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Photographs of Horrocks Pass and Wilpena Pound [B 73313/1-32] • Photograph

Road through Moralana Valley.

Oliver, Gordon Ross, c. 1985, Photograph, B 73313/31

View of the dirt road which passes through Morolana Valley.

Road through Moralana Valley.

Oliver, Gordon Ross, c. 1985, Photograph, B 73313/31

View of the dirt road which passes through Morolana Valley.

Wild hops in Moralana Valley.

Oliver, Gordon Ross, c. 1985, Photograph, B 73313/32

View of small shrubs covered in pink flowers identified as 'wild hops'.

Wild hops in Moralana Valley.

Oliver, Gordon Ross, c. 1985, Photograph, B 73313/32

View of small shrubs covered in pink flowers identified as 'wild hops'.

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Summary

A selection from travel photographs taken by amateur photographer G.R. Oliver. Identified as from Horrocks Pass and Wilpena Pound, they also include nearby localities such as Mintaro, Quorn, Hawker, Morolana Valley and Hamilton.

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Physical description

32 slides : colour ; 35 mm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1972-1985

Photographer

Oliver, Gordon Ross

Collection

Part of Flinders Ranges Collection

Subject

St Matthew's Anglican Church (Hamilton, S.A.)
Proby's Grave
Horrocks Pass (S.A.)
Wilpena Pound (S.A.)

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Additional notes

B 73313/1: St Matthew's Anglican Church at Hamilton.
B 73313/2: Interior view of St Matthew's Anglican Church at Hamilton, featuring the altar.
B 73313/3: 'Old timers' comprising a horse and buggy, pictured at Hamilton.
B 73313/4: Exterior view of a mud brick home at Burra.
B 73313/5: Row of early miners' cottages at Burra.
B 73313/6: Restored early fire engine at Robinson's Museum, Mintaro.
B 73313/7: View of the front facade of the Quorn Railway Station.
B 73313/8: Distant view of the ruins at Kanyaka.
B 73313/9: View of headstones in the Kanyaka cemetery.
B 73313/10: A series of rock pools along a watercourse near the Kanyaka ruins.
B 73313/11: A series of stone buildings, formerly woolsheds, at the Kanyaka ruins.
B 73313/12: View across the countryside, taken from a lookout on the Wilpena to Blinman road.
B 73313/13: View across the countryside, taken from a lookout on the Wilpena to Blinman road.
B 73313/14: Stone marking the site of Hugh Proby's grave in the Flinders Ranges.
B 73313/15: View of R.G. Oliver's car and caravan just past the water in Willochra Creek.
B 73313/16: View of Willochra Creek running through the landscape.
B 73313/17: View of the tracks passing by the two small sheds which make up the railway station at Gordon.
B 73313/18: View of a lone figure in the desert landscape, with a signpost pointing to ?.
B 73313/19: View from Yourambulla Cave near Hawker.
B 73313/20: Cave paintings inside the Yourambulla Cave near Hawker.
B 73313/21: Grave stone for John North and his wife Elizabeth. Oliver noted that 'the average age on headstone 40 years'.
B 73313/22: View of the remains of the cellar steps in the Kanyaka ruins.
B 73313/23:
B 73313/24:
B 73313/25: A small plane 'from which photo of Pound was taken'.
B 73313/26: Interior view of the old jail at Burra, set up as a museum.
B 73313/27: Interior view of the old jail at Burra, set up as a museum.
B 73313/28: Corner facade of the two storey Wonoka Hotel at Hawker.
B 73313/29: View of Black Rock Gap, with lightly wooded land in the foregrounds.
B 73313/30: View across a shallow valley covered with 'Patterson's curse' (also known as 'Salvation Jane').
B 73313/31: View of the dirt road which passes through Morolana Valley.
B 73313/32: View of small shrubs covered in pink flowers identified as 'wild hops'.

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Photographs of Horrocks Pass and Wilpena Pound [B 73313/1-32] • Photograph

Road through Moralana Valley.

Wild hops in Moralana Valley.