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South Australian pioneers 1840 : Joseph Henry Rowe

Duryea, Townsend, 1872, Photograph, B 7865/5C

Joseph Henry Rowe arrived in South Australia in April 1840 on board the ship the "Warrior". Tinsmith, Hindley Street, Adelaide.

Keith Coldwell King's Cup crew

1948, Photograph, SRG 873/1/56

Crew of the 1948 Keith Coldwell King's Cup team: str. K. Coldwell (P.A.R.C.) 7. L. Goodenough 6. R. Wallman 5. R. Morelli, 4. J. Neville 3. M. Lawrie 2. J. McDonald Bow J. Wellman (P.A.R.C.) Emg. W. Nerlich Cox M. Hannaford. The 1948 event was held in Tasmania.

Series 071: King's Cup, Murray Bridge

Smith, D. Darian, 1937, Photograph, BRG 397/2/71

Aerial photographs of the King's Cup coxed eight rowing race at Murray Bridge. Spectators and their cars are viewing the race from the cliff tops in two of the images. Other images show the competing boats and support craft at various stages of the race. One photograph depicts Oakbank Racecourse from the air.

Photographs relating to swimming and water sports

Messenger Press, 1989, Photograph, B 70869/20240-20330

An album of a selection of photographs relating to swimmers, water polo, rowing and the Head of the River Regatta.

Photos from the Baker Family

Baker, Richard, Sir, c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 38/2

A miscellaneous collection of photographs relating to the Baker family. Items 1-15 are loose photos: items 1-7 are photographs which were originally in a family photo album; items 8-15 include those taken when Baker was at Cambridge, England. In addition, there is a photograph album which is believed to have belonged to Sie Richard Chaffery Baker, and later taken over by his daughter, Adelaide E. Chaffey Baker. There are quite a few pen and ink drawings done by Adelaide E. Chaffey Baker in th album in addition to photos.

PAC winning rowing eight

Frank Boase, 1957, Photograph, B 69846

Formal portrait of the Prince Alfred College's winning rowing team for 1957, taking home the Blackmore Shield. Back row (from left): W.B.Ashby (3), R.G.Morgan (bow), R.F.Bartholomew (2), T.O.Moore (6), M.J.McNeil (4). Front row (from left): K.S.Kelly (5), R.B.Francis (7), C.D.Mattingley (coach), L.R.Gregurke (stroke), D.F.Bowen (coxswain).

Photographs of E.W. Hawker and his family

Hawker, George Charles, 1870, Photograph, PRG 847/34/1-269

Photographs of Edward William Hawker, his wife, son Stanley and daughters Patience, Frances, and Catherine. Subjects include royal visits and formal occasions, weddings and family groups. See 'Contents' in 'More info' for details. A selection (1 - 50) has been digitised. Photographs 51-222, 223-250 have been housed in ALBOX folder. Outsize photographs 223-227 of Stanley and Stella Hawker taken in 1937 by Lenare in London, housed in Lenare folder.

Adelaide views

Creevey, Don Bernard, c. 1935, Photograph, B 74177/1-17

17 black and white prints of Adelaide views, including the River Torrens, Adelaide Railway Station, Colonel William Light scultpure and the National War Memorial sculpture. These prints may have been part of a published set, used in a private collection.

War graves of M. Powell, D. P. Croston and B. Fraser

c. 1945, Photograph, SRG 873/1/44

Digital copy of a photograph of a man holding flowers and standing by three Air Force war graves in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery, Belgium. The cross on the left marks the grave of RAAF Squadron Leader Mervyn Powell, DFC Captain (Pilot), No. 402817, of Mackay, Queensland. The centre cross marks the grave of RAAF Flying Officer David Payne Croston (Air Gunner), No. 405821, of Adelaide, South Australia. Croston was educated at St Peters College, Adelaide, where he developed an interest in rowing and joined the Port Adelaide Rowing Club in 1928, holding the positions of Assistant Secretary in 1938/39 and Secretary in 1939/40. The cross on the right marks the grave of RAF Flight Sergeant B. Fraser (Bomb Aimer). The three men were flying with 463 Squadron RAAF in Lancaster LL882 on a night mission to Lille, France, on 11 May 1944 when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter about 8 km north of Ypres. All of the crew were killed and are buried in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in Belgium. The other members of the crew were: RAF FO Jaques, R (Navigator); RAAF 406700 Flt Lt Read, W N (Wireless Operator Air Gunner); RAF Sgt H L Molyneux, (Flight Engineer); RAAF 407199 FO Croft, R McK (Air Gunner).

Memorabilia relating to the VIIIth Olympiad 1924

Cummings, Robert Arthur, 1924, Manuscript, PRG 1602/7

Digital copies of memorabilia relating to the VIIIth Olympiad 1924.

Kings Cup

1914, Photograph, B 37752

Australian Eight - Oar Rowing Championships: Kings Cup. [According to information provided by a researcher, the King's Cup for rowing was first won at the Henley Peace Regatta in 1919 by the Australian Army 1st Eight].

Women rowers on the Torrens Lake

Scott, Jenny, 2002, Photograph, B 70612/1

Eight women rowers (and a cox) rowing on the Torrens Lake. Behind can be seen the Hyatt Hotel and the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Row of trucks and men at a quarry or plant

c. 1925, Photograph, B 72229

Photograph of a row of trucks taken outside near mounds of dirt or sand. The drivers stand next to their trucks for the photo. A little boy in a toy car sits at the front of the row. The truck at the front is labelled G.R.C. Bide phone F 2316. The label on the back of the truck is partially obscured. It possibly reads No. 8 Royston Park Sand Washing Plant.

Naval cadets

1911, Photograph, PRG 1426/1/3/2

Naval cadets who rowed in the winning crew in the Oar Cutter Race on 24 June 1911: A. Heritage, L. Lush, F. Steel, S. Jenkins, C. Heritage, G. McGregor, E.M. Gulton, L. McGregor, H. Lock, W. John and F. Smith (front or back row not specified).

Henley on Torrens regatta, Adelaide

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/40/266

Henley on Torrens regatta day in Adelaide; a composite of three views showing crowds watching from the shelter of marquees along the banks of the Torrens River as decorated rowing boats sail past, a single flower decorated boat, and a rowing crew.

Women rowers on the Torrens River, South Australia

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/296

Four young women with a male cox in the rowing skiff 'Barcarolle,' on the Torrens River east of the City Bridge, off King William Road, Adelaide; a large crowd stand on the banks of the river watching the event, possibly a rowing carnival.

Barcarolle Ladies' Rowing Club

Smith, W. S., 1918, Photograph, PRG 733/406

The Vice-President, Mrs. G. Dean, christening the new four-oar boat Barcarolle, of the Barcarolle Ladies' Rowing Club, during the Torrens swimming and rowing carnival, 9 February 1918.

Don and Sue Howell's party

2011, Photograph, SRG 873/1/356

Bev James and Peter Humble at Don and Sue Howell's party at West Lakes for the King's Cup Regatta.

Photographs relating to trip to France and Ireland

Cummings, Robert Arthur, 1924, Manuscript, PRG 1602/3

An album of 36 photographs covering the 'Murray Cods' trip from Paris to London, showing the Australian Rowing Team waiting to board (aeroplanes shown include the Handley-Page twin engine bi-plane); aerial views of France and the English Channel; Olympic swimming competition, 400 metres; visits to War cemeteries in France, viz. British Cemetery at Corbie, Villers Bretonneux Cemetery, Hamel and Dernancourt battlefields, as they were in 1924; scenes from Ireland, including the Irish National Games; travelling back to Australia on the 'Moolton'; at King's Park, Perth, and his sister Edith and a friend at Murray Bridge. [Green album].