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A firewood train on the Goondah-Burrinjuck line - SLSA - PRG-280-1-7-4...

State Library of South Australia: A firewood train on the Goondah-Burrinjuck line [PRG 280/1/7/49]. The caption on the original photograph identifies this as 'A freight train pulling wagon loads of cut wood ne... More

A Pass to enter the Dry Creek Magazine PRG-280-1-14-703

A Special District Pass issued to Arthur Searcy to enable him to enter the Dry Creek Magazine in South Australia.

ABP11, Port Pirie, 1951

Commonwealth Railways standard gauge composite sitting car ABP11 at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Ada Bray Bonython-1930-PRG1098 40 3 64

Ada Bray Bonython on her wedding day ca. 1930. Back row: brother John Bonython, Beryl Ritchie, Denis Heath (groom), Ada (bride), and Joan Smeaton. Front row: sisters Katherine and Elizabeth (Betty) Bonython, M... More

Adelaide Fancy Dress Ball, 1887-Program-B7723 388

Adelaide_Mayoral_Children's_Fancy_Dress_Ball,_1887-Program Program for the Children's Complimentary Return Ball DESCRIPTION Program printed on silk for the Children's Complimentary Return Ball (to the Mayoress... More

Adelaide Miethke - A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat

Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, (1881-1962) educator and second president of the National Council of Women of Australia

Adelaide Oval 1877 - A black and white photo of a soccer field

Adelaide Oval in 1877

Adelaide town hall 1950

Sourced from the state archives of South Australia, in the State Library of South Australia. The General Post Office and Clock Tower - Adelaide, 1950. The Town Hall is the lesser spire on the left of the photo.... More

Adelaide views Wesleyan Church, Pirie Street B 62412-8

View of the Wesleyan Church in Pirie Street, Adelaide, demolished in 1976

Adelaide Mayors 1890 B6230

Group photograph of three Aldermen of the City of Adelaide who also served as Mayor: Judah Moss Solomon (Mayor of Adelaide, 1869-71) James Shaw (Mayor of Adelaide, 1888-9) Frederick Bullock (Mayor of Adelaide, 1891-2)

Aerial view of Murray Bridge (B 11533)

Aerial view of Murray Bridge (State Library of South Australia B 11533)

Aerial view of River Murray barrages with superimposed text - PRG-1258...

Aerial view of the River Murray barrages, with superimposed text providing locations of Goolwa barrage, Mundoo barrage, Boundary Creek barrage, Ewe Island barrage and Tauwitchere barrage, as viewed from the Coo... More

Afternoon Tea 1895 B62429

Afternoon tea with Mrs George Brookman 1895 (George Brookman married Eliza Martha Marshall in 1878.) Mrs. George Brookman presiding over afternoon tea at her home in Adelaide; left to right: Mrs. George Brookm... More

Alexey Rykoff SLSA PRG 1324

Russian ship Alexey Rykoff Public domain photograph of a large 20th-century steamship, ship, ocean liner, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andamooka Homestead 1895

Andamooka Station homestead 1895

Andrew Tennant-1890-B11308

Andrew Tennant

Andrewville (Littlehampton), 1882 (8455403910)

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC I... More

Angaston 2 - A painting of a village on a hill

From http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/exhibitions/treasures/assets/hi/Angas_Angaston.htm

Anne Margaret Bickford B9415

Portrait of Ann (not Anne) Margaret Bickford (nee Garrett 1810-1877), wife of William Bickford (1815-1850), founder of A. M. Bickford & Sons.

Annesley Coll 1903 - Victorian era public domain image

Description: Building of Methodist Ladies' College, Adelaide (now Annesley College), 1903.; Image title:Methodist Ladies College, Park Terrace, Wayville.

Arthur Muller B7334 22 - A black and white photo of a man in a suit an...

Arthur Leopold Albert Muller, South Australian Company Colonial Manager 1930-1936

Arthur Muller BRG42 122 23

Arthur Leopold Albert Muller, South Australian Company Colonial Manager 1930-1936

Arthur Searcy in Public Service Journal 190, State Library of South Au...

Arthur Searcy, President of the Public Service, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes and Stamps, and President of the Marine Board, South Australia: a cutting from the Public Service Journal 1906. No known copyright re... More

Arthur Searcy in Public Service Journal 190, State Library of South Au...

Assistant Surveyor Mills

Portrait of W.W. Mills, an assistant surveyor on the Northern Territory Surveying Expedition. B 16791/14 One of 33 photographic portraits making up a composite of the officers of the South Australian Northern T... More

Attunga 1944 B49775 - A group of men standing next to each other

Official party at "Attunga" to inspect the gift of Otto von Rieben to the City of Burnside: l-r Rt. Hon Lord Mayor, Mr. R. Walker; Chief Sec. Mr. Lyell McEwin; Premier Mr. Thomas Playford, Mayor Mr. Philip R... More

Auldana Winery 1876 B23664

Auldana Winery Auldana homestead built in 1852 by Patrick Auld and occupied by the family until 1888. Mr. & Mrs. P.Auld on the left of the picture were parents of William Patrick Auld who crossed the Continent... More

B-19481 - A black and white photo of horses pulling a boat

Danford Willson loading grain from horsedrawn wagons to the ketch 'Free Selector' (owned by Mr. Jock Lashman) at American Beach

B-21955 - Port Augusta Town Hall

Summary description used on source website - "Town Hall is located on Commercial Road, Port Augusta." Source webpage - http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21955

B-9312 - A black and white photo of a train on a track

Klein's Point jetty facilities, 1940. Located at Klein Point, just south of Stansbury, South Australia.

B4281 - A black and white photo of a harbor filled with boats

The Port River (in Port Adelaide) showing wharves, warehouses and shipping. View towards McLaren Wharf (sometime during the years 1924 to 1927). The six masted ship on the right is probably the American lumber ... More

John Baker SA - Public domain scenic engraving

Image of John Baker, Australian politician and second Premier of South Australia.

Beehive Corner 1849 B60076

The Beehive Corner by w:S. T. Gill, 1849 - the corner of w:King William Street, Adelaide and then w:Rundle Street, Adelaide (now Rundle Mall)

Benacre 1877 B10637 - A black and white photo of a large house

Glen Osmond: "Benacre" Benacre house (without land) is at 6 Benacre Close, off Glen Osmond Rd between Fisher St and Fergusson Ave. 1844 a single-storeyed house was built by G.F. Shipster after the subdivision ... More

Benacre 1877 B10638 - Victorian era public domain image

Benacre 1877 B10639 - Victorian era public domain image

Benacre 1904 B8384 - Victorian era public domain image

Benacre 1940 B26839 - A black and white photo of a house in a park

Benacre before 1877 B26832

Benacre before 1877 B26833

Benacre-Mews 1899 B47447 - Victorian era public domain image

First landau in S.A. outside Benacre Mews. Coachman : Thomas Fooks Haines.

Benjamin Boothby B7017 - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

Judge Benjamin Boothby (5 February 1803 – 21 June 1868) Creator: Hammer & Co., photographer Subject: Boothby, Benjamin, 1803-1868 Image number: B 7017 Format: Photograph;, 19.7 cm x 14.8 ... More

Bethesda Church Killalpaninna B-17098 State Library of South Australia

Photograph of the church at the Killapanninna Mission in the Far North of South Australia

Bickford's WaymouthSt 1916-B3528

A. M. Bickford & Sons Ltd, Laboratories & Works, 1916 Waymouth Street, north side. Frontage of building is 13.5 yards. Near side is 11 yards east of Young Street [General description] This three storey brick b... More

Birksgate 1872 B10633 - A black and white photo of a large building

Glen Osmond: "Birksgate" - Residence of Sir Thomas Elder.

Train station Birksgate 1872 B10635 - Public domain photograph.

Glen Osmond: "Birksgate" - Residence of Sir Thomas Elder.

Birralee Glenelg 1890 B28924 - Victorian era public domain image

w:Birralee, Glenelg. (One of two houses named "Birralee" owned by w:William Burford.) This one was located at 16 Albert Terrace, Glenelg South, on the corner of "Seawall". This location is now known as the corn... More

Arthur Blyth - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Photograph of Arthur Blyth, Premier of South Australia.

Bob Laver and Hayes Children

'Bob Laver [left], against the Hayes eldest boy' (PRG-1365-1-361)

Briars-1910-PRG280 1 13 488 - Victorian era public domain image

'The Briars' At Medindie 1910 - from 1914 McBride Hospital The 'Briars' - home of George Charles Hawker, 15 Briar Avenue, Medindie. The home later became the McBride Convalescent Hospital. http://www.catalog.s... More

Brookman Building 1907 B2983 - Victorian era public domain image

Brookman Building, Grenfell Street, Adelaide, south side. 1907 'Acre 142 / 35 Grenfell Street, south side / Brookman Building / Dec. 5th, 1907 / West corner of Commercial Place. Fontage:16.5 yards.' The Brookm... More

Brougham Gardens, North Adelaide, Australia, Eastern End in 1910

Streetscape showing from right, No 5-7 Brougham Place, Taylor House and then further houses demolished around 1975

Buildings and powder magazines at Dry Creek during a severe flood

Buildings and powder magazines at Dry Creek during a severe flood in 1908

Sir Richard Butler (Australia)

Premier of South Australia Richard Butler. Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camel Train offloading wool at a train station, South Australia, 1928

Camel train, with wool from Nappamerry, South Australia being unloaded at the Railway Station. 1928.

Camel Train, each loaded with two bails of wool, South Australia,

A camel train in the desert, with each of the camels loaded with two bales of wool from Arrabura Station. One of the photographs from an album compiled by Rowland Proctor (Ron) Nicholas, taken while shearing at... More

Cape Du Couedic and the two Casuarina Islands, circa 1912 SRG-67-20-21

'Cape Du Couedic 1912, south coast of Kangaroo Island and the two Casuarina Islands, with view of coast vegetation in the foreground'

Cape Jaffa Lighthouse (State Library of South Australia B 2016)

[On back of photograph] 'Cape Jaffa Lighthouse. Circa 1910' [General description] Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, showing the Lighthouse and its pier, where ships can tie up and unload stores. A small group of men stand... More

Cape Northumberland lighthouse - State Library of South Australia PRG ...

The lighthouse at Cape Northumberland, South Australia.

Carclew-1897-B5344 - Victorian era public domain image

"Carclew", w:North Adelaide - Montefiore Hill, between Jeffcott St. and Strangways Tce., 30th November 1897. Jeffcott St. frontage: 69 1/2 yards. Montefiore Hill frontage: 69 1/2 yards. Originally built by Hugh... More

Caretaker's house at Dry Creek powder magazine site

Cattle at Crown Point Station - SLSA B-62540

CROWN POINT: Some of the 1,100 head of cattle at Crown Point Station in the Northern Territory, 838 miles north of Adelaide. Approximately 1925

Cattle on the Todmorden Station ca1950

Cattle on the Todmorden Station Ca1950

CB class, Port Pirie, ca 1951

A Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar, with a trailer car, at Port Pirie, South Australia. The railcar was built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a standard Budd Rail Diesel Ca... More

Centennial Hall 1947 B70303 1 - Art Deco public domain image

Facade of the Centennial Hall, Wayville Showgrounds during the Royal Adelaide Exhibition 1947

Centennial Hall 1947 B70303 3

Aerial view of Centennial Hall and surrounding display pavilions at the Wayville Showgrounds during the Royal Adelaide Exhibition 1947

Centennial Hall 1947 B70303 4

Aerial view of Wayville Showgrounds, the Anzac Highway and western suburbs during the Royal Adelaide Exhibition 1947. The Centennial Hall can be seen at bottom right corner of view

Charles Thomas Hewett (B 72432) • Photograph at State Library of South...

State Library of South Australia Charles Thomas Hewett [B 72432] Photograph of Charles Thomas Hewett (1795-1871), pioneer of the Noarlunga area of South Australia, particularly in the areas south of the river.

Charles Winnecke - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Charles Winnecke [B 6979]

Christ Church and parsonage, North Adelaide SLSA - B 1942

Christ Church and parsonage, west side of Palmer Place, North Adelaide. Built of limestone mined from Palmer Place, and roofed with slates from Willunga, this Norman style church was opened on the 20th December... More

Claude Rains (cropped) - A man sitting on a chair holding a gun

Claude Rains was born in England in 1889 and became a stage actor. In 1912 he toured Australia and can be seen here as a twenty three year old playing a mature and senior lawyer. He was already a successful Bro... More

Claude Rains - A man sitting on a chair holding a gun

Clayton Church, Beulah Park, 1865

Clayton Church, Beulah Park, 1865 Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clayton Congregation Church with choir organ and thanksgiving festival...

Clayton Congregation Church with choir organ and thanksgiving festival, 1903 Public domain photograph of the interior of a church, altar, choir, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clayton Congregation Church, circa 1897

Clayton Congregation Church, circa 1897 Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CN class, Port Augusta, ca 1951

A Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotive at Port Augusta, South Australia. The locomotive was built in Canada in 1907 or 1908 for the Canadian Northern Railway, and was later owned by the Canadian National ... More

CN76, Port Pirie, 1951(2) - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotive, no. CN76, at Port Pirie, South Australia. The locomotive was built in Canada in 1908 for the Canadian Northern Railway, and was later owned by the Canadian National R... More

CN77, Commonwealth Railways, ca 1951

Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotive, no. CN77. The locomotive was built in Canada in 1908 for the Canadian Northern Railway, and was later owned by the Canadian National Railways. During World War II, i... More

Cnr Nth Tce Stephens Place 1913 B 9490

North Terrace, west corner of Stephens Place. 1913

Colony of young cormorants on Dangerous Reef (SLSA PRG-280-1-20-339)

Distant view of a colony of young cormorants being encouraged by parent birds to enter the sea from the shores of their rookery on Dangerous Reef, near Port Lincoln, South Australia. Circa 1920

Commemoration plaque at Rosetta Head, South Australia (State Library o...

Plaque unveiled by the Governor of South Australia on 8 April 1902 to commemorate the meeting of Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin.

Concordia College 1905 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Building and students of Concordia College, 1905 - possibly on opening day.

Concordia Gym 1921 - A black and white photo of a group of men

The gymnasium team from Concordia College walking in a line in front of the main building.

Coola Wool Shed - State Library of South Australia B 3393

[General description] This large stone building with its wooden stockyards, windmill and trough is seen looking across an open expanse of pasture. A few straggly gum trees stand nearby. [On back of photograph] ... More

The Hon John Cowan MLC, circa 1935

The Honourable John Cowan, MLC (circa 1935), Public domain photograph of parliament, political committee, politicians, government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cummins House front c1900

Cummins House, Adelaide, front, ca. 1900 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cummins House rear c1900

Cummins House, Adelaide, rear, ca. 1900 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Customs House, Port MacDonnell State Library of South Australia PRG 28...

Premises of the former Police Station, Court House, Telegraph Station and Customs House at the corner of Standish Street and The Parade in Port MacDonnell, South Australia.

Dangerous Reef (SLSA B-29553)

Eimma and Dempster on Dangerous Reef. Circa 1932

Dangerous Reef (SLSA PRG-458-1-1-9)

Dangerous Reef, near Pt. Lincoln, a bird colony and seal habitat. Circa 1932.

Davenport beaumont - An old photo of a man standing in front of a buil...

Sir Samuel Davenport (1818–1906) at Beaumont House.

David Unaipon 1938 - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and ti...

Portrait of David Unaipon.

Public Domain Images - Day Bosanquet

This image shows a photograph of Day Bosanquet, taken ca 1910. Under Australian law, all photographs taken in Australia before 1955 are in the public domain. This image is in the public domain under both Austra... More

DE90, Commonwealth Railways, ca 1951

A Commonwealth Railways DE class diesel locomotive, no. DE90. A standard General Electric 44-ton switcher, it entered service with the CR in July 1950.This is one of a number of images in the collection of the... More

DE91, Port Pirie, 1951 - A black and white photo of a train engine

A Commonwealth Railways DE class diesel locomotive, no. DE91, shunting at Port Pirie, South Australia. A standard General Electric 44-ton switcher, it entered service with the CR in July 1950.This is one of a ... More

Dingley Dell PRG-1386-3-50

View of Dingley Dell, the home of poet Adam Lindasy Gordon, circa 1950, State Library of South Australia PRG-1386-3-50

Douglas Mawson - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

Sir Douglas Mawson, 1914

Dulkaninna Station Ca 1930

Dulkaninna Station, Birdsville Track. Dimensions of the Dulkaninna Bore: Depth: 2226 ft.; Capacity: 1,000,000 gallons; Temperature: 148 degrees; Date completed: 1898