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Wharf at Port Pirie

Bray, Theodor, 1927, Photograph, B 64383/220

Wharf at Port Pirie, with a distant view of vessels.

Gantries and harbour at Port Pirie

c. 1935, Photograph, B 69198

View along the wharves at Port Pirie, featuring the gantries used for loading and unloading ships, and with a number of steamers in the harbour.

Flooding at Port Pirie

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/31/23

Floodwaters encroaching upon residential housing at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Prests Ltd. Shop, Port Pirie

Canning, George, 1940, Photograph, PRG 1356/4/4

Front and side view of Prests Ltd. Shop in Port Pirie.

Mrs. Dorothy Chappell at Port Pirie, South Australia

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/30/121

A smiling woman identified by Searcy as Mrs. Dorothy Chappell sitting on the back of a seat at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Shipping at Port Pirie, South Australia

c. 1871, Photograph, PRG 280/1/33/245

Two sailing ships anchored at Port Pirie wharf; a man stands in a rowing boat in the foreground.

Stacks of grain waiting for shipment at Port Pirie

c. 1874, Photograph, PRG 280/1/33/256

Stacks of grain waiting for shipment by sea from Port Pirie, South Australia.

Sailing ship the 'Floral Star' at Port Pirie

c. 1874, Photograph, PRG 280/1/33/259

The sailing ship 'Floral Star' anchored in shallow waters at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Adelaide Milling & Mercantile Co. Ltd. at Port Pirie

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 280/1/33/268

Premises of the Adelaide Milling & Mercantile Co. Ltd at Port Pirie, workmen stand in the foreground in front of stationary railway trucks.

J.C. Fitzgerald, politician and Mayor of Port Pirie

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/347

Head and shoulders view of J.C. Fitzgerald, Mayor of Port Pirie and member of the House of Assembly, South Australia.

Welcome for Lady Galway at Port Pirie

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/365

A welcoming crowd for Lady Galway, wife of the Governor of South Australia as she arrives by train in the main street of Port Pirie during a visit to the area. Photograph appeared in the 'Adelaide Chronicle' on 19 October 1918.

Sailing ship 'Flora Star' aground at Port Pirie, South Australia

1876, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/1034

The sailing ship; 'Flora Star' aground in mid-channel at Port Pirie, South Australia, January 12th 1876.

Coal bunkers at Port Pirie

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/1092

Large coal bunkers at Port Pirie, Ellen Street and part of the town can be seen in the background.

Shipping at Port Pirie, South Australia

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/310

Close view of sailing ships and steamers in the background calling at Port Pirie in South Australia.

Shipping at Port Pirie, South Australia

1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/327

Steam and sail shipping docked at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Shipping at Port Pirie, South Australia

1909, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/371

Steam and sail cargo ships waiting at Port Pirie wharves in South Australia.

Moving a large shed at Port Pirie, South Australia

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/28

The transfer of a large galvanised iron shed pulled by a horse-drawn wheeled platform on to Ellen Street, Port Pirie, South Australia; the Barrier Hotel appears in the background.

Port Pirie smelters, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/66

The Broken Hill Associated Smelters factory, Port Pirie, South Australia showing the ore dumps in the foreground.

Port Pirie, South Australia

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/67

A distant view of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters factory at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Sir Henry Galway and party at Port Pirie smelters

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/493

Sir Henry Galway, Governor of South Australia inspecting the BHAS smelters at Port Pirie with other men; Sir Henry is walking pointing a cane at something in the distance. [Information provided by Phil Rickard].

The lead smelting plant at Port Pirie

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/18/388

Chimneys belching smoke at the Broken Hill Associated Smelters plant at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Police officers at Port Pirie

Smith, W. S., 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/19/73

A group of South Australian police including mounted, foot, water, detective, and an Aboriginal tracker stationed at Port Pirie; names not known.

The S.S.'Governor Musgrave' at Port Pirie

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/24/91

The South Australian Customs Department vessel S.S.'Governor Musgrave' berthed at the wharves at Port Pirie.

Wharves at Port Pirie

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/227

Distant view of the wharves at Port Pirie, where shipping is waiting for supplies in the estuary.

Wharves at Port Pirie

1921, Photograph, PRG 280/1/29/247

Distant view of the wharves at Port Pirie, where shipping is waiting for supplies in the estuary.

Flooding at Port Pirie

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/31/22

Floodwaters encroaching upon residential housing at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Sir Henry Galway arriving at Port Pirie

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/32/60

A large crowd in Ellen Street, Port Pirie, waiting to welcome Sir Henry Galway, Governor of South Australia, who is arriving by train during a visit to the town.