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Cape Donington Beacon
[General description] The beacon atop this structure at Cape Donington, near Port Lincoln was first lit in 1905. It was later replaced by a lighthouse.
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.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment - last three trucks.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment - water tanks.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment.
Train derailment, Kaldow
Port Lincoln and Thevenard Line derailment.
Kirton Point Jetty
R.M.S. Rupara and the barque Glenalvon at Kirton Point. The Glenalvon arrived at Port Lincoln on 5 October 1911 and spent two months loading 40,781 bags of West Coast wheat for the European market.
Memory Cove
Memory Cove near Port Lincoln. In 1802 Captain Matthew Flinders lost eight members of his crew from HM Sloop "Investigator" while looking for fresh water. He named the headland "Cape Catastrophe" and the cove "Memory Cove". The plaque he left was one of the first memorials left by Europeans in South Australia.
Granite Rocks at Minnipa
Charkleton granite rocks at Minnipa. The granite rocks at Minnipa were named "Tcharkulda". It is likely the author of the image gave the rocks this name as the correct name sounds like "Charkleton". That site was a water consevation reserve, drains were built around that granite outcrop which directed water runoff to a dam close by. This water was reticulated to the township of Minnipa some 2-3 miles distant. In 1927 an 18 inch pipeline was constructed to supply water to Minnipa and eventually extend to Ceduna from the Tod River reservior near Port Lincoln. The Tcharkulda project became redundant.
Fancy dress, Mitchellville
Arthur Franklin and Olive Martin in fancy dress for a ball at Mitchellville Hall.
Mission Station, Poonindie
Poonindie Mission Station with St. Matthew's Anglican Church on right. Poonindie is 15 km north of Port Lincoln and was established as a Christian village in 1850's to educate Aboriginal people in the skills of farming. The land was ideal with sheoaks, sloping grassy plains, near the sea and Tod River. By 1860, 15,000 acres were carrying sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, wheat and oats. St Matthews Church had brick facings on its stone walls, a clock and circular plate in the front stating "Native Institution, founded October 10, 1850". The church had a double chimney, stained glass windows, hanging lamps and a loft with a winding staircase. The property was closed in 1894.
Poonindie
View of Poonindie with Aboriginal men, women and children in foreground. Akenta, as it is now known is a small township near Port Lincoln. The land belongs to the Barngarla people. The mission has been converted to a small homeland
St. Thomas Church
St. Thomas Church interior.
Wagons taking on cargo
Horse drawn wagons taking on cargo from a waiting ketch, before North Shields jetty was built.
Bronze Plaque
Bronze plaque attached to the Flinders Monument, Stamford Hill in 1934. The plaque states " This place from which the Gulf and its shores were first surveyed on 26 February 1802 by Matthew Flinders, RN Commander of HMS 'Investigator'. The discovery of the country now called South Australia was set apart on 12 January, 1841 with the sanction of Lt. Col. Gawler KH, then the Governor of the Colony and in the first year of the Government of Captain G Grey. Adorned with this monument to the perpetual memory of the illustrious navigator His Honored Commander by John Franklin, Captain RN KCM. KR. Lt. Governor of Van Diemen's Land".
Shipping, Wallaroo
Shipping narrow gauge carriages to Port Lincoln.
Shipping, Wallaroo
Shipping narrow gauge carriages to Port Lincoln.
Old Post Office, Whites Flat
Old Post Office at Whites Flat, 17 miles from Port Lincoln. The Post Office opened on October 1, 1897. In 1915 Whites Flat was described as consisting of a post office and a local hall. The hall also served as a church, school, dance hall and lecture room. The tiny post office boasting of a thatch roof remained a sentinel of the early days. The building reputed to the the smallest post office in Australia survives and stands in the Koppio Smithy Museum
C.W. Dutton
C.W. Dutton from Yalluna, Port Lincoln.
Mathew Blagden Hale
Matthew Blagden Hale became the Bishop of Brisbane in December 1875 until 1885. Prior to this he was the Bishop of Perth. He was Archdeacon of Adelaide in 1847.He was given charge of St Matthews Anglican Church at Kensington, and St John's, Adelaide. He bought the lease of Poonindie run near Port Lincoln. This was designed to help Aboriginal people receive practical training away from corrupting influences. Hale was seen widely as a social and educational pioneer, noted for advocating the protection of Australia's Aboriginal people
John Chipp Hamp
[General description] Portrait of John Chipp Hamp, pioneer pastoralist of Nilkerloo Station at Elliston, near Port Lincoln. He is seated at a table, posing with an open book. He wears a baggy jacket, buttoned at the neck and striped trousers. He has a short trimmed beard. His grandfather, also of the same name, was killed by blacks near Elliston in 1849.
Andrew Howley
Andrew Howley of Port Lincoln.
William Ranson Mortlock
William Ranson Mortlock, born Melbourn near Cambridge, England, he came to South Australia in 1843, aged 22. After first purchasing Yalluna Run near Port Lincoln he became a major landholder on Eyre Peninsula and in the North of South Australia. In 1850 he married Margaret Tennant, and they had four children, Jessie (1851), Mary (1853) Florence (1856) and William Tennant (1858). MHR for the seat of Flinders May 1868 to Mar. 1870, Dec. 1871 to Jan. 1875 and Apr. 1878 to Mar. 1884, William died at his Medindie property, Avenel House, 10 May 1884, and was buried in the North Road Cemetery.
William Tennant Mortlock
William Tennant Mortlock with Jemima, his nurse. William, the son of William Ranson Mortlock and Margaret Tennant was born at Port Lincoln, 18 May 1858.
Henry Price
Henry Price and Isabella Price (nee Young) were pioneers in the Port Lincoln area between 1849-1853. Isabella was 17 years old when she arrived in Adelaide in 1839. Her father had died so she arrived with her mother Catherine and several brothers and sisters. In 1845 she met Henry Price and they married in 1846. Henry had been a sheep drover and a Justice of the Peace in Clare. They moved to land at Todd River, Koppio on the Eyre Peninsula. Henry wrote a diary telling of their difficult life.They had four children but lost their son George in infancy. By 1855 they were forced to give up their land. Henry loved to Bathurst to a legal position and Isabella joined her mother in Adelaide and developed her musical abilities. Henry was heartbroken when Isabella died at 51 and rued their separation by fate
Isabella Price
Isabella Price (nee Young) and Henry Price were pioneers in the Port Lincoln area between 1849-1853. Isabella was 17 years old when she arrived in Adelaide in 1839. Her father had died so she arrived with her mother Catherine and several brothers and sisters. In 1845 she met Henry Price and they married in 1846. Henry had been a sheep drover and a Justice of the Peace in Clare. They moved to land at Todd River, Koppio on the Eyre Peninsula. Henry wrote a diary telling of their difficult life.They had four children but lost their son George in infancy. By 1855 they were forced to give up their land. Henry loved to Bathurst and Isabella joined her mother in Adelaide and developed her musical abilities. She died at 51
Alexander Watherston
Alexander Watherston who arrived on the "Hooghly", 17 June 1839. He was in charge of the South Australian Company's bull, the first that they imported, on the journey. He later lived in Port Lincoln, became the owner of Louth Island and worked as an overseer for the Road Board. Died April 1887.
Men of South Australian telegraph
A composite of seven portraits of men who superintended the construction of the telegraph line from Port Lincoln via Eucla to Albany published in the Observer newspaper 4 December 1909, page 28. They are (2) John Knuckey, (3) McMinn, (4) Alfred Woods, (5) Frank Marchant (6) and (7) Carey brothers of Western Australia. (One of Richard Knuckey has been removed. See B 7232).