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Port Augusta from the west [B 6290/1] • Photograph

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Summary

View of the Port Augusta, with the caption 'Port Augusta from the West, 27 September 1884. Numbers across the top of the image identify building on the shore and ships in the harbour - they are: 1. Thunderbolt. 2. Peri. 3. J. Dunn & Co Mill. 4. Durisdein(?). 5. Jacobus Johannes. 6. Roman Catholic Church. 7. Oatlands. 8. Bank of South Australia. 9. Messrs Perrers & Barker's Brewery. 10. Capella. 11. Gooch & Haywards. 12. Prospero. 13. A.D. Tassie & Co. 14. Taylor's Hotel. 15. Great Northern Hotel. 16. SS Investigator. 17. Phillis. 18. Post Boy. 19. Young & Gordon. 20. Beltana. 21. Royal Hotel. 222. Custom House. 23. Joliba. 24. City of Adelaide. 25. SS Bengal. 26. Auckland. NOTE: the attached image shows the left hand side of the original - see B 6290/2 for the right hand side. This photograph taken in 1884 is in two parts and shows the ships at anchor in the port and the rail and jetty reaching out into the port. Wool bales, barrels and a horse and cart are on the water's edge amongst the mangroves.

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Physical description

Photograph (sepia print); 19 cm x 48.4 cm (image), 23 cm x 49 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1884

Photographer

Taylor

Collection

Part of Port Augusta Collection

Subject

Port Augusta (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

10/10/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,462 x 2,680 pixels (9.3 MP)

Size

27.87 MB

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