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Ucolta residence facing the railway yard, 1907. Photo by L. Rasmus.
Ucolta post office and general store, c. 1907. Photo by L. Rasmus.
Gathering of people at the original Ucolta Hall, c. 1900
Eva Perkins, daughter of Robert Perkins Ucolta, c. 1900
Mr Robert Perkins of Lancelot/Ucolta, the inventor of the bag lifter, c. 1900
Robert Perkins lived and worked at Ucolta and was a successful inventor, including the bag lifter (see http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/90079227)
Perkin’s Machine Shop at Ucolta, c. 1910s. Robert Perkins second left, Molt Wehr to right.
Picnic at Ucolta, railway cottages and station in the background, 1910. L: Arthur Perkins, Frank Peters, Harold Rasmus. Arthur was killed in WWI.
A Ucolta family (name unknown)
Double header T Class at Ucolta on the way to Cockburn, 1907. Note no headlights. Photo by L. Rasmus.
Trains crossing at Ucolta, 1907. Tender load indicates double header is heading out to Cockburn. Photo by L. Rasmus.
Ucolta railway station, c. 1900s
Ucolta railway station, c. 1900s
Tally clerk at Ucolta weighing each bag of wheat for transport, c. 1900. Photo from Mrs Jago, Terowie.
Farming at Ucolta, c. 1910s
Derailment at Ucolta, 1910
Derailment at Ucolta, 1910
Derailment at Ucolta, 1910
Cleaning the Ucolta railway dam c.1910s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Building the Ucolta railway dam, c. 1910s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Building the Ucolta dam, c. 1900s. Note the pump house to the rear and Wehr’s Hill in the background.
Cleaning the Ucolta railway dam with a horse team, c. 1910s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Building the Ucolta railway dam (looking south), c. 1910s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Dam making, possibly at Ucolta, c. 1900s
Ucolta railway dam to the west of the Ucolta railway yard, c. 1910s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Ucolta prior to 1924. Starting signal was removed in 1924. Baptist Church in centre and general store and post office to the left. Photo by L. Rasmus.
Ucolta railway yard and station, c. 1920s
Ucolta railway staff houses prior to 1924. Photo by L Rasmus.
Ucolta station and railway staff houses, c. 1920. Photo by L Rasmus.
Snowstorm at Ucolta, c. 1920
Dust devil in a Ucolta paddock, c. 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Three railway cottages at Ucolta, c. 1920s. Note turnstile gate.
Early Ucolta hall, c. 1920s
Building the stone hall at Ucolta with railway cottages to rear, 1921
Building the Ucolta Hall, 1921
Mayor of Peterborough, Dr Clark, opening the newly constructed Ucolta Soldier’s Memorial Hall. Clip from the SA Chronicle Newspaper, 15 April 1922.
Railway track flood damage near Amelia Park Ucolta, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Railway bridge flood damage near Amelia Park Ucolta, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Ucolta railway station with the station master’s house on the left, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Railway gangers at Hutton’s Lagoon area, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Ucolta railway yard. Note the cheese knob and water stand, c. 1925. The water column was changed later. Photo by L Rasmus.
Railway employees entering the pay car at Ucolta to pick up their wages, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Ucolta railway yard, c. 1920s
Ucolta railway yard, c. 1920s
Ucolta railway yard in the 1920s. Hall and general store to the left and railway cottages to the right.
T Class locomotive in the Ucolta area with a dusting of snow on the ground, c. 1920s
Ucolta station area, c. 1920s. Note the starting signal lever; those signals were removed in 1923.
Railway yard at Ucolta, looking from the eastern end, c. 1920s. Note the high home signal.
Ucolta station yard, c. 1920s
Ucolta railway station. Note the two blue brake vans. Ucolta Post Office in trees to left and hall to rear of locomotive, c. 1920s.
Ucolta railway station and yard, c. 1920s
Ucolta Wood Carters, c. 1920s
Loading wheat bags at Ucolta, looking west toward Peterborough, c. 1920s. Rasmus’ general store among the trees. Photo by L Rasmus
Loading wool at Ucolta railway yard, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Loading wool bales at Ucolta, c. 1925. Photo by L Rasmus.
Wood fired steam tractor used for clearing Ucolta dam, c. 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Harvesting wheat at Ucolta, c. 1920s
Loading wool and wood onto the train at Ucolta in the 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Loading wood and wool bales at Ucolta in the 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
The Perkins family of Ucolta, c. 1920s. Front L: Percy Clapp, Nellie Clapp, Rene Wehr, Mervyn Wehr, Jean Lloyd, Arthur Lloyd (baby), Molt Wehr. Middle L: Mattie Lloyd, Job Hamlyn, May Perkins (Mrs Hamlyn), Grandpa and Grandma Perkins, Laura Perkins, Mrs Molt Wehr, Doris Wehr. Back L: Fred Lloyd, Mrs F Lloyd, Eva Perkins, Bert Newton.
Grandpa Rasmus, Postmaster of Ucolta, c. 1927. Wilf Rasmus in cart.
The Clapp Family from Ucolta, c. 1920s. L (standing): Percy, Nellie, Jane, Ann, Will, Ern, ‘Matron’, William, Wife of Wesley, Wesley, Hilda, Bert Newton, Rudolph Scholz, Eva Scholz, Olga Scholz, Vonda Scholz. Sitting/Kneeling L: Hetty (holding Wilf), Mother, Lizzie, Elizabeth (remainder unknown)
Ucolta Church gathering, 1924. Percy Clapp second from right at rear. Two down from Percy with the big hair is Avice (Muff) Clapp. Far left middle with flower on hat is Nellie Clapp (nee Perkins). Tom Sambell left sitting with stick.
Henry Rasmus and family of Ucolta, c. 1920s
Robert Perkins of Ucolta aged 81, c. 1921
The Rasmus family of Ucolta, c. 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
The Rasmus family of Ucolta, c.1920. Photo by L Rasmus.
The Rasmus family house at Ucolta, c. 1920s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Jim Lang and Frank Edmonds in Buick. Jim paid 425 pounds for the car in Adelaide in 1923. Mrs Frank Edmonds (left) and Alma Lang (right). The Lang twins – Laurie and Doug – are in ribbons.
The McMurtrie family of Ucolta, c. 1920. Rear L: Tom Sambell, Will Sambell (Tom’s son), Edie McMurtrie, Maggie Orr, Jenny McMurtrie, Mrs Ted Mayes, Bessie McMurtrie, __?. Seated: two McMurtrie brothers and sister. Front: Clive Mayes, Sylvia Sambell, Keith Mayes.
The Rasmus family of Ucolta, c. 1930s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Tennis club at Ucolta, c.1930s. Wilf Rasmus (child on knees to right)
Bert Newton’s Ford buckboard, c. 1930s. Bert used this vehicle to drive to Winnininnie where he was a SAR ganger. Mrs Newton and Mrs Les Rasmus and families in buckboard.
Percy Clapp of Ucolta with the Hutton’s Lagoon railway water tank behind, c. 1930s
The Rasmus family of Ucolta, c. 1930s. Photo by L Rasmus.
Loading wheat bags, possibly at Ucolta, c. 1930s
Unloading horses at Ucolta, c. 1930s
Jacobs’ farm at Ucolta, c. 1940s
Jacobs’ farm at Ucolta, c. 1940s
Ucolta railway station, c. 1940s
Entering the Ucolta railway yard, c. 1950s
Ucolta railway yard and railway employee cottages, c. 1950s
Ucolta railway yard, c. 1950s
Railway overhead water tank at Ucolta, c. 1950s
Farm at Ucolta with the railway overhead tank in the background, c. 1950s
Farm at Ucolta with Ucolta hall to the left, c. 1950s
Memorial plaque on the front of the Ucolta Memorial Hall, c. 1950s
Ucolta Memorial Hall, c. 1950s
Old thatched roof barn near Ucolta, 1961
Ucolta railway yard, 1964
Adzing machine at Ucolta, 1964
Ucolta railway staff houses, yard and station, c. 1960s
Ucolta railway reservoir. Filled February 1973.
Turnstile in the fence at the Ucolta railway station yard, c. 1970s
Remains of the general store and post office at Ucolta, 1989
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