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Kingston Terrace

State Library of South Australia, 1935, Photograph, B 6802

Kingston Terrace, 28th December 1935. Left side of house is 46 1/2 yards west of Jerningham Street. Frontage: 24 yards. The residence was erected in 1935 on a site formerly occupied by corrugated iron sheds. The Adelaide Hills can be seen in the distance behind this two storey house. All the windows have closed shutters and the front door is flanked by two stone columns.

Kingston Terrace

State Library of South Australia, 1965, Photograph, B 16194

Kingston Terrace, south side, 1965. Left side of site is 40 yards west of Kingston Terrace, east side. This acre is near Stanley Street and Kingston Terrace in North Adelaide

Headstone Richard Hanson

Borrow, K. T., 1981, Photograph, B 39883

Headstone of Sir Richard Davies Hanson, Chief Justice of South Australia.

Memorial to Carl Linger

D'Lanor, 1957, Photograph, B 23980

Memorial to Carl Linger reverse side.

The "Melanope"

c. 1895, Photograph, B 11847

The "Melanope" visited South Australia in 1895 and 1896. Shown here in Port Adelaide. She was an iron ship, 1686 tons, built and registered in Liverpool. She was abandoned after going on her beam ends off the west coast of Canada in 1907, and drifted into the Columbia River. Later converted to a coal hulk

The "Admella"

c. 1860, Photograph, B 14689

The "Admella", photograph of a painting.

Alexander Russell Payne

1915, Photograph, B 46130/36

No. 1017 Private Alexander Russell Payne, born Campbelltown, South Australia, 10 May 1886. Enlisted 9th Light Horse, 6th Reinforcements, 6 January 1915, served Gallipoli and France, transferred to 5th Division Artillery, 15th field artillery Brigade, wounded in action (gas) 26 May 1918. Buried A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.

Lancelot McDermott Crowe MM

1916, Photograph, B 46130/40

No. 106 Private Lancelot McDermott Crowe MM, born Meningie, South Australia. Enlisted 9th Light Horse Regiment 19 September 1914, served Gallipoli, transferred to Imperial Camel Corps 1 September 1916, awarded Military Medal 23 November 1917, transferred to 15th Light Horse Regiment 1 July 1918. Died result of motor cycle accident 15 September 1929, buried A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.

Harry Harper

1916, Photograph, B 46130/344

Harry Charles Harper, 1st Australian Imperial Force.

Hector McEacharn Cochrane

1915, Photograph, B 46130/436

Half plate glass negative of Hector McEacharn Cochrane of Langhorne Creek, South Australia.

Alexander Russell Payne

1916, Photograph, B 46130/533

No. 1017 Private Alexander Russell Payne, born Campbelltown, South Australia, 1886. Enlisted 9th Light Horse Regiment. Wounded in action (gas) 26 May 1918. Returned to Australia. Died 9 May 1928. Buried AIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide.

Photograph album of Miss Molly Stokes

1926, Photograph, B 61789

ALBUM: Holiday views in South Australia, 1926-34.

Travelling salesman at McDouall Peak Station

c. 1928, Photograph, B 53567

MCDOUALL PEAK: A flashlight photograph of a travelling salesman conducting business at McDouall Peak Station; he made the trip through the north west of S.A. every 3 months, leaving Adelaide with 2000 pounds worth of goods.

Torrens River after being drained

News Corporation, 1989, Photograph, B 54897

TORRENS RIVER: The drained river bed: a view taken from below the Festival Theatre, looking west towards the Adelaide Rowing Club Boathouse.

Album of personal photographs

c. 1910, Photograph, B 60628

ALBUM: A personal photograph collection which includes view of Adelaide Hospital nursing staff, kindergarten children from the West Terrace and Franklin centres, family occasions and friends. The 194 photograph in this album can be viewed online by doing a NUMBER search on B 60628/1 to B 60628/194 inclusive.

Nighttime view over Torrens Lake

c. 1940, Photograph, B 61295

TORRENS LAKE: Nighttime view over Torrens Lake looking towards Parliament House. Note the light beacon on the roof of Shell House (now part of the Myer Complex), which was a rotating white and alternating red light with a rotation of approximately 23 seconds. The other tall buildins to its west are The Adelaide Club and the Westpac (the Bank of New South Wales) building [information provided by a researcher].

Burke Street tram stop, Glandore

Phillips, Michael, 1989, Photograph, B 68552

Stop No. 11 on the Adelaide-Glenelg tramline looking west towards Glenelg. October 1989.

Railway transport: 500 class

c. 1953, Photograph, B 58892/57

500 class engine No.509 and carriages at Murray Bridge. The building behind the train is the Murray Bridge railway station and the photograph was taken facing west, towards Adelaide.

Railway transport: rolling stock 5'3"

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/452

View of an accident crane on a train at an unidentified location, possibly Mile End. A researcher suggests that this is the same train as shown in B 58892/451. The Rx is approaching the southern side of the Hilton Bridge and in photograph 452 is approaching the northern side of the Hilton Bridge. The old West End brewery chimney and Adelaide High School buildings are in the distance. There are trucks on the raised track of the 'Public Coal staithes' and the signal cabin at the northern end of the Mile End freight yards. The S.A.R. had 2 107 ton cranes, and this is possibly #2.

Railway transport: rolling stock 5'3"

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/458

Adelaide station yard, just west of Morphett Street bridge.

Railway transport: rolling stock 5'3"

c. 1951, Photograph, B 58892/459

Adelaide carriage yards west of Morphett Street bridge.

Football match in progress

1962, Photograph, B 7798/235

Players jump for the ball during a match between West Torrens versus Port Adelaide at Thebarton Oval, 21 April 1962.

Players and umpire during a match

1962, Photograph, B 7798/236

Players and an umpire during a West Torrens versus Port Adelaide match at Thebarton Oval, 21 April 1962.

Prominent South Australians : Stanton

1865, Photograph, B 11286/6/18

Stanton. It is possible this is Reverend Lionel William Stanton. Rev. Stanton arrived in Adelaide in 1864 with wife, Anna and children. The image illustrates him wearing a clerical collar. Rev. Stanton was born in Barbados, West Indies, and married in London, England. He lived in South Australia for 10 years and returned to England in 1874. He was the reverend at St Mary's at Kooringa for this period of time. His son, Lionel William Stanton, was the Inspector-General of schools in South Australia. His youngest daughter, Kathleen Stanton married Strickland Gough Kingston.