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W.H. May & Sons Foundry, Wallaroo
View of the interior of W.H. May's Foundry at Wallaroo, with a number of staff standing beside the machinery.
Wallaroo Jetty
The S.V. 'Garibaldi' on left and the 'Bonchamp' from Nantes on right at Wallaroo jetty between December 1904 and January 1905.
Wallaroo Cricket Club
Wallaroo Cricket Club, premiers in 1949-1950 season. Names under photograph on mount.
A crowd outside the fire-damaged Town Hall at Wallaroo
A crowd assembled outside the fire-damaged Town Hall at Wallaroo. A sign for the Savings Bank of South Australia is adjacent to the front entrance of the building, and bicycles are parked against a steel fence at a level train crossing in the foreground. A note on the reverse, signed by 'E' reads 'This is the Ruins of the Town Hall Where the X is, is yours truly & next to me is two of my girl friends Misses Una Hooper & Nell Dorey'.
Wheat stack, Wallaroo
View of a wheat stack at Wallaroo, South Australia. A worker is standing by the pulley on the right of the stack.
Wallaroo Boat Harbour
Wallaroo Boat Harbour. The settlement of Wallaroo was built around Wallaroo Bay and a jetty was built in 1861 to enable ships to bring mining equipment for the mines being established at Kadina. Although the mines were named Wallaroo Mines they were located at Kadina. Wallaroo was a smelting and habour town. This photograph shows boats anchored in Wallaroo Harbour during rough weather.
"Marechal de Gontaut"
Barque "Marechal de Gontaut" at Wallaroo jetty.
Cargo ships waiting for grain to be loaded from Wallaroo wharf
Waterside workers handling bales of grain on the wharf at Wallaroo to load on to waiting cargo ships.
Port Wallaroo from the jetty
Lithographic print of a panoramic view of Port Wallaroo from the Jetty, with the smelting works in the background. A note on the back by O. Pryor reads: 'View of Wallaroo Jetty and Smelting works. Erection of smelters began early in 1861. Ten furnaces completed about September of that year. Fires list in November 1861. Wood fuel used at first, mixed with coal a little later. Architects: G. and E. Hamilton, Adelaide. Contractors: Tiver and Co. Superintendent: Capt. Lysson Jones, formerly of Burra and Kapunda. Stack - 110 feet high, 24 feet square at base, 12 feet square at summit. See the "Observer" for articles on furnaces, jetty & stack (Jan. 25, 1862), opening ceremony and lighting new furnaces (Nov. 16, 1861, Suppl. 4c), new jetty (Nov. 30, 1861, 2b), and arrival of crane and donkey engine for jetty (Dec. 14, 1861, 7g).
Wallaroo Iron Works
[General description] Horwood and Son's Wallaroo Iron Works. Three men stand in front of the stone building which has various items including trestles, pallets and pieces of machinery in view. On the right is the furnace chimney and stacked firewood.
Grain Ships, Wallaroo
Grain ships: Archibald Russell, Isleworth, Rio Diamanti, Abraham Rydberg, Deepol and Penang.
Wallaroo
Group of children displaying spinning methods.
Stoping with HammerJack
Stoping with a Hammer jack in Young's Shaft, Wallaroo Mines.
Children at Miss Amy Carleton's private school, Wallaroo
A large group of young children lined up against a paling fence, with Miss Amy Carleton, who ran the private school, standing on the right.
Wallaroo Ambulance Class
Wallaroo Railway St. John Ambulance Class, May 1908. Front row: L.W.G. Gitsham, H. Heath, E. Bews, J. Henderson, Cr. C.E.C. Wilson (lecturer), S.J.Simpson (secretary), H. Black, J. Walsh & W.H. Sedgley; middle row: G.E. Hooper, Q.E. Clarke, E.C. Judd, G.E. White, M.M. Guthrie, D.J. Cullen, O.F. Matthews, W. McNeice & E.D. Thomas; back row: C. Grimm, A. Dumas, G. Schell, G. Tippins & T. Jones.
Loading cargo at Wallaroo jetty
Distant view of cargo being loaded on to a waiting steamship at Wallaroo jetty.
New Year's Day regatta at Wallaroo
A jetty scene during a New Year's Day regatta at Wallaroo giving a close view of visitors and sailing ships with flags flying.
Shipping at Wallaroo, South Australia
Sailing ships and steamers at Wallaroo jetty, possibly collecting shipments of wheat.
Shipping at Wallaroo jetty, South Australia
Sail and steam shipping anchored at Wallaroo jetty, South Australia.
Premises of the Town Hall at Wallaroo, South Australia
The premises of the Town Hall at Wallaroo, South Australia.
Stormy seas battering sea baths at Wallaroo, South Australia
Stormy seas battering sea baths and its advertisement at Wallaroo, South Australia.
Surf crashing on the sea baths at Wallaroo, South Australia
Surf crashing on to the sea baths and its advertisements during a storm at Wallaroo, South Australia.
Loading cargo ships at Wallaroo jetty
Men handling bagged produce for loading on to cargo and grain ships waiting at Wallaroo jetty in South Australia.
Wallaroo
Aerial view of Wallaroo in 1929. This photograph was reproduced in The Chronicle, July 25, 1929, although a homeowner from Wallaroo believes the correct date to be pre 1915.
Wallaroo
View of Wallaroo, possibly of Jetty Road, showing Hughs Chimney Stack (1861) in the background. A ship moored at the jetty can also be seen. Loaded carts of grain in sacks are in the foreground. The population of Wallaroo in 1865 was 3,000. The jetty was built in 1861 for ships to bring in coal, timber, food and mining equipment. The first load of refined copper was shipped out in 1861.
Owen Terrace, Wallaroo
[General description] Bicycles are propped along the kerb in front of the shops along Owen Terrace, Wallaroo. From left to right are Chandler & Co., Carpenters and Builders; R.W. Phillips, Wallaroo Drug Store; W.H. Bennett, Draper's Club; a hairdresser; The Gulf Stores. Signs cannot be made out for buildings further along.
Wallaroo
[General description] Panoramic view of Wallaroo, showing town buildings with the Railway station in foreground. The Wallaroo Jetty and a large cargo ship can be seen in the background.
Wallaroo
[General description] View of Wallaroo smelters, their chimneys silhouetted against the sky. Their construction was begun in 1861, soon after James Boor discovered traces of copper at the Wallaroo Mine site. The largest chimneystack is known as the Hughes Chimney, named after Sir Walter Watson Hughes who was the pastoralist on whose property the Moonta lodes were found.
Main Street, Wallaroo
Main Street, Wallaroo. Photograph is depicted as being Owen Terrace, looking east. Letherby's Wallaroo Series. R Letherby Pharmaceutical Chemist shop is in the forefront of the photograph. Signs on the two storey building advertise Newsagents, Stationers, Spectacles, Sight tested, Druggist, Dispensing Chemist
Smelting Works Manager
T.C.Cloud manager of Wallaroo Smelting Works at his home at Wallaroo.