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Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1870, Photograph, B 10630

[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

c. 1909, Photograph, B 13503

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

c. 1863, Photograph, B 26266

T.C.Cloud manager of Wallaroo Smelting Works at his home at Wallaroo.

Town Hall Chambers

c. 1904, Photograph, B 26985

Town Hall Chambers, Wallaroo.

Wheat Stacks on Fire

c. 1914, Photograph, B 27678

Wheat stacks on fire, Wallaroo.

Wheat Stacks on Fire

c. 1914, Photograph, B 27679

Wheat stacks on fire, Wallaroo.

Wheat Stacks on Fire

c. 1914, Photograph, B 27680

Wheat stacks on fire, Wallaroo.

Wallaroo Jetty

c. 1927, Photograph, B 37159

View of ships at old jetty.

Wallaroo

c. 1870, Photograph, B 45004

Wallaroo 1870. In the right background is the Wallaroo Smelters and the centre stone building with the two windows is the Customs Building. The building on the left with the large square chimney was a water distillery. [Information provided by Nick Woods].

Croquet Club House

1931, Photograph, B 46263

The opening ceremony for the Croquet Club House.

SS 'Dimboola'

c. 1912, Photograph, B 47376

View of the SS 'Dimboola' at the jetty, Wallaroo. The ship was built in 1912 for the Melbourne Steamship Company.

Picnic on the beach

c. 1910, Photograph, B 47387

Picnic Day on the beach, Wallaroo.

Ore Sorting Plant

1908, Photograph, B 9220

Employees at Ore Sorting Plant, Wallaroo Mines include aged men and very young youths.

Stope at Wallaroo Mines

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12787

Stope - showing roof supported by styles and backing pieces.

Wallaroo Mines

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12793

Interior of oresorting plant (Office Plant), showing old men and boys picking out ore and attle (Mullock) from travelling conveyor underneath.

"Telescope" Rock Drill

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12794

"Telescope" rock drill used in a rise in underground workings at Young's and Taylor's shafts at Wallaroo Mines.

Poppet Head, Ore Storage Bin

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12797

Young's Poppet Head and Ore Storage Bin. Left: Conveyor belt. Background: Winding engine-house. Pictured at Wallaroo Mines.

Tube Mills at Devon Plant

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12799

Tube Mills at Devon Plant (concentrating) for grinding the ore to the size of coarse sand. Flints were used for grinding at Wallaroo Mines.

Central Power Plant, Interior

c. 1914, Photograph, B 12800

Interior view of Central Power Plant, showing air compressors. The engine in the foreground was made by James Matin and co., Gawler S.A. The other are Ingersoll-Rand compressors, Wallaroo Mines.

Underground Electric Pump Tay

Mitchell, M., c. 1905, Photograph, B 13511

Underground electric pump, Taylor's Shaft, Wallaroo Mines. Taylors 60 inch Cornish pumping engine operated from 1863 until the fire of 1904 which destroyed the upper part of the shaft. Electric pumps shown in this photograph replaced the Cornish engine after the fire