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Peterborough Baseball Club team

1936, Photograph, PRG 1664/19/1

The Country Carnival team of the Peterborough Baseball Club. Don South is third from the right holding crutches.

'Bob, the railway dog' at Port Augusta

c. 1887, Photograph, B 6422

PORT AUGUSTA: 'Bob, the railway dog' sitting on top of the driver's car of a stationary locomotive at Port Augusta Railway yard, railway staff stand in a group alongside the vehicle. Left to right: C.E. Dench, G. Graham, T. Nicholls, G. Denham, Harrison or Spooner, ?, T. Stack, ?; on engine: Fred Lyons, J.W. Roberts.

Helen Rasmus' birthday party

Rasmus, Leslie Wilfred, 1957, Photograph, B 69652

Helen Rasmus' birthday party, with the birthday girl and her guests, all wearing party hats, pictured at the table. A hat birthday cake is the centre piece. The children (from left to right) are: Kevin Welsby, ? Mifsud, ? Mifsud, Lorraine Rasmus, Beth Rasmus, ? Misfud, Helen Welsby, Helen Rasmus, unknown, Barry Matthews, Marie-Anne Poor (at back), P. Mifsud and David Rasmus. October 1957.

Railway transport: Locomotives and rolling stock 3'6" narrow gauge

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/486

An assortment of rolling stock at an unidentified rail yard, including a Pre Mansard roof SAR narrow gauge short Tom passenger car, at Peterborough. This car used to form part of the narrow gauge breakdown train, stationed at Peterborough.

Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide

Cheer Up Society, c. 1918, Photograph, SRG 6/34/13

View of the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide with its Peterborough wing, identified on the back of the card as 'Peterborough Wing of C-U-H'. Additional writing on the back (which appears to be a contemporary account of loans made to servicemen) reads: '15/10 (fare to Pinnaroo / Pte C.W.Watkins / 3/6 Lieut Cpl Williams / 4/- = Pt Tucker / 2d Extra postage / 2/9 fare lent Watson / [bracketed with] Mather / 3/- Lieut Lewis / 10/- fare to Brinkworth /(O'Rielly / 1/3 Willsden'. The Cheer Up Hut stood on the site of the Festival Theatre in Elder Park.

Photographs relating to Messenger Press : trains

Messenger Press, c. 1960, Photograph, B 72789/1-45

Photographs relating to transport - trains, created by Messenger Press, including South Australian Railways (S.A.R) locomotives.

Salvation Army 'Greathearts' Congress

1925, Photograph, B 78031

Caption on back: '"Greathearts", our first Congress in Adelaide, 1925'. Probationary Lieutenants from the 1924 "Greathearts" session of cadets, Melbourne Training Garrison, appointed to the South Australian Division or Peterborough Division (Corps or Social Institution in brackets). Back row: Frank Walters (Wirrabara); Bram Woods (in charge of Naracoorte); Matters (West Adelaide); Hobbs (Naracoorte, assistant). Second row: Marcie Coombs (Mt Barker Boys' Home); Letitia Doney (later 1. Mrs Brigadier Linsell, 2. Mrs Senior Major Sandy) (Kent Town); Alec Hoare (Clare); Sid Roberts (Wirrabara); Hodgson (Berri). Front row: Verity Marum (later Mrs Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson) (Barton Vale Girls' Reformatory); McDonald (Prospect East); Captain (from training garrison staff) Nell Hill (later Mrs Commissioner Blake) (Prospect East, in charge); Captain (from training garrison staff) Cyril Brimblecombe (Peterborough DHG); Kelb (Mt Barker); Margaret Swanborough (later Mrs Brigadier Lawler) (Wallaroo).

Papers of Adolph Emmanuel Mueller

Rungie (Family), 1885, Mixed material, PRG 1759/1

Papers relating to Adolph Emmanuel Mueller comprising: photographs including family portraits, Parkside School Staff portrait, and Souvenir booklet for the Parkside School Jubilee in 1935. See below for details.

Railway Station, Carrieton

c. 1922, Photograph, B 15165

The interior of the Railway Station at Carrieton. Carrieton was on the Peterborough to Quorn railway line which opened in 1881. Carrieton is a small town in the Flinders Ranges located between Orroroo and Craddock

Carrieton

c. 1922, Photograph, B 15166

Railway yards with train at the station. Carrieton was on the Peterborough to Quorn railway line which opened in 1881. Carrieton is a small town in the Flinders Ranges located between Orroroo and Craddock

Carrieton

c. 1922, Photograph, B 15167

Carrieton Station with train unloading goods and passengers. Carrieton was on the Peterborough to Quorn railway line which opened in 1881. Carrieton is a small town in the Flinders Ranges located between Orroroo and Craddock

Cheer-Up Hut, Adelaide, showing Peterborough wing

Smith, D. Darian, 1919, Photograph, B 46458

The Cheer Up Hut, neat the Adelaide Railway Station.

Quorn Railway Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 9330

Quorn Railway Station. Sweet Adelaide 514. Quorn Railway Station opened on 15 December 1879 as the interim terminus of the Central Australian Railway from Port Augusta. In 1881 Quorn became a junction station with the opening of the Peterborough-Quorn railway line. The photograph, taken from a height, shows multiple railway lines, the station and further buildings in the background.

Quorn Railway Sheds

Angus, W. J., c. 1907, Photograph, B 12133

Quorn Railway sheds. The Quorn station opened as a terminus in 1879 on the Central Australia Railway. In 1881 Quorn became a junction station on the Peterborough to Quorn line. The railway goods shed needed to be located on the side nearest to the town. The government claimed the gradient made it impossible to have the goods and passengers sheds on the town side.

Teetulpa

1886, Photograph, B 6115

View of Teetulpa. Inscription underneath the photograph states 'There was great excitement when, closely following the discovery of silver at Broken Hill, gold was found at Teetulpa in 1886. The extent of the activities of the gold-seekers is shown in this panaramic of the field, which has been kindly paced at our disposal by Mr R Heithersay of Peterborough'. The photograph shows hundreds of white canvas ridge tents spread out in the scrub at Teetulpa.

Ucolta

c. 1920, Photograph, B 35647

'House, Store, and Post Office at Ucolta'. A researcher has added that the building on the left is the Ucolta Hall, built in the early 1920s, the building of which was assisted by Heinrich Rasmus who lived in the adjacent house. The hall was knocked down in about 2010 due to it being in a dangerous state. The house too is now rubble. In the early 1900s Ucolta was a thriving place for the local farmers and there was much activity in the area, both social and farming. The road that these buildings were built on was named Rasmus Road in 2009 by Peterborough Council in honour of the family's long history with the area. Ucolta now has erected a war memorial cairn to the several local men who fought and died in the wars.

Railway accident, Walloway

c. 1901, Photograph, B 44314

Railway accident, a infamous head-on smash just south of Walloway, November 1901. Walloway was on the former Peterborough-Quorn line.

Yunta Hotel, Yunta

Kinch, c. 1900, Photograph, B 9019

Yunta Hotel, Yunta is located in the far north of South Australia north east of Peterborough. The Yunta Hotel was established in 1899 and the first proprietor was William Reiken. Yunta came about due to the nearby discovery of gold in 1887.

Victor Herbert Ryan

Australian National Travel Association, c. 1930, Photograph, B 11188

Victor Herbert Ryan, public servant was born in 1874 near Peterborough and educated in state schools at Burra and Terowie. In 1908 he obtained the post of agent at the newly formed Tourist Bureau. He provided material about South Australia for the agent-general in London. The State War Office directed him to take a train with a band and the Premier around the state to recruit men to become soldiers for the First World War. He arranged Adelaide's peace celebration in 1919 and was appointed an OBE for his efforts. He supervised the British "Barwell Boys" on their indentureship to South Australian farmers. In 1936 he organised South Australia's centenary celebrations. He was a Freemason and Rotarian. In this photograph he is seen using a dictaphone in his office

District Rifle Club Teams

Holdsworth, James, 1907, Photograph, B 26359

District Rifle Club teams consist of Peterborough, Wilmington and Port Augusta.

Motor car & trailer

1937, Photograph, B 48857

Motor car & trailer packed with luggage, used by a family to journey between Peterborough and Melbourne.

Cheer Up Hut

Walker, Gordon, c. 1919, Photograph, B 5504

[General description] The South Australian Cheer-Up Society was founded by Alexandrina Seager, its object being to support the soldiers in the First and Second World Wars and to bring them into contact with the 'highest type of womanhood'. This hut was near the Adelaide Railway Station and had a hostel and canteen. It was funded from various charitable institutions. The room shown here is comfortably furnished with armchairs, chairs and tables and a piano. [On back of photograph] 'Peterborough Wing / Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide / December 24 th., 1919'.

The "Antares"

1907, Photograph, B 11768

The "Antares" iron ship built in 1888 and wrecked off the south west coast of Victoria in 1914. The ship was sailing from Marseilles to Melbourne via the southern Australian coastline when it came to grief on a rocky outcrop near Peterborough with a loss of all crew. Originally named "Sutleg", renamed "Antares"by Italian owners

Harry Rudland

1916, Photograph, B 46130/424

No.2104 Private Harry Foster Rudland, born 1 September 1895 at Peterborough, South Australia. Enlisted 32nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements at Adelaide, 4 October 1915. Transferred to 48th Battalion 2 April 1916. Served France. Returned to Australia 1919.