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South Australian pioneers 1840 : Richard Bliss

Duryea, Townsend, 1872, Photograph, B 7865/8G

Richard Bliss arrived in South Australia in October 1840 on board the ship the "Enterprise". Engineer; Port Adelaide, Noarlunga, Norwood.

Methodist Church, Port Adelaide

Gall, Ernest, 1893, Photograph, PRG 631/2/364

View of the Baptist School Hall at Norwood.

Australian Labor Party BBQ

Grimmett, Vic, 1976, Photograph, PRG 1662/6/219/17

At an Australian Labor Party barbecue the Minister for Local Government and State Member for Ascot Park, Geoff Virgo, (2nd from left) and the Federal Member for Port Adelaide, Mick Young (3rd from left) with two unidentified women and a man.

Australian Labor Party BBQ

Grimmett, Vic, 1976, Photograph, PRG 1662/6/219/16

At an Australian Labor Party barbecue the Federal Member for Port Adelaide, Mick Young (2nd from left) with two unidentified women and a man.

Australian Labor Party BBQ

Grimmett, Vic, 1976, Photograph, PRG 1662/6/219/15

At an Australian Labor Party barbecue the Federal Member for Port Adelaide, Mick Young (2nd from left) with two unidentified women and a man.

Unloading 1000 ton press at Port Adelaide

GM Holden Ltd, 1938, Photograph, BRG 213/207/1/537-549

Lifted from ship by crane and chained onto Yellow Express low-loader bed.

Silos at Outer Harbor

Hurley, Ken, 2018, Photograph, B 77097/2

Silos on Pelican Point Road, Outer Harbor, operated by Viterra, looking north east. They were constructed in 2006 in this location as it is at a deep water loading point.

Silos at Outer Harbor

Hurley, Ken, 2018, Photograph, B 77097/1

Silos on Pelican Point Road, Outer Harbor, operated by Viterra, looking south west. They were constructed in 2006 in this location as it is at a deep water loading point.

Wind turbine parts

Hurley, Ken, 2018, Photograph, B 77091/7-10

Wind turbine parts being loaded onto trucks for travel to their destinations.

Plan showing special surveys 1839-40, in blocks of 4000 acres and upwards [cartographic material] / John Arrowsmith

1841, Archival map/chart, C 947

Part coloured map of area of South Australia encompassing Gulf of St Vincent and the Murray River. Includes list of 33 names next to the surveys these individuals have control over (those with red boundaries on map). Surveys with green boundaries (Port Adelaide to Victor Harbor, coast to Mt Lofty) were either in process or already placed into sections. A. Vaughan, Government Photolithographer.

Glenelg - Clarendon area [cartographic material] / compiled from Reconnaissance surveys by W.H. Edmunds

Edmunds, William Herbert, 1943, Archival map/chart, C 306

Topographic map of the Glenelg to Clarendon area, from the Patawalonga Creek in the north west, Mount Osmond in the north east, Port Noarlunga in the south west and Kangarilla in the south east. Details include roads, petrol supply, churches, hotels, power works & factories, orchards & vineyards, railways, tramways, houses and Happy Valley and Mt. Bold reservoirs.

RMS 'Stratheden' at Outer Harbor

De Laine, Brian, 1962, Photograph, B 77498

Colour slides of RMS 'Stratheden' on her last voyage at Outer Harbor, Port Adelaide on 25th April 1962 including 1. Side view of the ship and 2. Flying 'Paving off' Pennant.

E.S. Wigg & Son's general map of the Barrier Ranges mineral fields, (silver, tin etc.) [cartographic material] / compiled by W.H. Tietkins & R. Garlick Holwell

Tietkens, William Henry, Archival map/chart, PRG 5/46

Topographical map of the Barrier Ranges mineral fields, New South Wales. Index to mines at Broken Hill, Euriowie, Thackaringa, Pinnacles, Rockwell Paddock, Waukaroo Relief shown by hachures. Map was among the papers of Professor J.B. Cleland.

Motor tow boat sea trials at Port Adelaide

GM Holden Ltd, 1943, Photograph, BRG 213/207/4/246-255

Testing a newly built Dory boat.

Motor tow boat sea trials at Port Adelaide

GM Holden Ltd, 1943, Photograph, BRG 213/207/4/256-263

Testing a newly built Dory boat.

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 : Thomas Dickenson Phillips

c. , Photograph, B 6912/D2

Thomas Dickenson Phillips, 1841-1903, born at Port Adelaide, South Australia to Mary Ann Phillips, nee Harding, and Samuel Livesley Phillips. Manager, Wirrealpa station, Tea Tree station.

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 : William Rendall Cave

c. , Photograph, B 6912/G2

William Rendall Cave, 1841-1916, arrived in South Australia in [1840s]. Station manager, merchant, shipping agent, pastoralist, consul; Port Adelaide, Woodville.

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 [variation] : George William Hopgood

c. , Photograph, B 8502/F2

George William Hopgood, 1841-1882, arrived in South Australia in 1853, on board the ship the "Duke of Richmond (landing at Melbourne)". Manager, Oweandina station, South Australia; drover, Port Adelaide, South Australia.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2] : Walter Frampton

c. , Photograph, B 8503/1E

Walter Frampton, 1837-1898, arrived in Australia in October 1859 landing at Hobsons Bay, Victoria on board the ship the "Saldanha". Pastoralist, Calca station; civil servant, North Adelaide.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 3] : Charles Edward Stevenson

c. , Photograph, B 8505/2E

Charles Edward Stevenson, 1825?-1885, arrived in South Australia in April 1848 on board the ship the "Hindoo". Importer, Adelaide and Tumby Bay.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : William Robert Swan

Adelaide Photographic Company, c. , Photograph, B 8507/5D

William Robert Swan, 1821-1892, arrived in South Australia in May 1846 on board the ship the "Isabella Watson". Manager, pastoralist; Pekina, Fowlers Bay stations.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : John Tennant

Adelaide Photographic Company, c. , Photograph, B 8507/5E

John Tennant, 1800?-1867, arrived in South Australia in December 1839 on board the ship the "Duchess of Northumberland". Shepherd, pastoralist, Tallala station.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 4] : George Wright Murray

c. , Photograph, B 8509/4D

George Wright Murray, 1851-1933. Born at Adelaide, South Australia to Jane Murray, nee Wright, and William Murray. Manager, Fowlers Bay station; pastoralist, Yalata station.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 4] : Charles Burwood Godlee

c. , Photograph, B 8509/5D

Charles Burwood Godlee, 1846-1927. Born at Adelaide, South Australia to Mary Amelia Godlee, nee Guy, and John Godlee. Manager, Calca station, Penong station; storekeeper, Streaky Bay; farmer, Keith.

Photographs relating to Holden exports

GM Holden Ltd, 1961, Manuscript, BRG 213/86/9

Photographs of EK export, HR export, LC export, HJ Kingswood shipment to China, HJ Belmont export, HX utility export, HX export leaving Woodville and the docks, HZ export to Trinidad, WB ute export, WB Statesman export, CKD crates, map of export countries and assembly operations of CKD Holdens at Surabaya.

The community cafe might be closed, but the community spirit endures.

Bradstreet, Tonia, 2020, Photograph, B 78535/50

'The Pear' is a neighbourhood cafe and meeting place. It also hosts regular free community-driven events, conversations, workshops, get-togethers and other regular activities, services and programs. 'The Pear' is proudly supported by the Government of South Australia as the recipient of a Fund My Neighbourhood grant. It is also proudly backed by aged care organisation ECH and Port Adelaide Football Club. 'The Pear' was forced to temporary closure by the COVID-19 outbreak, but the community spirit endures. This photo is of the footpath dissecting St Patrick's Square in Alberton, a great place to live.

Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens - COVID-19 notices

Zwar, John, 2020, Photograph, B 78535/149

COVID-19 notices at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta

No Dancing

Battams, Samantha, 2020, Photograph, B 78535/191

Railway Hotel, Port Adelaide.

Afric Star

1982, Photograph, PRG 1324/349

Photograph of the Afric Star at Port Adelaide, from the Arbon-Le Maistre Collection of ships, mostly from the 20th century, and including virtually all the ships which carried post-World War II migrants to Australia.

Opening of Sempahore tram line

1917, Photograph, B 78582

Tram number 25 arriving at Semaphore, decorated with the Union Jack and semaphore flags. A small crowd, largely of children, greets the tram with streamers. The occasion is believed to be the opening of the new electric Port Adelaide tram system in April 1917, which included the line to Semaphore.

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