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Crowds in Adelaide during the civic reception at the town hall

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/67

Overhead view of King William Street showing the crowds watching and listening to the ceremonial civic reception outside the town hall, Adelaide.

Sir Day Bosanquet attending a function at a railway station

c. 1913, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/85

Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia attending a ceremony outside a railway station in the north of South Australia, possibly associated with a new railway; exact location not known.

Sir Archibald Weigall attending a civic reception at Unley

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/88

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia being welcomed to Unley at a civic reception; the Governor is wearing army uniform and is standing on a platform erected outside the town hall where the Mayor and other Councillors are leading the audience in cheers, Lady Weigall is sitting right carrying flowers. This photo was printed in 'The Observer', Saturday 7 August 1920, page 24.

Sir Archibald Weigall addressing local residents at Unley

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/90

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia addressing a small crowd of local residents from a platform erected outside the Unley town hall during a civic reception; the Mayor and Corporation stand behind the Governor, Lady Weigall is sitting third from the right. This photo was printed in 'The Observer', Saturday 7 August 1920, page 24.

Sir Day Bosanquet attending a function at a railway station

c. 1913, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/93

Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia addressing a crowd of local resident at a function outside a railway station, possibly associated with a new railway; exact location not known.

Spectators attending the unveiling of a roll of honour at Magill

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/96

Spectators attending the unveiling of a roll of honour at Magill, South Australia.

Ceremony to unveil a roll of honour at Magill, South Australia

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/98

A view from the back of spectators of officials conducting a ceremony to unveil a roll of honour at Magill, South Australia.

Lord Munro Ferguson visiting South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/104

Lord Munro Ferguson, Governor-General during a visit to the military camp at Morphettville. Back row (from left): Major H.S. Connor (Governor's Aide-de-camp); Captain Bushell, D.A.Q.M.G.; Captain Foxton, A.D.C. to the Governor-General; Captain P.M. McFarlane, C.S.O.; Major Goldsmith, A.A.M.C.; Lieutenant T.R. Richards. Front row (from left): Major W. De Passey; Lieut-Colonel F.M. Rowell; His Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry Galway); His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson); Colonel Irving (South Australian Commandant); Colonel G.H. Dean; Major C.H. Brand; Lieut-Colonel Miell.

Sir Archibald Weigall on board the steamboat 'Conqueror'

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/110

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia, third right front row with a party of men on board the Harbor's Board steamboat 'Conqueror' during a visit to Osborne shipyard, near Port Adelaide; A.Searcy stands directly behind the Governor, third right back row, others in the group include Messrs. Farquhar, Labatt, and Allen.

Sir Archibald Weigall watching a demonstration of pneumatic rivetting

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/119

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia standing third from the right holding a walking stick, watching a demonstration of pneumatic rivetting during a visit to Osborne shipyard.

Sir Archibald Weigall on board the steamboat 'Conqueror'

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/124

Sir Archibald Weigall on board the South Australian Harbor's Board steamboat 'Conqueror' during a visit to the new shipyard at Osborne, near Port Adelaide; the Governor stands first right, front row with Arthur Searcy directly behind him.

Sir Archibald Weigall watching a demonstration of pneumatic rivetting

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/129

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia standing third from the right holding a walking stick, watching a demonstration of pneumatic rivetting during a visit to the new shipyard at Osborne, near Port Adelaide.

General Birdwood visiting Adelaide

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/130

General Birdwood, Commander of the A.I.F. photographed with a group of men during a visit to South Australia; he is sitting centre of the front row with Brigadier Antill, Commandant of Armed Forces in South Australia second left, Captain A.S. Blackburn V.C. second right, and other soldiers, most wearing civilian clothing. H.K. Pritchard, DCM MM, is in the centre of the back row [see also PRG 280/1/22/69] with George Dey, MC, on the far right of the back row.

A wedding group

Smith, W. S., c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/42/197

A wedding group photographed in a garden after the marriage of Miss Gray from the Reedbeds area to Lieutenant Gregory, a naval officer who served with the crew of H.M.A.S.'Australia'; the bride and groom stand together with their attendants and parents.

Delegates to a police conference

c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/42/200

Brigadier General Leane, South Australian Police Commissioner photographed sitting centre of the front row of a group of delegates attending a police conference in Adelaide; other names not known.

A troop of Boy Scouts

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/42/201

A troop of Boy Scouts visiting Adelaide from a country district in South Australia; names not known.

Returned servicemen receiving blacksmith training

Smith, W. S., 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/42/215

Five men receiving blacksmith training as part of their repatriation after army service in World War I, a sixth man stands watching, possibly a teacher.

A troop of Boy Scouts

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/42/217

A troop of Boy Scouts visiting Adelaide from a country district in South Australia; names not known.

A.H. Peake handing a cheque to A.M. Simpson in South Australia

1909, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/164

A large meeting of politicians, company officers and senior public servants presided over by Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia in the office of the state's Chief Secretary on 4 February 1907. Mr A.H. Peake, the State Treasurer, is handing over a cheque paying for the assets of Adelaide's horse tram companies to A.M. Simpson, a South Australian public benefactor, representing the companies.