Collection of lantern slides [PRG 1605/6/1-194] • Photograph
Harvest time text slide.
A slide with the text, "Harvest Time: on a fruit block in the River Murray Irrigation Area. Among the grapes at Barmera".
Drying grapes.
Two men next to trays of grapes being dried in a shed.
Car on edge of road.
A car on the edge of the road near a sign reading, "Danger Slow Down".
Cross of Sacrifice Memorial Gardens.
Gardens at the Cross of Sacrifice, Lower North Adelaide, with St. Peter's Cathedral in the background.
Lakeside road.
Road by the edge of Blue Lake.
Car on edge of road.
Green car on the edge of the road .
Bridge and church.
A bridge crossing a creek with a church appearing from behind. This is a coloured version of PRG 1605/3/56. It is the Sunter Street bridge over the Angas River at Strathalbyn with St. Andrew's Church beyond the bridge.
Beach scene with the text of the 'Song of Australia'.
Over the top of an ocean beach scene is the text of , "There is a land where summer skies are gleaming with a thousand dies, blending in witching harmonies, in harmonies, where grassy knoll and forest height are flushing in a rosy light, while all above is azure bright, Australia...Australia".
Rocks of Granite Island.
Rocks on the edge of Granite Island.
Granite Island tram.
Granite Island tram being pulled by a Clydesdale.
Passat sailing ship.
Four masted steel barque used in the grain trade between Spencer Gulf and Europe, at the wharf at Port Lincoln.
Paddlesteamer.
A paddlesteamer on the Murray.
Jens Hotel.
The garden in front of Jens Hotel, Mount Gambier.
Valley Lake.
View of Valley Lake with hills on the far edge.
Lake Bonney sunset.
Sunset over Lake Bonney, Barmera.
Methodist Church, Mildura.
The Methodist Church at Mildura.
Deck of a boat.
The deck of a boat. Another ship is in the distance.
Factory.
Two men working on an assembly line.
Fruit tree orchard.
View of orchards of fruit trees, possibly around Barmera, from a high vantage point.
Fruit pickers
Men and women picking fruit, possibly around Barmera.
Swing.
Two girls on a swing.
Group of men.
A group of men sitting and standing together.
Fruit sorting.
Two women sorting fruit in a factory.
Grapes drying.
Racks of grapes drying, Barmera.
Barwell Avenue, Barmera.
Collection of lantern slides, created by Raymond Gordon. Gordon travelled widely in South Australia and to the Northern Territory. Views include Mount Gambier, Barmera, Adelaide and the Ungarra district, Eyre Peninsula. Prints and negatives of some slides are also held in other series (Series 1, 3, and 4) and have been digitised in those. Listed below is a selection of the slides. Many of the slides have been digitised in series 3 and are not repeated in this list. Slides taken in the Middle East also have not been listed or digitised.
North Star Hotel, Melrose, S.A.
Mrs Marie Hedwig Roepcke was in charge of the Hotel from 1939-1940, and again from 1947-1950.
Weir and lock.
A weir and lock on the Murray River.
Methodist Church, Mildura.
The Methodist Church at Mildura.
Lake.
View of a lake surrounded by hills.
Steps by a pond.
People walking and standing by a pond. A boy is reaching in to touch the ducks.