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Lady Katharine Way
Katharine Gollan, late Blue, nee Gordon was born in 1854 in Stirling, Scotland and moved with her family to South Australia when still young. She was adopted by her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Donald Gollan and lived with them at "Burnside" near Strathalbyn. In 1972 she married Dr William Blue and had three sons and a daughter. Dr Blue died in 1896 and she married Samuel James Way in 1898. Lady Katharine Way and her husband Sir Samuel Way lived at "Montifiore", Palmer Place, North Adelaide. They married when he was 62 and she was a 44 year old widow with a grown family
Locomotive N Class
Locomotive N Class. This was the type of engine used at the opening of the Strathalbyn line in September 1884. The photograph was taken in the 1880's.
Finniss Bridge
Finniss Bridge between Goolwa and Strathalbyn. A researcher has stated that the bridge was "Built in 1866 and opened by the Governor Sir Dominic Daly on 24th March. The bridge was destroyed by a bushfire in 1882 and replaced with an iron girder bridge in 1884 using the girders from the Finniss River Railway Bridge at Finniss. The photograph was probably taken on the day the bridge was opened in 1866".
Wheaton's Commercial House, Victor Harbor
Horse and 4 wheeled carriage outside Philip Wheaton's Commercial House, corner of Coral Street and Ocean Street, Victor Harbor. The store was sold to the Bell Brothers of Strathalbyn in 1894 and is still known locally as 'Bell's Store'.
Horsedrawn tramway at Port Elliot
PORT ELLIOT: Strathalbyn/Goolwa/Victor Harbor horse tram car no. 21 standing outside the Railway Hotel at Port Elliot on the corner of The Strand and Young Street.
Edmund Bowman, junior
PORTRAIT: Edmund Bowman, junior, riding 'Powder' for polo at Strathalbyn.
Railway transport: train order
South Australian Railways train order, dated 8/5/54, with instructions for train no.912 at Goolwa to proceed to Strathalbyn.
Railway transport: train order
South Australian Railways train order, dated 8/5/54, with instructions for train no.918 at Strathalbyn to proceed to Mount Barker.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
January 29th. 1st stop at Eagle on the Hill HOtel.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
Turnover. Bus rolled over on dirt road.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
Turnover. Bus rolled over on dirt road.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
Bus righted.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
One member of group has a broken arm.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
Arrival of 1st car.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
Leaving for doctor in car with man with broken arm.
Tennis trip to Strathalbyn
On the courts. Two players and man with broken arm.
Gemmell
A scene taken in Gemmell which about 11 km north of Strathalbyn, 2 January 1997.
Gemmell
A small hillside with trees taken in Gemmell which about 11 km north of Strathalbyn, 2 January 1997.
Penny Farthing rider Suzie Grey will put her cycling skills to the test on the streets of Strathalbyn this weekend in the International Penny Farthing Challenge Cup. 16th March 1988.
Penny Farthing rider Suzie Grey will put her cycling skills to the test on the streets of Strathalbyn this weekend in the International Penny Farthing Challenge Cup. Suzie is pictured with another competitor. 16th March 1988.
Photograph album 2
Collection of silver albumen photographs, in an album. Believed to have been taken by F.C. Krichauff, who worked as a photographer in South Australia. The photographs feature the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide Zoo, the Eden Hills railway viaduct, countryside near the Gemmell's home at Bugle Range and scenes along the Murray River. See 'contents' for details of individual photographs.
Getting in the mood for the Mary Potter Foundation's picnic race day at Strathalbyn are (from left) Chief Executive Eva Varga of Upper Sturt, fundraising committee member Pamela McGregor of Medindie and foundation deputy chairman Sister Margaret Clifford. 8th February 1989.
Scenes of South Australia
Photographs in black & white and some sepia, of South Australian scenes and landscapes, ca.1890-1930. See CONTENTS for more information and details.
Sports
Tour Down Under international cycle race. Start of stage 2, Norwood Parade to Strathalbyn.
Australasian Views album 1
1 of 2 ALBUMS: inscribed 'Australasian Views', comprising 165 early images of Adelaide, South Australia, and New Zealand. The photos of New Zealand (photos 147-165) are by Burton Brothers, Dunedin, and have not been digitised. Square brackets denote added information.
A. H. Peake visiting a country school
A. H. Peake, Premier of South Australia, photographed with his wife and local residents outside Hartley School.
P.S. Nil Desperandum at river bank at Mannum
Side view of 'P.S. Nil Desperandum' at the river bank, with possibly the hull of 'Paringa' in Mannum Dock. The following information was provided by a researcher: Captain William Richard Randell owned the 'Nil Desperandum' from 1870s to the 1880s, and also owned the Randell Dry Dock at Mannum. Photographer Robert Stacy was a South Australian travelling photographer in the 1860s to 1880s. He had a shop and studio at Strathalbyn in 1870 and also had intermittent studios at North Adelaide.
Ritchard's shack on the Coorong
Dick Cremer's holiday shack on the Coorong, (which later became the Strathalbyn Club shack), in a row of small seafront shacks, with cars parked close by, the mainland visible in the distance over the water.
A row of cottages at Strathalbyn
A row of cottages with painted striped iron on the verandas. Trees line the road leading to the cottages.
'The Bridge' - Strathalbyn
View of St Andrew's bridge looking south. The two storey building is the National Bank at the eastern end of Albyn Terrace. The building with the striped verandah is business premises. (information supplied by a researcher).