Scenes of Renmark • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

Ida and Hermione Heaton

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/1

Detail from a larger photograph of sisters Ida Alice Heaton (left) and Hermione Rossell Heaton. [This is a later addition to the album.]

View of Rossell family members outside 'Southfield' at Renmark. Standing (left to right): unknown, unknown, Hermione Rossell Heaton, Henry A. Rossell, Norman Rossell. Sitting (left to right): Ida Alice Heaton, Charlotte Louisa Rossell. Hermione Heaton was Charlotte Rossell's goddaughter who came to Australia with them in 1892 as both of her parents had died by 1878. Ida Alice Heaton, her sister, had lived with the Rossells in England and came to Renmark in about 1895. Edith Hollingdrake (nee Heaton) was the girls' cousin in Renmark (see also B 73069/13).

'Southfield', Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/3

View of the Rossell family home 'Southfield' at Renmark, with family members in front. From left: unknown, Ida Alice Heaton, Henry Rossell, Norman Rossell, Charlotte Rossell, Hermione Heaton, unknown. Hermione Heaton was Charlotte Rossell's goddaughter who came to Australia with them in 1892 as both of her parents had died by 1878. Ida Alice Heaton, her sister, had lived with the Rossells in England and came to Renmark in about 1895. Edith Hollingdrake (nee Heaton) was the girls' cousin in Renmark (see also B 73069/13).

'Southfield', Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/4

View of the Rossell family home 'Southfield' at Renmark, with a woman standing at the entrance to the verandah.

'Southfield', Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/5

View of the Rossell family home 'Southfield' at Renmark, with three women in the garden.

'Southfield', Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/6

View of the Rossell family home 'Southfield' at Renmark, looking along the drive towards the house.

Worker's camp at Southfield

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/7

View of the worker's camp at 'Southfield' at Renmark, showing three tent huts in a bare paddock.

Southfield's apricot orchard

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/8

View of the workers harvesting apricots in the 'Southfield' orchard.

Corner of old sitting room

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/9

Interior photo of a 'corner of old sitting room' at 'Southfield', showing lace cutains at the windw, a piano, rocking chair and settee, and furnished in Victoriana.

'Southfield' apricot cutting sheds

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/10

View of a rough, thatched shelter, identified as the 'Southfield' apricot cutting sheds. Several women are working in the shade, and wooden boxes are stacked nearby.

Southfield's first cutting sheds

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/11

View of a rough, thatched shelter (similar to, but more substantial to that shown in B 73069/10), identified as the 'Southfield' s first cutting sheds'. Several women are in the shade of the shed; a man is looking at what appears to boxes of apricots drying in the sun. The family home can be seen in the background.

Horse identified as 'Tops'

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/12

View of a horse identified as 'Tops'.

Hollingdrake family at Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/13

The Hollingdrake family having afternoon tea in a garden at Renmark. They have been identified as (from left): unknown, Arthur Charles Hollingdrake (father), Edith Hollingdrake (married Frank Fisher), Ellen Hollingdrake (nee Heaton), Robin Hollingdrake (died in WWI), Dolly Hollingdrake (married Harry Bovill).

'Olive Wood'

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/14

A house set amongst cultivated land with irrigation channels, identified as 'Olive Wood', home of the Chaffeys.

Irrigation channel

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/15

An irrigation channel running alongside row of ornamental plants. Identified as 'Olivewood irrigation channel'.

Picnic on Murray River

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/16

Print showing a number of people on the steep bank, with a fire and and the water's edge to the right of the photo. Printed on the image is 'Picnic on River Murray March 1900 / H. Norman Rossell River Murray'.

Picnic on Murray River

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/17

Family group enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Murray River.

Horse drawn vehicles at Renmark

c. 1890-1905, Photograph, B 73069/18

Five horse drawn vehicles outside a shed, with a number of men either in the vehicles or standing beside them. The photo is identified as 'Scott, contractor' suggesting that the men are contract workers to assist with the harvest.