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The 'Newfield' after being stranded

c. 1889, Photograph, PRG 1373/22/1

The steel barque 'Newfield', 1512 tons, after being stranded [possibly also known as the 'Gwydyr Castle']. According to a researcher, the 'Newfield' was built by Alexander Stephen in Dundee & built for Brownells & Co. of Liverpool. 29 Aug 1892 - stranded when Cape Otway light was mistaken for King Island on passage Sharpness - Brisbane with 1850Te salt. 9 crew were lost. The next Newfield ON 102113 was built at the same yard in 1893, presumably as a replacement for the same owner. She was later called Gwydyr Castle and was scrapped in 1932.

A South Australian Railways X class truck

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/424

A South Australian Railways X class truck number 2386.

Views of Laura

Giles, Stephen, 2012, Photograph, B 69282/696

House ruins at Peterborough, 25 July 2012.

Skewes Collection

1937, Photograph, B 46528

Skewes Collection comprising 247 images. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on B 46528 to view individual images.

The 'Sutlej' in an unidentified port

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/26/80

The iron ship 'Sutlej', 1742 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1742 tons, ON94365, 260.3 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1888 (2) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Foley and Co., registered London. Sold c.1907 and renamed 'Antares' by Italian owners. Wrecked off the Victorian coast, west of Peterborough late in 1914, with the loss of her entire crew when on a voyage from Marseilles to Melbourne. Apparently struck the base of a high cliff and foundered].

Photographs

Metropolitan Brass (SA) Inc., 1930, Photograph, SRG 841/13/1-192

A collection of photographs documenting some of the activities of the Australian National Institute Brass Band, and its alter ego, 'Die Eisenbahn Spieler Oompah Band', and the Youth Band, at band competitions, street parades, festivals, including Schutzenfest (1991 and 1997); together with group portrait photographs of the Australian National Brass Band at the Australian Band Championships in Adelaide 1991, the Adelaide Band Festival 1994 and TransAdelaide Brass Band taken at the National Championships in Adelaide in April 1999. Colour negatives held of SRG 841/13/130-147 and near duplicates, plus black and white negatives SRG 841/13/185-192 are withdrawn from use.

Sheep stations

Smith, Clement Penfold, c. 1939, Photograph, PRG 1642/39/148-224

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, Coola, near Mount Gambier, and Auburn. They show the homesteads, gardens, livestock, tanks, land and surrounds.

Bishop John Norton

Swiss Studios, c. 1906, Photograph, B 74128

Bishop John Norton.

Bishop John Norton

Bardwell Photo., c. 1881, Photograph, B 74127

Bishop John Norton, in London.

Bishop John Norton

Swiss Studios, c. 1906, Photograph, B 74129

Bishop John Norton seated to the right, with an unidentified priest.

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.

Nantabibbie Railway Station

Smith, Kenneth Wilmot Vernon, 1933, Photograph, PRG 1642/57/315

Wilmot Smith's Levis motorbike in front of the Nantabibbie Railway Station, on the Barrier Highway, northeast of Peterborough. The Levis has the number plate S.A. 658. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/57.

J. A. Shearer with his model horse-drawn plough

Marchant, E. W., c. 1910, Photograph, B 74439

Gelatin silver cabinet card portrait of the inventor John Alexander Shearer (1877-1933), wearing a three-piece suit and a loose tie and broad-brimmed hat. He is holding a hammer in his right hand and is seated on a stool next to a wooden three-legged table which holds his model for a horse-drawn plough. The sign above the model reads: 'J.A. Shearer Maker/ Model Plough'. Photograph by E.W. Marchant and Son, Petersburg and Jamestown.

Don South with a dog

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1664/15/19

Don South with 'Nip' the dog. He is referred to as 'Uncle Don' on the back of the photograph.

Group of [women] Old Colonists : Emma I'Anson

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 19985/19V

Emma I'Anson, 1842-1913; nee Nourse, married Leonard I'Anson, Jnr. Born in Gawler, South Australia to Mary Ann Nourse, nee Bickford, and Richard Nourse. Resided in Steelton, Peterborough, Waterloo, Gumbowie, Lancelot, Semaphore.

Photographs of the Graham Family

Neighbour, Nancy Joy, c. 1869, Photograph, PRG 1717/3/1-39

Photographs of the Graham family, collected by Nancy Neighbour (nee Graham). See below for details. Selected images have been digitised.

Buildings and portraits

Woods Bagot Pty. Ltd, c. 1900, Photograph, BRG 18/54/8/1-10

Studio photograph of a group of ten men by Melbourne photographer Alice Mills, buildings, including the John Darling Laboratory and the Ranson Mortlock Laboratory at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, and portraits. Not all photographs have been digitised as most are unidentified, duplicates or of poor quality.

University Block no. 2 Parnaroo [cartographic material] / signed G.W. Goyder, Surv. Genl

1876, Archival map/chart, C 18

Shows 15,000 acres area in the Hundred of Terowie, natural and cultural features in area; Hope's Gully and direction of Gottlieb's Wells and Parnaroo. Printed by D.L. Beetson for the Surveyor-General's Office, Alfred Vaughan (photolithographer). Included with map is a manuscript page of local council notes on the area, dated 1888.

University Block no. 2 Parnaroo [cartographic material]/ G.W. Goyder, Surv. Genl

1876, Archival map/chart, C 18

Shows 15,000 acres area in the Hundred of Terowie, natural and cultural features in area; Hope's Gully and direction of Gottlieb's Wells and Parnaroo. Printed by D.L. Beetson for the Surveyor-General's Office, Alfred Vaughan (photolithographer). Included with map is a manuscript page of local council notes on the area, dated 1888.

Photographs of Hammond

Cox, Barry, 1969, Photograph, B 78602/1-9

Photographs of abandoned buildings in the South Australian town of Hammond.

Photographs of South Australia

Evans, Jim, 2003, Photograph, B 78644

Photographs of scenes in Adelaide of Port Adelaide, Glenelg, Wayville, Brighton, Westfield Marion, Adelaide Oval, Henley Beach, Seacliff, Largs Bay, Adelaide Central Market, Adelaide Gaol, and in South Australia of Strathalbyn, Blinman, McLaren Vale, Macclesfield, Coward Springs, Dalhousie Homestead, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Morgan, Mindarie, Halidon, Peterborough, Port Germein, Goolwa, Quorn, Point Turton, Balgowan, Hammond, Kangaroo Island, Hawker, Lake Bonney, Lyrup, Mantung, Walker Flat, Middleton, and Wunkar. Includes photographs taken at the Royal Adelaide Show, and the 'Walk Against Warming' rally.

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