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Port Adelaide
This photo is from the middle of a panorama comprising B B 518 A,B and C of Port Adelaide and its shipping, taken from Lefevre's Peninsula, east of Fletcher's Slip, looking south. For further information shipping, see B 518/A.
Port Adelaide
This photo is the extreme right of a panorama comprising B 518 A,B and C of Port Adelaide and its shipping taken from Lefevre's Peninsula, east of Fletcher's Slip, looking south. For further information see B 518 A.
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide, showing the new dock and swing bridge entrance.
New Dock, Port Adelaide
The new dock at Port Adelaide with the 'Mallsgate' at anchor. Reputedly a fast ship, she was an iron barque built by R.Williamson & Son at Harrington in 1877. On the 21st July 1889, a few days out from Newcastle, NSW, Australia, bound for San Francisco with a coal cargo, she was wrecked on the Middleton Reef. All the crew survived.
Gunpowder Magazine, Port Adelaide
Gunpowder Magazine, Port Adelaide.
Railway Station, Port Adelaide
Railway Station, Port Adelaide showing the building as originally erected in 1856. See B 34546 for a view taken in 1870. Compare with B 4431, taken in 1890.
Port Adelaide
Sailing ships at Port Adelaide, looking west from McLaren Wharf. The brig 'Phyllis' is in the foreground.
Levi's Wharf, Port Adelaide
Sailing ships at Levi's wharf, Port Adelaide.
Post Office, Port Adelaide
A few people are posed outside the Post Office at Port Adelaide. It was built in 1864-5, and eventually demolished in 1954.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide. The 'Pekina', lying on the north side of the basin site of the Robinson Bridge. On the upper left is the powder magazine. For a wider view see B 6232.
Port Adelaide
[General description] Pedestrians, cars and the number 44 Albert Park tram are seen on St. Vincent Street with city buildings forming a backdrop. On the left is the Ozone theatre. [On back of photograph] 'St. Vincent Street, Port Adelaide / 1924-27'.
Port Adelaide
[General description] Traffic is horse-drawn, road is unsealed in this view of city buildings and trees. In the centre is an obelisk, possibly a memorial. Next to it (to the right) is a telephone box. The business in the centre is McKelvie and Tonks (late A.I.F.) Tobacconists. [On back of photograph] 'Commercial Road, Port Adelaide / looking across St. Vincent Street. / c 1920-21'.
Port Adelaide
[General description] The number 41 tram is approaching the intersection as the tram wires create an interesting effect silhouetted against the sky. City buildings can be seen all along the street, the Council Chambers and Town Hall prominent on the right. On the left is McKelvie & Tonkes (Late A.I. F.), Tobacconists. [On back of photograph] 'St.Vincent Street, Port Adelaide / c. 1920-24'.
Port Adelaide
[General description] A quiet day in St. Vincent Street with few pedestrians and little traffic. A train is approaching down the middle of the road. City buildings are seen on the on the left, street trees on the right. [On back of photograph] 'St. Vincent Street, Port Adelaide / 1877-87 / (Wesleyan Church in background removed to Dale Street 1886-7)'.
Port Adelaide
[General description] Port Adelaide in 1844; reproduction of a sketch by Alexander Murray. A dinghy is being rowed ashore from a sailing ship anchored in the deeper water where other shipping and rowing boats can be seen. Another dinghy is moored amongst some mangroves in the foreground. Various huts line the shore, with some more substantial buildings in the distance.
Port Adelaide
[General description] A row of men and boys sit dangling their legs over the side of a ferry boat that is being used as a bridge. A steamship can be seen moored in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'April 15, 1927 / '"Boat bridge" across the entrance to No.2 Quay Port Adelaide / Removed a month or two later. / This vessel (The Gem) was formerly a ferry boat plying between Williamstown and Sandridge. / Negative in posession of E. Thomas, Public Library, Adelaide'.
Post Office, Port Adelaide
Post Office in St. Vincent Street, Port Adelaide.
Aerial view of Port Adelaide
Aerial view of Port Adelaide.
Seamen's Mission Hall
[General description] A group of men, one wearing uniform, pose for the photographer at the doorway of the Seaman's Mission and Sailor's Rest. [On back of photograph] 'Reproduced on "Observer",June 2, 1928 / Seamen's Mission Hall, Port Adelaide'.
Railway Station, Port Adelaide
New Railway Station, Port Adelaide.
North Parade, Port Adelaide
North Parade, Port Adelaide. On the extreme right is Hart's Mill; the Prince's Hotel is on the east corner of Mundy Street. In the centre is the bridge over the entrance to the boat harbour. The boats moored in the foreground show the shallowness of the water, since deepened. For a view of the hotel after it was rebuilt in 1872 see B 5654.
North Parade, Port Adelaide
North Parade, west end at Port Adelaide; the "British Hotel" on the extreme left.
Prince's Hotel, North Parade
Prince's Hotel, on the corner of North Parade and Mundy Street, Port Adelaide, after the building had been rebuilt in 1872. An article in the South Australian Register from Monday 13 January 1873 details the measurements of the new building. For a view of the building before it was rebuilt see B 5643.
S.A. Company's Basin at Port Adelaide
South Australia Company's Basin, Port Adelaide showing the wharf constructed in 1866-67, with the 'Pekina' and the "Coonatto" discharging. Alongside the "Coonatto" is the hull of the old dredge, converted into a spoon barge. The photograph also shows the Swing Bridge at the entrance to the Basin. In the distance is the old powder magazine (still standing in 1915). On the extreme left is part of Hall's Store. Berthed in the Basin are the Pekina and the Coonatto (on right) Compare with B5646 taken in 1865. This print duplicates part of B 2783.
McLaren Parade Port Adelaide
[General description] Shipping at McLaren Wharf with buildings including the Wharf Hotel (licensee H. Goddard) in the background. This cluster of small sailing ships is probably some of the ketches, known affectionately as the 'Mosquito Fleet' which plied around South Australian coastal waters. The one in the right foreground is named 'Tam O'Shanter. [On back of photograph] 'McLaren Parade and Wharf / Port Adelaide / 1892-98 / The Wharf Hotel is on the west corner of Todd Street'.
Port Adelaide in 1844
Port Adelaide in 1844, from G. F. Gregory's sketch. It depicts ships at anchor, one sailing away from the dock, one leaning over awaiting the tide. A few small buildings are gathered around the dock. Seagulls are sitting on a wrecked beached rowing boat.
Port Adelaide
Aerial view of Port Adelaide (on the left), Birkenhead (on the right) and Semaphore (in the distance).
Mc Laren Wharf, Port Adelaide
Mc Laren Wharf, Port Adelaide, looking upstream.
Queen's Wharf, Port Adelaide
Queen's Wharf, Port Adelaide. The building to the left is the Queen's Stores owned by the Government. In 1872 it was rented by Henry Simpson and Son, coal merchant. This photograph was taken from a point a few yards from the ferry steps. Many ships are moored at the wharf or anchored off shore. A lot of the cargo appears to be wool bales.
Port Adelaide
Aerial view of Pt. Adelaide showing the Jervois Bridge in the foreground. The pylons for the Birkenhead Bridge can be seen in the distance. This bridge was completed in the 1940's and caused the Jervois Bridge to fall into disuse and disrepair. The Jervois Bridge was constructed in 1870 and made it easier to travel between Port Adelaide and the Lefevre Peninsula.