Views of Port Augusta, SA, 1892 |
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| Title : | Views of Port Augusta, SA, 1892 |
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| Creator : | Rider & Mercer, lithographer | ||
| Source : | Port Augusta and Quorn dispatch 28 October 1892 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Victoria | ||
| Publisher : | Port Augusta and Quorn dispatch | ||
| Date of creation : | 1892 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
A coloured lithograph of Port Augusta views produced by lithographers Rider & Mercer of Ballarat for the Port Augusta and Quorn Dispatch. In addition to views of places throughout Port Augusta, some of which have been produced from photographs, it also includes two maps and an acknowledgement which reads 'the advertisements on this sheet contracted for by Wellesley A. Parker, Palace Hotel, Melbourne'. This lithograph was published in the Port Augusta and Quorn dispatch newspaper on 28 October 1892. This lithograph consists of 32 images depiciting scenes and business in Port Augusta. Some of these include : Interior and exterior W. Symons shop, general draper and importer, at Commercial Road, Port Augusta. View of the shop from which George Farr, undertaker, joiner & cabinet maker, worked. The building was located in Commercial Road. View of 'Gladstone Square - showing A.D. Tassie's monument View of the 'Globe Hotel, opposite Court House, Jervois Street, Port Augusta. George Bull, Proprietor'. Premises of John Dunn & Co, millers and grain merchants, showing a warehouse, mill and railway tracks coming up from the port. Port Augusta and Flinders Jockey Club. 'H.S. Nell, tailor, clothier, and general draper, Commercial Road, Port Augusta'. View along Tassie Street, Port Augusta Premises of 'G. Rosam, watch and clock maker, Commercial Road, Port Augusta'. Premises of 'the American Hairdressing Saloon. H.A. MacLean, hairdressing and tobacconist, Commercial Road, Port Augusta' View of R. Honey's 'Lion timber yards and steam saw mills, Tassie and Mackay Streets, Port Augusta'. It shows a timber storage shed, a horse and cart in front of another building, and a covered area with railway lines. Five vignettes showing the premises of 'Trewenack & Bice, engineers, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, and agricultural implements manufacterers, Flinders Terrace, Port Augusta'. Three vignettes of the premises of 'Young & Gordon, merchants and importers, shipping, customs and forwarding agents'. The main illustration is of their main premises; the vignette on the left of their bonded stores, and their Port Augusta West store on the right. Premises of 'C.J. Ziesing, shipping and family butcher, and sausage maker, Commercial Road, Port Augusta'. Premises of 'R.B. Randall, baker, caterer & confectioner, Commercial Road, Port Augusta. Refreshment Rooms'. View along Commercial Road with the premises of Young & Gordon on the right View of two shops in the Exchange Building in Port Augusta - 'Taylor & Polglaze, storekeepers; Alex. Bothwell, saddle and harness maker; [and] Despatch Office. D. Drysdale, printer & publisher'. Premises of 'Robert Hall, Commission Agent, Commercial Road, Port Augusta. The Alliance Assurance Company'. The sign above the shop actually reads 'Atlas Assurance Coy.'. Premises of 'A.E. Carrig, pharmaceutical and dispensing chemist, Commercial Road, Port Augusta'. A sign on the front barge board reads 'teeth carefully extracted'. View of the Port Augusta Hospital View of the Roman Catholic Church at Port Augusta View of Port Augusta's Post Office, Mechanics' Institute and Town Hall |
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| Related names : | Lithograph Port Augusta (S. Aust) |
| Coverage year : | 1892 |
| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Anderson, R.J. Solid town: a history of Port Augusta. [Port Augusta, S. Aust.] : R.J. Anderson, 1988 Evans, E. L. The story of Port Augusta: historical booklet published in conjunction with Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations, 1951 [Port Augusta: Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations Port Augusta Executive Committee, 1951] |
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