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Clare
Distant view of the town taken from the main road between Adelaide and Port Augusta.
Bridge, Currency Creek
Currency Creek railway bridge. Sweet Adelaide 405. This bridge was built by Sara and Sons and opened in 1869. The iron girders were made in the Goolwa Foundry. The Freestone used in the construction of the bridge came from a nearby quarry and the Bluestone came from the Port Elliot quarry near Nangawooka. There were matching stone piers at the top of each abutment and at the end of each wing wall but these had disappeared by the 1940s
Darke Peake
Darke's Monument at Darke's Peak looking easterly. The inscription reads as follows: Sacred to the memory of John Charles Darke, surveyor who was mortally wounded by natives when exploring in this locality on October 23, 1844, and died the following day. Erected by the South Australian Government, 1910". In 1844 John Darke, John Henry Theakstone, James Howard and one other man set off from Adelaide to explore the country west and north west of Port Lincoln and Spencer Gulf. The 1564 foot high peak was named after Darke by surveyor Thomas Evans in 1865.
Darwin
[On back of photograph] 'Landing the cable at Port Darwin. From Captain Sweet's negative.' [General description] A large group of men are holding the cable, whilst officials look on. Two draught horses are present indicationg that horse power had been used to assist. Further out from shore men in small boats can be seen supporting the cable above the water. In the distance is the ship 'Hibernia'. This is in preparation for the connection to overland telegraph on the 7th November 1871. See Hodder's History of SA, v. 2, p. 26 and SA Register February 10, 1872, 3E. Both photographs held show Sweet anchor symbol, and the copy in Sweet Collection folder 5 has additional Sweet number (Sweet Adelaide [602?]).
Darwin
This oil sketch on paper of a landscape including Fort Point, Port Darwin, illustrates the main camp of the Northern Territory Survey Expedition (1868-1870). This work is naive in comparison to other works painted by the same artist from this group. Hoare has composed this scene from an offshore vantage point, perhaps from a boat. The main focus of the work is a large, tree covered plateau, which is very close to the shoreline. This area is crowned with what is most likely an english flag attached to a tall pole. To the left, sheltered by the land mass is a camp of approximately a dozen white tents, pitched in front of a few, more permanent timber structures. To the far right, on a narrow beach at the bottom of the plateau and possibly included to represent scale, are tiny figures and horses. They appear to be preparing to load or unload a vessel by the jetty. To the left, the artist has included a figure driving a horse and cart on the beach.
Darwin
Planting first pole at Port Darwin of the Overland Telegraph Line on September 15th, 1870. The finished telegraph line was constructed from 36,000 posts. The first pole was planted in the Top End with great ceremony and all went well until the December-January monsoon season hit. Therefore the northern section was not finished until eight months after the deadline of 1 January, 1872. In 1866 it took four to five months to get a reply to a letter from England (there and back). After the installation of the Overland Telegraph Line it only took two days to get a message from Adelaide to London.
Hog Bay Jetty, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
Jetty at Penneshaw, Hog Bay, with the Karatta moored at the Jetty. SS Karatta was a steam powered vessel that operated in South Australian waters from 1907 - 1961. She carried goods and passengers between Adelaide, Port Lincoln and Kangaroo Island, and was captained by Captain Pearson.
Railway, Kangaroo Island
Narrow gauge track operated by a Salt Company between its factory and Muston, the port of shipment. The worker is Laurie Shakeshaft (1881-1960) and the prime mover is the Day's Rail Tractor built by W. Day & Sons of South Melbourne. During the 1800s salt was scraped from the surfaces of Muston Lake, White Lagoon, Salt Lagoon and smaller ones near Kingscote. Most of this was used for domestic purposes, meat preservation and tanning of hides which were pegged out on wooden boards and coated with salt. Exports of salt from Kangaroo Island to Adelaide in 1843 was 13 tons and by 1913 it was 20,000 tons.
The River at Morgan
The river at Morgan. Morgan was established in 1878 as the first railway terminus on the South Australian section of the Murray-Darling trade lost to the Victorian railway at Echuca. The port became a significant trading hub in the colony. Between 1880-1910 six trains a day travelled to Adelaide
Fletcher's Slip, Birkenhead
This patent slip, the first one in South Australia, was shipped out to the colony in by the South Australian Company in 1837 but some years passed before Henry Cruickshank Fletcher aquired and installed it- it was a working slip from 1851, providing an indispensable service to local and visiting shipping. The business grew and Mr. Fletcher became a wealthy man with a great deal of influence in the Port. [On back of photograph] 'Fletcher's Slip, Pt. Adelaide / March 24, 1896 / Fletcher's slip is situated on the Birkenhead side of the river, opposite Prince's Wharf at the west corner of Fletcher Street'.
Quorn Railway Station
Quorn Railway Station. Sweet Adelaide 514. Quorn Railway Station opened on 15 December 1879 as the interim terminus of the Central Australian Railway from Port Augusta. In 1881 Quorn became a junction station with the opening of the Peterborough-Quorn railway line. The photograph, taken from a height, shows multiple railway lines, the station and further buildings in the background.
Saltia Hotel, Saltia
Saltia Hotel. David Lithgow was the licensee in the early 1880s. Copy in Sweet Collection folder 5 has Sweet signature (Sweet Adelaide 397). Saltia was a town between Port Augusta and Quorn. The hotel as built in 1859 to service the bullock drivers and the proprietor was David Lithgow. A school was established in 1864 with twenty students. Evening classes were available for students who could not attend during the daytime. By 1880 there were forty three students attending the school. Thomas Lees house was demolished to make way for the railwayline and later the town died as there was no need for the bullock teams to stop at Saltia. A famous son of Saltia was John Maslin (1826-1908) who was a sheep property owner.
Sir James Fergusson
Sir James and Lady Edith Fergusson standing outside Government House in Adelaide. Sir James is wearing white trousers and a black jacket. Lady Edith died at age 32. He was Governor of South Australia from 1869-1873. As Governor Sir James helped to secure the route of the Overland Telegraph Line through Northern Territory to Port Augusta. He was killed during an earthquake in Jamaica in 1907.
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Adam Lindsay Gordon was born at Fayal in the Azores where his parents lived after retiring from service in India. The fine weather suited his mother's health. Gordon was sent to England for his schooling. He arrived in Adelaide when he was twenty and worked as a mounted policeman stationed at Mount Gambier and Penola. The Rev. Julian Tenison Woods influenced his love for writing poetry and he was known for his horsemanship. After he married he bought Dingley Dell, a cottage near Port MacDonnell, where he lived for the next four years. His reputation as a bush ballad poet continued to grow after his death.
Albert James Hannan
Albert James Hannan was born at Port Pirie and after a brilliant scholastic career was admitted to the Bar in 1913. He became Crown Solicitor in 1927 and held this position for 25 years and was also a lecturer at Adelaide University.
Joseph Hawdon
[General description] Upper body portrait of Joseph Hawdon who arrived in Australia in 1834. He made his mark in South Australia as a grazier, overlander and mail carrier. Later (1840) moved to Victoria, then New Zealand where he was a member of the Legislatice Council until his death in 1871 [On back of photograph] 'Joseph Hawdon, reproduced from a portrait in Hawdon's typewritten journal in the Public Library of South Australia'.
Lieut.Col. T. W. Higgins
Lieut Col. Thomas Walker Higgins (1840-1899) (Goolwa Volunteer Cavalry). He is wearing a Gambaldi jacket. In 1861 he became a volunteer in the Goolwa and Port Elliot Rifle Brigade. Before this he was a clerk at the Adelaide Post Office. He bought land at Currency Creek and named the property Higginsbrook after the family home in Ireland. He had cattle, sheep and cereal crops. He was respected by the local Aboriginals. He became Lieut. Colonel in 1867 and was given the rank of Colonel in Charge of the Voluntary Cavalry. He is buried in the Currency Creek Cemetery.
Andrew Killian
Reverend Andrew Killian, Bishop of Port Augusta and Archbishop of Adelaide.
John Randall Phillips
John Randall Phillips (1832-1917) Best known for his sheep farming property called Kanyaka, 60 miles north east of Port Augusta. He built the Great Northern Hotel at Kanyaka township which was popular with teamsters and travellers until its closure in 1881. He was well known at the Commerecial Travellers' Club in Adelaide in his later years.
Hubert Rutherford Purnell
Hubert Rutherford Purnell, Librarian, Public Library of South Australia 1913-1944. He was appointed Principal Librarian of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia and emigrated from England in 1913 to take up this position. He enlisted in 1916 as a Bombardier and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT A15 "Port Sydney" in 1917. He was actively involved in the establishment of Friends of the Public Library Society in Adelaide. He created the country lending service
Capt. Thomas Rossiter
Captain Thomas Rossiter [1800-1875] has Rossiter Bay in Western Australia named in his honour. He was an Englishman who commanded the French whaler called the "Mississippi". Captain Rossiter saved the life of Edward John Eyre and his offsider from starvation on their epic overland trip from Adelaide to King George Sound. The "Mississippi" was the first foreign vessel to enter Port Lincoln since its settlement. Captain Rossiter also commanded a large brigantine called "Wave of Goole". He used to paint water colours of the places he visited.
John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/5]. Copy of an original photograph of J McDouall Stuart while at "Green Patch" Port Lincoln. Stuart had injured his hand and arm. He arrived in South Australia in 1839 and joined a surveying party with Charles Sturt to the centre of the continent. He carried out six expeditions altogether. He reached the Indian Ocean in 1862 after leaving Adelaide in 1861. For this mammouth effort he was awarded the interest only on two thousand pounds and his party had to share one thousand and five hundred pounds between themselves. Later, exhausted and white haired and almost blind, he was awarded a further one thousand pounds but again he only received the interest on the amount. He is remembered as a controversial figure, lonely and independent with a fierce pride and was the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers
Sir Charles Todd
[General description] This is a shadowy head and upper body portrait of Sir Charles Todd in later life. He is facing left and has greying hair, moustache and beard. Arriving in Adelaide in 1855, he became Postmaster General, Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer of South Australia. The most famous of his many achievements was his conception and leadership of the installation of the Port Augusta- Darwin overland single-wire telegraph line which linked Australia to the rest of the world in 1872. In June 1893 he was made K.C.M.G.
Waymouth Street
Waymouth Street, north side, 31st January 1964. The building in the centre of the photograph is that of AM Bickford Manufacturing Chemists. William Bickford arrived in South Australia in 1839 and established Adelaide's first druggist and finally a cordial factory. In 1956 the Bickford operations moved to Port Road, West Croydon
Kingston Terrace
Kingston Terrace, south side, 3rd December 1962. Right side of building is 166 yards west of LeFevre Terrace. Frontage of building is 14 yards. For view of building previously on part of this site see B14553. The Adelaide Hills can be seen in the distance. This sixties style house features ceiling to floor windows at the front and a car port.
M.V. Moonta
M.V. Moonta, 2693 tons, photographed at Port Lincoln in approximately 1935. She was owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company.
R.M.S. "Rupara"
R.M.S. "Rupara" single screw steamship built at Newcastle upon Tyne. Designed for the Spencer Gulf trade - Adelaide to Port Lincoln to Wallaroo. Carried 102 passengers. Rupara Aboriginal name for "round hill". Sold in 1919 to Hong Kong, wrecked in 1924.
H.M.S. Curacoa
H.M.S. Curacoa in 1890. She left port in the United Kingdom on April1, 1889 and travelled to Perth, Albany, Adelaide, Launceston, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch/Lyttleton. She was sent to the Ellice Islands in 1892 to make a formal declaration that the islands were a British Protectorate. She later visited Madeira.
Sailing Ship 'Zebra'
Sailing ship 'Zebra'. She departed Altona, Hamburg on the 12th August, 1838, arriving at Port Misery, South Australia on the 28th December, 1838. Information taken from SA Memory website states that: 'The Zebra was a three masted ship, built in 1818 and weighing 350 tons, owned by J Dede of Altona, Germany. This artwork has been attributed to Jacob Boettger. He has paid attention to fine details of the vessel including sails, rigging and hull. The work was possibly painted from a model or from drawings of building plans of similar vessels, or perhaps the actual vessel as Boettger lived and worked in Altona. Painstaking measures have been employed to make finely detailed points including sails, rigging and ropes. The artist's interpretation of the work has a focus on the detail of the vessel itself and the sea lacks embellishment. Boettger made many maritime paintings usually depictig the vessels in profile and under full sail. Danish Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn, as captain brought a group of almost 200 'Old Lutherans' to Adelaide aboard his ship the Zebra in 1838. In South Australia, Hahn assisted this group to obtain 150 acres of land near Mount Barker from William Hampden Dutton. In gratitude the people named the settlement after him - Hahndorf. The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia.'
Arthur Jacques
Arthur James Jacques, 1st Australian Imperial Force.