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Papers of Collins and Murdoch Family

Murdoch (Family), 1885, Mixed material, PRG 1617

Records comprising correspondence, papers, photographs, cards, war records and correspondence, ephemera and travel documents belonging to members of the Collins and Murdoch families, across generations. Records mostly relate to Enoch Henry Murdoch and his daughter Daphne Murdoch and Frederick William (F.W.) Collins including diaries and his World War I correspondence.

History of Mount Gambier and the South Eastern District

Sheppard, John Halford, c. 1939, Manuscript, D 7939(T)

History of Mount Gambier and the South East District, written by John Halford Sheppard. In two volumes (chapters 1-22 & 23-45), it comprises typescript pages, with illustrations provided by both original photographs and material cut from newspapers and journals, all with identification. There are numerous handwritten amendments to the text throughout. See below for further detail.

Ayers family : SUMMARY RECORD

Ayers (Family), 1840, Mixed material, PRG 67

Papers of Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of S.A., including letters received from Lady Musgrave and Sir John Downer, and of his granddaughter, Lucy Lockett Ayers and his family, comprising correspondence relating to his political career, commissions of appointment, maps, including a plan of the Adelaide to Port Darwin telegraph line (1872, formerly C 725) in folded sections backed on canvas with blue leather cover with gold blocked title & Sir Henry Ayers' armorial book plate, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings, family papers, photographs and programmes. Also contains diaries of Lucy Lockett Ayers. Includes literary manuscripts. Additional papers comprise his personal files on education, South Australian Gas Company (when he was chairman), his parliamentary career in the Legislative Council, papers relating to wheat yields and land leases, and history of foundation of the state, finance and banking, and miscellaneous papers about agricultural and Crown Land /nationalization of land. Correspondents include R.C. Baker, Robert Barr Smith, W.H. Bundey, G.W. Goyder, H.R. Hancock, John Lewis, Dr. S. Magarey, Solomon Moody, Sir Charles Todd, Samuel Tomkinson and S.J. Way.

Photographs

Campbell, Allan James Archibald, 1918, Photograph, PRG 1544/1/1-75

Photographs relating to Allan Campbell's World War I war service, family and work at Islington Railway workshop.

People in jungle near Darwin

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 742/5/86

Group of people in jungle, 12 miles from camp at Port Darwin. The men have beards. Photograph is stamped in lower right corner, "Captn Sweet Adelaide, landscape photographer" [also at B 17389/1].

Letters written by Eric Walker

Walker, Eric, 1914, Manuscript, D 8679(L)

Three letters written by Eric Walker (aka Thomas Walker) whilst on active service. The first letter, dated 20 December 1914, was written from a camp near Cairo; the second, dated 16 March 1915 was sent from Heliopolis, Greece; whilst the final letter, written on one side of a piece of cardboard salvaged from some packaging was dated 28 July 1915. On the verso of this final letter is the recipient's name and address (Mr A Carrol [?] / Bagot St / Hilton / S Aus), together with various postal markings. The latter include 'On Active Service / No Stamps Available', the 'Passed By' censor's red stamp, the black ink circular postmark of the '4th. AUST. INF BGDE [??]-VII-15 FIELD P.O.'. [This field post office operated at Gallipoli from 25 April until September 1915, when it relocated to Mudros on the nearby island of Lemnos; it returned to Gallipoli from early November to mid-December 1915.]

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/251

View of a town from the S.S. Governor Musgrave. This Photograph taken during a research trip to Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln and Spencer's Gulf by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/252

View of a lighthouse from the S.S. Governor Musgrave. This Photograph taken during a research trip to Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln and Spencer's Gulf by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.

S.S. Governor Musgrave

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/253

The government steamer S.S. Governor Musgrave. This Photograph taken during a research trip to Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln and Spencer's Gulf by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.

Jetty at Penneshaw

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/266

Jetty at Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island. This Photograph taken during a research trip to Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln and Spencer's Gulf by seventeen scientists from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, following the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science congress in Adelaide.

New suburb in Roxby Downs

Clark, Darren, 2013, Photograph, B 74342/1

Prefabricated houses in a new area of Roxby Downs. The photographer writes about Roxby Downs, "I came across Roxby Downs in January 2013 after working in Oodnadatta and William Creek, like most mining towns Roxby Downs has a very clean and well ordered feel to it. If Coober Pedy is the wild west of the mining outback then Roxby Downs is the corporate core. A town built to house the miners of what is set to become the largest mine in the world. Extremely well paid employees are pulling copper, gold and uranium out of the ground in vast quantities. Instead of beat up trucks and utility vehicles Roxby streets are lined with 4x4s that have never seen anything other than tarmac. The streets are lined with green and manicured grass and there is not a real local in site. The town was purposely built in 1988 to service the Olympic Dam mine which is owned by BHP Billiton, it's 550 kilometers north of Adelaide and 250 kilometers north of Port Auguster: It's a semi isolated community of 4500 people with an average age of 29 years, it also has one of the highest birth rates in the country. During the day the surrounding streets seems to be deserted due to the fact that a large number of the residents are shift workers at the mines, and the summer heat in the desert is un-bearable. I found it really relaxing to wander around the older parts of Roxby Downs in the evenings following the tree lined streets which wind there way though the red sand dune that envelope the town. I was surprised about the amount of wildlife that can be seen around the street such as emus, lizards, and parrots. The town is also expanding with new suburbs popping up on the southern side of Roxby Down, due to practicality the houses are pre-fabricated and all look the same, I found that this gave these new streets a very clinical feel. In time this will soften with the growth of trees and vegetation. I really like the main street of Roxby Downs, Norman Place is where the culture center can be found along with the cinema, the community radio station, library, and restaurant, and child care facilities all housed in the same building. At the top of the Richard Place, is the Roxby Downs Oasis Motor Inn, its white circus like tent roof can be seen from most parts of the town, I was really taken back once I entered the complex and found an in ground swimming pool in the center of the complex surrounded by two stories of rooms and restaurants. All in all, my stay in Roxby Downs was a pleasant one and I think that it will be a great place to base myself next time I am working in that part of the state."

Emus roaming around Roxby Downs

Clark, Darren, 2013, Photograph, B 74342/2

Two emus roaming around Roxby Downs. The photographer writes about Roxby Downs, "I came across Roxby Downs in January 2013 after working in Oodnadatta and William Creek, like most mining towns Roxby Downs has a very clean and well ordered feel to it. If Coober Pedy is the wild west of the mining outback then Roxby Downs is the corporate core. A town built to house the miners of what is set to become the largest mine in the world. Extremely well paid employees are pulling copper, gold and uranium out of the ground in vast quantities. Instead of beat up trucks and utility vehicles Roxby streets are lined with 4x4s that have never seen anything other than tarmac. The streets are lined with green and manicured grass and there is not a real local in site. The town was purposely built in 1988 to service the Olympic Dam mine which is owned by BHP Billiton, it's 550 kilometers north of Adelaide and 250 kilometers north of Port Auguster: It's a semi isolated community of 4500 people with an average age of 29 years, it also has one of the highest birth rates in the country. During the day the surrounding streets seems to be deserted due to the fact that a large number of the residents are shift workers at the mines, and the summer heat in the desert is un-bearable. I found it really relaxing to wander around the older parts of Roxby Downs in the evenings following the tree lined streets which wind there way though the red sand dune that envelope the town. I was surprised about the amount of wildlife that can be seen around the street such as emus, lizards, and parrots. The town is also expanding with new suburbs popping up on the southern side of Roxby Down, due to practicality the houses are pre-fabricated and all look the same, I found that this gave these new streets a very clinical feel. In time this will soften with the growth of trees and vegetation. I really like the main street of Roxby Downs, Norman Place is where the culture center can be found along with the cinema, the community radio station, library, and restaurant, and child care facilities all housed in the same building. At the top of the Richard Place, is the Roxby Downs Oasis Motor Inn, its white circus like tent roof can be seen from most parts of the town, I was really taken back once I entered the complex and found an in ground swimming pool in the center of the complex surrounded by two stories of rooms and restaurants. All in all, my stay in Roxby Downs was a pleasant one and I think that it will be a great place to base myself next time I am working in that part of the state."

Cultural precinct of Roxby Downs

Clark, Darren, 2013, Photograph, B 74342/3

View of the cultural precinct of Roxby Downs. The photographer writes about Roxby Downs, "I came across Roxby Downs in January 2013 after working in Oodnadatta and William Creek, like most mining towns Roxby Downs has a very clean and well ordered feel to it. If Coober Pedy is the wild west of the mining outback then Roxby Downs is the corporate core. A town built to house the miners of what is set to become the largest mine in the world. Extremely well paid employees are pulling copper, gold and uranium out of the ground in vast quantities. Instead of beat up trucks and utility vehicles Roxby streets are lined with 4x4s that have never seen anything other than tarmac. The streets are lined with green and manicured grass and there is not a real local in site. The town was purposely built in 1988 to service the Olympic Dam mine which is owned by BHP Billiton, it's 550 kilometers north of Adelaide and 250 kilometers north of Port Auguster: It's a semi isolated community of 4500 people with an average age of 29 years, it also has one of the highest birth rates in the country. During the day the surrounding streets seems to be deserted due to the fact that a large number of the residents are shift workers at the mines, and the summer heat in the desert is un-bearable. I found it really relaxing to wander around the older parts of Roxby Downs in the evenings following the tree lined streets which wind there way though the red sand dune that envelope the town. I was surprised about the amount of wildlife that can be seen around the street such as emus, lizards, and parrots. The town is also expanding with new suburbs popping up on the southern side of Roxby Down, due to practicality the houses are pre-fabricated and all look the same, I found that this gave these new streets a very clinical feel. In time this will soften with the growth of trees and vegetation. I really like the main street of Roxby Downs, Norman Place is where the culture center can be found along with the cinema, the community radio station, library, and restaurant, and child care facilities all housed in the same building. At the top of the Richard Place, is the Roxby Downs Oasis Motor Inn, its white circus like tent roof can be seen from most parts of the town, I was really taken back once I entered the complex and found an in ground swimming pool in the center of the complex surrounded by two stories of rooms and restaurants. All in all, my stay in Roxby Downs was a pleasant one and I think that it will be a great place to base myself next time I am working in that part of the state."

Oasis Hotel, Roxby Downs

Clark, Darren, 2013, Photograph, B 74342/4

Swimming pool of the Oasis Hotel at Roxby Downs. The photographer writes about Roxby Downs, "I came across Roxby Downs in January 2013 after working in Oodnadatta and William Creek, like most mining towns Roxby Downs has a very clean and well ordered feel to it. If Coober Pedy is the wild west of the mining outback then Roxby Downs is the corporate core. A town built to house the miners of what is set to become the largest mine in the world. Extremely well paid employees are pulling copper, gold and uranium out of the ground in vast quantities. Instead of beat up trucks and utility vehicles Roxby streets are lined with 4x4s that have never seen anything other than tarmac. The streets are lined with green and manicured grass and there is not a real local in site. The town was purposely built in 1988 to service the Olympic Dam mine which is owned by BHP Billiton, it's 550 kilometers north of Adelaide and 250 kilometers north of Port Auguster: It's a semi isolated community of 4500 people with an average age of 29 years, it also has one of the highest birth rates in the country. During the day the surrounding streets seems to be deserted due to the fact that a large number of the residents are shift workers at the mines, and the summer heat in the desert is un-bearable. I found it really relaxing to wander around the older parts of Roxby Downs in the evenings following the tree lined streets which wind there way though the red sand dune that envelope the town. I was surprised about the amount of wildlife that can be seen around the street such as emus, lizards, and parrots. The town is also expanding with new suburbs popping up on the southern side of Roxby Down, due to practicality the houses are pre-fabricated and all look the same, I found that this gave these new streets a very clinical feel. In time this will soften with the growth of trees and vegetation. I really like the main street of Roxby Downs, Norman Place is where the culture center can be found along with the cinema, the community radio station, library, and restaurant, and child care facilities all housed in the same building. At the top of the Richard Place, is the Roxby Downs Oasis Motor Inn, its white circus like tent roof can be seen from most parts of the town, I was really taken back once I entered the complex and found an in ground swimming pool in the center of the complex surrounded by two stories of rooms and restaurants. All in all, my stay in Roxby Downs was a pleasant one and I think that it will be a great place to base myself next time I am working in that part of the state."

Thomas Alfred Wilson

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/29

Portrait photograph of Thomas Alfred Wilson, a pioneer of South Australia, arriving in 1839, and moving to the West Coast in 1860. He took up farming, was a writer and a teacher of elocution. He returned to Adelaide, managed a vineyard, and died in 1889.

Engraved snuff box

Hore, Joseph, c. 1864, Realia, D 8783(Misc)

Metal snuff box.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Reuben John Eagle

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/11E

Arrived in South Australia in December 1839 on board the ship the "Moffatt". Farmer, Port Elliot; warder, Adelaide Hospital.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Samuel Henry Tyrrell

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/21G

Arrived in South Australia in January 1838 on board the ship the "Royal Admiral". Chess competitor and editor, Adelaide; commission agent, Port Pirie.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : Thomas Jones

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/8O

Thomas Jones arrived in South Australia in July 1840 on board the ship the "Fairlie". Builder, architect, civil engineer; Adelaide, Port Elliot, Moonta.

The Old Colonists Banquet Group : George John Harrison

Jones, Henry, 1872, Photograph, B 47769/9M

Arrived in South Australia in April 1840 on board the ship the "Morley". Builder, engine driver, market gardener; Adelaide, Port Elliot, Mitcham.