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Snow at Nairne

c. 1910, Photograph, B 61497

NAIRNE: A boy standing beside a large snowball and a snowman built in a fenced area after a heavy snowfall at Nairne.

Family picnic in Belair National Park

c. 1910, Photograph, B 61535

NATIONAL PARK, BELAIR: Members of a picnic party photographed after their arrival by a large vehicle drawn by five horses at Belair National Park; names not known.

Group of Barwell Boys

c. 1922, Photograph, B 62402

GENERAL: Large group of Barwell Boys who were brought to South Australia from Great Britain to work on farming properties, photographed in the courtyard of the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide.

Young people at a tennis party

c. 1894, Photograph, B 62430

GENERAL: A group of young people enjoying refreshments during a tennis party held in the grounds of a large house in Adelaide; the man standing right handing a cup of tea to a girl is thought to be George Lindsay Jones.

Dr. T. K. Hamilton's house at Belair

c. 1899, Photograph, B 62451

BELAIR: 'Willa Willa' later re-named 'Biralee', a large house at Belair owned by Dr. T. K. Hamilton, showing new planting in its extensive garden.

A herd of goats

c. 1900, Photograph, B 62456

GENERAL: A large herd of goats being taken to water by a drover and a young woman riding her horse side-saddle in South Australia.

Bejah Dervish

1939, Photograph, B 62466

PORTRAIT: Bejah Dervish, camel-driver, photographed in 1939.

Processing iron ore at Whyalla

c. 1910, Photograph, B 62497

WHYALLA: Interior view of a workshop in which iron ore is being processed and made into blocks. According to a researcher,this image may be misplaced. Iron ore processing is a large and dirty process which has no steps that correspond to this picture. It is possible the blocks are not related to iron and are possibly gold bars.

Interior AMP Building, 21 King William St, Adelaide

Phillips, Keith P., c. 1940, Photograph, B 62523

Interior of a timber lined office with a large wooden desk in the Australian Mutual Provident Society building, 21 King William Street, Adelaide.

A carpet snake caught at Bond Springs Station

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62565

ALICE SPRINGS: An Aboriginal man standing with a large carpet snake entwined around his arm at Bond Springs Station, twelve miles north of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

An outing in a open topped bus

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1922, Photograph, B 62592

GENERAL: A large party of adults and a child travelling in an open topped bus enjoying an outing to Ferntree Gully, near Melbourne, Victoria.

Team of donkeys at Murnpeowie Station

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1922, Photograph, B 62596

MURNPEOWIE STATION: A large team of donkeys pulling a heavily laden wagon on Murnpeowie Station, South Australia.

Fishermen at Warooka

c. 1930, Photograph, B 62599

WAROOKA: Four fishermen standing outside the local Warooka garage where they each hold a large crayfish caught at Pondalowie Bay near Warooka, South Australia.

Visitors to Port Noarlunga beach

c. 1874, Photograph, B 62672

PORT NOARLUNGA: Distant view of a large group of people visiting the beach at Port Noarlunga on an Easter Monday.

Group of working men and boys

Semaphore Photographic Art Studio, c. 1885, Photograph, B 62680

GENERAL: A large group of working men and boys photographed in a yard in South Australia; names and purpose not known.

Erecting the South African War Memorial

1904, Photograph, B 62682

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL: Construction workers beginning the task of erecting the new South African War Memorial monument on to its plinth in North Terrace, Adelaide; scaffolding and hoist machinery have been set up over a large crate containing the sculpture.

Unveiling the South African War Memorial - Adelaide

1904, Photograph, B 62686

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEMORIAL: Unveiling ceremony for the South African War Memorial monument in North Terrace, Adelaide; the statue is draped in flags and a platform has been erected by it to accommodate Sir George Le Hunte, Governor of South Australia, members of the National Memorial Executive Committee, and invited guests, officers and men who had fought in South Africa stand in front of the platform with a very large crowd of the general public behind them and watching from balconies and parapets of surrounding buildings.

Unveiling the John McDouall Stuart statue

1904, Photograph, B 62689

STUART STATUE: A.J. McLachlan performing the unveiling ceremony for the John McDouall Stuart statue erected in Victoria Square, Adelaide under the auspices of the South Australian Caledonian Society on June 4 1904; a large map at the side shows Stuart's route across Australia, a flag on the map marks the spot where he sighted the Indian Ocean.

Group of Old Colonists at Glenelg

1902, Photograph, B 62693

GLENELG: A large group of elderly men described as Old Colonists photographed at Glenelg, South Australia where they have gathered to celebrate Proclamation Day in December 1902.

Picnic group at Furner, South Australia

c. 1905, Photograph, B 62698

FURNER: A large group of adults and children photographed during a picnic outing at Furner, South Australia.

A typical farmyard in South Australia

Gall, Ernest, c. 1896, Photograph, PRG 763/4/63

A typical farmyard in South Australia; stock are waiting in a fenced area near a large haystack and sheds where milk churns are on a stand, the sea can be seen in the background.

Womens' netball team

Wayland, J., 1929, Photograph, B 62715

GENERAL: Members of the South Australian Farmers' Union womens' netball team when they took part in the Y.W.C.A. Jubilee Interhouse Sports; they sit and stand together holding up a large Farmers Union banner with their teddy bear mascot sitting in front, they were winners of the Cup; back row, left to right: D. Barry; I. Diciter (?); M. Watson; F. Killmier; M. Nation; T. Challew; A. Black. Florence May Killmier also had a distinguished career in rowing and later became President of the S.A. Womens' Rowing Association.