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

c. , Photograph, B 8507/2B

John Frederick Haigh, 1828-1867, arrived in South Australia in December 1848 on board the ship the "Thomas Lowry". Pastoralist, Tiatukia station, Port Lincoln.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : W. Butterfield

c. , Photograph, B 8507/2C

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : Albert Eugene Hawson

c. , Photograph, B 8507/4A

Albert Eugene Hawson, 1847-1905, born in Port Lincoln, South Australia to Frances Maria Hawson, nee Brodribb, and Henry Cowell Hawson. Drover, mine director,mining agent; Adelaide, South Australia; Broken Hill, New South Wales.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 4] : Robert Myers

c. , Photograph, B 8509/3C

Robert Myers, 1816?-1902, arrived in South Australia in March 1845 on board the ship the Alpha. Blacksmith, Port Lincoln; farmer, Wallala, South Australia.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 4] : Daniel Robert Myers

c. , Photograph, B 8509/4A

Daniel Robert Myers, 1846-1932. Born at Port Lincoln, South Australia to Sarah Myers, nee Morris, and Robert Myers. Farmer, Tumby Bay; grazier, Nationdale and Oaklands stations.

"Viking" at Port Victoria

Edwardes, Arthur Diedrich, 1937, Photograph, B 9670

Sailing vessel "Viking" at Port Victoria. "The Viking", along with "Olivebank", "Pamir", "Pommern" was loaded with grain during the 1939 season. "Viking" was a steel 4 mast steel barque built in Copenhagen in 1907. She is now preserved in Gothenberg, Sweden. She made five voyages to Port Victoria and Port Lincoln between 1938 - 1948.

Joy and Bill Broughton Collection

Broughton, William, 1995, Photograph, B 68333/1-112

Collection of colour photographs taken by Joy and William (Bill) Broughton of Port Lincoln. Includes copies of newspaper articles that provide background to some of the photographs. Photographs are principally scenes of Port Lincoln, but scenes of Arno Bay, Tumby Bay, Cowell, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, and Iron Knob are also featured (images 1-32 taken in 2001, images 33-71 taken in 2002). There are also events featured, including the January 2002 'Tunarama' and 'Encounter 2002' celebrations (items 47-59). See 'contents' for details of items.

Port Lincoln

c. 1860, Photograph, B 4690

[General description] Panoramic view of the township of Port Lincoln. Settlers cottages are dotted all around Boston Bay, where the distant jetty can be seen. Buildings are of stone and fences are rustic post-and-rails or picket. On the left some washing has been left to dry on a fence. [On back of photograph] 'Port Lincoln / Probably between 1860 and 1879 [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/1/56].

Lord Byron's carriage, Australia Day procession

Bishop, Myles Kemp, 1915, Photograph, PRG 1123/40/1

Mr W.J. Blanden driving and an old Port Lincoln resident 'Black Fanny' in Lord Byron's carriage as part of an Australia Day procession in Port Lincoln. Inscription on back of photograph: 'Fanny in Lord Byron's carriage, Australia Day, Port Lincoln, 30/7/15. She said that it made her very tired riding in "that cart". That an Australian black jin should refer to his carriage as a cart is enough to make poor Lord Byron turn in his grave. M.K.B. 7/8/15'. It is belived that the English poet Lord Byron gave his carriage to his friend Lady Charlotte Bacon some years before his death, and that it was brought to Australia by Lady Bacon when she settled in Australia in 1865.

Captain John Bishop

Duryea, c. 1880, Photograph, B 9823

[General description] Full length portrait of Captain John Bishop of Port Lincoln [duplicate copy at PRG 458/1/2/4], showing him standing and resting a hand on the back of a studio chair. He has mutton chop whiskers and is wearing a rumpled three piece suit. He arrived in Port Lincoln in 1839 in command of the 82 ton brig 'Dorset'. He took up land in Port Lincoln and Boston Island and with his family ran the township's first store.

Exhibition of paintings by Amy Bishop

Bartlett, E. S., c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1123/33/63

Hall set up for a very early exhibition of paintings by Amy Bishop and her pupils. Amy Bishop, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Bishop of Port Lincoln, was a noted watercolour artist. She lived at Mill Cottage, Port Lincoln.

Port Lincoln jetty

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/362

The old jetty at Port Lincoln with the ketch Monarch.

Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934

Derbyshire, Edward Fairhurst, 1929, Photograph, B 71790/154-272

A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Tallala Well, Thevenard, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, Wudinna, Mount Wedge, Haslam, Carawa, Laura Bay, Perlubie, Venus Bay, Elliston, Coulta, Tod River, Poonindie, Tumby Bay, Verran, Cleve, Arno Bay, Cowell, Kimba, Whyalla, Penong, Iron Knob. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time, at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.

Tuna float

Gordon, Raymond Hier, c. 1960, Photograph, PRG 1605/9/22

A float with children hanging fishing poles off the side of a truck, possibly for a Christmas pageant, in Port Lincoln. To see all photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1605/9.

Methodist Church

Grenfell Studio, c. 1920, Photograph, B 9063

Methodist church, Port Lincoln was built in 1906. A Wesleyan mission operated in Port Lincoln from 1867.

Reverend Octavius Hammond

Hall, Richard John Alexander, c. 1875, Photograph, PRG 1123/26/5

Studio portrait of the Reverend Octavius Hammond, Incumbent of St Thomas' Church, Port Lincoln from 1858-1878, and prior to this 'Surgeon Superintendent' of Poonindie Mission Station, the first Aboriginal mission in South Australia. Father of Elizabeth Anne and Ethela Poonindie Hammond who became the first and second wives, respectively, of Joseph Kemp Bishop, storekeeper in Port Lincoln, and son of Captain John Bishop.

Restored building on Boston Island

1975, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/61B

Restored hut on Boston Island near Port Lincoln.

Restored building on Boston Island

1975, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/61A

Restored hut on Boston Island near Port Lincoln.

Port Lincoln

Smith, W. S., 1907, Photograph, PRG 733/363

A cutter and a ketch at anchor near Port Lincoln.

Pt. Lincoln Railway Station

1928, Photograph, B 70321/18

Photograph, taken on 24 September 1928, of the two-storey Port Lincoln Railway Station.

Scenes in Adelaide, Goolwa and Ungarra, Eyre Peninsula: photograph album

Gordon, Raymond Hier, 1937, Photograph, PRG 1605/1/1-35

Album includes views of Adelaide and beaches at Brighton and Glenelg; draught horses at the Royal Show 1937; Goolwa barrage under construction, Sturt paddle steamer; the sailing ship Passat; together with family, farming, fishing and other leisure and sporting activities in the region of Ungarra, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Details of the photographs are listed under items.

Reverend Octavius Hammond

Gall, Ernest, c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1123/26/1

Photograph of an artwork of the Reverend Octavius Hammond, Incumbent of St Thomas' Church, Port Lincoln from 1858-1878, and prior to this 'Surgeon Superintendent' of Poonindie Mission Station, the first Aboriginal mission in South Australia. The original artwork is located at the Mill Cottage museum in Port Lincoln.