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The 'Palgrave' dismasted
The iron 4 masted barque 'Palgrave', 3187 tons, dismasted [iron 4 mast ship, 3187 gross, ON89843, 322.5 x 49.2 x 25.4. Built 1884 (8) W Hamilton and Co., Port Glasgow: Owners: W Hamilton and Co., registered Port Glasgow].
The 'Palgrave' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Palgrave', 3187 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 3187 gross, ON89843, 322.5 x 49.2 x 25.4. Built 1884 (8) W Hamilton and Co., Port Glasgow: Owners: W Hamilton and Co., registered Port Glasgow].
The 'Renfield' in an unidentified harbour
The steel barquentine 'Renfield', 1112 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barquentine, 1112 gross, 1034 net tons, ON102569, 209.6 x 35.6 x 19.5. Built 1895 (7) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: JA Russell, registered Port Glasgow. Ultimately converted into a coal hulk at Leith in 1920s].
The 'Gwendoline' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Gwendoline', 84 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden schooner, 84 tons, ON106153, 86.0 x 23.1 x 7.2. Built 1897 Coopernook, NSW. Owners Alfred and Robert Langley, registered Sydney. c. 1903 Henry C Edwards, registered Port Darwin, later to E W Lepoigneur. Wrecked February 10, 1924 when she ran ashore at Port Hedland, West Australia. Abandoned as a total loss in April 1924].
The 'Rooganah' and the 'Alcairo' at King's Pier, Hobart
From left to right, the wooden schooner 'Rooganah', 99 tons, and wooden schooner 'Alcairo', 61 tons, at King's Pier, Hobart. [Alcairo - wood. aux. schooner, 72g, 52n tons. ON124547, 80.7 x 22.9 x 6.3, built 1911 Port Cygnet, T. Owners; L Commonwealth Government, reg. Melbourne: c. 1918 GT Bell & Co. reg. Melbourne, c.1920 J & AW Sheridan (of South Australia) Totally lost at Marion Bay SA. October 10, 1923. ] [Rooganah = wooden auxiliary 3 mast schooner, 99 gross, 75 net tons, ON124540, 95.0 x 25.1 x 7.0 built 1909 Port Cygnet, Tasmania. Owners: H Jones and Co., and H Heather, registered Hobart. c. 1911/12 Alvin W Taylor: by 1919 reverts to H Jones and Co. c.1921 Sydney C Loveder (of South Australia) Destroyed by fire about 10 am August 19, 1927 near Whyalla. See 'Ketches of South Australia', 3rd edition, 1978]
'Glaneuse' iron barque
'Glaneuse' iron barque 502 tons. Off Port Phillips Heads [iron 3 mast barque, 502 gross, 482 net tons, 160.0 x 27.3 x 16.3. Built 1870 Forg and Chant, de la Medit. La Seyne, Owners Anton Dom Bordes & Fils, registered Bordeaux. Wrecked near Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria. Oct 2, 1886]
Salt harvesting and quarrying in South Australia
35mm colour slides originally housed in a container with the label 'I.C.I. Technical', arranged in small boxes with the labels: Pt Augusta (6), Sidewinder Solar Salt SF (25), Quarry (21), Quarry (26), Osborne (18), Aerial (9), Bluebird LMG Excav (19), S/F series (23), Ardrossan conveyor S/F (1), S/F Harvest tech (20), S/F (24), S/F (23), Mt Bold Solar (4), S/F fauna birdlife (11), Quarry (9), S/F (26). Comprising images of: solar salt fields at Port Augusta and Port Paterson, salt fields at Dry Creek near Adelaide, quarry at Penrice and the soda ash works at Osborne, Mount Bold dam and reservoir, and numerous images of salt harvesting and quarrying machinery and vehicles including conveyors, stacker conveyors, crushers, drills, elevators and salt harvesters, in particular the 'Curdimurka' and 'Hodog' salt harvesters. See below for details.
Salt harvesting and quarrying in South Australia
35mm colour slides originally housed in a container with the label 'I.C.I. Technical', arranged in small boxes with the labels: Pt Augusta (6), Sidewinder Solar Salt SF (25), Quarry (21), Quarry (26), Osborne (18), Aerial (9), Bluebird LMG Excav (19), S/F series (23), Ardrossan conveyor S/F (1), S/F Harvest tech (20), S/F (24), S/F (23), Mt Bold Solar (4), S/F fauna birdlife (11), Quarry (9), S/F (26). Comprising images of: solar salt fields at Port Augusta and Port Paterson, salt fields at Dry Creek near Adelaide, quarry at Penrice and the soda ash works at Osborne, Mount Bold dam and reservoir, and numerous images of salt harvesting and quarrying machinery and vehicles including conveyors, stacker conveyors, crushers, drills, elevators and salt harvesters, in particular the 'Curdimurka' and 'Hodog' salt harvesters. See below for details.
![[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2] : Andrew Howley](https://slsa-collections.s3.amazonaws.com/48/6e/7af0-08d6-5835-ade4-9708d016a7f5.jpg)
[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2] : Andrew Howley
Andrew Howley, 1845-1924, arrived in South Australia in February 1852 on board the ship the "Marshall Bennett". Telegraph operator, post and telegraph station master; Port Lincoln, Hindmarsh, North Adelaide.
![[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : Matthew Smith](https://slsa-collections.s3.amazonaws.com/fd/d1/28b0-c3a0-5c36-adee-7727c8b92a96.jpg)
[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith, 1794-1858, arrived in South Australia in November 1836 on board the ship the "Africaine". Lawyer, Adelaide; pastoralist at Poonindie station; land subdivider, Port Lincoln.
Cemetery, Cheltenham
The Missions to Seamen; Seafarers graves at Cheltenham Cemetery - new name plaques: l-r Mr J. Leyland, Port Adelaide Engineer; Mrs L. Skailes, President Ladies Harbour Lights Guild; Miss Audrey Morphett, Vice-President; Mr. Roeger, Port Adelaide Town Clerk.
Bullock wagon, Kapunda
A bullock wagon hauling wheat sacks past the Sir John Franklin Hotel, Kapunda. This hotel existed from 1849 and is located in Main Street Kapunda. Bullock trains travelled between Burra, Kapunda and Port Adelaide at three and a half miles per hour. The trip from Burra to Port Adelaide would take eight to ten days
Neptune Island Lighthouse
South Neptune Island Lighthouse. A visitor is standing at the base of the lighthouse whilst a man, possibly the Lighthouse Keeper, looks down from its balcony. A horse and cart and its driver are waiting nearby. First erected at the entrance to the Port Adelaide River, it was lit on the 1st of January 1869. It was moved to South Neptune Island, at the entrance of Spencer Gulf, on the 1st of November 1901, where it stood until 1985. In poor condition, it was decommissioned and subsequently acquired by the South Australian Maritime Museum. It is now restored and standing on the dockside at Port Adelaide, having been opened to the public on the 13th of March 1986, in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II. This Lighthouse was replaced with a round brick tower, and, having being automated in the mid 1990s, is still in operation [ 2007].
Semaphore, looking East toward
Semaphore, looking east towards Port Adelaide. This view was taken from the attic of Captain Bickers' house on the corner of the Esplanade and South Terrace. The castellated house on the right is in South Terrace and was still standing in 1937. Ships docked at Port Adelaide can be seen the background across the sand hills.
Samuel Green
Samuel Green left England and was ordained in the Anglican Church of South Australia in 1865. He held the Parish of Port Adelaide and Glenelg. He ran a spiritualist circle with his wife acting as medium. He was a popular speaker. He supported co-operation between capital and labour and urged 3000 striking dockworkers at Port Adelaide to return to work in 1887 [also at SRG 94/A85/20/17F].
Captain John Hart
Captain John Hart was a seafarer from the age of 12 and managed a whaling station at Encounter Bay. After several voyages to England he established Hart's Flour Mill at Port Adelaide. He was the first President of the Port Adelaide Football Club, a Member of Parliament and Premier and Treasurer for 18 months. He should have been credited for the success of the Overland Telegraph Line.
Captain John Hart
Captain John Hart, mariner, politician, Premier of South Australia. Captain John Hart went to sea at the age of twelve and hunted whales and seals. He gave up the sea in 1846 and settled near Port Adelaide and started Hart and Company Flour Mill. He was the first President of the Port Adelaide Football Club. The epitome of his political career was becoming Treasurer and Premier from 1870-1871.
David Bower
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of David Bower, Member of Parliament in 1865 and building contractor at Port Adelaide where he became Mayor in 1876-1878. A philanthropist, he built the Jubilee Homes, better known as David Bower Cottages on Bower Road, in Semaphore Park to house distressed seamen. He became known as "the father of Port Adelaide". In this photograph he is wearing a square shaped chin strap beard.
Henry William Thompson
[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of Henry William Thompson in seven eighths view. He wears impressive mutton chop whiskers. He was a seaman who left the sea and went to work for Clarke, McKenzie & Co., ships' chandlers of Port Adelaide, later a member of the Port Adelaide Council, then Mayor from 1881-2. He won a seat in the Legislative Concil for the Central District in May 1902.
Henry Weman
Henry Weman, sailmaker, tent and tarpaulin maker, and ships' provider of Port Adelaide. In 1864 Weman opened his business in Port Adelaide after he settled there in approximately 1852. Weman Building constructed during 1870s and 1880s housed the sail making business of Henry Weman and was situated on the corner of Jane and Lipsonj Streets. The complex consisted of a sail loft and warehouse and a two storey business that operated as a ship's chandlery and a grocery. It featured facilities for manufacturing sails and sailcloth. Henry Weman immigrated to South Australia aboard the "Challenger" in 1854
W. A. L. Wolter
Wilhelm Adolph Ludwig Wolter (of the River Murray). Wilhelm Wolter, Master Mariner, arrived at Port Adelaide aboard the brigantine 'Adolph' from Hamburg in 1863. He died at Victor Harbor in 1933. He was a pioneer on the River Murray Steamers with 53 years experience. He was born at St Pauli, suburb of Hamburg and served in windjammers and vessels on the Indian coast and later sailers in the South Australian trade. He led an adventurous life before landing at Port Adelaide in 1863. On arrival he worked as a mason before venturing to Goolwa to work on Murray Steamers. He became a Captain and owned the steamer 'Pilot'.
Railway Accident
Railway accident on the Port Adelaide Line, with Governor Daly on board: a sketch. Notes on the back of the photograph state " accident to special train on the Port Adelaide side line, with Governor on board, April 13, 1865. Original sketch by DD Daly. See Parliamentary Paper Number 55 of 1865. Original in Illustrated Melbourne Post 18 May 1865, page 65" Note under the photograph states "from a sketch taken on the spot by His Excellency's Aide-de-Camp, Dominick Daniel Daly, esquire" The sketch depicts two de-railed carriages of the steam train on their sides with lots of people trying to help extract the passengers. Many people are running towards the accident with their hands in the air. It was recorded that Governor Daly was being conveyed to visit the warship 'Falcon' at Largs Bay. A 'flash American' train driver who was unused to the repair work being made to a portion of the track took the journey at high speed, derailing two carriages. Governor Daly refused to return on the train and came back on a horse.
H.M. S. Mildura
[General description] The H.M.S. Mildura, a Pearl Class Cruiser of the Royal Navy is moored at Port Adelaide, floating between water and sky. She had a short career, built in 1889, scrapped in 1906. [On back of photograph] ''H. M. S. Mildura' at Port Adelaide / July 13, 1901 / Looking south with the Jervois Bridge on the left and the sugar works and Government dockyard on the right / 'Governor Musgrave' at the dock on the extreme right'.
The "Protector"
[General description] Her Majesty's Colonial Ship (HMCS) Protector, moored at Port Adelaide, soon after her arrival in September 1884. She was built by William Armstrong & Co, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. She is a flat-iron gunboat purchased by the South Australian colonial government in response to several 'Russian Scares' that worried the Colonies in the mid nineteenth century. [On back of photograph] 'The Protector / Port Adelaide 1884-5'.
The "Empreza"
The "Empreza" was a composite barque built in Glasgow in 1865 and weighed 250 tons. She visited Port Adelaide five times from 1888 - 1891. She is shown here on Jenkin's Slip at Port Adelaide in the 1890s
The "Hesperus"
The "Hesperus" at Port Adelaide. She was a three masted iron ship, built at Greenock in 1873, 1859 gross tons. She made five voyages from London to Port Adelaide between 1882 and 1886
The "Lochee"
The "Lochee" arrived dismasted at Port Adelaide and was refitted there. She made visits to South Australia in the 1870s and 1890s. She was an iron ship of 1812 tons, built and registered in Dundee. She carried immigrants who endured appalling conditions. Many died on the voyage. She made voyages to Port Adelaide and The Semaphore in 1877, 1897, 1899, 1913
The Barque 'Trafalgar'
[General description] The 'Trafalgar' moored at Port Adelaide. She is a three masted iron barque built in 1875 by Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock, 1501 grt, 1350 nrt; 243.1 x 38.4 x 22.0. [On back of photograph] 'The Barque 'Trafalgar' at Port Adelaide, 1907'
The 'Dundee'
The 'Dundee'.
SANFL 1997 Premiership
GENERAL: Members of the Norwood football team on a victory lap of Football Park after defeating Port Adelaide in the SANFL 1997 Premiership final, 5 October 1997; the scoreboard reads Norwood 19 12 126, Port Adelaide 7 11 53.