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Floods at Berri

1956, Photograph, B 23180

River Murray floods at Berri.

[General description] The River Murray and the Blanchetown Lock are partially obscured by a collection of sheds (and a windmill) in the foreground. [On back of photograph] 'River and lock at Blanchetown / 1932 / Reproduced in Chronicle for July 28, 1932'.

No. 1 Lock, Blanchetown

c. 1932, Photograph, B 8133

[General description] River, sky and trees form a backdrop to this view of the Blanchetown Lock and Weir No.1. Completed in 1922, this lock was named for William R. Randell, the Murray's pioneer captain, who first navigated the river in 1853. [On back of photograph] 'No. 1 lock, Blanchetown / 1932 / Reproduced in the Chronicle for July 28, 1932'.

Construction of the lock at Blanchetown

c. 1920, Photograph, B 8393

Construction of No. 1 lock at Blanchetown, River Murray. Begun in 1915, the lock was completed in 1922.

Construction of No.1 Lock, Blanchetown

c. 1920, Photograph, B 42670

Construction of No. 1 lock at Blanchetown, River Murray. Begun in 1915, the lock was completed in 1922.

No.1 Lock at Blanchetown

c. 1923, Photograph, B 53221

Distant view of No.1 Lock at Blanchetown on the River Murray. Begun in 1915, the lock was completed in 1922.

Burra

Penrose, L. S., 1908, Photograph, B 17436

View of Henry Hampden Dutton and Murray Aunger in a 1908 Clemens Talbot car at Burra during their journey crossing Australia from Adelaide to Darwin in 1908, accompanied by Henry Dutton's fox terrier 'Dick'. The car is outside a garage surrounded by well wishers; it is now in the Birdwood Museum in perfect driving condition.

Paddle Steamer, Campbell Pk

1918, Photograph, B 23325

Paddle steamer "Murray" leaving for Milang jetty with load of sheep from Campbell Park Stn.

Floods, Cobdogla

1956, Photograph, B 23253

Murray River floods, Cobdogla, aerial view.

Murray House, Goolwa

c. 1864, Photograph, B 23531

Murray House at Goolwa.

Army Officers, Happy Valley Camp

Smith, W. S., 1911, Photograph, B 23148

Group of Army Officers at a Happy Valley Camp, Easter, 1911, 10th Australian Infantry Regiment Militia, Adelaide Rifles. The Commanding Officer was Lt. Col. Le Mesurier. The man 6th from left in the back row is Hillary William Neale; third from the left in the middle row is Lieutenant Ernest Albert Warren. In the front row is W. R. McKeevor (on left), Francis Malcolm Blair, [a researcher suggests that this is actually Miles Fitzroy Beevor], Murray Robertson 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. Believed to' 'represent the 2 SA infantry milita battalions of the period 1902-1912 ie the 10th Australin Infantry Regiment (10th AIR) and the South Australian Infantry Regiment (SAIR)'.

Army Officers, Happy Valley

Smith, W. S., 1911, Photograph, B 23149

Three Army Officers at a Happy Valley Camp, Easter, 1911. The officers are (from left) Donald Murray Robertson Coghill, Stanley Price Weir (later CO of 10th Battalion AIF) and John James Hughes (who later became a Major in the 32nd Battalion AIF and was a Prisoner of War captured in France, July 1916).

Paddlesteamer

Moyes, I., 1978, Photograph, B 36873

Construction of the Murray River Explorer - the cement bed on which the keel and frames are laid, January 1978. The caravans are for the workmen.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36874

Hull of Murray River Explorer being formed - the cement bed is visible, January 1978.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36875

View on completion of 12 weeks work on the Murray River Explorer, 15 April 1978. Length 52m, width 11m, Displacement 1,300 tons.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36876

Close-up view of the hull of the Murray River Explorer during construction, 15 April 1978.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36877

1/4 inch steel plating on the hull of the Murray River Explorer, 15 April 1978.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36878

View of the Murray River Explorer's hull after 12 weeks work - basin and entrance gate to River. For launching, the gate is closed, the basin filled with water and the ship is floated from the cement bed into deeper water.

Paddlesteamer

1978, Photograph, B 36879

View of the nearly complete hull of the Murray River Explorer - 16 May 1978.

Paddle Steamer

1978, Photograph, B 36880

View of the Murray River Explorer showing the centre partition, 20 July 1978.

Paddle Steamer

1978, Photograph, B 36881

View of the front of the Murray River Explorer, 18 July 1978.

Paddlesteamer

1979, Photograph, B 36882

View of the bow of the Murray River Explorer showing the cement bed. 6 January 1979.

Paddlesteamer

1979, Photograph, B 36883

View of the front of the Murray River Explorer, 6 January 1979.

Paddlesteamer

1979, Photograph, B 36884

Rear view of the Murray River Explorer, 6 January 1979.

Paddlesteamer

1979, Photograph, B 36885

Side view of the Murray River Explorer, 6 January 1979.

Paddlesteamer

1979, Photograph, B 36886

Side view of the Murray River Explorer while in the dock at water level, 11 February 1979.

Making levees at Waikerie

1914, Photograph, B 34031

Men building a sand bag barrage across the River Murray at Waikerie, using a moveable rail track to shift the sandbags, to hold back water for pumping for town and district water supply, during time of low river level.