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Afghan and Decorated Camel
A proud Afghan rider and decorated camel. These cameleers made a substantial contribution to South Australia by opening up the outback and helping with the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line and the railway. The photograph shows an important cameleer wearing jodphurs, jacket and turban sitting stride a highly decorated camel
Yankalilla Post Office
Post and Telegraph office at Yankalilla.
Rundle Street
[General description] Shops on the northern side of Rundle Street between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. Five of these shop fronts comprise Charles Birks and Company. The three storey building also houses Crook and Bookers Iron Mongers and at the other end of the building is situated S. Marshall and Sons. Next door to this is D. Bernard and Company's Framing Depot. Gas lights can be seen attached to telegraph poles. A penny farthing bicycle is parked at the kerb and a horse drawn tram is making its way along Rundle Street. A lady is pushing a pram along the pavement and some ladies have umbrellas to give shade from the sun. Many people are going about their business. [On back of photograph] Acre 44. Rundle Street, North side. Between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. About 1898.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] City department stores seen through a maze of telegraph and electricity wires. On the left is Donaldson and Andrews, drapers, and the buildings in the centre are the premises of James Marshall, importers and furnishers. Part of the Globe Hotel can be seen on the right. Fashionably dressed people walk by and a horse-drawn omnibus stands for a man who is boarding. Note the canopy over the driver's seat. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45 & 46 / Rundle Street, north side / About 1896 / Extreme left is about 47 yards east of King William St.'
King William Street
King William Street, west side on the right. Many horse drawn buses and carriages can be seen in the street. Telegraph wires line the western side of the street. The tower of the Town Hall can be seen in the centre of the photograph
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] The photographer has used the telegraph wires for an interesting effect in this scene of city street and buildings. The traffic is all horse drawn and prominent is the Kensington horse tram number 76 displaying a sign advertising Shierlaw's clothing and tailoring business. The Industrial Buildings is in the centre. Bertram & Cornish and H. Jones Photographers are on the corner of Hindley Street. On the far right the E.S.& A. Bank building can be seen. [On back of photograph] 'King William Street, west side.' (Another hand) 'Donated by Mrs. R.C. Edwardes, Glenunga.' Sweet Adelaide signature with inverted anchor symbol or 7. Other copies are held in Sweet Collection folder 5 & 6.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] City buildings and telegraph poles are seen on either side of King William Street which is busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic. Tramlines for the new electric trams and their decorative poles (some with lamps) are in the centre of the road. [On back of photograph] 'King William Street / Looking south from a point a little north of Hindley and Rundle Streets / About 1909'.
Children from the Sunbeam Society travelling by tramcar to a picnic, Grenfell Street
Grenfell Street, North Side. Children from the Sunbeam Society leaving for a picnic. "There must have been fully 1000 little souls all on holiday bent, with numberless gaily-coloured flags..." [The Express & Telegraph, 28 Jan. 1896]. The tramcars going to the Sunbeam Picnic left from Grenfell Street to the residence of Sir Edwin Smith, who had opened his grounds for the picnic.
King William Street, Adelaide
King William Street, Adelaide, looking south from a point a few yards north of Grenfell Street. It is a wet day and there is little traffic, but horse cabs are lined up in the middle of the road. On the extreme right is the Bank of Adelaide. The Town Hall is on the left, and opposite is the General Post Office, whilst the Advertiser building tower can be seen to its right. Telegraph poles are prominent in the street. Businesses to be seen are J.G. Rowell and R.H. Wigg which place this photo between 1884-87.
King William Street, Adelaide
King William Street, Adelaide, looking south from an elevated point south of Rundle Street. This view looks along the tops of the verandahs towards the two towers of the Town Hall, and opposite, the General Post Office. The smaller tower of the Advertiser Building on its right. Telegraph poles line the street which is busy with horse drawn traffic and pedestrians. On the extreme right is Currie Street. The extreme left, in the foreground is 50 yards south of Rundle Street.
King William Street, Adelaide
King William Street, Adelaide, looking south from a point a few yards south of Currie Street. In the foreground a horse and buggy is tied up to a hitching post, and street traffic is all horse drawn. Two men are on a ladder working on the telegraph wires. The Town Hall can be seen in the background. The extreme right is roughly from 24 to 30 yards south of Currie Street, and the extreme left is from 60 to 67 yards north of Pirie Street.
Grenfell Street, Adelaide
[General description] City buildings, unsealed road and horse transport: horses are ridden and drawing trams, buggies and carts. In the foreground a two wheeled cart is being drawn by two horses in tandem ie. one horse following the other. Pedestrians stroll along the footpath At the kerbside telegraph poles recede into the distance. [On back of photograph] 'Grenfell and Currie Streets, looking west from James Place. About 1896. Near side of Cowra Chambers (on left) is 2 yards east of the west side of James Place'.
Pirie Street
[General Description] The north side of Pirie Street between Coromandel Place and Chesser Street showing the frontage of the Onslow Buildings. Some of the business' in this building include A.J. Baker Picture Framers, Poloware and Sports Depot, Pawnbrokers, Raleigh Depot, C.W. Rose Importers and Kruss the Printer. A penny farthing bicycle is leaning against a telegraph pole outside the Onslow Buildings. A lady wearing an elaborate hat is looking at paintings in the A.J. Baker Shop. [On back of photograph] Acres 167 and 166. Pirie Street, north side. 1909-10* *Probably 1909. See B 7787/24. In the foreground is Coromandel Place. Frontage of Onslow Buildings - 29 yards. The little balconies on Onslow Buildings were removed between 1910 and 1912. For view of building in 1957 see B 13967.
King William Street, Adelaide
King William Street, Adelaide, looking north from Waymouth Street. A coach stands outside the Clarence Hotel, and a horse-drawn tram passes by. Cabs for hire wait in the centre of the street, which is lined with telegraph poles. The near side of Scrymgour's [extreme left] is 18 yards north of Waymouth Street and the extreme right of the photo is 30 yards north of Pirie Street.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] The South Australian Insurance Company's building dominates this view of the street corner on a wet day. Some people are standing on the pavement whilst others are crossing the road. The two-horse wagonette standing at the kerb is probably a cab. Note the two signs on the telegraph pole reminding horse riders and drivers to 'walk round corners.' [On back of photograph] 'Acre 170 / North east corner of King William Street and Pirie Streets. 1894 / Left side of S.A. Insurance Co.'s premises is 14.5 yards north of Pirie Street. On the right is Manufacturers Place.' (Another hand) 'For view of this corner in 1957 see B 13962.' The building contains the offices of W.A & J.E. Ewens, Sharebrokers and Licensed Landbrokers, on the ground floor. Wolford Albert Ewens (1861-1895) and John Ernest Ewens (1865-1894) were grandchildren of William Ewens and Sarah (nee Spiller), whose famileries arrived on the 'Prince Regent' on 25 September 1839.
Waymouth Street, Adelaide
[General description] Telegraph wires cut across this view along Waymouth Street which is lined by buildings, the most prominent being the Advertiser Building on the left. Horse tram tracks are visible. Pedestrians, mostly men, are going about their business. [On back of photograph] 'Waymouth Street looking west from King William St. / About 1890'.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] Two of the new electric trams, numbers 44 and 50, are seen on King William Street, with tram tracks and the poles that support the wires prominent in the foreground. City buildings form a background with the Advertiser building (the first one with a turret) on the right. Further down the street is the General Post Office. On the left is the Town Hall with its empty clock tower. Telegraph poles and wires line the street. [On back of photograph] 'King William Street, looking south from a point between Grenfell and Pirie Streets / Dec. 1909'.
Flinders Street, Adelaide
Flinders Street, Adelaide, looking west from Ackland Street. [Note the "A" on the post Office flag. This fixes the date as subsequent to 1877, when the Western Australia to South Australia telegraph line was opened.] The near side of the two storey houses on the right is 76 yards west of Ackland Street and the cottage on the extreme left is 55 yards west of Ackland Street.
Pulteney Street, Adelaide
[General description] St. Paul's Anglican Church, dating from 1860, is a substantial stone building with a slate roof surrounded by a stone wall with wrought iron panels. Note the large telegraph pole on the street corner. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 228 / St. Paul's Church, Pulteney Street / before 1927' (Another hand) 'For view of church taken in 1952, see B 12460. Trees in front of church removed in 1942.'
Flinders Street, Adelaide
[General description] This neo-classical building features decorative balustrading on the parapet and upstairs balconies. Above the main arched doorway on both floors the keystone is carved with a human face. The building was used by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, South Australia from 1884. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 233 / Flinders Street, north side / Part of Earl of Zetland Hotel / About 1890 / Extreme left is 7 yards east of Gawler Place. Telegraph post on right is 30 yards east of Gawler Place.' (Another hand) 'For view of this building in 1958 see B 14058.'
Flinders Street, Adelaide
This view of the Government Offices is taken looking north from the north eastern side of Victoria Square and shows pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic on the street. A telegraph pole and its wires are dominant in the foreground. A boy is pushing an infant in a perambulator up onto the footpath. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 236 / Government Offices, Flinders Street frontage / About 1898'.
Franklin Street, Adelaide
Franklin Street, Adelaide, north side, taken in August 1922. The building behind the telegraph post is the Telephone Exchange. The frontage of the building is 13.5 yards. Its left side is opposite the west side of Victoria Square. The building on the right is the Post Office.
King William Street, Adelaide
Money Order Office, King William Street, Adelaide. Several bystanders (one with his horse) pose in front of the building, which was previously the old Post Office, demolished in 1891 to make way for the Telegraph Office.A weighing machine is in front of the building and to the right can be seen J. Coney & Ede, Watchmakers & Jewellers' shop. The left side of the building is 50 yards north of Franklin Street.
King William Street
General Post Office and Telegraph Station, King William Street.
King William Street
General Post Office, King William Street showing the newly completed northern wing. This extention was built in 1891-93 by the same architects who built the main post office. The new building housed the telegraph and administrative offices. The dominant clock tower which was completed in 1876, chimes on the quarter with chimes copied from those of Westminster Abbey
King William Street
Telegraph operating room, King William Street.
Balfour Wauchope Pty. Ltd., Adelaide
[General description] Balfour Wauchope's new addition is a two storey brick building with windows that have been designed so that the top sections may be opened to provide fresh air. A horse feeding from a nose bag stands harnessed to a wagon next to the Franklin Street entrance. This factory site was used by Balfour's for about 100 years until manufacturing was moved to the suburbs in 2003. Note the large telegraph pole with a prop to provide stability. [On back of photograph] 'North west corner of Morphett & Franklin Sts. / March 29, 1926. The two story portion of Balfour's factory was erected in 1925. For photo. of the site in 1924, see B 2295. / Franklin St. frontage of Balfour's: 42 yds. / Morphett St. frontage of Balfour's: 331/2 yds.' (Another hand) 'For additions made in 1937 (Franklin St.) see B 7393.'
North of Franklin Street, Adelaide
North of Franklin Street, looking south. On the left, in the foreground, is the back of the General Post Office. In the distance in the centre of the photograph are the Windsor Castle Hotel and Morialta Chambers. In the centre of the view are large banks of telegraph wires feeding into the rear of the Post Office. On the extreme right is a building with stacks of barrels outside, possibly a cooperage.
Franklin Street, Adelaide
Franklin Street, Adelaide. A heavy web of telegraph wires hangs over the street where passengers are waiting to board J.Hill & Co.'s coaches. The four horse coach on the right has at least 15 passengers seated outside in three tiers. By the close of the 19th century Hill's was the largest and oldest surviving establishment of its kind in Australia. On the right, in front of the Windsor Castle Hotel, a man buys from a fruit seller's barrow.
Victoria Square, Adelaide
Victoria Square, Adelaide, west side, looking south from Franklin Street. A man and his dog are crossing the road in front of a horse drawn waggon. The square has iron railings and telegraph poles are prominent in the view. The extreme right of the photograph is 52 yards south of Franklin Street.