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Capt. Thomas Rossiter

Chandler, Andrew, 1873, Photograph, B 6977

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.

R.M.S. "Rupara"

Walker, Gordon, c. 1910, Photograph, B 10056

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.

Sportsmans Arms at Little Swamp

Krantz, Harry, 1920, Photograph, B 61172

LITTLE SWAMP: A group of men with a 18.2hp Buick Tourer and a horse drawn wagon, outside the Sportsmans Arms Hotel at Little Swamp. The Licensee of the hotel was J.H. Hammill and the Buick was registered to F.J. Johnson of Port Lincoln in 1918.

AMSCOL ice cream truck

Noyce, J. J., 1962, Photograph, B 70546

A Mercedes semi-trailer with a refrigerated van, bearing the Amscol ice cream logo. Pictured at Port Lincoln, 20 January 1962 (Tunarama weekend).

State Affair host, Keith Conlon spent his long weekend at the colourful Tunarama Festival, where Eugene Bria of Port Lincoln won the tuna throwing competition. Eugene threw the tuna a distance of 20.5 metres and Debbie Boyer of Adelaide threw 10.05 metres.

Messenger Press, c. 1986, Photograph, B 70869/14015

Branch activities

Australian Red Cross Society. South Australian Division, c. 1986, Photograph, SRG 770/40/802

Arno Bay Red Cross Branch attended July 11 Seminar at Port Lincoln. Photographed there were Vice President, Mrs Maud Mitchell (left), President Mrs Rose Schmitt, Secretary Mrs Ivy Walker, and Treasurer Mrs Elsie Schmitt.

Wooden poles ready for transport to Whyalla

Gill, W., c. 1906, Photograph, PRG 280/1/30/147

A forest plantation in South Australia where wooden poles have been prepared for transportation to Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Whyalla; exact location not known, possibly near Port Lincoln.

A settler's hut and windmill

Stagg, E., 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/297

A settler standing on a windmill by a brush hut in country near Port Lincoln.

Railway train at Cape Thevenard

1924, Photograph, PRG 280/1/38/37

A stationary passenger train which had travelled overnight from Port Lincoln, photographed at Cape Thevenard on the west coast of South Australia. It is a 3'6" W class locomotive and a short tom passenger car.

Esther Elizabeth Bishop

George & Walton, c. 1855, Photograph, PRG 1123/5/1

Studio portrait of Esther Elizabeth Bishop (nee Kemp), second wife of Captain John Bishop of Port Lincoln, wearing a bonnet, jacket and gloves.

Joseph Kemp Bishop

Bond & Co., c. 1899, Photograph, PRG 1123/9/7

Studio portrait of Joseph Kemp Bishop, son of Captain John and Elizabeth Bishop, storekeeper in Port Lincoln, wearing a lounge suit.

Joseph Kemp Bishop

Solomon, S., c. 1897, Photograph, PRG 1123/9/6

Studio portrait of Joseph Kemp Bishop, son of Captain John and Elizabeth Bishop, storekeeper in Port Lincoln, seated in a chair and wearing a lounge suit.

Geoffrey Bishop

Mora Studio, c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 1123/19/14

Studio portrait of Geoff Bishop, son of Joseph and Ethela Bishop, in his military uniform and trench coat before embarking for active service in Europe during World War One. Driver Geoffrey Howard Bishop, no. 31521, enlisted on 18 September 1916, aged 28, and was assigned to the 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, 107th Howitzer Battery. He saw active service in Frace, and died of pneumonia on 21 November 1917.

Geoffrey Bishop

Mora Studio, c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 1123/19/13

Studio portrait of Geoff Bishop, son of Joseph and Ethela Bishop, in his military uniform before embarking for active service in Europe during World War One. Driver Geoffrey Howard Bishop, no. 31521, enlisted on 18 September 1916, aged 28, and was assigned to the 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, 107th Howitzer Battery. He saw active service in Frace, and died of pneumonia on 21 November 1917.

Florence and Ethela Hammond

Solomon, S., c. 1881, Photograph, PRG 1123/18/3

Studio portrait of Ethela Poonindie Hammond (later Bishop) seated on the right, and her younger sister Florence Elizabeth Hammond seated on the left, daughters of the Reverend Octavius Hammond, Superintendent of the Poonindie Mission near Port Lincoln, and his wife Anne.

Amy Helen Bishop

Bond & Co., c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1123/16/7

Studio portrait of young Amy Helen Bishop. She is wearing a white dress with a high lacy collar and a broach, and her hair is worn long. Amy Bishop was a noted watercolour artist and after the death of her father Joseph Kemp Bishop in 1937, Amy remained living in the Bishop family home, Mill Cottage in Port Lincoln.

Two ships

Kaines, Jack A. P., 1921, Photograph, PRG 1638/2/154

Two ships at the end of a jetty, possibly at Port Lincoln. The front ship is the three-mast full rigged 'Amiral Cecille' which was built in 1902 by the French shipping company 'Societe Nouvelle d'Armement, Nantes'. The ship behind is a barque, but unidentified.

Three ships

Kaines, Jack A. P., 1921, Photograph, PRG 1638/2/155

The S.S. Paringa and two ships at the end of a jetty, possibly barques at Port Lincoln.

Tod River Reservoir

c. 1932, Photograph, PRG 1681/10/21

View of a hut by the Tod River Reservoir, near Port Lincoln.

Ethel Mary Wollaston

Stump & Co., c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1123/1/12

Opalotype portrait which has been over-painted to add detail, of Ethel Mary Wollaston (nee Bishop), daughter of Joseph Kemp Bishop and Elizabeth Anne Miller (nee Hammond). She is wearing a dress with a high collar, puffed sleeves, and large buttons down the centre. Her hair is tied back in a bun, and her face is turned to almost a profile side view. Ethel Mary Bishop married Herbert Charles Wollaston in 1917.