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King William Road, Adelaide

c. 1901, Photograph, B 73227

View looking north along King William Road, with St Peter's Cathedral in the distance. 'God save the King' is written on the gate of Government House'.

Messenger Press: Adelaide Wine Centre

Messenger Press, c. 1998, Photograph, B 71881/1-12

A collection of photographs and colour photocopies of the proposed Adelaide Wine Centre, including artists' impressions and designs, and aerial views of the site on the corner of Botanic and Hackney Roads. Aerial views include several of the former Hackney Tram and Bus Depot and the proposed site of the Adelaide International Rose Garden. An additional information sheet (item 13) filed with the album includes draft captions and newspaper report of 12/08/1998. These are a selection of photographs collected by Messenger Press, many of which have been published in the various suburban editions of the paper.

King William Road, Adelaide

c. 1901, Photograph, B 73226

View looking north along King William Road, with Parliament House and the 'Turkish Baths' [later the City Baths] on the left, with St Peter's Cathedral in the distance. 'God save the King' is written on the gate of Government House'.

Prince Alfred College

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1882, Photograph, PRG 742/5/53

Prince Alfred College with students standing on the oval.

Rundle Street, Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, PRG 742/5/121

Adelaide, viewed across the East Parklands, from Rundle Street, Kent Town [also at B 940].

Prince Alfred College

Barry, Scott, c. 1903, Photograph, PRG 1480/13/1-13

Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising what appears to be a commercial set of lantern slides of Prince Alfred College in Kent Town, likely to have been created by Scott Barry photographers (of Mount Gambier South Australia). Images include the grounds, lecture rooms, laboratories and students' quarters and borders' accommodation. See CONTENTS for more information and details of the images.

Papers of Collins and Murdoch Family

Murdoch (Family), 1885, Mixed material, PRG 1617

Records comprising correspondence, papers, photographs, cards, war records and correspondence, ephemera and travel documents belonging to members of the Collins and Murdoch families, across generations. Records mostly relate to Enoch Henry Murdoch and his daughter Daphne Murdoch and Frederick William (F.W.) Collins including diaries and his World War I correspondence.

L.S. Kingsborough : SUMMARY RECORD

Kingsborough, Lionel de Souligny Stapleton, 1857, Mixed material, PRG 327

Papers of L.S. Kingsborough, comprising letters, notes, illustrations, press cuttings and printed material concerning railways, tramways, sailing ships, engineering and other technical subjects, personal papers and maps and photographs relating to World War I.

Family photographs

Cowled (Family), n.d., Photograph, PRG 1029/8

Some original photographs, and copy photographs, of different branches of the Cowled family. Some are accompanied by an information sheet - these have also been copied with the same number as the image followed by an 'A'. See below for details of items.

Family album

Dunn (Family), c. 1840, Mixed material, PRG 1485/6

Photograph album of the Dunn family and their homes 'The Laurels' in Mount Barker and Park View House, Hackney. See 'contents' for more details.

Artwork: 'Moonlight' by Ethel Spiller

Madden, A. M., c. 1896, Artwork, PRG 119/47

Watercolour painting 'Moonlight' by Ethel Spiller, inspired by lines from Shelley's poem 'To the Queen of my Heart': "When the pale moonbeam/On tower and stream/Sheds a flood of silver sheen," which are written in pencil on the verso.

William Maxwell's house

1891, Photograph, PRG 1631/45/53C

William James Maxwell's house with people standing along the fence designed by Maxwell. Maxwell was the sculptor responsible for the Robbie Burns sculpture at the front of the State Library, also responsible for work on the Savings Bank building in Currie Street, and the bas-relief carving on the Clayton Wesley Church on the corner of Portrush Road and The Parade at Beulah Park. The church's website says "The front of the church is graced with a 3 x 2 metre carved relief depicting Jesus' Presntation at the Temple. The master sculptor William J Maxwell executed the work and he and his wife donated it to the church." To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1631/45.

Mr. Henry Warren

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1642/25/220

Cabinet card portrait photograph of Henry Warren. Henry Warren was the brother of Mary Warren (c.1819-1865), who married Mark Smith. Mary and Mark are presumably the ancestors of Vernon Smith. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/25.

Vernon Smith at Prince Alfred College

1975, Photograph, PRG 1642/37/31

Vernon Smith with young Prince Alfred College students, possibly his grandchildren, or possibly the oldest ex-student with the youngest. To see all photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/37.

Mervyn George Waite

Waite, Mervyn George, c. 1930, Photograph, B 74356

Cricketer and sportsman Mervyn George Waite, pictured on the field wearing the cricketing whites uniform.

Gallipoli photo album

Woods, Harold Vynne, 1915, Photograph, B 73693

A rare assemblage of snapshots taken [mainly] by Harold Vynne Woods, an ambulance-man at Gallipoli, with scenes in the camps, huts, trenches and dugouts, panoramic scenes of Anzac Cove, beach scenes showing the detritus of the landing and in one case a naked digger bathing, and a fine series of posed and unposed group and individual photographs of diggers, both at rest and on duty. Each window has been numbered (actually mis-numbered) by hand to '50' but a number of the windows are empty at various points through the album and presumably these images have been extracted (or, less probably, have fallen out). It is belived that two of the photographs feature Harold Woods. Photographically this is a remarkably successful series of snapshots, many of the images are beautifully composed and framed and it is possible that Woods was quite experienced. Ownership details on the front endpaper, written in photographer's white ink in the same hand that numbered the windows: "Doris M. Allen. 18 Flinders Street, Kent Town [South Australia]. Photos taken by Harold at Gallipoli April - November 1915". [Numbers assigned to the images relate to those assigned in the album.]

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Albert Molineux

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/17G

Arrived in South Australia in January 1839 on board the ship the "Resource". Farmer, printer, newspaper editor, promoter of agriculture; Klemzig, Kent Town, Adelaide, Riverton.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Samuel Beddome

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/4L

Arrived in South Australia in September 1843 on board the ship the "Madras". Police Magistrate, Kent Town.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Skipper

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/7M

Mary Skipper, 1823-1881; nee Thomas, married John Michael Skipper. Arrived in South Australia in November 1836 on board the ship the "Africaine". Resided in Port Adelaide, Kent Town.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Ann Beddome

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/29V

Probably Mary Ann Beddome, c. 1826-1897; nee Kekwick, married Samuel Beddome. Arrived in South Australia in April 1840 on board the ship the "Warrior". Resided in Norwood, Kent Town.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Anne Molineux

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/15C

Mary Anne Molineux, c. 1830-1890; nee Harris, married Albert Molineux. Arrived in South Australia in April 1840 on board the ship the "Warrior". Resided in Klemzig, Kent Town, Adelaide, Riverton.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Mary Ann Halliday

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/20L

Mary Ann Halliday, 1842-1908; nee Fielder, married John Roger, then Albert James Halliday. Born in Reedbeds, South Australia to Margaretta Fielder, nee Debney, and John Edward Fielder. Resided in Angle Vale, Kent Town, Adelaide.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Sarah Hawkins

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/20O

Probably Sarah Hawkins, c. 1826-1922; nee Crook, married Frederick Bridgeman Rumble, then Richard Dixon Hawkins, then George Lane. Arrived in South Australia in January 1849 on board the ship the "Samuel Boddington". Resided in Bugle Ranges, Parkside, Adelaide, Aldgate; Southsea, England; Kent Town, St Peters. Worked as a publican.