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Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills: album of views [B 72115/1-31] • Photograph

Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills: album of views

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1875-1890, Photograph, B 72115/31

Old Gum tree, 'Proclamation tree', with thatched roofed building adjacent.

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Summary

Album of views taken in Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, with some photographs attributable to the photographer Captain Samuel White Sweet. Views include street scenes in and around Adelaide showing prominent buildings and the Botanic Gardens, Glenelg and Port Adelaide, as well as Norton's Summit, Waterfall Gully, Morialta, and Bridgewater in the Adelaide hills.

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Physical description

Photograph album; 25 cm x 30.5 cm x 5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875-1890

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White

Collections

Part of Album Collection
Part of Adelaide Views Collection

Subject

Public buildings -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Waterfalls -- South Australia -- Morialta
Waterfalls -- South Australia -- Waterfall Gully
Historic buildings -- South Australia
Botanic Gardens -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Adelaide (S.A.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Adelaide Hills Region (S.A.)

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Formatted content

B 72115/1: 'Post Office', the General Post Office, Adelaide. Near duplicate of B 58005/11
B 72115/2: 'Jubilee Exhibition', workmen digging a large trench in front of the Exhibition building
B 72115/3: 'Town Hall' and Eagle Chambers
B 72115/4: 'Government residence, Marble Hill'
B 72115/5: 'Art Gallery'
B 72115/6: 'Bank of South Australia'. Also at B 72108/18
B 72115/7: 'Government House and North Adelaide', showing the entrance gates on North Terrace and the City Baths
B 72115/8: 'Prince Alfred College'. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 858
B 72115/9: 'King William Street looking south', with horse tram 113 passing and view of Town Hall and Post Office in the distance. Also at B 72111/28
B 72115/10: 'King William Street, looking north', view of telegraph poles, gas light and row of horse drawn cabs waiting in the centre of the street
B 72115/11: 'Rundle Street, looking east', (acre 45) with meat hanging outside the premises of L. Conrad, butcher, and R. N. Gault Drapers and Importers building visible
B 72115/12: 'Rundle Street, looking west', with Adelaide Arcade and premises of Smith & Parker Drapery, on the left
B 72115/13: 'Torrens Lake', man and a woman in a rowing boat, with skyline of Adelaide from west of Morphett Street bridge
B 72115/14: 'Kent Town and Mount Lofty'. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 525. Prince Alfred College on the left
B 72115/15: 'Botanic Park'
B 72115/16: 'Botanic Gardens', fountain with statue of Venus rising from the sea. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 264
B 72115/17: 'Botanic Gardens', view of statues, fountain and Herbarium in the distance
B 72115/18: 'Botanic Gardens', view of pond and interior of glass house. Photograph by Samuel Sweet
B 72115/19: 'Botanic Gardens', paths near the lake in the gardens. Willows on left
B 72115/20: 'Shepherd's hut', stone dwelling with thatch roof, near a creek. A man is pictured at the window. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 782
B 72115/21: 'Road to Norton's Summit'
B 72115/22: 'Marble Hill' distant view across bushland with wattle trees
B 72115/23: 'Waterfall Gully', view looking down the valley
B 72115/24: 'First Fall', Waterfall Gully
B 72115/25: ' Second Fall', Waterfall Gully. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 565
B 72115/26: 'Baker's Fall', Morialta
B 72115/27: 'Bridgewater viaduct', with two steam engines pulling a passenger train over the railway bridge. Other people are watching from the adjacent slopes. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 410
B 72115/28: 'Viaducts and tunnel, Overland line', railway bridges at Sleep's Hill, near Eden Hills
B 72115/29: 'Glenelg', view from the jetty. Photograph by Samuel Sweet, no. 247. Also at B 3089
B 72115/30: 'Port Adelaide, with schooners and ketches at the wharf. Three rowing boats are tethered in the foreground
B 72115/31: Old Gum tree, 'Proclamation tree', with thatched roofed building adjacent.

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