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260 x 195 mm. A front view of the court, with an imposing Roman Doric portico, which stands in King William Street. Built for the Police Court in 1867, when William Hanson was Colonial Architect, it became the Local and Insolvency Courts in 1891.

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270 x 215 mm. A fine study of a group of settlers and children, with the pumping station steam engine to the left, and logs for fuel piled in front. With the River Murray serving as a background.

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270 x 220 mm. Showing a field of vines, with farm buildings in the background and the flume, a raised water channel, running along the perimeter of the field.

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The menu for the banquet at Parliament House, Adelaide, 23 March 1954, in honour of the Royal Visitors.

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275 x 225 mm. A view of the settlers’ cabins, with women and children posing for the camera by their vegetable plots.

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275 x 205 mm. A view looking down onto the small station building, with a locomotive at the platform and freight cars filled with cargo. The station lies 1700 feet above sea level, 19 miles by rail from Adelaide. This print appears in ‘Glimpses of Australia’ Vol. 1. (Gordon and Gotch, 1897) where is it credited to the South Australian Government.

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270 x 215 mm. Showing a field of rather dilapidated apricot trees, with a settler posing in foreground.

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270 x 220 mm. Showing a field of drooping vines, with scrubland.

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260 x 195 mm. A view from one side of what is now the Jervois Wing of the State Library of South Australia. An ornate building, with towers and roofs in French Renaissance style, it took from 1879 to 1884 to build, although the wing of the building shown here, housing the Art Gallery, was opened in 1881. A statue of Robert Burns now stands at the nearest corner. Design of the building attributed to G.T. Light (1838-1911).

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Coloured and black and white negatives of the Australian artwork, which were taken before its sale by the RCS to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1970. A list is filed with the collection. Prints are stored at RCMS 40/7.

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260 x 200 mm. A three-quarter front view of the building from Victoria Square. The building was completed in 1881.

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260 x 200 mm. A view down the street, which was at this time predominantly residential, with tramlines and a horse tram in the distance. North Terrace lies directly south of and parallel to the River Torrens and has always been a sought-after area of Adelaide. The building nearest the camera is the Adelaide Club House, designed by E.A. Hamilton and completed in 1864.

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A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

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Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.

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The manuscript has no formal title, but written on the back, in E.C. Frome's handwriting, is 'Dec/42. Mem. Mr. Burr on the Interior South Australia'. The work sets out to prove that 'we Southern Australians are not chopped off from the rest of the world: hemmed in on every side'. Burr discusses the importance of South Australia to Britain as a means of absorbing surplus population and for the advancement of Christianity, civilisation and science.

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A wide range of papers relating to Gouger and his career in South Australia and correspondence with the R.C.S. regarding the collection. The papers are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 65, May 1962, including 'Early days in South Australia' (pp. 1-3), which describes the collection.

Scope and Contents Two undated copies of a seven-page letter from Norah Young to her children, 1916, describing her voyage to Australia and early years there; photocopies of notes on the career of Reginald St Chad Young, originally written in 1965 (4 pages); xerox copies of photographs in the possession of the family (6 pages); and a family tree (1 page).The papers are accompanied by 'Glimpses of the past: a long life ended', a photocopied transcript of an article that appeared in the 'Adelaide advertiser'...

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260 x 200 mm. A view of the buildings with gardens in front. The west front of the building is at the right of the picture, with a wing to the left not seen in the previous photograph.

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260 x 190 mm. A front view of the large stone building, with white dressed stone decorations, and large central tower. Probably designed by William Bennett Hayes, and now demolished. The building stood in what is now the eastern part of the Botanic Gardens.

Scope and Contents Number 79 is a reproduction of a work by H. Nixon. The original was sold at auction by the RCS in 1970.1. Black Rock Hills Depot 2. Hughes Upper Station 3. Razor Back 4 Smokers' Valley 5. Black Rock Hills Depot 6. Camp Scene 7. Hot Springs 8. Freshwater Lagoon (missing)9. Pass through the Hills 10. Eagle's Nest 11. Pasmore River 12. Reaping Hook Hill 13. Water hole and crater 14. View of Lake Torrens 15. Mountain Scene 16....

Scope and Contents Numbers 94-95 are reproductions of works by J. Henderson and 96-97 are reproductions of works by S.T. Gill. 160-166 are copies of sectional sketches of a mine at Kapunda, South Australia, created by an unknown artist in 1849 and donated to the society by P.D. Prankerd on 28 June, 1898. The originals were sold at auction by the RCS in 1970.91. Sydenham 92. Sydenham 93. Avenue looking towards Eyre's Hut 94. Hobart Town (J. Henderson) 95. Van Diemen's Land (J....

Scope and Contents Print reproductions of Frome's South Australian watercolours and sketches, with a few works from Canada and Mauritius, and a portrait print of Frome himself. This section also includes copies of works relating to South Australia by other artists that Frome had acquired. A catalogue, 'The Australian collection of General E.C. Frome in the Royal Commonwealth Society' written by RCS Librarian Donald Simpson, is stored with the collection, along with a listing by R.G. Appleyard 'Captain E.C....

Scope and Contents A large folio volume of pasted in satirical cartoons relating to South Australia. The cartoons are titled at the top 'Portonian', and have captions below the image. Many of the pictures are numbered and dated. The volume includes a satirical annual diary with a cartoon in the centre, 4 December 1875, and a plan of the city of Adelaide 'compiled and published by the proprietors, Frearson and Brother, Adelaide, 1874', which was a supplement to the 'Portonian', 13 March 1875. The volume is...

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215 x 167 mm. A view looking along William Street with the Advertiser office in the foreground and the Post office behind. The foundation stone of the Post Office was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867 and the building was completed in 1872.

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260 x 195 mm. A front view of the school, with pupils standing in front. The school was opened in 1878, and named after Prince Alfred (later Duke of Edinburgh), who visited Adelaide in 1867.