Reminiscences, essays, photographs and material relating to the River Boat 'Merle' [D 8280(L)] • Mixed material
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Reminiscences, essays, photographs and material relating to the River Boat 'Merle'
Clothing hangs on a back yard clothes line as Ash Wednesday bushfire advances
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Reminiscences, essays, photographs and material relating to the River Boat 'Merle'
A man runs towards an intersection at Orontes Way at Bridgewater beyond which a bushfire burns in a fenced-off area
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Reminiscences, essays, photographs and material relating to the River Boat 'Merle'
Remains of a house on Second Avenue at Bridgewater following a bushfire
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Burnt-out car, trees and building (along with undamaged vehicles) near the Shell service station at Bridgewater following the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfire
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Shell service station building alight during the Ash Wednesday bushfire
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A young boy surveys the flooding on Mount Barker Road on the approach into Hahndorf
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A man and his dog walk away from flood water which covers Mount Barker Road near Hahndorf
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Flood water from the Onkaparinga River covers Mount Barker Road and paddocks near Hahndorf
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Flood waters from the Onkaparinga winery lap around a derelict cottage near a Boral company tank stand
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Lily Faye Sharrod, who performed at the Theatre Royal, wearing ballet tutu and point shoes, in ballet pose, circa 1938
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Lily Sharrod and Walter Romaine Bowhey, c.1959
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House at number 16 Queen's Avenue, Mount Gambier, home of John Raymond, c.1957
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Walter Bowhey c.1946.