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Photographs used in 'The Skies Remember'

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 18/16

Duplicate photographs and maps with notations on reverse, used in A. Grenfell Price's 'The Skies Remember' (Angus and Robertson Ltd. Sydney 1969). Includes comments regarding modifications to be made for entry into the book. Includes some original photographs (items 20-23, 27, 36-39). Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/16 to view item records for these original photographs.

Portrait of Sir Keith Smith

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, c. 1954, Photograph, PRG 18/55/10

Portrait of Keith Smith, K.B.E., F.R.G.S., President of the Sydney Branch of The Overseas League from 1930-1955.

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB

Daw, Nigel K., 1999, Photograph, PRG 1732/2/4404/1

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games livery operated by Ansett Australia at West Beach.

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB

Daw, Nigel K., 1997, Photograph, PRG 1732/2/4404/2

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games livery operated by Ansett Australia at West Beach.

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB

Daw, Nigel K., 1998, Photograph, PRG 1732/2/4404/3

Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games livery operated by Ansett Australia at Tullamarine.

Dickson Gardner wedding

Grimmett, Vic, 1961, Photograph, PRG 1662/10/462/1

"Just wed Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gardner toast one another at their reception at Fernilee Lodge. Mrs. Gardner was Jan Dickson, of Hazelwood Park. The groom, son of Mrs. M. Gardener, of Roseville, Sydney, coached Pulteney Grammar School to success in the recent Head of the River."

Children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1926, Photograph, PRG 769/1/4

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, in front of bamboo trees. Back row L-R: Rita Richards, Sidney Waye, Paddy Waye. Front row L-R: George Tongerie, Parker O'Donoghue, Mona Paul.

First group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta

1927, Photograph, PRG 769/1/5

Group of children at the first mission house at Oodnadatta, forerunner to Colebrook Home, in height order. L-R: Rita Richards, Paddy Waye, Ruth Selah, Parker O'Donoghue, Sidney Waye, George Tongerie, Mona Paul. This image was used in a UAM booklet.

Australian Jockey Club Lady's badge

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1955, Realia, PRG 18/43/8/5

Australian Jockey Club Lady's badge for the 1955-1956 season, belonging to Anita Smith. The badge is an oval shape, featuring the Australian Jockey Club logo in the centre, above the member number 'B1438'. Engraved on reverser: 'Angus and Coote Jewellers, Sydney'.

Australian Jockey Club badge

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1955, Realia, PRG 18/43/8/6

Australian Jockey Club member badge for the 1955-1956 season, belonging to Keith Smith. The circular badge features the Australian Jockey Club logo in the centre, above the member number '1438'. The badge is attached to a short chain at the top, connected to a bar and pin. Engraved on reverse: 'Not transferable. 1438. Angus & Coote Jewellers, Sydney'.

Dame Roma Mitchell at Mary Bleechmore's dinner

c. 1993, Photograph, PRG 778/23/10/8

Mary Bleechmore's dinner at Keswick Barracks to raise funds for University Regiments.

Private Gordon Miell

Vandyck Studio, c. 1916, Photograph, B 77776

Studio portrait of Private Horatio Gordon Miell in World War One AIF uniform, including slouch hat. Written on reverser: 'Gordon Miell, Crystal Brook'.

Children holding cabbages at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn

c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 769/1/31

Children holding cabbages at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn. A local man, Mr. Campbell would come from his farm and give cabbages to the home. Children include Sid Waye, Nellie Lester, Emily Lester, Bessie Waye, Linda Lester, Rita Richards, Ruby Hayes, Nancy Brumbie, Martin Dodd, George Tongerie, Steve O'Donoghue, and Ray Lester.

Family photograph album relating to the Kay family

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1415/35/3

Photograph album belonging to the Kay family featuring carte de visite portraits of relatives of the Kay family. In the back cover of the album is a miniature album, insterted inside the cover, which folds open to reveal more carte de visite photographs (see numbers 43- 48). Also includes loose photographs (49-51), and In memoriam cards for Annie Kay, wife of Robert Kay (died 1886), a cross stitch bookmark with 'Sunday' stitched across the centre, and a newspaper cutting about the unveiling of a portrait of Catherine Helen Spence at the State Library of South Australia.

Photograph album of the Hubbe family and extended family

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, c. 1860, Photograph, PRG 1415/35/5

Photograph album of the Hubbe family and their extended family. See below for details.

State Library of South Australia Staff with their favourite reads in 2016

Woolley, Toby, 2016, Photograph, B 78175/9

Liz with 'Between a Wolf and a Dog' by Georgia Blain (2016). From State Library of South Australia Facebook post, 21 December 2016: "#ourfavouritereadsin2016 Liz works in our Community Learning team so she keeps very busy, but did have time to read a book by an Australian author who, sadly, recently passed away. 'Between a Wolf and a Dog' by Georgia Blain (2016) Australian fiction about family crises. The action takes place over one rainy day in Sydney, with time shifts to flesh out the characters and their interwoven motivations and relationships. Great writing, complex characters - real life. - Liz"

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 : George Woodroofe Goyder

c. , Photograph, B 6912/J5

George Woodroofe Goyder, 1826-1898, arrived in South Australia in c. 1851 (from Sydney). Surveyor-general.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 1] : Percy Castleden Dove

c. , Photograph, B 8507/3B

Percy Castleden Dove, 1838-1886, arrived in South Australia in September 1860 landing at Melbourne on board the ship the "Champion of the Seas". Bank manager, Port Lincoln; Yackandandah, Victoria; Sydney, New South Wales.

English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, King William Street

1883, Artwork, B 78445

Hand-coloured print from a newspaper of the new premises for the English, Scottish and Australian Bank, King William William Street, Adelaide. Artist unknown. The bank was founded in 1852 and was known as the ES&A Bank. The building was designed by William Wilkinson Wardell of Sydney in the 'Gothic Revival' style, and was completed in 1883, located on the corner of King William Street and Gresham Place. The building was demolished in 1965. The print was originally published in 'Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News', Sunday 1 April 1883, page 4. Handwritten at bottom of cutting: 'Fremason, April 1883'.

Norman family photographs

Norman (Family), c. 1853, Photograph, PRG 422/3/601-800

Photographs collected by the Norman family. A listing has been made by number (1-921) and by alphabetical order, attached to this record (see attached special list for details). A further 30 original photographs of Echuca, Maloga, Aboriginal people, and the Norman and Magarey families (some have captions on backs) have been added to this series and continue the numbering sequence to 951.

Photographic portraits of eminent South Australian women

Sellick, Robin, 1996, Photograph, B 78534

Photographic negatives of pole vaulter Emma George; politician Natasha Stott Despoja with her mother, journalist Shirley Stott Despoja; former Prime Minister Julia Gillard; equestrian Wendy Schaeffer; writer and television chef Dorinda Hafner; and politician Amanda Vanstone.

GMH Craftsman's Guild slides

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1966, Photograph, BRG 213/148/2/3

Images relating to the Holden Craftsman's Guild and associated model car competitions. Includes images of an outdoor fair with Holden cars and models on display; Holden dealerships; talks to schoolchildren; model cars; trophies; advertising posters for model car competition; advertising posters displayed in a butcher's window; boys in cowboy hats signing up for model car competition; image of membership application form for model car competition; advertisements for car display at Winter & Taylor car dealership in Malop St, Geelong; man displaying clay car model building to group of teenage boys in grey and red school uniforms. Accompanying cards for display with slides are not in order, but include the following: "Australia's GMH Craftsman's Guild is based on successful General Motors sponsored guilds in the United States of America, United Kingdom, and in Switzerland and Germany". "Winning members share awards for education totalling $6000. The National Winner enjoys an exciting all-expenses-paid visit to U.S.A. The Top Five Award Winners come to Melbourne for three days National Award festivities, and banquet, with all expenses paid. In addition the Victorian winner spends two days in Sydney as GMH's guest. Tool kits valued at $200 are awarded for other commendable models." "This three-eights scale model clay 'mock-up' faithfully reproduces the shapes, sizes and contours of the original design." "Watch these professional car stylists from the GMH Technical Centre demonstrating the principles you can follow in designing and modelling your car." "Professional stylists at the GMH Technical Centre styled this H.R. Holden Premier sedan by using the same simple principles explained in the GMH Craftsman's Guild model car instruction booklet."

Mr Fagan and Mr Traynor in a boat at Milingimbi

Shepherdson, Harold, c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 933/13/392

"These two men on the small boat (Mr Fagan and Mr Trainor [Traynor]) called at Milingimbi on their way to Sydney, but at Caledon Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria, they were killed by Aboriginals".

Australian Network for Art and Technology: artist file of Nola Farman

Farman, Nola May, 1983, Mixed material, BRG 391/102

Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) artist file of Nola Farman comprising: catalogue with essays for art pieces "A Matter of Refraction by Nola Farman, Sally Prior, Jill Scott and Julie Vulcan at the Performance Art Space, September 1990, "The Heart of the Matter" by Nola Farman and Anna Gibbs, "The Surgeon, The Daughter and The Holy Ghost" by Sally Pryor, "Continental Drift" by Jill Scott, and "The Light Fell - Some New Pain" and video installation by Julie Vulcan (BRG 391/102/1); A 1983 catalogue essay with set up, installation and technical notes for "The Lift Project" by Nola Farman and Michael Brown (BRG 391/102/2); photocopy of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 1990, regarding the new media artwork "A Matter of Refraction" (BRG 391/102/3); 2 sheets of braille from the installation artwork "The Braille Book" 1993-1994 (BRG 391/102/4); 32 photographic slides showing still shots of installation artworks "The Braille Book" and "Subterranean Listening Device", "Attacked by one's own action", and "The Michelangelo Project" - includes a slide list (BRG 391/102/5).

Pagewood Plant: Aerial view

GM Holden Ltd, 1956, Photograph, BRG 213/76/4/63

Caption reads: 'Pagewood, Sydney; 34 acre Body and Vehicle Assembly Plant for NSW'. Aerial view, including surrounding suburban housing.

Pagewood Plant: Aerial view

GM Holden Ltd, 1956, Photograph, BRG 213/76/4/64

Caption reads: 'Pagewood, Sydney; 34 acre Body and Vehicle Assembly Plant for NSW'. Aerial view, including surrounding suburban housing, car park in foreground'.

Pagewood Plant: Aerial view

GM Holden Ltd, 1956, Photograph, BRG 213/76/4/65

Caption reads: 'Pagewood, Sydney; 34 acre Body and Vehicle Assembly Plant for NSW'. Aerial view, including surrounding suburban housing.'

GMH Dandenong Plant: Visitors at Dandenong plant

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1956, Photograph, BRG 213/93/8/VOL3/28

Caption reads: 'H McNicol- P/R TEAL - Auckland; L Ablett - Editor - Hawera Star; R Huckstepp - NZ NAC - Wellington; G Biss - Biss Thew & Co - Devonport; M Harkins - Vic Govt Tourist Bureau - Melb [Melbourne]; G Koea - Chief Reporter - Taranaki Daily News; HC Jenkins - Editor - Warganui [Whanganui] Chronicle; J Spedding - Editor - Femin - Auckland; Alex Applebaum - TEAL Australia - Sydney; Roger Okeby - Branch Mge - NZNAC - Taurang; JB Petersen - O/C Airways - Union Steamship Coy - Auckland; H Finney - Passenger Mgr - Thos Cook & Son - Wellington; JH Horn - GMH'.

Series 002: Centenary Air Race at Parafield Airport

Smith, D. Darian, 1929, Photograph, BRG 397/2/2

Photographs believed to be of the 1929 Western Australian Centenary Air Race from Sydney to Perth, during their stopover at Parafield.

Series 012: Roman Catholic Eucharistic Congress Celebration at the Jubilee Oval

Smith, D. Darian, 1928, Photograph, BRG 397/2/12

The 1928 Eucharistic Congress Celebration at the Jubilee Oval, corner of Frome Road and Victoria Drive. Photographs taken from the air from various directions. The international Eucharistic Congress was held in Sydney, and this event was the local Adelaide celebration. The Jubilee Oval hosted large sporting and other events, including the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society Shows. It was operational from 1895-1945. University of Adelaide buildings and the Exhibition Building can be seen in some of the images.

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