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Adelaide Rowing Club : Rowers

c. 1920, Photograph, SRG 32/5/131

Four eights during a race on the Port River. Port Adelaide wharves can be seen including steamships, a crane, people and cars on the wharf, warehouses and businesses.

Two teams of rowers standing beside their boats mounted on trucks on rail tracks, with a crowd of people around them. A young couple, the man holding a child, could be relatives of Dame Roma Mitchell. The place is unknown; there is a galvanised iron shed with 'Adelaide Steamship Co.' written on it, and in the right background behind the houses can be seen a line of hills. A two-storey building is being erected behind the large galvanised iron shed.

Ladies race on the Swan River

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/45/13

Three women's rowing fours at the finish of a race on the Swan River, Perth, watched by spectators on a number of ferry boats.

J.C. Swimming Shield presentation

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1964, Photograph, BRG 347/2363

Photograph of two students, Alison Rowe and Donald Ross, at the High School swimming carnival, being awarded swimming shields by the JayCee Club in March 1964, Mount Gambier.

Row Bell

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1946, Photograph, BRG 347/5274

Photograph of Mr and Mrs Row Bell taken in the studio on their wedding day in 1946.

Row Bell

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1950, Photograph, BRG 347/5503

Studio photograph of a young woman dressed for a wedding in 1950. She is holding a large bouquet of flowers and could be a bridesmaid.

Three men in a rowboat

Brooker, William Charles, c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1316/10/15

View of a man rowing a boat with two passengers.

A row of cottages at Strathalbyn

c. 1939, Photograph, PRG 287/1/8/65

A row of cottages with painted striped iron on the verandas. Trees line the road leading to the cottages.

Rowing on River Torrens - Adelaide

c. 1936, Photograph, PRG 287/1/12/12

People rowing a small boat near a steep, tree-lined bank on the River Torrens, Adelaide. Caption reads, 'Torrens Lake [sic]'. Exact location not identified.

Men with a rowing boat at Henley Beach, South Australia

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/59

Five men photographed by a rowing boat in the shallows at Henley Beach, South Australia, possibly life-savers; names not known.

Miss J. Thomas

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/28/67

Miss J. Thomas, winner of the Sculling Championship of the sixth annual regatta of the South Australian Ladies' Rowing Association on the Torrens Lake, 22 March 1919.

Rowing boat decorated with butterflies for a regatta in Adelaide

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/136

A large rowing boat which has been decorated with butterflies for a Henley on Torrens regatta in Adelaide, South Australia.

Swimmers standing by a rowing boat at Henley Beach

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/149

Five men wearing swimming costume standing with a rowing boat on the seashore at Henley Beach, South Australia.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/89

Two men and a woman in a rowing boat decorated with flowers and foliage for the Henley on Torrens regatta in Adelaide, South Australia.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/92

Two men and a woman in a rowing boat decorated with flowers and foliage for the Henley on Torrens regatta in Adelaide, South Australia.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/94

A rowing boat decorated with flowers and foliage for the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide, South Australia; two young men are at the oars with two women as passengers.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/131

A rowing boat decorated with paper trellis work, flowers, and given the name 'Fleurette' as an entry in the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide, South Australia.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/142

A rowing boat decorated with foliage as an entry in the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/148

A rowing boat decorated with trellis and flowers as an entry in the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide, South Australia; part of the City Bridge can be seen in the background.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/151

Two young men and a woman travelling in a rowing boat decorated with contrasting materials as an entry in the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide, South Australia.

Decorated rowing boat for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/40/29

Two women and two men sailing on the Torrens River in a rowing boat decorated as a Dutch windmill for the Henley on Torrens regatta.

Decorated rowing boat for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/40/30

A rowing boat decorated with fabric, paper parasols, and a large flag for the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide.

Rowing boat decorated for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/40/31

A rowing boat decorated with white sheeting for Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide.

Decorated rowing boat for a regatta

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/40/32

A rowing boat decorated for the Henley on Torrens regatta held in Adelaide; part of the decoration is a simulated brush hut with a toy kangaroo on its roof with the words 'on our selection' displayed, the boat is called H.M.S. Greenland and two men pose as a married couple.