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Diary of Private Maynard Johnson Cole, No. 2, 1918

Cole (Family), 1918, Manuscript, PRG 1710/1/2

Diary of Private Maynard Johnson Cole, 1918. Written on inside cover: 'To Dear Maynard, From All at 27 Montpelier St, Parkside, 20.2.18. A small token of love with best wishes for safe and speedy return'. Entries begin on Tuesday 28 May 1918, describing: receiving embarkation orders from Mitcham to embark in June; leaving Adelaide for Melbourne and then Sydney; departing Australia on 6 June; reaching Wellington and Tahiti; celebrating his 20th birthday at sea on 6 July 1918; arriving at Brooklyn, New York and exploring the city; arriving in England 11 August 1918; travelling to training depot near Fovant, Wiltshire and beginning training including route marches, physical tests and lectures; leaving for London and then Glasgow, September; drill and gas training; transfer to 50th Battalion, 1 October 1918; more training near Fovant, including bayonet, bombing, drills; on leave in London, 15 November; travelling to and arriving in France, Le Havre, 22 November; travelling to Belgium and active service in Belgium. Includes home addresses of friends. Original is a small volume, 10 x 7.5 x 1.7 cm.

Plan of the Portland Estate [cartographic material]

1871, Archival map/chart, C 30

Shows Sections 1128-1131, Lots 1-572. Also Tam O'Shanter Creek, Montpelier Square, Tam O'Shanter Terrace, Old Port Road; College, Clare, Wellington, Princes and Gracechurch Streets and Leslie, Langham, Liddon, Portland and Providence Places. Ink and watercolour on linen.

Glandore Bowling Club

Wilson, John, 1964, Photograph, B 77128/21

View of the Glandore Bowling Club, with the initials G.B.C. on the front wall. The building is No. 17, Wellington Street, Glandore.

Architectural drawings and specifications of work

G. & R. Wills & Co, c. 1870, Plan, BRG 304/2

Architectural and site plans for premises owned by G. & R. Wills & Company Limited in Adelaide (North Terrace, Rundle Street & Fisher Place), Brisbane, Perth, Launceston and Sydney, with specifications of work for some of these.

Postcard collection of Emily Sophia Groom

c. 1900, Photograph, B 77156

A collection of postcards and greeting cards collected by Emily Sophia Groom (nee Grovermann) during the early 1900s, with many cards depicting early SA. The inscription inside the album states "E S Grovermann, Blyth, 29-5-1906". Emily Groom was born in 1877 at Clare and married Harry Rowe (his mother's surname) Groom in 1931. Emily was aged 45 when she married and did not have children of her own. Locations in the postcards include Blyth and Clare, Tanunda, Gumeracha, Victor Harbor and Port Elliot, Adelaide, North Adelaide, and assorted interstate and international locations [See individual records for selected digitised postcards, which may be viewed online].

McCoy family portrait

c. 1888, Photograph, PRG 1337/5/2

Cabinet card portrait of the McCoy family taken at the home of Captain Alexander McCoy and his wife Annie (nee Sanderson) at 143 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide. Left to right, back row: William G Daly; unknown; Arthur Charles McCoy (owner of the albums); Bingham or Jim Hawker; Captain Alexander McCoy; Henry Debonaire Garder Haggard; Unknown; Unknown. Front row: Annie (nee Sanderson) McCoy (with wig); Miss Hawker or Maud Phillips with first baby; Mrs JC Hawker; Annie Louisa (nee Sanderson) Haggard; unknown; Mr JC Hawker; Mr Frederick James Sanderson. Child in front: Nellie Sanderson. Baby: Frederick Haggard.

S.A. Northern Pioneers 1850-59 : Francis William Thring

Gresham Studio, c. , Photograph, B 6912/C8

Francis William Thring, 1837-1908, arrived in South Australia in November 1849 on board the ship the "Duke of Wellington". Explorer, station manager, stock and estate agent; Angaston, Parkside.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2] : Octavius Hammond Rev. Dr.

c. , Photograph, B 8503/5E

Octavius Hammond Rev. Dr., 1810?-1878, arrived in South Australia in November 1849 on board the ship the "Duke of Wellington". Ship's surgeon, Church of England clergyman, superintendent of Poonindie Native Institution.

[Early settlers, Port Lincoln and Western Districts - series 2] : John Thring

c. , Photograph, B 8503/6A

John Thring, 1838-1919, arrived in South Australia in November 1849 on board the ship the "Duke of Wellington". Farmer; Tumby Bay, Kapinka.

GMH Dandenong Plant: Meeting of New Zealand Travel Agents at GMH with car tyres in foreground. This may item relate to item 23 above

GM Holden Ltd, 1957, Photograph, BRG 213/93/8/VOL3/23-24

From right to left caption reads: 'Mr Phil Shone - Announcer - NZBS - Auckland; KR Cox - GMH; JB Petersen - O/C Airways - Uniion Steamship Co - Auckland; GH Biss - Biss Thewy Co - Devonport; P Huckstepp - Sales Rep - NZNAC - Auckland; H Finney - Passenger Mgr - Thos Cook & Son - Wellington'. Includes a typewritten list of New Zealand Press Representatives and New Zealand Travel Agents.

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