Tailem Bend Library in Tailem Bend, South Australia | Community organisation

Tailem Bend Library

Locality: Tailem Bend, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8572 3275

Address: 1 Murray St 5260 Tailem Bend, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.tailembendlibrary.com.au

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25.01.2022 Two young boys playing with a billy cart which has a cage on the back, possibly on a farm at Coonalpyn. 1920 (approx) SLSA

25.01.2022 R.S.L Hall. Called the Rechabite hall in the early days.

23.01.2022 Basketball (now Netball) being played. Some familiar faces.

22.01.2022 COOMANDOOK: Camels at a camel farm that was between Moorlands and Sherlock; farm machinery in the foreground Photo dated 1924 https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+59246

21.01.2022 "The Cod", the first passenger service bus which was founded by Mr H.L. Brook, between Murray Bridge and Adelaide. Dated 1923. SLSA

21.01.2022 The R.A.O.B. hall Kulde Rd. Photo taken in the 80's.

19.01.2022 1920: Aerial view of Murray Bridge showing the bridge that was built in 1886. A separate rail bridge was erected in 1925 after this photograph was taken. Edward's Crossing was renamed Murray Bridge in 1924. Boats can be seen moored at the wharf either side of the bridge. SLSA

18.01.2022 More books ready for your reading pleasure

18.01.2022 South Australia Reads is now officially launched by Premier Steven Marshall! We’re inviting South Australians of all ages and from all walks of life to share a...nd celebrate the joys of reading. Stay tuned for more posts and make sure you visit your local library for great books and other reading materials. South Australia Reads is the SA version of Australia Reads and will run Nov 1-12. Visit www.libraries.sa.gov.au/sareads for some great events & ideas to inspire you! #SouthAustraliaReads #AustraliaReads #LibrariesSAOneCard #AustraliaReadsAtHome #SouthAustraliaReadsAtHome

15.01.2022 Any familiar faces, year unknown

12.01.2022 Opening of the Railway Institute. photo from State Library.

12.01.2022 Featured before, but repeated for the newcomers to this site. George Russell... Camel Cartage Contractor... Murray Mallee, South Australia. 1910. George Russell... a cartage contractor operating in remote areas not yet serviced by road or rail, sent this postcard to his mother. It says: Our camp and camel team, 40 miles east of Tailem Bend, South Australia. May 1910. An earlier card from George to his sister Elsie and dated 17 October 1909, depicts his camel team and informs her that he had just taken a load of timber to Schells Well. This well was located 23 miles south-west of Loxton, River Murray, South Australia. The first group of camels to Australia came from the Canary Islands. Only one of their number survived the journey and landed at Port Adelaide, in October 1840. After working for several years at a sheep station, the camel embarked on an 1846 expedition that would secure its place in history. John Horrocks, the camel's owner, and 5 otheron horseback were exploring unknown country West of Lake Torrens. Horrocks decided to shoot a bird for his collection, and while loading his gun the camel lurched and the gun fired. Horrocks lost two fingers and blew his jaw off. He was taken back to Penwortham sheep station, but died a month later. The first camel in Australia was executed at Horrocks request. In 1860 The Royal Society of Victoria, decided to sponsor an expedition to cross the continent from south to north. This led to the next major group of camels to come to Australia. The Burke-Wills expedition comprised of thirty camels with twenty men and supplies set off on 20 August 1860. History tells us that his expedition ended in tragedy. As time went by, experienced Afghans would show that camels were quick to adapt to Australian conditions. They travelled over the stones with loads apparently quite unconcerned; They eat anything nearby from the gum tree to the smallest herb, and then come lie down beside you, whereas horse's and bullocks, if there be any lack of feed, will ramble all over the country. Thus the stage was set for the first large scale camel importation into Australia. Full grown camels stand between 1.8 and 2 metres tall at the shoulders and weigh between 250 and 680 kilograms. They have a thick, woolly fur coat that gives them an appearance larger than they actually are. Their four legs are muscular, allowing them to carry huge loads over long distances. Camels can carry loads up to 450 kilograms, but generally loads are around 150 kg. A camels cruising speed is 5 Km's an hour, and they typically travel forty miles a day. Australia has become the world's leading exporter of camels, selling high quality camels to Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia. Today it is estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 camels are wild in Australia. From my collection and dated May 1910.

11.01.2022 A train crash. Place and year unknown

10.01.2022 We are waiting for you.

10.01.2022 This is well before my time, but I just wanted to share a Youtube video that I recently noticed that includes some colour footage of Tailem, down by the river in the 1940s

09.01.2022 Riverside Hotel social evening.

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08.01.2022 This week we post a Roadhouse picture, this one is on the Murray Bridge side of Tailem Bend, Names of roadhouse have changed over the years, BP, Caltex, Ampol.

07.01.2022 Men working on the structure of the new Railway Bridge over the River Murray at Murray Bridge. The four man gang are handling a 'hot' rivet machine. [On back ... of Photograph] Murray Bridge. Construction of the new railway bridge over the River Murray. 1925. Published in the Chronicle, 17th October 1925. SLSA See more

04.01.2022 New book fopr the Library ready tio read

03.01.2022 We will remember them.

02.01.2022 Which book would you read first.

02.01.2022 The Murray Bridge Rail Bridge pre 1925.