The Arthur Studio : SUMMARY RECORD [BRG 347] • Photograph


Trocadero Cafe
View of Mount Gambier's Trocadero Cafe from the street, taken on a rainy night.


View of Mount Gambier
View of Mount Gambier featuring a number of substantial buildings surrounded by open ground.


Men outside Strathdownie Hotel
A group of 12 men standing outside Peter MacFarlane's Strathdownie Hotel, a single storey, weatherboard building.


Strathdownie Hotel
Men, women and children outside Peter MacFarlane's Strathdownie Hotel, with its adjacent produce store - 'Local produce - dead or alive - bought, sold, exchanged'.


Entrance to Mount Gambier show grounds
View of the entrance to the Mount Gambier showground; with notices on either side of the entrance promoting the 'Combined Services Convoy' coming to the venue on Saturday 24 March and Monday 26 March.


Display of motor cycles at the Mount Gambier showground
A display of BSA motor cycles at the Mount Gambier showgrounds, under a sign indicating they are sold by J.G. Collins & Son.


Display of equipment at the Mount Gambier showground
A display of equipment at the Mount Gambier showground, under a sign indicating they are sold by J.G. Collins & Son; features a 'Healing' radio, machinery and motorcycles.


A.H. Buchanan's garage
View of A. H. Buchanan's 'Shell' garage at Mount Gambier showing the petrol bowsers and front facade of the building.


A wholesalers' truck at Mount Gambier
A truck, identified as 'Wholesalers Mt. Gambier' parked on the side of the road; the body of the truck carries pictures of 'Kream Brand corn flour' and 'Dandy gloss starch' which were 'manufactured by Maize Products Proprietary Limited, Victoria'. Truck is a British Bedford delivery van c. 1934.


Car parked outside Dingley Dell
A car parked outside Dingley Dell, Port MacDonnell, with two men standing beside it. The negative is labelled 'Lange & Co.' Car is a 1948 Morris Oxford 'series MO' saloon.


Three men with car at a monument
A car parked beside an obelisk beside one of the lakes, marking 'Henty's Hut', with three men standing beside it. Car is a 1948 Morris Oxford 'series MO' saloon.


Three men with car at a monument
A car parked near an obelisk on Bay Road, with three men standing beside it. Car is a Riley saloon.


Car parked beside a lake
A car parked near one of the lakes, with a man in the driver's seat. Car is a Riley saloon.


Car parked beside Dingley Dell
A car parked outside Dingley Dell, Port MacDonnell. Car is a Riley saloon.


Painting of cattle
A photograph of a framed painting of cattle standing beside a gum tree, painted by C.E. Edkins.


Painting of a horse drawn wagon
A photograph of a framed painting of a horse drawn wagon being loaded with hay from an adjacent haystack, painted by C.E. Edkins.


Painting of Norah Edkins on horseback
Photograph of a painting by Cathleen Edkins of her mother, Mrs Norah Edkins, seated side saddle on a horse, dressed in a hunters riding habit with hunting whip in hand.


Painting of a woman on a horse
A photograph of a framed painting of a woman sitting on a horse and a dog standing beside them, painted by C.E. Edkins.


Painting of three riders
A photograph of a painting by C.E. Edkins, of three riders in a rural setting.


Stock transport at Mount Gambier
A stock transport semi-trailer owned by C.W. Lampard & Sons, loaded with sheep, and parked in a suburban street.


Mount Gambier street
View along a Mount Gambier street, with Lange & Co. premises including the Caltex petrol station.


Mount Gambier view
View of a cleared area, with an assortment of structures - possibly the Mount Gambier racecourse.


Mount Gambier racecourse
View across the Mount Gambier racecourse.


Mount Gambier racecourse
View across the Mount Gambier racecourse.


Petrol tanker at Mount Gambier
A 'Golden Fleece' petrol tanker, owned by H.C. Sleigh of Mount Gambier, parked near a park. Truck is a Chevrolet Fuel Tanker.


Semi-trailer at Mount Gambier
A semi-trailer, owned by Kain & Shelton, contractors of Mount Gambier, parked in a suburban street. Vehicle is an International KB7 articulated truck.


Premises of Sunshine Motors Ltd
The premises of Sunshine Motors Ltd, dealers for Morris, Wolseley, Hudson, Riley and MG, with two men standing beside three vehicles parked out the front. Vehicles are (from left to right) a Riley saloon, Wolseley 4/50 saloon and a Morris Oxford 'series MO' saloon.


Caltex depot at Mount Gambier
The Caltex depot at Mount Gambier, with large storage tanks, 44 gallon drums, and a variety of sheds.


Commercial Garage at Mount Gambier
The premises of the Commercial Garage at Mount Gambier, with the Caltex petrol bowsers out the front.


Elder, Smith & Co premises
The Mount Gambier premises of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd, with a Kain and Shelton stock transport loaded with sheep driving past. Vehicle is a Ford Jailbar articulated truck.