Views of early Adelaide [B 50421] • Photograph
Views of early Adelaide : Port Adelaide
Ships at Port Adelaide.
Views of early Adelaide : Port Adelaide
Sailing ship 'Ullock' at Port Adelaide. According to a researcher, the vessel is moored at Copper Company's Wharf, Port Adelaide. The Adelaide Milling Company's flour mill at left is still extant but has been unoccupied for many years. At right a portion of the Jervois Bridge is visible, along with a railway signal for the line which it carried.
Views of early Adelaide : Port Adelaide
Sailing ships at Port Adelaide.
Views of early Adelaide : Belair
View of Belair Road (later New Belair Road) taken from Observation Point (later Windy Point). A horse and buggy can be seen on the road, which is bordered by a stone wall and a post and rail fence. Tracks are evidence that the hillsides are being used as grazing land under remnant eucalypt trees.
Views of early Adelaide : Murray Bridge
The railway bridge at Murray Bridge [also at PRG 742/5/19].
Views of early Adelaide : Waterfalls
Waterfalls.
Views of early Adelaide : Waterfalls
Morialta Waterfall.
Views of early Adelaide : Belair
View of the hills in the area of Belair south of Adelaide. The main road can be seen going up the hill. A man and a woman are sitting in the foreground. The woman is holding a book or sketch pad.
Views of early Adelaide : Corner of Rundle Street and King William Street
Photograph of a busy street scene at the corner of Rundle Street and King William Street in Adelaide. Pedestrians and horse drawn vehicles are on the road. Business premises in view include S. Stevenson & Company Boot and Shoe Ware, Hammer & Co. photographers. A sign on the building on the right looks like Smith Thomson. A number 87 tram is in the middle of the road.
Views of early Adelaide : railway viaduct
View of a railway viaduct at Eden Hills south of Adelaide. The entrance to the tunnel can just be seen to the left. Also see B 4138. This image was published in 'The Pictorial Australian', Monday 1 August 1892, page 9. A similar view can be seen in 'Australian Town and Country Journal', Saturday 13 August 1887, page 26.
Views of early Adelaide : Morialta Falls
Photograph of a gully and waterfall at Morialta in Adelaide, South Australia.
Views of early Adelaide : Glen Stuart waterfall
Photograph of a waterfall in a part of the pass known as Glen Stuart, in the Morialta Falls, near Adelaide. Also see B 15276/23.
Views of early Adelaide : Bridge at town of Murray Bridge
Photograph of the Murray Bridge, a shared rail and road bridge, crossing the Murray River in South Australia. A sign at the start of the bridge says: Keep to the Left. The city of Murray Bridge is east-southeast of Adelaide.
Views of early Adelaide : Rotunda in Elder Park
Photograph of the Rotunda in Elder Park in Adelaide. Two young boys are lounging on the grass, looking at the camera, and two men sit on park benches.
Views of early Adelaide : King William Street
Photograph of King William Street in Adelaide showing horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians. The photo shows the strands of wire stretching between the telegraph poles along the street.
Views of early Adelaide : Bank of Australasia
Bank of Australasia situated on the corner of Currie Street and King William Street, Adelaide. A group of men are gathered outside the bank building. For a similar photograph see B 50421/10.
Views of early Adelaide : Government Offices, Victoria Square
Photograph taken in Victoria Square looking towards the Government Offices on the eastern side of the square. There are horse drawn trams outside the building. The first tram is numbered 108 and labelled Hill Street and the second is number 23, North Adelaide and displays an advertisement for D. M. Mackintosh & Co. Fashionable Tailors. The third tram is number 13, Walkerville.