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Group entitled 'Old Tumby Bay Boys'

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/62

A group entitled 'Old Tumby Bay Boys', including N. McLeod, A. Griffiths, J. Pulton, G. LeBrun, J. McCallum, E. Darling, T. Barnes, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Woods, Mr. Wiegsal, B. Hogarth, C. Johns, S. Bawden, M. Huegral, H. Garrett, N. Schiller, J, Warne, T. Swapter, L. Wagner, A. Hickman, S. Burt, T. Preece, S. Thomas, C. Provis, and others.

Tumby Bay tennis team

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/63

The local tennis team at Tumby Bay. Men are standing in the back row and women are sitting in the front in full length dresses.

'Boat Day' at Tumby Bay

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/67

"Boat Day" at Tumby Bay: crowds would gather to greet or farewell a boat as a social occasion.

Picnic group at Louth Bay

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/75

A picnic group at Louth Bay: Left to right: Myra White; Lizzie Stevenson; Edie Sinclair; Edith Catt; Ray Miller; Millie Haigh; Mrs. A.K. Goode. Mrs. Goode was a well known expert .22 rifle shot.

Sale day at Wangary

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/90

WANGARY: A Sale Day held in Lake Wangary Hotel yards.

Dead eagles at Elliston

c. 1960, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/124

Twenty five dead eagles killed by the property's owner at Elliston because they were attacking sheep and a farm dog due to starvation caused by rabbits dying of myxomatosis.

Shipping wheat at Tumby Bay

c. 1905, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/56

Shipping wheat at Tumby Bay. There are ships at the end of the jetty and agent's offices on the shore.

Ploughman John Williams, Lake Wangary

1880, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/104

Ploughman John Williams with his team at Lake Wangary.

Residence at Duck's Pond

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/10

One of the first homes built at Duck Ponds, and belonged to ex-Inspector Holroyd of the Police.

Wool arriving from Kappawanta

1885, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/105

A bullock team delivering loads of wool from Kappawanta to Elliston.

Brattenised earth road near Iron Knob

Whittle, A. W. G., 1955, Photograph, B 55290

IRON KNOB: A view showing a Brattenised earth road, of which there are hundreds of miles on Eyre Peninsula. Mr Bratten devised the method of making the road and a special plough for the job. There is a memorial to him beside the Lincoln Highway north of Port Neill.

Margaret and Mrs Charlie

c. 1910, Photograph, B 60628/39

Two women, identified as Margaret and Mrs Charlie, on a stony beach (probably Port Lincoln).

Australian Ornithologists

1909, Photograph, B 57823/157

A horse and buggy outside the Old Lake Wangary Hotel and Post Office. The hotel was built in 1871, and was once a stagecoach station on the West Coast stage-coach run from Port Lincoln. It doubled as a Post and Telegraph Office and ceased to operate as a hotel in 1933.

Two seals on Dangerous Reef, South Australia

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/600

Two seals photographed on rocks at Dangerous Reef, near Port Lincoln, South Australia.

A Squadron, 3rd Light Horse at Morphettville

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/31/80

A group photograph of a troop of South Australian soldiers with the young bugler sitting on the ground in front. The officer has been identified as Major D. Fulton, commanding officer of A Squadron, 3rd Light Horse [compare with PRG 280/1/14/136] and the location as the hawker property adjacent to Morphettville Race Course, and used throughout the war by the army.

Black Stump memorial, Poonindie

1976, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/100B

Unveiling of the Black Stump memorial at Poonindie, erected by the Caledonian Society, marking the old lands of the former Poonindie Mission Station, and stands as a Pioneer Memorial to the early settlers.

Black Stump memorial, Poonindie

1976, Photograph, PRG 458/1/1/100A

Black Stump memorial at Poonindie, erected by the Caledonian Society, marking the old lands of the former Poonindie Mission Station, and stands as a Pioneer Memorial to the early settlers.

Wheat at North Shields

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/48

Grain stacks at North Shields. There is a small wheat buyer office and a horse and cart.

Sheringa Boarding House

c. 1903, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/83

Group of people standing in front of the Sheringa Boarding House, taken on the occasion of their annual sports event.

Penong Methodist Church

1916, Photograph, PRG 559/3/61

View of the Penong Methodist Church, a small stone building with an iron roof, behind a picket fence. Annotated on the back 'Penong Methodist Church / August 1916 / J.A.P.'.

Shepherds Hut ruins, Lake Hamilton

c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/130B

David Dearman standing near the ruins of the Shepherd's Hut at Lake Hamilton, where Ann Easton was murdered in 1849.

Home made mill

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/129A

Home made mill, possibly made from biscuit and kerosene tins, near Kappinie Lakes. It was used to drive a home made flour mill.

Bullock team

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/129C

Bullock team driven by the Gregorys overland on their trek to Kappinie.

Cummins public school

1915, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/86

Cummins public school, which opened in 1912. A girl is holding a sign, which reads "Cummins School 1915". It was made an area school in 1943.

Smoky Bay

c. 1901, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/105

Ships landing goods at Smoky Bay.

H.M.A.S. 'Sydney'

c. 1917, Photograph, PRG 559/3/36

View of H.M.A.S. 'Sydney' in open water.

Old Tungatta Police Station

1965, Photograph, PRG 458/1/2/112

Ruins of the old Tungatta Police Station on the West Coast of the Eyre Peninsula, near Sheringa. The final trooper at this Station was named Boord, and Boord's Beach at Elliston perpetuates his name.