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Wallaroo Cemetery
[General description] Monument to Mrs Caroline Carleton, composer of the Song of Australia, in Wallaroo Cemetery with Mayor of Wallaroo, Dr. W.A. Harbison. She died at Matta House, Wallaroo on the 10th July, 1874.
Wallaroo Town Hall
[General description] Wallaroo Town Hall and War Memorial Arch. The Town Hall was built in 1902 and was gutted by fire in 1917 with only the external walls left standing. It was remodelled under the supervision of Adelaide Architect Mr. Quinton Bruce, and re-opened in late February, 1919, the clock being gifted by Mr. Richard Tonkin. The Memorial Arch in front of the Town Hall was unveiled July 30th, 1924 attended by a crowd of approximately 2000 people.
Wallaroo Jetty
[General description] Three ships are moored at the Wallaroo Jetty, with two others further out to sea. They are mostly three masted square riggers. In the foreground are buildings and railway lines out onto the jetty. [On back of photograph] 'Wallaroo Jetty / in the early eighteen seventies / The jetty was built by Gouge in 1861 for the Kadina and Wallaroo Railway and Pier Company / On the left is the Railway Office (note by Mr. O. Pryor) / Copy made from Mr. A.D. Edwardes' negative'.
Town Hall, Wallaroo
Town Hall and Soldiers Memorial, Wallaroo. A fire at the Town Hall in 1917 necessitated the rebuilding the Council Chambers. The tower was rebuilt and a clock was installed in the front facade. A Memorial Arch was erected in front of the Town Hall to commemorate the fifty soldiers from the town who died in World War One.
Wallaroo Jetty
[General description] A busy scene of shipping, both sail and steam, moored at Wallaroo Jetty. Horse drawn rail wagons haul bags of grain to be loaded onto the ships whilst passengers wait to board. On the left is the 3 masted ship 'Cambuskenneth', registered in Tvedestrand, Sweden, owned at this time by Alex Bech & Co. This ship was subsequently sunk on 29 June 1915 by German submarine U-39. [On back of photograph] 'Wallaroo Jetty / 1907-12 / *1905-10 see letter D.M. Fyfe 1971 / Wallaroo National Trust'.
Wallaroo Jetty
Wallaroo Jetty. Wallaroo has had three jetties only one of which remains. The first one was constructed in 1861 and extended 1,000 feet in 1864. In 1880 another jetty was built and this was extended in 1902. By 1874 Wallaroo was the second port for South Australia. As well as copper, outbound cargoes included flour, wool and hides. Inbound cargoes included explosives for the mines, timber for the jetties, coal, potatoes and later superphosphate for the farms
Wallaroo Smelters
Crane for hauling small coal for Wallaroo Smelters. The Wallaroo Smelters operated from 1861 to 1926 on the foreshore at Port Wallaroo
Wallaroo Jetty
Shipping at Wallaroo Jetty.
Wallaroo Jetty
Loading wheat at Wallaroo jetty.
Wallaroo Jetty
Wallaroo jetty with ships: Reinschied, Wolfram, Isis, Bayandum, Delungra and Iron Monarch.
Magazine Beach, Wallaroo
Old Powder at Magazine Beach, Wallaroo. The Wallaroo Powder Magazine was built in 1867 for the storage of explosives for the Wallaroo and Moonta Mines. The tender to build it was won by Mr. R. Anderson for 617 pounds, and was built under the supervision of Mr.W. Beattie. Government Clerk of Works. [Information provided by N.Woods.]
Wallaroo Hospital Nurses
Wallaroo Hospital Nurses: Sexton, Allen, Richardson and Barren.
Wallaroo Residence
Wallaroo Residence of David Bower.
New Year's Day regatta at Wallaroo
WALLAROO: Shipping dressed overall being admired by visitors attending a New Year's Day regatta as they walk along the jetty at Wallaroo, South Australia.
The "Broughton", Wallaroo
Remains of the wheat ketch "Broughton" sunk at the old jetty, Wallaroo.
Wallaroo Mines
View of Wallaroo Mines looking east from Office Shaft. Copper was discovered by a shepherd named James Boor in 1859 in the area where Wallaroo Copper Mines were located. By 1881 Wallaroo contained the largest copper smelters outside Wales. It processed copper from other mines in the district.
Wallaroo Mines
Electrically driven, triplex geared Worthington pumps at Wallaroo Mines. Pump chambers were lined with timber and white washed. The right of the photograph shows the water column through which mine drainage was pumped to the surface. The cast iron pumps were immersed in heated bitumen to resist action of acid in the mine water.
Wallaroo Mines
Electrically driven geared Worthington pumps enclosed in a wood-lined pump chamber at Wallaroo Mines.The pumps were located at the 1,230 foot level. The horizontal pipe is the water delivery connection with the vertical column.
Wallaroo Mines
Fixing timber supports in Wallaroo Mines. Noteon the back of the photograph says "Wallaroo Mines c. 1914-1918. Miners with rock drill (top right) are preparing a place to fix timber support in main level"
Wallaroo Mines
Wallaroo Mines timbering. Note on the back of the photograph says "Wallaroo Mines c.1914-1918. Showing methods of timbering by building a stull (platform braced against the sides of a working area in a mine) to support the roof where the ground is not firm (probably in Young's Shaft, c.1914-1918)"
Wallaroo Mines
Taylor's shaft and pumping engine house, Wallaroo Mines. "Fire broke out in Taylor's shaft and was first noticed at surface at 3 pm on January 1904. Shaft and workings in the upper levels were sealed off permanently and later a new shaft was sunk from surface to connect with the workings in the lower levels. The worst disaster in the history of the mines. See Supplementary Report from General Manager, Wallaroo & Moonta Mining and Smelting Company Ltd., annual report 1904.
Electric Motors, Wallaroo
Electric motors manufactured in the mines engineering shops at Wallaroo during war time. Shell cases were manufactured for the British Government in the mines shops during 1914-18 at Wallaroo Mines.
Lunch room at Wallaroo Mines
WALLAROO MINES: The lunch room at Wallaroo Mines with men and boys sitting at tables.
Procession at Wallaroo
WALLAROO: Boy Scouts leading a procession at Wallaroo.
Procession at Wallaroo
WALLAROO: Boy Scouts leading a procession at Wallaroo.
Wallaroo jetties
Wallaroo jetties viewed from above the railway. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.
Wallaroo Jetty
Shipping moored at the Wallaroo Jetty, published in the "Observer", January 20, 1923. This jetty was known as Price's Jetty, and demolished in 1974. It was the main jetty used in Wallaroo between 1890 and 1930.
Wallaroo
[General description] Panoramic view over Wallaroo's streets, shops, houses and gardens with glimpses of the sea in the distance. The masts of two moored ships can be seen. [On back of photograph] 'Wallaroo looking west from the Town Hall / 1909-11'.
Presbyterian Church, Wallaroo
[General description] The Presbyterian Church at Wallaroo was designed in the Italian Gothic style by architect W. Lewis. The foundation stone was laid by the Reverend Ralph Drummond on the 12th September, 1864. The church was opened approximately a year later.
Smelting Chimney, Wallaroo
Smelting Chimney, Wallaroo. The other parts of the smelting works were demolished between 1923 and 1936. The initials WWH (faintly visible on front of chimney are those of Captain WW Hughes, one of the principal owners of the Wallaroo Mine. Chimney now used as a shipping beacon. The height of the chimney was increased considerably in approximately 1908.