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Township of Gambiertown, Section no.1103 [cartographic material]

c. 1860, Archival map/chart, C 117/3

Town plan of Mount Gambier, Section 1103, giving street names, lot numbers and measurements. Ink on paper.

Drain Construction

1893, Photograph, B 14700

The construction of Mount Hope drain. One of the largest drainage proposals is the Mount Hope Drain which drains the area between Rivoli Bay and Symon. A cutting was established in the Woakwine Range to allow the water to drain into a swamp near the Mount Gambier and Beachport railway line, into Lake Frome and then into the sea.

Mount Schank

Greenlees, J., c. 1920, Photograph, B 69399/50

Crater lake , Mount Schank, about seven miles from Mount Gambier.

Aerial view of Mount Burr mill

c. 1930, Photograph, D 7939/P17(T)

Aerial view of the Mount Burr timber mill.

Aerial view of Mount Burr mill

c. 1930, Photograph, D 7939/P18(T)

Aerial view of the Mount Burr timber mill and the surrounding forest.

First House at Mt. Schank

1894, Photograph, B 15821

The first house built at Mount Schank; occupied in 1894 by W. Thomas. According to a researcher, these buildings are actually the former flour mill erected by Dr. E. Wehl in 1862. It later became a distillery for Engelbrecht and Co. and was dismantled in 1979. The buildings were situated on Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier (opposite Vansittart Park.)

Shearers at Mount Schank

1899, Photograph, D 7939/P22(T)

A group of shearers - 'the men who shore 100,000 sheep at Mount Schank in 1899 with blade shears'. Back row (from left): A. Ashby, G.Winterfield, D. McIntyre, R. Telford, A. White, A. Hastings, unknown, unknown, A. Livingston, J. Butler. Second row: H. Kuhl, Gorton (hand on hip), J. Potter, W. Brice, A. Gamble, J. Lewis, H. McLaughlin, C.L. Orchard, J. Earle, J. Winterfield, J. Thomas, W. Baker, A. Butler, J.Ferguson, W. Goldner, W. Cutting, A. Hastings Snr, unknown. Standing on ground: J. Ryan, J. Lock, Gorton, R. Laslett, J. Hennessy Snr, J.Bigham, J. Kemp, J. Robinson, Clarence Long (also known as Milerum), J. Marthon, R.F. White, J. Fletcher (boss of board). Sitting: J.Buckingham, D. Manser, H. McDougall, C. Pudney, unknown, A. Cutting, A. Howe, unknown, unknown, H. Hastings, J. Concannon, A. Galpin, W.Butler, F. Perry, R. Hammond. In front: J. Carlin.

Photographs collected and taken by Dorothy Pyatt OAM

Pyatt, Dorothy, c. 1870, Photograph, B 77447/1-101

Photographs collected and taken by Dorothy Pyatt OAM in South Australia and Northern Territory

Benara Homestead

1911, Photograph, B 38956

Mt. Gambier & district people watching the Hunt at Benara.

Grave of Mary Buchan

c. 1875, Photograph, B 16748

Grave of Mary Buchan, Mt. Gambier.

Locomotive

1936, Photograph, B 46528/8

Locomotive Class "Z" no. 196 at Mt Gambier.

Locomotive

1936, Photograph, B 46528/58

Class "WX" no. 18, Mt. Gambier. Acccording to a researcher, this is a South Australian Railways 'Q' class locomotive. The location looks to be the northern end of the Islington workshops.

Army officers at Happy Valley Camp

Smith, W. S., 1911, Photograph, B 57643

Officers of the 10th Australian Infantry Regiment Militia, Adelaide Rifles. Officers in the front row (from left) are: W. R. McKeevor, Francis Malcolm Blair, Coghill, Stanley Price Weir (later 10th Battalion AIF), John James Hughes (later 32nd Battalion, AIF), Leonard Watkins Bickle and Oldham. Major Edward Castle Oldham (who died at Lone Pine on 25 April 1915) is third from the right in the front row. It would appear that this photo is roughly contemporary with the group in PRG 280/1/26/289.

View of Mount Schank

Nicholas, R. P., c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 1435/3/51

View of Mount Schank (barely seen in the distance) taken fron the Mount Gambier lookout. Cleared farmland coves most of the diatnce in between.

McCoy family : SUMMARY RECORD

McCoy (Family), c. 1865, Photograph, PRG 1337

Records of the McCoy, Hensley and related families, comprising eight photograph albums. While the majority of photographs are not identified it would be possible to make tentative identification of a lot of them from photographer and other details. Family names that are identified have been indexed - a detailed item list is available at the reference desk in addition to the details on each volume (see below).

Mrs Thomas Barratt

Norman, Henry, c. 1870, Photograph, B 3368

[General description] A studio portrait of Mrs Thomas Barratt of the Temperance Hotel, Mt Gambier. The subject is standing and resting an elbow on a pedestal.

Caleb Fidler

c. 1860, Photograph, B 3202

[General description] Photographic portrait of Caleb Fidler of Mt Gambier. He is shown as a thin faced man with thinning hair which is still wavy at the sides. He has a long wiry beard. [On back of photograph] No information.

Dr. Edward Wehl Gambier

1862, Photograph, B 27055

Dr. Edward Wehl of Mount Gambier.

Miss Mary Buchan

c. 1870, Photograph, B 16747

Miss Mary Buchan of Mt. Gambier, murdered at Hedley Park on the 11th July 1875 aged 19 years.

Locomotive

1936, Photograph, B 46528/59

Class "WX" No. 18, Mt. Gambier.

Locomotive

1936, Photograph, B 46528/60

Class "Y" No. 87, Mt. Gambier.

Mount Gambier in the South East

Giles, Stephen, 2002, Photograph, B 69282/190

Showing a section of the railway line in Mt Gambier in South East of SA, 28 January 2002.

Giles, Stephen, 2003, Photograph, B 69282/246

A view of the signage for Engelbrecht Cave at Mt Gambier, taken 25 January 2003.

Mount Gambier

Giles, Stephen, 2003, Photograph, B 69282/248

A closer view showing the sign in front of the Mt Gambier Tourist Information Centre in Lady Nelson Park, taken 26 January 2003.

First residence in Penola

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), c. 1870, Photograph, B 58132

PENOLA: The first house in Penola owned by Mr. McElroy and used as a base for immigrant single Irish women until they were married. Mother Mary Mackillop lived here while she was governess to children of the Cameron family at Penola Station.

Ruins of Adam Lindsay Gordon's home at Glenelg

Milbourn, S., c. 1900, Photograph, B 58898

GENERAL: Ruins of Adam Lindsay Gordon's home, at 59/61Penzance Street Glenelg, which he had rented after he arrived in Australia in November 1853 on the steam ship 'Julia'. He purchased the house in 1865 when he entered the South Australian parliament in the House of Assembly seat of Victoria. He gave up his Glenelg residence in March 1867, when he returned to Mount Gambier. [from information supplied by a researcher].

Mr Webb's residence

c. 1900, Photograph, B 69054/95

View along a path with a part of a substantial two storey house in the middle ground at Mr Webb's Mount Gmabier home.

W. J. Browne

Hammer & Co., c. 1885, Photograph, B 42911

Studio portrait of W.J. Browne, grazier and physician. At one stage William Browne was South Australia's largest producer of wool. As a member of the House of Assembly he introduced a Bill to abolish the sale of Crown lands and to lease them out instead. This Bill was thrown out but a similar one was later passed in both houses. Browne lived in Mount Gambier and built Christ Church there.

The Country Carnival Cricket Association Inc. Competition

Sladdin, L.G., 1947, Photograph, B 77451

Team photograph of Cleve team: Back row, left to right: G. Anderson, J. Masters, S. Post, J. Burton, M. Walton, D. Stringer, J. Rehn. (John 'Jack' Rehn born 2 September 1917 in Cowell, died 6 December 1974 in Mount Gambier.) Front row, left to right: R. Pearce, J. Brown (vice-Captain), H. Foxton (Captain), L Jacobs, H. Post.

Sheep stations

Smith, Clement Penfold, c. 1949, Photograph, PRG 1642/39/1-147

Collection of photographs showing the life and conditions of sheep stations that Clement Penfold Smith worked on including Outalpa and Weekeroo near Mannahill, northeast of Peterborough, and Coola, near Mount Gambier. They show the homesteads, gardens, livestock, tanks, and land. Coola Station was 20 miles from Mount Gambier, comprising 13000 acres, and carried 6000 sheep and 1000 Hereford cattle.

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