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PRG 1642 Series list Page 1 of 16

Papers of Vernon Smith PRG 1642 Series List

Newspaper writings by Vernon Smith 1 1880-1972. 9cm. [Indexed scrapbook of newspaper writings by Vernon Smith including

writings on the history of Port Adelaide, shipping in the region and obituaries, correspondence, articles on lighthouses, and a small number of shipping photographs, including photographs by Sweet and one of the Cunard Line, Mauretania.]

Papers of Vernon Smith 2 1877-1984. 34cm. [Assorted birthday record books, diaries, notebooks, stamps, cash and

bank books, correspondence, scrapbooks of funeral notices and advertisements, ledgers, business cards, two metal types with Vernon and Violet Smith’s names (46-47), part of a wooden ruler (48), a Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal (49), Nursing in South Australia book, and the common prayer book belonging to Vernon Smith. Includes an index of the items.]

Papers of Vernon Smith 3 1889-1978. 34 cm. [Assorted papers of Vernon Smith.]

1. Account papers 2. Investment papers 3. Personal papers including reminiscences 4. Whinham College papers 5. Land transaction papers 6. Ungara at 429 Military Road, Largs papers 7. Drew & Crewes papers 8. Spottiswoode papers 9. Personal papers including an insolvency certificate, cards, tickets,

programmes and exhibition catalogues 10. Port Adelaide district and Institute papers 11. Estate papers, including floral tribute papers 12. League of the Empire papers 13. Royal Society of St. George and Pioneers’ Association papers 14. Animal Welfare and Kuitpo Colony papers 15. Church of England and Largs Bay papers 16. Account papers 17. 100th birthday papers [See Series 37 for photographs] 18. Semaphore Collegiate School, Shiplovers’ Society, and the Missions to

Seamen papers 19. Political papers

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Papers of Vernon Smith 4 1886-1977. 17cm. [Papers of Vernon Smith including cards, invitations, correspondence,

pamphlets, newspaper articles, and postcards. Includes birthday cards and letters, newspaper articles relating to World War I, will of Charlotte Sarah Spotswood, probate of Ethel Annie Spotswood and crown lease of Henrietta Sophia Dinning.]

Estate and trustee papers of members of the Taylor family 5 1894-1959. 4cm. [Estate and trustee papers, including wills, of Mary Jane Taylor (Violet

Lucretia Smith’s mother), Elizabeth Smith (Violet Lucretia Smith’s aunt), and Amy Elizabeth Taylor (Violet Lucretia Smith’s sister). Includes family trees of Henry Taylor and the Taylor family.]

Papers relating to the Smith family 6 1843-1976. 6cm. [Papers relating to various relatives and family history of Vernon and Violet

Smith including John Ragless, Samuel Smith of Yalumba, Lucy Kealley, Charles Trafford (C.T.) Smith, Samuel Kealley, Isaac Tetley, and the Santo family. Includes the publications ‘Pioneers of South Australia’ by F.B. Ragless, and ‘John Ragless and his descendants’ by Vernon Smith, and the will of C.T. Smith.]

Papers relating to Vernon Smith and shipping 7 1894-1970. 18cm. [Papers relating to Vernon Smith, shipping, the Nautical Museum at Port

Adelaide, and the Institute, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, invitations, and museum reports. Includes stories about Captain Peter Weir, the ‘Dimsdale’-Wonga Shoal lighthouse collision, “early Semaphore schools”, “a world of oil”, ‘City of Adelaide’ ship, Outer Harbor, Handasyde Duncan, and correspondence about various ships, people, and acquisitions for the museum.]

Assorted publications and pamphlets 8 1815-1979. 9cm. [Assorted publications and pamphlets collected including the Merchant

Navy Journal, The Sydney Mail (27 May 1936), St. Bede’s Church Semaphore Centenary (1979), Commercial Australia supplement (1961), St. Barnabas Theological College pamphlet and newsletter, Mayflower Mail (1957), The Etruscan (March 1954), Neptune (1940), King’s Old Collegian (July 1939), South Australian National Thanksgiving Service (September 1936), Anglican Centennial Exhibition (1936), St. Alban’s Church of England at Largs, and Trooping the Colour Silver Jubilee (1935). Includes pamphlets relating to the Centenary of South Australia, and the Anglican Church.]

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Portonian cartoons 9 1878-1879. 0.5 cm. [Collection of 8 cartoons from the Portonian.] Papers relating to the Nautical Museum 10 1900-1953. 22 photographs. 0.5cm. [22 photographs, including 8 negatives relating to shipping and the Nautical

Museum curated by Vernon Smith. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/10.]

Papers relating to Violet Lucretia Taylor 11 1886-1961. 17cm. [Papers relating to Violet Lucretia Smith (nee Taylor), including sympathy

cards, correspondence, two notebooks, wedding presents list, and a birthday greeting. Also includes correspondence from her sister Amy Elizabeth Taylor.]

Correspondence from Wilmot Smith 12 1920-1974. 42cm. [Correspondence received by Vernon Smith and Dorothy Vernon Smith

from Wilmot Smith. Includes an index of the Smith family letters in Dorothy Smith’s collection.]

Assorted collection of photographs 13 1870-1930. 1008 photographs. 16cm. [Collection of 1008 photographs, including many by Dorothy Smith, of

shipping scenes in Port Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart, and the River Murray. Also includes photographs of the Taylor family, Wilmot family, sheep stations by Clement Penfold Smith, and assorted people and places. Many of the photographs are negatives with some glass plate negatives, and there are print copies of some of these in OUTSIZE 1. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/13.]

Smith family bible 14 1866. 5cm. [Smith family bible.]

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Photograph albums of Dorothy Smith 15 1890-1996. 326 photographs. 8cm. [Two photograph albums of Dorothy Vernon Smith containing photographs

of shipping, people and places. Also includes photographs relating to James Cowan, the Warren family, and Samuel Rupert Wilson, including graves of some of the family members. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/15.]

‘Spottiswoode’ House 16 1907-1991. 18cm. [Papers relating to ‘Spottiswoode’ House at Stirling including

correspondence, notes, business papers, legal papers, newspaper clippings, receipts, and papers relating to its maintenance, forest planting, letting, and Stirling. Also includes papers, mostly receipts, relating to Letitia Elma Wilmot Harkness.]

Papers of Vernon Smith 17 1918-1975. 4cm. [Assorted papers of Vernon Smith including correspondence, a life

membership certificate of Prince Alfred College Old Collegians’ Association, a framed oil reproduction of Port Adelaide presented on Smith’s 100 th birthday and photograph of him receiving it from the Mayoress Mrs. Marten, and a certificate from the Shiplover’s Society of South Australia.

Liberal and Country League 18 1923-1981. 6cm. [Semaphore and Largs Branch records of the Liberal and Country League,

including membership lists, notes, election material and how to vote cards, constitution, and correspondence.]

Newspaper clippings collected by Dorothy Vernon Smith 19 1912-1982. 16cm. [Newspaper clippings collected by Dorothy Vernon Smith about Port

Adelaide, New Haven, West Lakes, Largs, Semaphore, the Riverland, River Murray boats, and other topics including radio communications, Hobart, World War I, and book reviews.]

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Papers of Dorothy Vernon Smith 20 1896-1991. 21cm. [Assorted papers of Dorothy Vernon Smith, including papers relating to her

employment on ships and radio work, notes, cards, St. Bede’s Church, book reviews, and newspaper clippings. Also includes two 1935 Royal Life Saving Society certificates, two metal types, a leather strip with “Dorothy” written on the back, and a list of Dorothy Smith’s items put to auction in 1991.]

Correspondence of Dorothy Vernon Smith 21 1920-1988. 39cm. [Correspondence received and sent by Dorothy Vernon Smith. Includes

correspondence sent by her to family from the S.S. ‘Karuah’.] Diaries of Dorothy Vernon Smith 22 1930-1987. 30cm. [Diaries of Dorothy Vernon Smith, including notebooks, and shareholders

publications from Ampol Limited.] Postcards of Vernon Smith and Dorothy Vernon Smith 23 1900-1980. 7cm. [Postcards received and collected by Vernon Smith and Dorothy Vernon

Smith. Also includes postcards George Warren Smith received from various people in Sri Lanka and India.]

Photographs of the life of the Smith family 24 1870-1960. 378 photographs. 12cm. [378 photographs of the life of the Smith family, including photographs of

people and family, albums of ‘Wyrallah’ House, negatives of places and shipping in Sydney. Also includes photographs taken in Hobart and Victor Harbor, and holiday albums in Europe. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/24.]

Photographs of the Smith and Taylor families 25 1870-1958. 358 photographs. 16cm. [357 photographs of the Smith and Taylor families, including Yalumba

Smith of Angaston, and members of the Luskey, McFarlane, Spotswood, Adamson, Hayward, Ragless, Salter, Warren and Kealley families. Includes portrait and wedding photographs, Taylor family home at Mitcham, and photographs taken of family at Sevenoaks, England. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/25.]

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Photographs from places around South Australia 26 1880-1966. 105 photographs. 4cm. [105 assorted photographs of places around Adelaide and the Adelaide

Hills including ‘Wittalunga’, ‘Lothian’ House, Port Adelaide and Semaphore. Also includes photographs of people and places in the Renmark region and Wilmington, shipping, smelters, missionaries in India, and ‘Tuella’ at Curlwaa (N.S.W.). To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/26.]

Negatives from places around South Australia 27 1923-1951. 22 photographs. 0.5cm. [22 negatives from trips to West Coast of South Australia on the S.S.

‘Wookata’, the River Murray, and Auburn. To see details of individual photographs, search on Archival number PRG 1642/27.]

Negative albums of Vernon Smith and Dorothy Vernon Smith 28 1898-1951. 788 photographs. 10cm. [4 albums of negatives, containing 788 photographs taken by Vernon Smith

and Dorothy Vernon Smith, including Semaphore, Mount Lofty, ‘Wyrallah’, church, Adelaide, Port River, shipping, ‘Spottiswoode’, Bordertown, Imperial troops, ‘Witchelina’, ‘Warrawee’, Botanic Gardens, Mount Pleasant, and Cairns. Some negatives are accompanied by print copies.]

Photograph albums of Dorothy Vernon Smith 29 1925-1965. 438 photographs. 10cm. [8 photograph albums, containing 438 photographs (many taken by Dorothy

Vernon Smith), including the Smith family, the Paddle Steamer ‘Marion’ and the River Murray, shipping, and places around South Australia, Australia, and abroad. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/29.]

Smith Family album 30 1860-1880. 48 photographs. 7cm. [Album of 48 carte-de-visite photographs of the Smith family, including

duplicates of photographs in series 24.] Postcards and cards of Vernon Smith and Dorothy Vernon Smith 31 1879-1981. 12cm. [Assorted postcards, cards, and special papers collected by Vernon Smith

and Dorothy Smith.]

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Photographs of Dorothy Vernon Smith and Wilmot Smith 32 1870-1966. 438 photographs. 6cm. [438 photographs of Dorothy Vernon Smith, and Wilmot Smith and family.

Also includes photographs taken by Wilmot Smith in England, including the Ferrybridge Powerhouse and the Cape Wrath ship, and an album of assorted photographs taken by Wilmot Smith. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/32.]

Papers of Wilmot Smith 33 1924-1944. 6cm. [Papers of Wilmot Smith, including schoolbooks, and papers relating to his

schooling at Prince Alfred College and St. Mark’s College.] Caps, badges, and bands of Wilmot Smith 34 Approximately 1924-1944. 5cm. [Caps, badges and bands of Wilmot Smith from his schooling at Prince

Alfred College and Kings College. Includes patches from sea scouts, and a fabric piece indicating that he was a part of “B (Univ.) Coy. 27 th Battalion”.]

Correspondence between George Warren Smith and Harry Wilmot 35 1885-1921. 4cm. [Correspondence to George Warren Smith (father of Vernon Smith) from his

brother Harry Wilmot. Transcriptions made have been included with the originals. Also includes correspondence from Charles Trafford Smith and correspondence to Vernon Smith from Harry Wilmot.]

Correspondence between Smith family members 36 1866-1977. 19cm. [Assorted correspondence between George Warren Smith, Elizabeth

Spotswood, Vernon Smith, Violet Taylor, Elma Harkness (nee Smith), Harry Smith, Mark Smith, Clement Smith, including many letters between George Warren Smith and his wife Elizabeth Spotswood, and correspondence to Vernon Smith. Includes a photograph of Alan Herbert Smith, Sylvia Rosalia Smith (nee Sorensen), and Jens P. Smith.]

Vernon Smith’s 90th and 100th birthdays 37 1965, 1975. 32 photographs. 1cm. [Photographs of Vernon Smith’s 90th and 100th birthdays. A civic reception

was held for his 100th birthday, and includes photographs of the guests present. Also includes a photograph taken at Prince Alfred College, with a letter from the headmaster. To see details of individual photographs, search on Archival number PRG 1642/37.]

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Papers of Clement Penfold Smith 38 1905-1961. 25cm. [Papers of Clement Penfold Smith, including a chronology of his life,

correspondence received, receipts and tax returns, Justice of the Peace certificate (1930), notes, a postcard album, diaries and journals, financial records and books, and a December 1960 St. Peter’s College School Magazine.]

Clement Penfold Smith photographs 39 1939-1951. 224 photographs. 6cm. [Photographs taken by Clement Penfold Smith showing the life and

conditions of the sheep stations he worked on in the 1940s at Outalpa, Wiwirra, and Weekeroo, near Mannahill, and Coola Station, near Mount Gambier. Photographs show the homesteads, gardens, livestock, tanks, land, and surrounds. Also includes photographs taken at his home in Auburn. To see details of individual photographs, search on Archival number PRG 1642/39.]

Papers of George Warren Smith 40 1889-1940. 9cm. [Papers relating to George Warren Smith, father of Vernon and Clement

Smith, and partner of Smith, Channon and Co, including sympathy letters, estate papers, wallet, and will of Mary Smith. Also includes papers of Smith, Channon, and Co.]

For sale notices 41 Approximately 1910. 0.5cm. [4 calico "for sale" notices from Vernon Smith of Smith, Channon, and Co.,

of Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.]

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Land sale maps and posters. 42 1875-1922. 2cm. [17 assorted cadastral maps, plans and posters advertising land sales in

the Port Adelaide, Outer Harbor, Largs Bay, Osborne, Cheltenham, Queenstown, and Alberton region.]

1. ‘Port Augusta News, No. 3’, published in Melbourne, July 1915 for H.

Clive Daniel of 483 Collins Street. The paper advertises the city of Port Augusta and the ‘Transcontinental Estate’. 87.5 x 56.3 cm

2. Cadastral map of Port Augusta, published in Melbourne for H. Clive

Daniel of 483 Collins Street. 1915. 103 x 75.6 cm

3. Map of allotments for sale in Balaklava. Gazette date 4 February 1875. Allotments for sale 11 March 1875. Annotated. 37.8 x 55 cm

4. Map of the proposed canal at Port Adelaide, which would cross Church

Street and Minories Street, produced by Port Adelaide Canal Company Limited. The map was drawn by Burden and Bonython, and shows the old course of Tam O’Shanter Creek. No date. 67.7 x 49.7 cm

5. Advertisement poster for Mascotte, “between Largs Bay and Outer

Harbor, Sub-division of Sections 810 & 816, Hundred of Port Adelaide.” The poster shows the allotments for 96 building sites, produced for Norman Willis, Licensed land broker and auctioneer [2 copies]. No date. 88 x 57.5 cm

6. “Plan of valuable business sites at Port Adelaide in the Immediate

vicinity of the Railway Stations, the S.A. Company’s Basin, and the New Dock. For sale by auction, by Green & Co., in the Exchange Land Mart, Pirie Street, on Friday, February 25, 1881, at Eleven O’Clock.” Plan shows allotments, and was produced by Sherring & Co. Annotated. 75.6 x 56.1 cm

7. Cadastral map of Port Adelaide and Port Gawler, printed by Alfred

Vaughan, Assistant Photolithographer for the Surveyor General’s Office, Adelaide. January 1876. Annotated. 54.8 x 38 cm

8. Poster advertisement of Cheltenham and the “subdivision of Blocks 116

and others of Section 419, Hundred of Yatala, to be sold by auction, on the ground, by Malin, Russell & Co., Limited, on account of Mr. W. H. Harvey. On Saturday Afternoon, July 20, at 2.30.” 24 allotments are on sale bordered by Torrens Road, Cheltenham Road, Clifton Street, and Stroud Street, printed by Cockington and Butler. No date. 43.8 x 56 cm

9. Poster advertisement for land sale at Cheltenham, “between the Railway

Station and the Port Adelaide Tramway.” Allotments are bordered by Stroud Street, Cricksdale Street, and High Street, and are being sold by H.M. Addison. Approximately 1912. 57 x 45.1 cm

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10. Poster advertising 80 allotments for sale at Alberton East, being auctioned by Green & Co., on 9 December 1911. Allotments previously sold have been highlighted in pink. 50.5 x 75.5 cm

11. Land sale poster at Queenstown for the sale of 23 lots by Bagot,

Shakes, & Lewis, Ltd. No date. 101.3 x 63.2 cm

12. “Plan of the township of Osborne, being sub-division of part section 755 Hundred of Port Adelaide.” The allotments were auctioned by F.W. Bullock & Co. 1908. 57.3 x 44 cm

13. “Township of Glebe, being subdivision of Section 2300a in the Hundred

of Yatala, to be sold by auction on the ground by Sidney Malin, on Saturday Afternoon, March 30th, 1912, at 2.30. 61.7 x 50.1 cm

14. “Township of Largs North. Being the Sub-division of Sections 1066 and

1067 Hundred of Port Adelaide. For sale by Green & Co.” Allotments for sale are between the Esplanade and Military Road, and sold allotments are highlighted in pink. No date. 72.4 x 50.6 cm

15. South Australian Railways Map. January 1922. 68.7 x 43.3 cm

16. “Spottiswoode Estate, Mount Lofty, Subdivision of Part Section no. 52,

Hundred of Noarlunga. For private sale by W.B. Wilkinson.” No date. 44.6 x 57 cm

17. Coloured road plan of Adelaide Hills, compiled by W.H. Edmunds, 1938.

61.8 x 46.7 cm. Legal and business papers of George Warren Smith 43 1877-1934. 15cm. [Legal and business papers of George Warren Smith including the lease of

offices in Lipson Street, mortgage papers, draft transfers, an annotated plan of Palmerston, agreements, estate accounts, and bank books. Also includes papers relating to Edwin Smith of Atlas Iron Works, Port Adelaide.]

Business journals of George Warren Smith 44 1877-1935. 17cm. [Business journals of George Warren Smith, partner of Smith, Channon,

and Co, including a letter book of correspondence sent by Smith. Also includes a letter book of correspondence sent by Charles Trafford (Chas. T.) Smith and Vernon Smith.]

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Mabel Taylor’s letters 45 1900-1907. 3cm. [Letters of Mabel Taylor, sister of Violet Lucretia Smith, when she was the

Governess of the Overland Telegraph Station at Alice Springs.] Family history papers 46 1962-1996. 3cm. [Assorted family history papers including family trees and notes, relating to

the Smith, Warren, Kealley, Taylor, and Cosh families. Includes family trees of Thomas Padman and Mary Ann Waterhouse, Mark Smith and Mary Warren, Thomas Joseph Kealley, Henry Taylor, John Gilmour, and Jens P. Smith.]

Ship posters 47 1930. 0.5cm. [Two coloured posters of ships painted by Jack Spurling, originally taken

from calendars.]

1. P&O S.S. Rawalpindi (India Mail Service) and the B.I. S.S. Khandalla (East Africa-Bombay Mail). 31.3 x 43.3 cm.

2. P&O S.S. Moldavia and B.I. S.S. Modasa at Marseilles. 30.7 x 43.2 cm. Papers of Harry S. Taylor 48 1893-1920. 1cm. [Papers of Harry S. Taylor (1873-1932), editor of the Murray Pioneer at

Renmark, including reprints from articles: ‘Production under irrigation on the River Murray’, and ‘Soldier Settlement in irrigation areas’. Includes correspondence and news articles.]

Ship certificates of John H. Mcpherson 49 1857-1866. 0.5cm. [Master’s certificate of service (1866), and a ship pilot certificate (1857) of

John H. Mcpherson (born 1822).] Brass canister 50 [Approximately 1866]. 3cm. [Brass canister, which originally held the ship certificates of John H.

McPherson.]

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Spottiswoode House and assorted negatives 51 [Approximately 1942-1981]. 289 photographs. 1cm. [289 assorted negatives of places, including Spottiswoode House and its

garden, Silverton (N.S.W), and Hamilton, possibly taken by Wilmot Smith. Also includes houses, house renovations, vintage cars, trains, and farming scenes. Many of the negatives 215-277 have print copies.]

Assorted photographs of places 52 [Approximately 1899-1996]. 66 photographs. 1cm. [50 assorted photographs of places around South Australia, including Port

Lincoln, ‘Camberwarrah’ at Lower Light, George Warren Smith at ‘Wyrallah’ (Semaphore), Mount Lofty Station, and the grounds of ‘Spottiswoode’. Includes photographs taken by Wilmot Smith and Margaret Ragless.]

Photographs of people 53 [Approximately 1890-1962]. 77 photographs. 1cm. [Assorted photographs of people including Vernon Smith, Elma Smith,

Harry Samuel Taylor, Kathleen Miriam Taylor, and members of the Smith, Lushey, and Harkness families. Also includes Lily Magarey, Arthur Charlick, friends of the Smith family, and the Wilmot family in England. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/53.]

Photographs of K.W.V. Smith 54 [Approximately 1925-1981]. 62 photographs. 1cm. [Photographs taken by K.W.V Smith including ‘Wyrallah’ House, motor

vehicles, and a car being restored at Woomera. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/54.]

Portrait photographs 55 [Approximately 1870]. 42 photographs. 1cm. [Collection of carte-de-visite portrait photographs that possibly belonged to

George Warren Smith. The subjects of the portraits, which were mostly taken in England, are rarely identified. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/55.]

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Portrait photographs 56 [Approximately 1870-1890]. 71 photographs. 12cm. [Two photograph albums of carte-de-visite and cabinet portrait photographs

of Smith and Taylor family members. Includes photographs of Mrs. Philip Santo, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith, Miss Lizzie Smith, Mrs. Hayward, Harry Samuel Taylor, Sidney Phillip Taylor, David Muir McFarlane, Jessie McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs. John Ragless, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ragless, Florence, Edith, Charles, Chris, Albert, and Alfred Ragless, Lily Ragless, Frank Ragless, Mary Penfold Ragless, Richard Hoare Spotswood, Kate Gilmore, James Warren, Mark Smith, James Smith, Elizabeth Sophia Spotswood, Harry S. Wilmot, Sidney, Bertie, and Muir McFarlane, Agnes McFarlane, Walter Grundy Smith, Harriet Lewis, William Birks, Kate Smith, Vernon Smith, and Queen Victoria.]

Photograph albums of Wilmot Smith 57 [1923-1939]. 1114 photographs. 14cm. [Assorted photographs taken by Wilmot Smith in albums, including views

around South Australia on land and sea, Australia, and England. To see details of individual photographs selected for digitisation, search on Archival number PRG 1642/57]

1-292: Views of land, sea, and rivers around South Australia and Adelaide,

including ‘Bungala’, ‘Warrakoo’, and ‘Bellsgrove’, and ‘Brinkley’ at Tailem Bend. Also includes group photographs of University and school teams and classes of Wilmot Smith, views taken whilst involved with shipping at Port Kembla, and Durban, and of time spent in England.

293-360: Views of buildings at St. Mark’s College and North Adelaide, a trip

to Broken Hill, shipping around Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor including the reconstruction of Commercial Wharf in 1934.

361-436: Assorted photographs taken during Wilmot Smith’s school years

of places and activities he was involved with. Includes photographs taken at Mount Lofty, Sandilands, Port Adelaide, and Mount Compass, showing scenes of farming and sailing.

437-646: Assorted photographs taken across various locations in England,

including Rugby, Ben Nevis, and Oxford. Includes views taken aboard ships, and scenes from trips around Australia.


including Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Manchester, Blyth, and Oxford, around 1938-1939.


including York, Wareham, Chester, Lancashire, Manchester, Birmingham, and Dunchurch, around 1939.

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Photograph albums of Wilmot Smith 58 [1951-1954]. 750 photographs. 7cm. [750 photographs of power stations taken by Wilmot Smith in albums,

across Australian and the United Kingdom. The power stations are located in Shepparton, Warrnambool, Hamilton, Adelaide River, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Manton Dam, Darwin, and Broken Hill in Australia, and Ferrybridge, Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield, Earlstoun, and Lochaber in the United Kingdom.]

Assorted papers of the Smith family 59 1875-1990. 5cm. [Assorted papers relating to the Smith family and Wilmot Smith, including

papers relating to Vernon Smith, and the death of Charles Trafford Smith, Includes correspondence, newspaper articles, programmes, in memoriam cards, postcards, notes, and a chronology of the Smith family starting with James Smith of Nottinghamshire.]

Work papers and certificates of Wilmot Smith 60 1911-1997. 7cm. [Papers relating to the work of Wilmot Smith as an engineer including

Mount Isa Mines papers, and certificates. Also includes a birth certificate, membership certificate for the Institute of Diesel Engineers of Australia, apprenticeship certificates, a Journeyman’s Certificate, Bachelor of Engineering certificate from the University of Adelaide, certificate from the South Australian School of Mines and Industries, and a Service Certificate.]

Papers between Vernon Smith and Elma Letitia Harkness 61 1949-1988. 6cm. [Correspondence and papers between Vernon Smith and his sister Elma

Letitia Harkness, including papers about their houses and family, ‘Spottiswoode’, newspaper articles, postcards, notes, a biography of Vernon Smith by Arthur Hoffman, transcript of speeches from Vernon Smith’s 100th birthday, maritime notes and writings, reminiscences, estate papers of Violet Lucretia Smith (nee Taylor).]

Taylor family papers 62 [1891-1995]. 6cm. [Papers relating to the Taylor family, including letters of Harry Samuel

Taylor sent from Paraguay, family trees, and papers about Harry Samuel Taylor and Horace Philip Taylor.]

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Assorted family trees and history 63 [1938-1997]. 3cm. [Assorted family trees and history of families, including Sidney Philip Taylor,

John Ragless who married Elizabeth Cobb, Mark Smith and Mary Warren, Thomas Joseph Kealley, Richard Keane Spotswood, and William Blackham. Also includes history about the Smith family, including Smith, Channon & Co.]

Sketchbook of Elizabeth Sophia Spotswood 64 [Approximately 1860-1870]. 0.5cm. [Sketchbook of Elizabeth Sophia Spotswood (1846-1885), who was the first

wife of George Warren Smith, and mother of Vernon Smith, containing pencil drawings, paintings, and sketches.]

Letters from Lucy Thompson to Elma Smith 65 1890-1894. 10 pages. [Transcript of letters from Lucy (Aunt Loo) Thompson (nee Kealley) to Elma

Smith (later Harkness) from India between 1890 and 1894. She was a missionary in India for the Poona and Indian Village Mission for 26 years, and retired to Adelaide [electronic original].]

Letters from Elma Smith 66 1899-1902. 41 pages. [Transcript of letters written by Elma Smith (later Harkness) sent from India

between 1899 and 1902 [electronic original].] Papers about General William Booth 67 1899. 4 pages. [Transcript of papers relating to General William Booth of the Salvation

Army. The Smith family were friends and admirers of General Booth and his family [electronic original].]

My inheritance of loss 68 2007. 16 pages. [Reminiscences and history about Vernon Smith by his granddaughter

Rosemary Kennedy, including transcripts of letters [electronic original].] Mabel Taylor’s diary Part One 69 1905-1906. 23 pages. [Transcript of Mabel Taylor’s diary, part one, written before and during her

term as Governess at the Overland Telegraph Station at Alice Springs [electronic original].]

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Taylor family letters 70 1890-1896. 5 pages. [Transcripts from letters of the Taylor family, including William Taylor and

Harry S. Taylor.[electronic original].] Vernon Smith’s India trip 71 1897-1898. 18 pages. [Transcript of notes of Vernon Smith’s trip to India in 1897 to 1898

[electronic original].] Vernon Smith’s Darwin diary 72 1905. 22 pages. [Transcript of Vernon Smith’s diary from Darwin [electronic original].] ‘White already to harvest’ pages 73 1897-1899. 3 pages. [Copies of pages from ‘White already to Harvest’, a magazine of the Poona

and Indian Village Mission. The pages mention Vernon Smith and a trip from Australia to Poona [electronic original].]

English lavender flower heads 74 [Approximately 1930]. 1cm. [An envelope of English Lavender flower heads, from E. & W. Hackett, Ltd.,

of Rundle Street, Adelaide, [original withdrawn].]

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