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Photographs of Adelaide scenes

1913, Photograph, B 70937/1-86

Collection of black and white photographic prints, taken by an unknown photographer. They cover localities in the Adelaide Hills, Adelaide street scenes, events and activities. Details of items are listed below.

Footpath in Commercial Road prior to paving

c. 1925, Photograph, B 71065

Footpath in Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, prior to paving with concrete slabs. H.S. Martin's furniture store, and Richard Mitchell's furniture packers premises are adjacent to the works and a rail bridge can be seen in the middle distance. According to a researcher, Richard Mitchell's furniture packer premises was formerly the Port Adelaide Fire Station which was opened on the 10th February 1898. [Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), Tuesday 4 January 1898, page 2 THE NEW FIRE STATION AT PORT ADELAIDE.]

Views of Iron Knob

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71354/1-48

A collection of images of Iron Knob.

Views of Victor Harbor

Immig, John, 2006, Photograph, B 71393/1-50

A collection of images of Victor Harbor.

Adelaide Road, St Leonards

c. 1900, Photograph, B 71505

St Leonards in vicinity of Adelaide Road (now Anzac Highway) looking east. The houses in the centre between the two telegraph posts are the old and new Government Cottages, the latter used as J.W. Billiatt's Lancing School on Adelphi Terrace till 1890. The two-storey building with striped upper verandah roof, to left of the gas lamp, is the old St Leonards Inn on Adelaide Road.

Album of people, places and events on Eyre Peninsula and the west coast of South Australia during the years 1929-1934

Derbyshire, Edward Fairhurst, 1929, Photograph, B 71790/154-272

A collection of 329 photographs of people, events and places on the Eyre Peninsula and west coast of South Australia. Places include Tallala Well, Thevenard, Wirrulla, Poochera, Minnipa, Wudinna, Mount Wedge, Haslam, Carawa, Laura Bay, Perlubie, Venus Bay, Elliston, Coulta, Tod River, Poonindie, Tumby Bay, Verran, Cleve, Arno Bay, Cowell, Kimba, Whyalla, Penong, Iron Knob. The album contains photographs which document the Back to Port Lincoln Carnival celebrations, 7-14 February 1930; photographs taken at Ceduna of the Western Australian Centenary Air Race 1929 (also known as the East- West Air Race); the refuelling stop at Ceduna of the inaugural flight of Air Mail services between Adelaide and Perth 1929 and the 130th Anniversary of the Landing of Matthew Flinders at Boston Bay, 26 February 1932. A number of sailing ships and motor vessels visiting Boston Bay between 1929 and 1933 were photographed, among them Melbourne, Olive Bank, Hougomont, Viking, Phasianella, Minnipa, King Stephen, Moonta, Rhymney, L'Avenir, Grootekerk and the new aircraft carrier HMAS Albatross which was first commissioned in 1929. The photographs include some interesting images of farming and transportation on the far west coast of South Australia, and show glimpses of the lives of Aboriginal people at that time, at Poonindie Mission, Koonibba Mission, Fowler's Bay and Ceduna region. The photographs in this collection were taken by E. F. Derbyshire during the years 1929-1933, when he was a commercial traveller for Clarkson Limited of Adelaide, suppliers of builders' tools and hardware. See 'Contents' for more information and details of individual photographs.

Music makers in mixed costumes

1929, Photograph, B 71844

Pageant float of Music Makers in mixed costumes in King William Street, Adelaide on 10 August 1929. The woman dressed as a Pearly King is Mrs Leah Ray. She and some of the other people are holding collection cans.

Mr Kruger and the British Lion

Chinner, J. H., 1900, Artwork, B 68156

Pen and ink drawing depicting a caricature of a man chased by a lion wielding a British flag. The artwork is overlayed with watercolour, which is also applied as a wash in areas. Inscribed by the artist, 'Mr. Kruger and the British Lion. To Kenneth, Pt Victor 27.9.00'. Signed in initials diagram of JHC, bottom left corner.

Photograph album of South Australian and other scenes

1912, Photograph, B 40564/1-279

Photographic album of unknown provenance of South Australian views and other places. Some have been given captions by the creators. A selection of these has been digitised and available online. See 'Contents' for details.

South Australian Amateur Photographic Society Stockbook

South Australian Amateur Photographic Society, c. 1880, Photograph, B 21706/1-42

ALBUM: inscribed 'Amateur photographer's stock book, whole plate' by the South Australian Amateur Photographic Society collection, comprising 42 views of Adelaide and including Aboriginal people.

Australasian Views album 1

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1862, Photograph, B 47794/1-146B

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.

Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills: album of views

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1875, Photograph, B 72115/1-31

Album of views taken in Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in and around Adelaide showing prominent buildings and the Botanic Gardens, Glenelg and Port Adelaide, as well as Norton's Summit, Waterfall Gully, Morialta, and Bridgewater in the Adelaide hills.

Exploration in the Northern Territory : album

Brown, H. Y. L., 1890, Photograph, B 72164/1-23

Album of photographs by H. Y. L. Brown, SA Government Geologist, thought to have been taken during an expedition with camels to the MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory in May 1890. The photographs cover part of the journey, from Alice Springs to Emily Gap, Arltunga gold fields, Paddy's Hole, Claraville, Hart's Range, Glen Helen Station, Mount Sonder, Haast's Bluff, and the Finke River. Some photographs are loose and have been trimmed to half pages. Two photographs are missing, captioned 'Chamber's Pillar, Finke River SA' and 'M.C. Wiltshire & native police, Boggy Waterhole, Finke River'.

King William Street looking south

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1885, Photograph, B 43016

Looking south along King William Street from the corner of Currie Street, with view of the eastern side of King William street, partial view of Bank of Adelaide building on right, post box, gas street lighting and telegraph poles.

Rundle Street, north side

Freeman, George, c. 1882, Photograph, B 72269

Rundle Street , north side showing no. 14, R.N. Gault & Co., drapers and importers, no. 16, J. McKirdy, Seedsman with Melbourne Photographic Company (George Freeman, manager) on first floor (see studio glass windows), and four storey warehouse of Donaldson, Andrews and Sharland next door. On other side of this building is site for James Marshall & Co.'s new building following fire which severely damaged the earlier two-storey premises in 1882. (See B 2504 for a nearly identical image of this view, with James Marshall's earlier building showing blackened facade after fire. Telegraph poles had been erected on Rundle Street by time of later image.).

South Australian views

c. 1870, Photograph, B 45384/1-37

An album of South Australian views of Flinders Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Port Pirie, Port Augusta and one of Darwin. Photographers are not all known - although some are attributed elsewhere to Walter Howchin, and, according to a researcher, numbers 1-24 are by H.R. Perry. Many are duplicated elsewhere in the collection but these for the most part are better quality images. Captions are as they appear in the album.

Shipping at Milang jetty with racing yachts far left

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/1053

Shipping either side of Milang Jetty, with racing yachts passing the end of the jetty centre left, and a crowd watching from the jetty, possibly during a Milang Regatta. Shipping possibly includes: Left, at end of jetty, 'Dispatch', schooner 'Ada & Clara' (3 masts), 'Princess Royal'. On right: 'Telegraph' and schooner 'Annie' (2 masts). A researcher has suggested that the boat at the end of the jetty on the left is not either of the two paddle steamers named 'Dispatch' because the shape of the 'wheel boxes' do not match those of the two 'Dispatch' paddle steamers (the first was sold in 1888 and re-registered as the P.S. Bellarine in Geelong, Victoria. The second 'Dispatch' was a smaller paddle steamer).