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St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide

Walker, Gordon, c. 1919, Photograph, B 5518

[General description] The number 27 electric tram to Albert Park trundles past the imposing Ozone Theatre in a city streetscape otherwise featuring horse drawn transport. On the right is the Town Hall clock tower and a couple of public telephone booths. Shops and commercial buildings line the street. [On back of photograph] 'St.Vincent Street, Port Adelaide / 21 February 1919'.

North Parade, Port Adelaide

c. 1870, Photograph, B 5659

Allotment 4, North Parade, Port Adelaide.

Commercial Road

c. 1870, Photograph, B 5661

Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, between Divett Street and McLaren Parade. The ship's figurehead of General Blanco can be seen on the balcony. For more information about the General Blanco see The Register, Friday 22 August 1902, p4.

McLaren Wharf, Port Adelaide

1867, Photograph, B 6265

McLaren Wharf, Port Adelaide, July 12th 1867, looking upstream from the Wharf Hotel.

1867, Photograph, B 6267

Port Adelaide: Showing the South Australian Company's Wharf, then about to be refaced. On the left is Levi's Wharf. Note from AT Saunders " Port Adelaide, July 12, 1867. Looking east towards the Company's Basin and Levi's Wharf. MCLaren Wharf in the foreground. The "Pride of the West" (registered in Liverpool) is berthed at McLaren Wharf. Balcony on the Wharf Hotel is shown on extreme right".

North Parade, Port Adelaide

1867, Photograph, B 6268

Port Adelaide in 1867. North Parade, showing the space between the Queen's Wharf and the Prince's Wharf. The Government propose to convert North Parade into wharfs. Berthed at the wharf is the "Contest", the tug "Young Australian" and the dredge can be seen at work in the River.

Town Hall, Port Adelaide

c. 1872, Photograph, B 8249

[General description] The Town Hall on St Vincent Street was designed by architects Woods and Wright and features a clock tower and belfry, the foundation stone being laid by Sir James H. Fisher on 10 June, 1865 with the official opening on 29 August 1866. The clock was imported from London on the Indes in 1867. The building on the left has a shopfront which sells a variety of goods including wash tubs. Young street trees have wooden tree-guards to protect them. [On back of photograph] 'Port Adelaide Town Hall / On the left of it is a house built in 1848 by D. Bower / 1872-86'.

Prince Alfred Sailors' Home

1932, Photograph, B 8328

Prince Alfred Sailors' Home, Port Adelaide on the eve of its demolition on 17 October 1932. It was located on the southern side of St. Vincent Street on the eastern corner of Todd Street. The home was built after a suggestion from the visiting Prince Alfred. It was agreed that Captains should discharge their seamen upon arrival in Port Adelaide where they were looked after in the home and were fit and healthy to work well on the return voyage. The home was demolished in 1932 after years of disuse.

Shipping, Port Adelaide

c. 1880, Photograph, B 9136

[General description] Shipping moored at Port Adelaide [On back of photograph] 'Port Adelaide / McLaren Wharf is shown on the extreme left / Probably in the eighteen eighties / S.S. Lubra towards right / (name showing on side)'.

No.1 Dock, Port Adelaide

Mora Studio, c. 1938, Photograph, B 10313

[General description A very busy scene at Number 1 dock as goods are unloaded from interstate and overseas vessels. A man poses with his cart drawn by two draught horses in front of an array of Sunshine agricultural equipment, including stripper harvesters. Warehouses are seen in the background and on the right is the Australian ship SS Mareeba at the dock. (The Mareeba came to a sad end in 1941, sunk by the German ship Kormoran on a voyage to Colombo) [On back of photograph] 'No. 1 Dock, Port Adelaide / August 1938 / Reproduced in the News, August 26th, 1938'.

Port Adelaide Canal

c. 1911, Photograph, B 10353

Port Adelaide Canal, off Commercial Road. The large sailing vessel is the "Colonna" which was once called the "Sierra Colonna"; directly behind is the S.S. Herbert, then the S.S. Warooka, lastly the Schooner "Yatala".

Port Adelaide Canal

c. 1911, Photograph, B 10354

Port Adelaide Canal, off Commercial Road. The Barque on the right is the "Martha 1", the steamer is the "Warooka".

Post Office, Port Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1879, Photograph, B 10738

Post and Telegraph Offices, Port Adelaide. The scaffolding on the Customs House is for the final work performed on the building. The symmetrical Italianate Telegraph Office was completed in 1868 and housed the Port Adelaide telephone exchange which opened in 1883. This photograph shows the bluestone building with chimneys and cement rendered dressings.

Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 10811

Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide. This six storey steam flour mill was erected by John Dunn junior and was producing flour by 1866. It was burned down later that same year. Sabotage was suspected and the mill was rebuilt the following year and destoyed by fire again in 1887. Dunn eventually owned eleven steam mills. The mill in this photograph was situated between the Port Adelaide railway yard and Lipson Street.

Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 10812

Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide. This six storey steam flour mill was erected by John Dunn junior and was producing flour by 1866. It was burned down later that same year. Sabotage was suspected and the mill was rebuilt the following year and destoyed by fire again in 1887. Dunn eventually owned eleven steam mills. The mill in this photograph was situated between the Port Adelaide railway yard and Lipson Street.

Port Adelaide

Walker, Gordon, c. 1910, Photograph, B 10861

Port Adelaide: the vessels from left to right are the steamer "Warrawee", the ketch "Spindrift" and the steamer "Kooringa".

Port Adelaide

1876, Photograph, B 11692

Port Adelaide showing the Copper Company wharf. The English and Australian Copper Company built a smelter at Port Adelaide in 1861. It was built right on the river bank and produced copper ingots from the ore mined at Burra. The smelter operated until 1912. More wharves were constructed to cope with the expected arrival of ships carrying ore and coal and transporting the copper ingots to England and other countries.

The "Torrens", Port Adelaide

c. 1895, Photograph, B 11871

The "Torrens" at Port Adelaide. She was a three mast clipper ship designed to carry passengers and cargo between London and Port Adelaide. She was the fastest ship to sail on that route. She was built in Sunderland 1875 of composite construction. She carried a main sky sail yard and for many years was the only vessel with studding sail booms running in the Australian trade. She was aimed at the upper end of the market with accommodation for first and second class passengers

Port Adelaide Wharf

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 12240

The South Australian Company Basin, Port Adelaide Wharf. It was partially reclaimed to create No. 1 Dock in 1934-35. The Colac Hotel can be seen to the right of the bridge. At this time the proprietors were I and J Dyer, 1883-89

Court House at Port Adelaide

c. 1870, Photograph, B 13800

Court House at Port Adelaide. Combined Police Station (left), Court House (centre) and Customs House (right), at the corner of Saint Vincent Street and Commercial Road, Port Adelaide. It was built in 1859 and still extant in 2006. This Italian style brick and bluestone building was built in the 1870s and had a cupola over the central portion.