Photographs of people of the Murray River [PRG 1258/4] • Photograph
Captain Reed flanked by crew members on Horace
Captain Reed (centre) standing for photograph with two crew members of the barge 'Horace', tied up to river bank. No further information.
Captain R. Reed being interviewed in the wheelhouse
Captain R. Reed being interviewed at the wheel of a paddle steamer, a microphone being held up to him by the young interviewer. No further information.
Captain R. Reed and Captain Bob Smith
Head and shoulders portrait of Captain R. (Bob) Reed and Captain Bob Smith, in their later years, with a large paddle wheel mounted behind them.
Crew of P.S. Gem
Group photograph of the crew members of 'P.S. Gem' including female crew, taken on board. Individual names are incomplete, difficult to read from a handwritten caption and may not be correctly transcribed. From left to right, back row: First few people unidentified. Then, leaning against post, Mrs. Amelia Dillon, stewardess, Len Baker the Chef, on Gem for 70 years, Captain Hugh McLean, Laurie Butcher, Mate. Front row: Danny Speirs, Ron Pickering, Engineer F. Bailey, Fireman Terry Edwards, Sid Larch or French.
Captain Mienes of Mannum
Full length portrait of Captain Mienes of Mannum.
Captain H. Hogg and Captain Pearl Hogg
Captain H. Hogg and Captain Pearl Hogg standing at the rails of the wheelhouse deck of 'P.S. Oscar W'. Original caption has 'Captain Pearl and Captain Paddy Hogg...'.
Captain H. Hogg at the wheel of P.S. Canberra
Captain H. Hogg (Paddy) at the wheel of 'P.S. Canberra', wearing his captain's cap, with part of the engine visible behind him.
Captain Pearl Hogg at the wheel of Argo barge
Captain Pearl Hogg at wheel of barge 'Argo', wearing a belted shirt dress and court shoes.
Engineer N. Collins and Mrs. Collins at Mildura
Engineer Norm Collins and Mrs Collins examining an unrolled river chart, on board unidentified vessel at Mildura, Vic.
Steamship engine driver's certificate awarded to Frank Bailey
Photograph of the front of a Marine Board of Victoria, Certificate of Competency as third class engine-driver of a river steamship, dated 27 April, 1916, awarded to Frank Stanley Bailey.
Portraits of South Australian Government officers controlling irrigation
Five small head and shoulders portraits of South Australian Government officers controlling irrigation, including T. Playford (Premier), J.H. Howe (Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration), Sir William C.F. Robinson (Governor), Sir John W. Downer (late Premier), and Jenkin Coles (Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration).
Small portraits of the Chaffey Brothers
Two superimposed small head and shoulder portraits of the Chaffey Brothers, irrigation pioneers of Renmark and Mildura, William B. and George Chaffey.
Portrait of George Chaffey
Head and shoulders portrait of George Chaffey, irrigation pioneer of Renmark and Mildura.