; Lew Roberts (C); Jack Thiele (VC); Allan "Bull" Reval; Max Nicholls FRONT ROW: - John Skelley; Christopher Johnstone; Max Nicholls; Arthur Franklin; Ronald Hoffman;

Workmen laying water pipes

c. 1915, Photograph, B 56051

VICTOR HARBOR: Workmen laying water pipes from Hindmarsh Valley reservoir to Victor Harbor.

Early South Australian building

Ziegler, Ernest C. V., c. 1910, Photograph, B 58702

GENERAL: Early building possibly the Presbytery, Port Road, Hindmarsh.

Celebrations in Adelaide at the end of World War II

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, 1945, Photograph, B 59860

GENERAL: A joyful crowd in King William Street, Adelaide celebrating the end of World War II after Victory in the Pacific, August 1945. The young woman at the left of the photograph is Heather Davis (later married name Heather Read): Norma Mewett of Hindmarsh, wearing a striped skirt, is a central figure.

Opening of 'PLAIN' at Hindmarsh

1989, Photograph, B 60475

PUBLIC LIBRARY: Euan Miller; Des Ross; Anne Dunn and Barbara Weiss listening to a speech at the opening of 'PLAIN'.

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