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Car Race, Lobethal

1939, Photograph, B 34686

Terraplane Special in a motor race at Lobethal.

Christoph, W., 1892, Photograph, B 35255/7

General view of Lobethal taken by an early resident, Mr. W. Christoph, at 4:00 p.m. on the 2 September 1892.

Lobethal

Christoph, W., c. 1890, Photograph, B 35255/52

The house where students attending Pastor Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche's College lived. Mrs Oster's house can be seen to the right.

Lutheran Church, Lobethal

c. 1890, Photograph, B 35510

Interior of the Lutheran church.

Snow at Lobethal

c. 1901, Photograph, B 35515

After a snowstorm at Lobethal.

Snow at Lobethal

1901, Photograph, B 35516

After a snowstorm at Lobethal, 28 July 1901.

Snow at Lobethal

1901, Photograph, B 35517

After a snowstorm at Lobethal, 28 July 1901.

Snow at Lobethal

1901, Photograph, B 35518

After a snowstorm at Lobethal, 28 July 1901.

General Store, Lobethal

c. 1908, Photograph, B 45641

The General store at Lobethal.

Car racing at Lobethal

1939, Photograph, B 49634

Grand Prix racing at Lobethal : spectators watching cars.

Car racing at Lobethal

1939, Photograph, B 49635

Grand Prix racing at Lobethal : spectators watching cars.

Car racing at Lobethal

1939, Photograph, B 49638

Grand Prix racing at Lobethal : spectators.

Car racing at Lobethal

1939, Photograph, B 49639

Grand Prix racing at Lobethal: going to the race.

Onkaparinga Woollen Mill, Lobethal

Riatta, Jack, c. 1936, Photograph, B 69023

View of the Onkaparinga Woollen Mill at Lobethal.

Lobethal

Edmonds, John, c. 1950, Photograph, PRG 1386/3/90

View of the Lobethal main street looking North from the bottom intersection with Woodside Road to the right. The Onkaparinga Woollen Mill building is in view to the left.

Reservoir, Lobethal

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156/14

Reservoir near Lobethal [postcard printed by the Donald Taylor Collotype Coy Ltd].

The main street in Lobethal. Lobethal was settled by Prussian immigrants who originally went to Hahndorf but were alerted to good land in the upper Onkaparinga. The brewery was turned into the Lobethal Tweed Factory which later became the Onkaparinga Woollen Company

Men with baled produce at Lobethal

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/182

Men waiting at the side of a road at Lobethal with a collection of baled produce which could be items from the woollen mill, two men at the rear are holding up a blanket.

An entrance road to Lobethal, South Australia

c. 1913, Photograph, PRG 280/1/11/269

An entrance road to Lobethal in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia with a partial view of the township.

Main Street, Lobethal

Chandler, R. H., 1933, Photograph, B 6248

The main street at Lobethal. Photograph was taken 15th July, 1933 and shows the gently sloping road lined with shops shaded by deep verandahs. A petrol garage and a shop selling ice cream can be seen. Lobethal was settled in 1842 by Prussian immigrants who arrived in South Australian onboard the 'Skjold'. The town was built in the Silesian Hufendorf style with cottages built along the main road on long narrow strips of land. The village common allowed families to graze their animals. The main road was known as Mill Road.

Lobethal

McKenzie, J., 1933, Photograph, B 8911

Lobethal: general view showing the roofs of the woollen Mill in the foreground. The mills, originally called the Lobethal Tweed Factory, are extensive and dominate the township. The former brewery turned Tweed Mills later became the Onkaparinga Woollen Company that closed in 1992.