Photo ID: 42 Mile Camp - is it in Australia?

[Aussie Karrob]

Hi there,
Not sure if these bits help at all.  From a Google search in Australia:

The longest walking trail in the Coorong (27 km) starts at Salt Creek and extends south to the 42 Mile Crossing. This trail links four other interesting but shorter walks focusing on wildlife, scenery, early settlement of Chinese people and the sand dune systems.

Good quality bush camp sites are available along the nearby Loop Road.

From: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/coorong/visit.html

and more:
Some of the camp grounds (42 Mile Crossing, Parnka Point, Long Point and Mark Point) are large enough for caravans to manoeuvre. If you prefer water and power supplies and ablution blocks, caravan parks are located at Meningie, Policeman's Point and Kingston.

From: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/coorong/faqs.html

Hope this helps.  I too agree that the trees in your picture are some of the 400 + Euclaypt species and the shrubby one at left of the image could be either a scrubby Mallee (Eucalypt sp.) or a wattle (Acacia sp.)

Regards
Bob

[tropicalj]

I  did wonder  at  the sign on  the horse also?  Perhaps  the horse  belongs  to  the photographer (  maybe  the roving type)  and  he  just  hung an appropiate sign around  his horse's neck  wherever he took  photographs.

Prue,  he  no  doubt would have  to  have developed  the photographs elsewhere and need a way  to identify  where and when perhaps?

Is  the little bit of stone wall we can see perhaps a well?

a lovely  photo what history  it can tell.

Jenn

[cando]

I would say the [lime]stone wall is the base for the galvanised water tank ...reply#1    This type of base was superseded by iron and timber tank stands.  There is also an elevated tank.

Limestone was also used to build homes...thick walls and high ceilings and  built by fine Cornish stone masons. 
 
I have a similar photo but is in extremely poor condition..but including the mallee trees

Cheers
Cando

[Daniels-mum]

Thanks everyone for your interesting comments and observations. I think we can safely assume it's Australia!

I've just spoken to my mother-in-law and the photo belonged to her mother (Ellen Wheeler 1894-1986). She says that Ellen's mother (Elizabeth Harris 1864-1957) had a sister in Australia - but unfortunately more than that we don't know.The sisters were Harriett Harris b 1861, Edith Harris b 1868 and Charlotte Harris b 1870. One of them had a daughter (or possibly grandaughter) called Violet as my mother-in-law remembers meeting her when she was a child. So it looks like it might be either Harriett, Edith or Charlotte in the photo though I don't know who they married. Having said all that my mum-in-law says it could also go another generation back and be a relative of Elizabeth Harris's mother, Harriet Barnard, in which case the surname would be Barnard (the Barnards were also in South Africa which is why she thought the photo was taken there). Oh dear! How I wish everyon wrote names on the back of photos 

Thanks again to everyone - your time and effort is much appreciated. Cando I was really interested to hear of your grandfathers recollections, as that really fits the photo.

Helen

[tropicalj]

I  think  that  if  you  give us  the  sisters parents names that we can have a go at seeing if one of  them married in Australia.

Jenn

[Daniels-mum]

Thanks for that offer Jenn!  The sisters' parents were called Samuel James Harris (b 1837 - silversmith) and Harriet Barnard (b 1834)  and the sisters were all born in London.

Regards

Helen

[tropicalj]

hello  Helen,

do you happen  to  know  the girls married names,  I  tried to figure it out from  the census etc but Harris is a common  name.  There are a lot of births in Sa  with  the mother being, Edith, Charlotte and Harriet Harris.

Jenn

[Daniels-mum]

Hi Jenn

No, unfortunately I don't know who any of the sisters married Maybe my only hope is if someone reads this one day and recognises the names.....

Thanks anyway,

Helen

[DeanneandTony]

Hi
Came across this today.  I really don't think it's the Coorong 42 Mile Creek crossing as the scrub is fairly low there and it's very sandy even for quite a way back from the beach.



Deanne