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Sir Archibald Weigall at Victoria Park racecourse

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/24/294

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia photographed standing with a group of jockeys at Victoria Park racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia.

Winner of the Adelaide Cup

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/24/317

A horse and jockey described as the winner of the Adelaide Cup; names not known.

A horse and jockey

c. 1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/24/389

A horse wearing a prize winning ribbon and its rider wearing jockey's silks photographed in South Australia; name not known.

The winner at an Adelaide race meeting

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/58

The winning horse and jockey photographed during a race meeting held at Victoria Park, Adelaide, South Australia; names not known.

The winner of a steeplechase

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/304

The winning horse and jockey of a Repatriation Day horse race held in Adelaide, South Australia.

Arthur Kewney

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/404

Arthur V. Kewney, Secretary of the South Australian Jockey Club.

A groomsman holding the bridle of a race horse

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/74

A groomsman holding the bridle of a race horse ridden by a jockey identified as "Harmer".

A horse and jockey making a successful jump over a fence

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/243

A horse and jockey making a successful jump over a fence set up on the old Exhibition grounds, Adelaide.

Race horse at Mount Pleasant

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/31

A horse and jockey waiting to take part in Mount Pleasant races.

Horse and jockey

Williams, George, 1939, Photograph, B 72834/56

Copied from a Crombie family album, this image features a jockey on a horse, believed to be 'Silverton' who won the Birdsville Cup.

Harness-racing horses and their jockeys

1954, Photograph, PRG 1617/5/1

Composite photograph made from three original photographs of the winning harness-racing horses at the Para Handicap, Kadina in 1954. 'Helendale' won beating 'Wondering' and 'McKinney Rose'. The trainer-reinsman was T. Butterworth. The silks of the jockeys, and the grass and trees have been colour tinted.

Aerial photographs of the town of Gawler: Gawler South

Jones, Daryl, 2011, Photograph, B 75712/1-7

Aerial views of Gawler South, in the town of Gawler, South Australia. See below for details.

Aerial photographs of the town of Gawler: Evanston Park

Jones, Daryl, 2011, Photograph, B 75713/1-4

Aerial views of Evanston Park, in the town of Gawler, South Australia. See below for details.

A holiday double

1954, Photograph, PRG 1617/5/2

Composite photograph made from five original photographs of the horse 'Nevamaid' and its jockey, and the horse 'Marie Limond', 1950. 'Nevamaid' won the harness racing event 'A.N.A. Free-For-All' at Wayville. The reinsman was T. Butterworth. 'Marie Limond' ridden by D. Coleman won the Glenunga Handicap at Victoria Park. E.H. Murdoch was the breeder of both horses. The silks of the jockeys have been colour tinted.

Aerial photographs of the town of Gawler

Jones, Daryl, 2011, Photograph, B 75708/1-9

Aerial views of the town of Gawler, South Australia. See below for details.

Aerial photographs of the town of Gawler: Evanston

Jones, Daryl, 2011, Photograph, B 75711/1-3

Aerial views of Evanston, in the town of Gawler, South Australia. See below for details.

Ker Family photographs

Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch, c. 1870, Photograph, SRG 435/80/1-69

Photographs of the Ker Family, most unidentified. Includes photographs of Robert Innes Ker and William Innes Ker. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.

Men of Arltunga

c. 1913, Photograph, B 21080

Local residents photographed at the Arltunga Race Meeting (on 6 November 1913?). Back row, 1. Aboriginal man, 2. Lou Scharber, 3. Harry Lake, 4. Ben Webb, race starter, 5. Charlie Du Bois, race secretary, 6. Stanish O'Grady, Govt. Assayer, 7. Jim Turner, 8. Ben Wauckington, clerk of scales, 9. Possibly H. Hughes the handicapper, 10. Larry Rosenbaum (or Bill Gallagher), 11. Albert Wallace/Wallis (face turned), 12. Louis Bloomfield, 13. Matt Dowdy. Middle Row: 1. Fred Cavanaugh, 2. Alf Turner, 3. Frank McGowan, 4. Tom Cleary, 5. possibly Jimmy Meggins, 6. Fred Barrett. Front row: 1. Bruce Wallace, 2. young Aboriginal boy drowned at Atnarpa, 3. Jockey Jim, 4. Unknown Aboriginal young man, 5. Baden Bloomfield, 6. Police Tracker Bob, in uniform. See 'Advertiser' article 29 November 1913, page 17, column (d) : 'The Arltunga Meeting' which may relate to this occasion. According to a researcher, Standish O'Grady was the son of Michael Standish O'Grady who migrated from Ireland with his 49 year old mother and three brothers. They lived at Tothills Creek and had four blocks there of 250 acres total, approximately. Standish I think went to the School of Mines Adelaide and may have worked for the Northern Territory Government as well as an Assayer. He had a brother and lots of cousins. His father built the Carrieton Hotel. His mother died in Adelaide. Father Michael Standish is buried at Salisbury old resident's cemetery. According to a researcher, 'Man fifth from left back row is not Standish O'Grady. The man at the end of row is.'

Horseracing at Balaklava

1953, Photograph, B 47825

Racehorse "Runyon" winning Erith Novice Balaklava 11 Feb 1953, jockey G. Hope, Trainer R.A. Trewin.

Raceday, Birdsville Track

Aiston, George, c. 1920, Photograph, B 49590

Group of men with a jockey on Raceday at Birdsville. Note: No copying - for copies refer to the S.A. Museum.

Darwin

1873, Photograph, B 11947

[General description] Griffith George Todd in jockey's attire, having ridden Capt. Douglas's 'Bowerlee' to a win in the Maidens, May 1873, accompanied by officials left to right: A.D. Gore, S.E. Reynolds, Todd, P.R. Freer, G. Minza. This photograph is probably from the Easter Monday race meeting (April 14th) at Fannie Bay, the meeting being reported in some newspapers as 'the first Northern Territory races'.

Morphettville Race Course

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1890, Photograph, B 11490

Morphettville Race Course and grandstand. Sir Thomas Elder funded the South Australian Jockey Club to enable it to own its own freehold property of 160 acres at Morphettville. The first meeting was held at these premises in 1876. In 1889 the first Adelaide Cup to be run at Morphettville and was won by "The Lawyer" . The previous Adelaide Cup race was run at Flemington and then abandoned for four years

John Crozier

c. 1860, Photograph, B 6129

John Crozier M.P was a founding member of the South Australian Jockey Club. He arrived in the colony from New South Wales after he drove his bullock teams loaded with his own wool. He was a station owner along the Murray before settling into his residence called Oaklands near Brighton. He grew wine on his estate and bred horses. He was a 'good colonist'.