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Postcard of the River Torrens in Adelaide

c. 1910, Photograph, B 73148

Postcard of the bank of the River Torrens in Adelaide, South Australia. Groups of people are out walking and there is a group centred around some row boats. One of the boats is on the river.

Hoffmann photographs, box 19, Mount Breckan and Granite Island

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1910, Photograph, B 73344/1-6

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images comprise the main house of the Mount Breckan property at Victor Harbor and Granite Island. Includes a postcard addressed to C. Hoffmann. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor]. Imperial plates.

Actors, dancers, musicians

Messenger Press, c. 1990, Photograph, B 70869/17375

Violet Rowe, 'Bus Stop', Blackwood Players.

Interior of the banqueting hall and council chambers in the Adelaide Town Hall

Toope, Barbara, c. 1969, Photograph, B 72255/1-5

A group of photographs showing sections of the banqueting hall and the council chambers within the Adelaide Town Hall. Close detail of parts of the ornate work on the ceiling and windows are included. See 'contents' for details of items.

Black and white postcards showing views of Port Adelaide

c. 1900, Photograph, B 72755/1-6

Photographs in postcard format of the river, the docks and harbour and Commercial Road in Port Adelaide, South Australia, in the 1900s. Two of the cards have a handwritten message. See 'contents' for details of items.

Photographs of Horrocks Pass and Wilpena Pound

Oliver, Gordon Ross, c. 1972, Photograph, B 73313/1-32

A selection from travel photographs taken by amateur photographer G.R. Oliver. Identified as from Horrocks Pass and Wilpena Pound, they also include nearby localities such as Mintaro, Quorn, Hawker, Morolana Valley and Hamilton.

Duryea's Adelaide Album 2

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1866, Photograph, B 73319/1-12

An album compiled by Adelaide photographer, Townsend Duryea, with the title 'Duryea's Adelaide Album' embossed on the front cover. The first 'page' is a panorama of Adelaide, comprising five roughly uniform panels, mounted on linen to form a continuous image 12.5 x 89.5 mm (the linen measures 248 x 940 mm, and folds into three equal sections to fit into the album). The other photographs in the album show King William Street, Victoria Square, the Torrens River and Botanic Gardens. A book plate at the front indicates that it was originally owned by Edward Angas Johnson.

Hoffmann photographs, box 15, portraits and the beach.

Hoffmann, Charles, c. 1930, Photograph, B 73340/1-16

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives which have been transferred from the National Trust of South Australia, Victor Harbor Branch. The images comprise portraits, mainly of women, and outings on the beach at Victor Harbor. The negatives were originally from Charles Hoffmann [assumed to be Hoffmann Photographics, Victor Harbor]. Austral Standard Orthichrome Plates.

Participants in the children's centenary pageant

Walker, Thomas G., 1936, Photograph, B 73584

A large group of girls, ages ranging from about eight to 14 years, in their 'maples and snowflakes' costumes, ready for their part in the 'Children's Centenary Pageant, Highgate School'. The 'maples' appear to be the older girls. Two handwritten notes on the back [not contemporary with the photo] read 'Margaret Joan Martin (nee Howell) 2 up LHS' and 'Helen Mae Martin 2nd row 5 in from right 4 in from Margaret'.

T.J. Richards & Sons workshop

c. 1935, Photograph, B 73606

Photographs of T.J. Richards & Sons Ltd showing the workshop and machinery including Ruwolt presses, a Keller machine and Toledo presses. Several of the photographs show workrmen, and one employee, Gordon Cook, is depicted in a number of photographs. Also a group photograph of employees.

Stone house with a woman standing in the doorway

Wake, Henry, c. 1870, Photograph, B 73598

Photograph of a single storey stone house with a post and wire fence around it. A woman can just be seen standing in the doorway. A row of plants has been placed along the front of the house. Location unknown, but it is likely to be a rural location in South Australia. The back of the photograph has a photographers stamp: Henry Wake, Gouger St., Adelaide.

Adelaide Festival of Arts projects

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Stanisław, 1962, Manuscript, PRG 919/30

The series consists of photographs, negatives, transparencies and documents relating to proposals, and projects undertaken by Ostoja-Kotkowski, for the Adelaide Festival of Arts. They include sound and image productions, floats, chromasonic towers, festival decorations, and exhibitions. It includes 'Genesis' designed in 1962 which was Ostoja's first attempt to present photographic images synchronised with sound. The 1968 Sound and Image production used a laser beam for the first time. 'Time Riders' was produced for the 1970 festival. Ostoja combined dreamtime legends with poetry by Judith Wright, Roland Robinson, Kenneth Slessor and Max Harris. The script was by Tony Morphett and the music by Richard Meale, Peter Sculthorpe and John Antill. 1964 float for the parade; Sound and Image production. 1966 street decorations; exhibition of photography by Members of Image 8; Sound and Image production. 1968 Sound and Image production. 1970 Chromasonic tower; Sound and Image production of Time Riders; street decorations;. 1980 Laser kinetic exhibition 'Futuresight'. 1982 Laser concert. 1990 'Brush with stage' participant in exhibition. 1994 'Inscape 94' exhibition.

Collection of lantern slides

Gordon, Raymond Hier, c. 1938, Photograph, PRG 1605/6/1-194

Collection of lantern slides, created by Raymond Gordon. Gordon travelled widely in South Australia and to the Northern Territory. Views include Mount Gambier, Barmera, Adelaide and the Ungarra district, Eyre Peninsula. Prints and negatives of some slides are also held in other series (Series 1, 3, and 4) and have been digitised in those. Listed below is a selection of the slides. Many of the slides have been digitised in series 3 and are not repeated in this list. Slides taken in the Middle East also have not been listed or digitised.

Exhibit of Electrographs at the Australian Photographic Society Convention

Clements, Alwin Spencer, 1975, Photograph, PRG 1611/20/99

Photograph of display boards featuring prints by Alwin Clements and colleagues, set up at the side of rows of chairs. Caption reads 'Photographic exhibitions at A.P.S Convention Hobart 1975'.

Port Elliot and Hindmarsh River

Trengove, Arthur M., 1890, Photograph, PRG 1480/5/1-20

Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising picturesque images of Port Elliot and surrounding beach areas. See CONTENTS for more information and details of the images.

Torrens River from City Bridge [Adelaide Bridge]

Adcock, Cyril Tennyson, c. 1967, Photograph, PRG 1562/4/191

An eastern view of the River Torrens taken from Adelaide Bridge. The trees are reflected in the very blue water. There are two Popeye ferries moored on the southern bank along with several rowing boats.

Horseshoe Bay, Port Elliot

Adcock, Cyril Tennyson, c. 1956, Photograph, PRG 1562/4/48

A view of Horseshoe Bay, taken from the rocks below Freeman Lookout. It shows a family group standing on the jetty, with a view of the beach in the background. There are several family groups on the sand, making use of shade tents, whilst a few people are in the water. The scene shows a full car park and the first row of houses overlooking the beach.

Croydon Bowlers, premiers 2nd division, 1963/64

Adcock, Cyril Tennyson, 1964, Photograph, PRG 1562/4/120

A group shot of the Croydon Bowlers, second division men's team, who won the premiership of the 1963/64 season. There are nine men sitting in a row, with eleven standing behind. They are lined up on the green in front of the Croydon Lawn Bowls club rooms.

Australian Army Unit

Metro Studios, c. 1942, Photograph, PRG 1561/27

A unit of Australian Army men in a group photograph out the front of their barracks, during World War II. Hal Pritchard is seated far right in the second row from the back.

Staff, premises and activities of G. Wood, Son & Co

Rawling, J. C., c. 1906, Photograph, BRG 236/BOX171/1-20

A collection of photographs, mainly of the staff and premises of wholesale grocers G. Wood, Son & Co, but also three miscellaneous images. Images 13-17 is a set of 6 mounted images, labelled 'Broken Hill 1919'. See 'contents' for details of items.

Wagons moving into camp

c. 1901, Photograph, PRG 335/60/5

A row of four donkey teams pulling wagons into an Army camp during the Boer War. Tents are visible in the background, and a cairn and line of white rocks mark the entrance.

The 'Mary Hannah' wrecked on Cornish coast

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/29/11

The wooden schooner 'Mary Hannah', 109 tons, wrecked on the Cornish coast [wooden 2 mast schooner, 109 gross, 98 net tons. ON29764. 81.9 x 21.1 x 11.0. Built 1861 (4) Thomas, Nevin (Wales) Owners: c.1870 RT Mitchell, registered Truro. c.1880 H Rowe].

Army camp

c. 1901, Photograph, PRG 335/60/22

View of an army camp, somewhere in South Africa. Rows of tents are laid out in orderly lines, with a few permanent structures in the foreground.

Research paper on Edward Angus Hamilton along with photographs

Sherrin, A., c. 1985, Mixed material, D 7683/1-199(T)

Research paper on Edward Hamilton together with a brief biography, photographs of buildings with which he was associated, a copy of the article on Edward Hamilton which was reproduced from the September 1985 edition of heritage periodical and a photocopied newspaper article about a mansion to be demolished at Unley. Details for the photos (D 7683/2) are as per brief captions on back of photographs.

Mellor family photographs

White (Family), c. 1865, Photograph, PRG 335/109

Letter to Eliza Mellor and photographs (with negatives) of the Mellor family.

Family photos of John Joseph White

White (Family), 1889, Photograph, PRG 335/112

Three copy photographs of original prints: John Joseph White with his daughter (identified as Mary, but more likely to be Barbara), ca. 1897; William and Barbara White (eldest children of J.J. White), ca.1899; and J.J. White's wife, Alice Mary nee Rowe, 19 October 1915, aged 39.

Camels, trains and railways

Trengove, Arthur M., c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 1480/8/1-27

Photographs believed to depict the construction of the Trans Australian railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie.

'Westralian' steel SS in Fremantle

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/82/68

'Westralian' steel SS, 120 tons in Fremantle [steel hull, twin screw steamship, ON120008, 120 gross, 27 net tons. 128.9 x 16.0 x 9.3. Built 1905 Hoskins and Co., WA (actually a replating of the hull of the former pleasure steamer 'Manx Fairy' built in 1887) Twin compound steam engines, 300 indicated horsepower 14 knots built by Hutson and Corbett, Glasgow for the 'Manx Fairy'. Two funnels, pleasure steamer until 1921. Owners: Manx Fairy Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure SS Co. Ltd. May 1913 McIlwraith, M Eachern Ltd. Dec. 1921 EL Spears, Strathfield NSW registered Sydney. 1923 J Rowe and Co. Pty. Ltd., registered Hobart, later AJ Callenger. Hulked on the eastern shore of the Derwent River, Hobart, in the 1940s and gradually demolished]

Army related photographs of W.H. Penna

Penna, William Herbert, c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 1511/4/1-73

Photographs of Bert Penna along with photographs taken serving overseas during World War One along with a pamplet and pressed flowers.

Photographs of river shipping and places

Godson, Harry, 1882, Photograph, PRG 1258/59/401-499

Photographs from Harry Godson's collection, some which had been assigned his catalogue numbers but were not included in earlier digitised series 1-4. Most are undated.

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