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Soldier's Memorial Hall, Renma

Gray, F. Malcolm, c. 1936, Photograph, B 11635

Soldier's Memorial Hall, Renmark. A settlement began to grow in this area in 1887 when the Renmark Irrigation Settlement was established using open drains to irrigate the orchards planted in the area. The name Renmark comes from the Aboriginal word meaning "red mud". The Capital Theatre was housed in the Soldiers Memorial Hall. The guns out the front of the building are captured German artillery. The memorial stone on the front of the building reads "This stone was laid by General Sir WR Birdwood, Baronet, GCMG, KCB, KCSI, CIE, DSOADC. General to the King, 16th March 1920"

Boiler and Air compressor

c. 1926, Photograph, B 41808

Boiler and air compressor in barge on the river.

Lock 5 on the Murray River

W.H. Holden & Co., c. 1950, Photograph, B 69634/6

View from the downstream side of Lock 5 on the Murray River near Renmark.

Saies' store with chemist and L. Saies ironmonger and furnisher

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/2080

Saies' store, with W. H. Holden, Chemist, between and 'L. Saies, Ironmonger and furnisher' on right, with two horse-drawn carts outside loaded with passengers, perhaps for picnic.

Small river craft and barge on the Murray River, South Australia

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/16/142

A small river craft and a barge on the Murray River near Renmark, South Australia.

Gilmore and Mary

1943, Photograph, PRG 1642/13/564

Gilmore (possibly Taylor) with a child, Mary, in Renmark. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.

Yabby lunch

2011, Photograph, SRG 873/1/291

A yabby platter at a barbecue lunch held at Renmark Rowing Club during the Annual Masters Regatta.

Diaries of Richard (Dick) Lane

Lane, Richard Grenville Williams, 1922, Manuscript, D 8731(L)

Diaries/letters of Dick (Richard Grenville Williams) Lane, who came to Australia as a Barwell Boy in 1922 : ' ... This is to tell you just what the following lines are, to whom they are written and for what purpose they are being written. They are being written to - Father, Mother, Allen, John and Nora. ... it is more of a letter to you than a diary ...'. The records include copies of eight original diaries, starting with the voyage out to Australia.

Calperum Station

1912, Photograph, B 25936

Calperum Station homestead on Murray River, downstream from Renmark.

Calperum

c. 1890, Photograph, B 31524

Calperum Station near Renmark.

Calperum

c. 1890, Photograph, B 31525

Calperum Station near Renmark.

Calperum Station

c. 1890, Photograph, B 31526

Calperum Station near Renmark.

River steamers near Kingston-on-Murray

c. 1923, Photograph, B 12339

River steamers Success, Cannally, and Renmark towing the barge Crowie through lock no. 3, Kingston. [From a researcher: On a flooded river, the PS Renmark, towing a granite-laden Crowie barge, could not make headway against the fast flowing stream through the navigable pass at Lock 3 (during its construction). PS Canally was brought into the fray but both steamers still couldn't make headway. PS Success was then added and the combined effort of the three steamers managed to stem the current and make it through the navigable pass. The barge Argo is moored in the background, along with bin barges and a derrick barge].

River Steamers at Mannum

c. 1920, Photograph, B 12288

River Steamers "J. G. Arnold" and "Renmark" at Mannum in the early 1920's. "JG Arnold" was a sidewheeler built in 1916. She was built from the wreck of the "Arbuthnot". "Renmark" was built in 1913 and later burned and sank at Goolwa in 1951

Paddle Steamer

c. 1900, Photograph, B 7736

Paddle steamer 'Queen', and barge Bourke. Paddle Steamer 'Queen' was built in 1865 weighing 165 tons. On 13th September, 1928 while moored at Goodes Landing at Mypolonga she was burnt to the waterline. She was unoccupied and was one of the oldest vessels on the River Murray. "Queen" traded for nearly 50 years between Morgan and the NSW border swapping skins for flour, tea, sugar, saddles dresses, boots, pots and pans.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55095

RENMARK: The R.A.P. Office at the Japanese Internment Camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55096

RENMARK: Logs in readiness for splitting into posts at the Japanese Internment Camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55097

RENMARK: Japanese internees making mallee wood handles at their internment camp, Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55098

RENMARK: Japanese internees loading sawn wood on to a boat near their Camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55099

RENMARK: View of the Japanese Internment Camp, Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark, featuring a shelter built by the internees and used by troops in hot weather.

Japanese civilian internees

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55100

RENMARK: Japanese internees having lunch at their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55101

RENMARK: Stocks of wood cut by Japanese Prisoners of War near their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55102

RENMARK: Stacks of wood and the saw bench used by Japanese internees near their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55103

RENMARK: Australian troops playing tennis at the Japanese Internment Camp, Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55111

RENMARK: A boat built out of a hollowed out of log by Japanese Internees at their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55112

RENMARK: The garden in front of the compound gate at the Internment camp, Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55113

RENMARK: Japanese internees splitting wood for posts near their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55116

RENMARK: Japanese internees splitting logs near their camp at Woolenook Bend upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55117

RENMARK: Work party of Japanese internees having a lunch break near their camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

Japanese Internment Camp

c. 1944, Photograph, B 55118

RENMARK: Wood waiting to be sawn up into 1 foot lengths by Japanese internees from the camp at Woolenook Bend, upstream from Renmark.

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