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Cobb & Co. Coach, Renmark

c. 1890, Photograph, B 11355

Cobb and Co's, coach at Renmark. Passengers can be seen inside the coach while two outside passengers sit up front with the driver. The coach is pulled by two pairs of horses. Cobb and Co was the name of a successful coaching company established in 1853 to carry passengers and mail to regional areas

Renmark's first train

1927, Photograph, B 45858

Renmark's first train. See 'The Adelaide Chronicle', February 5, 1927, page 50, for an account of the event.

Construction of Lock 5 at Renmark

c. 1927, Photograph, B 55333

Lock 5 under construction, viewed from the Paringa side of the river. The railway line in the photo was a spur line that went through the Dowling private property, and the tents in the background are where the construction people and their families lived.

A residence possibly at Renmark

c. 1930, Photograph, B 55348

GENERAL: A view of a house, possibly at Renmark.

E.& W.S. staff who looked after the River Murray locks

c. 1922, Photograph, B 60762

RENMARK: E.& W.S. staff who looked after the River Murray locks at their camp during a Sunday 'busy bee' catching up on domestic chores.

Drying apricots at Renmark

Laube, Alex, c. 1948, Photograph, B 68688

View of a woman working in front of racks containing fruit, with a number of empty crates and boxes in the foreground. The location is on a fruit block at Renmark, ca.1947-1950. According to a researcher, these are sultana grapes that are drying. The tins lined up in the foreground are metal and have holes in them so that the hot caustic soda in which the grapes are dipped (open "bath" behind the row of them)- called dip tins can drain through. This splits the fruit so it will dry well - raisins. The dipped fruit is then spread on the racks (left) then onto the hessian to completely dry in the sun.

River Murray at Renmark

South Australia. Government Publicity and Tourist Bureau, 1937, Photograph, B 60354/38

River Murray at Renmark.

Renmark Maiden 8

1918, Photograph, B 60629/13

Renmark Maiden 8. Bow D Malcolm; 2 S.a. James; 3 Bert Sowden; 4 C. Sowden; 5 Henry Williams; 6 Williams; 7 J.H.M. Price; stroke K.S. Pank; Cox R.W. Frick.