PL1. "Port Adelaide"
When the visitor or colonist arrived in Adelaide it was to Port Adelaide they be put ashore, designed by Colonel William Light to be six miles form the city to allow an orderly urban growth. This area was initially called 'Port Misery', as it was very marsh-like and insect -invested! This scene shows the improvements that 50 years affords.
PL2. "Rundle Street"
Corner of Rundle Street and King William Street a major shopping precinct (a mall) of the city of Adelaide (as is Unley Road!) On the left is the famous "Bee-hive Corner" before the new facade was added in 1895, and on the opposite corner is now Darrel Lea, confectioners.
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PL3. "King William Street"
View from Rundle Steet to the left and Hindley Street to the right. The Major carriage-way of the city is named after King William IV, as the city is named after his wife, Queen Adelaide. This view takes us up to Victoria (Queen) Square past the Town Hall and General Post Office on the right. In this lithograph it can be understood why the planners of this Colony percieved it as "a slice of London in the Antipodes"
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PL4. "North Terrace"
The Terrace is a proud showcase of architectural styles that continued well into the 20th century. However, this view, which is from the location of the South Australian Museum today, shows the Institute building ( today it is the home of the Sir Donald Bradman Collection), the Governor's Residence (Flag pole to the right), Adelaide Club (tallest building on the left),the old Parliament House(in the far distance to the right), and the unseen Railway Station
PL5. "Government House, North Terrace, Adelaide"
Government House was originally located where the Railway Station now stands and was a wattle and daub construction with a calico ceiling and a thatched roof that burnt down in 1841. The current Governor is fortunate that wen Lieutenent Colonel George Gawler replaced Gov. John Hindmarsh in 1838 he opted for a building of a more permanent nature built of masonry. The west wing was completed in May 1840 making it the second-oldest continuously occupied residence in South AUstralia. Major work was continued in 1855 by Gov. Sir Henry Fox Young and in 1863-69 servant quarters were added while in the 1870's the conservatory was added and a new west wall was built.
PL6. "River Torrens"
Here we see the civilizing recreational activities afforded when a British Heritage meets with a handsome river. On July 21st, 1881 the Mayor, Sir Edwin Smith, closed the sluice gates to create the Lake Torrens, together with the opening of the Exhibition of Arts and Industry in the Exhibition Building that stood on land where the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia are today.The road to the right was known as Victoria Drive at that time and looks over a Parade Ground in the bottom right corner, with the imposing Mortlock Library to the far distant right.
With the opening of the Torrens Lake the City Council passed a series of laws which were administered by the Inspector of Boats and Collector of Licence Fees for citizens to use the lake giving him the power to impound unlicensed boats!
PL7. "Hindley Street, Adelaide"
Two Members of the British House of Commons joined the First Board of Directors of the South Australia Company giving their names to, what was to become, the major retail centre of the city - Messrs. Charles Hindley and John Rundle. Hindley Street was the city's gateway and much of the water was accessed from the Torrens River so many modest dwelling were built at the western end as well as much of the trade. A cameo scene was reported-"The Almond brothers had shops together there, but the funny part of it was that their establishments were separate. One of the brothers would sit out in front with a concertina and if you asked him who his neighbour was he would reply No relation.
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PL8. "Adelaide, from the Kent Town Brewery"
Here we are receiving a view from the East of the "City of Churches". Adelaide was so named due to the non-denominational plan for its establishment hence so many churches accomodated the differing faiths. Here we see the Dequetteville Tce/Rundle Street junction. However, the Colony was also known for its "substantial and capracious breweries" of which the Kent Town Brewery was one. Such sites helped to keep the many Public Houses stocked with beer. This location has now been turned into apartments and are a prime example of conservation and development possibilites. Inhabitants command the same view, albeit differing skyline!SOLD
PL9. "Little Rundle Street"
I believe this is the view from the Kent Town Brewery to the foothills in the East. The first building we see to the north is No. 1 Rundle Street, and the happy passengers on the carriage may have just come from the the Kent Town Hotel (now "The Tap Inn") having sampled some of the Brewery's finest ales.
PL10. "Whinham College"
No.104 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide. It was built by John Whinham, A scholar of Northumberland, England. In 1854 he purchased some land from George Fife Angas and was able to open his own non-denominational secondary school which was latter referred to as Whinham's North Adelaide Grammar School, which opened with one pupil!. However, by the 1870's it boasted up to 300 pupils, some of which we see here enjoying running around the Maypole and other activities during a recess from studies. John Whinham's Son, Robert, became the second head-master in 1876. His father continued to teach until 1884 when he tragically died when thrown from a horse on King William Road near the Children's Hospital. The school was closed in 1898. Howard Angas, George's son, took over the building and Angas College was established. In 1916 the building was taken over by the Army as a Repatriation Hospital.In 1922 the Luthern Church acquired the building to use as a college and training institution for ministers. But for a 3 year period it has been known as Immanuel College, then Immanuel Theological Seminary.
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PL11. "Waterfall Gully"
Located 5 km east of the city the Gully encompasses one long gully with First Creek that
feeds the Torrens River and is Part of Burnside Council. It is rich with Aboriginal mythology.
The Story of the ancestor-creator, Nganno, who wounded in battle, lay down on the native Kaurna Peple's land
and died hence creating the Mount Lofty ranges. The First sighting of he Waterfall at the end of the Gully was by John
William Adams, who arrived on the H.M.S Buffalo in January, 1837. The area around the Waterfall was a proclaimed a
reserve in 1884, soon after this view was published. The Area attracted many Cornish miners as small silver-lead mines
were established.
PL12. "Mitcham"
As the traveller continues south past Colonel William Light's planned border of pictureque parklands, the Village of Mitcham is now a vibrant shopping area, which belies this ideal 1880's rural scene with the traditional placement of St. Michael's Church looking down over he settlement.
PL13. "Strathalbyn"
Representing the Adelaide hinterland we have the view of a settlementof Strathalbyn, now designated a heritage town. Dr. John Rankine arrived from Ayrshire, along with 105 Scottish immigrants, with his brother William and Colonel James Dawson arriving two years later and taking up land that was eventually to become the township site. There are more than 30 Heritage-listed buildings typically using the local Bluestone. The St. Andrews Presbyterian Church built in 1844, now the Uniting Church, was the focal point of the community then as it now.
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PL14. "Victor Harbor, South Australia"
The History of Encounter Bay begins with the chance ‘Encounter’ of a the English captain, Matthew Flinders, and French captain, Nicholas Baudin, on 8 th April, 1802. It is not until March 1837 a whaling station was established on Granite Island (closed in 1870), one year after settlement of the Colony. In April that year Capt. Richard Crozier arrived in the H.M.S. Victor and considered the Bay to be a better port than that Both Governors Hindmarsh and Gawler believed it would make an excellent capital for the new Colony with its superior port and access to the River Murray (Hindmarsh bought the land we now call the Bluff.) However neither prevailed.In 1854 a jetty was constructed which in 1875 was changed into a 630 metre causeway connecting Granite Island to the mainland. In the same year a horse drawn tram was introduced as Victor Harbor had become a popular tourist destination.
PL15.
"VICTOR HARBOR"
"The Honourable Mr A. Hay's Residence"
This stately home, which is known today as Mount Brecken, stands on he hill overlooking the vibrant Fleurieu Peninsula town of Victor Harbor. At one time Victor Harbor was considered a capital city site option. Governor John Hindmarsh owned the land known as “The Bluff” overlooking the township. By 1904 it had “...a jetty, a mile in length, along which an iron tramway connects the mainland with Granite Island from which the causeway projects into deep water for the accommodation of large wool and other ships, several of which are now being loaded on dispatch direct to London.” This view has the Hindmarsh River in the foreground.
PL16. "Mount Barker"
The township is 35km North of Adelaide and was named after Mount Barker Summit, an important aboriginal burial site. The mountain was seen by Captain Charles Sturt during his Murray River Voyage in 1830 and was named after Captain Collet Barker.The pastoral industry was the mainstay of the village with cattle being taken to Sydney and Melbourne markets. This was a mainstay of the village. Then in 1839 a pasturalist, Duncan McFarlane, surveyed the land into 80 acres blocks in the hope to temp grain farmers. This did not suceed until John Dunn built the the first steam flour mill outside of Adelaide in 1844. In this Lithograph we see the main street, Gawler Terrace, with the major buildings being the Post Office built in 1860 and the Police Office and Stables in 1878.
PL17. "Clarendon"
Clarendon is a Village on the Onkaparinga River. It began as a ford, connecting the coach routes from Adelaide to McClaren Vale, Meadows and Strathalbyn. The Town is a Heritage Precinct and the buildings represent the typical South Australian colonial architecture of the 1880's. A major agricultural pursuit was and is the growing of vines.
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PL18. "Murray Bridge"
Located 78 km from Adelaide on the Murray River. The first European into the area was Captain Charles Sturt who was assigned to solve the mystery of why so many rivers flow westward from the Great Dividing Range-was there an inland sea? So he rowed a Whaling boat down the Murrumbidgee in late 1829, passing the site of Murray Bridge and arriving at Lake Alexandrina in Feb 1830. It was thought that Australia's largest River could be used transporting produce west ward. It wasn't until the formal establishment of Goolwa as a port in the 1850's that became a reality. The completion of a road bridge over the Murray in 1879 brought on the establishment of the town and the Adelaide to Melbourne railway garanteed it as a vital link and ensured it's survival.
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PL19. "Lower North Adelaide"
Here is a view from Kingston Street overlooking Stanley, Melbourne & Jerningham Streets, the latter being the home of the Lion Brewery whose smoke stack we can see. Yet another of the famous Adelaide brewery with its great stone buildings that were built in the mid 1850's by William James Bailey and Frederick Stanley.
PL20. "Onkaparinga River"
Onkaparinga is 20 kms south of Adelaide. The Word "Onkaparinga" means "Woman's River" due to the Aboriginal stories about a Kouri woman fell out wih her tribe and tried to escape across the river but drowned.
The River starts in the Mount Lofty Ranges flowing through the picturesque valley and the Village of Clarendon. The valley has been heavily used for sheep grazing, growing olives, figs and vines.
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PL21. "Sir W.D. Jervois, KC.M.G "
Lieutenant General William Francis Drummond Jervois, October 2nd, 1877 appointed Governor of South Australia until 9th January, 1883.The Snow Family, cousins of Sir Jervois, arrived in 1862 and lived on the Eyre Peninsula. One of their number, Thomas , became his secretary and Jervois names Snowtown in his honour in 1878. Although Jervois spent a majority of his time in the city of Adelaide, he did have a summer residence at Heathfield Estate in Port Elliott.During his Governorship he dedicated much time to the development of the country areas. The Railways owe much of their development to him and November 1881 he opened he Adelaide to Orroroo line.
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