Image Bank
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Current Images
Bunch grapes
Intensely flavoured Shiraz grapes on the Limestone Quarry Vineyard in the Wrattonbully region in the South-East of South Australia.
Closeup grapes
Close up of intensely flavoured Shiraz grapes on the Limestone Quarry Vineyard in the Wrattonbully region in the South-East of South Australia.
Limestone Quarry Vineyard
Young vines on the Limestone Quarry Vineyard relishing the Terra Rossa soils.
Old Vine
Afternoon spring sun lighting up Shiraz vines on the Siegersdorf Vineyard in the Barossa Valley.
People
Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, proprietor of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards and descendant of the founder Richard Hamilton, standing in front of the original house at Ewell Vineyards, Morphett Road, Adelaide.
Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, proprietor of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards and descendant of the founder Richard Hamilton, standing alongside the remaining vine, which is over 150 years old, in front of the original house at Ewell Vineyards, Morphett Road, Adelaide.
Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, proprietor of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards and descendant of the founder Richard Hamilton, standing alongside the remaining vine, which is over 150 years old, in front of the original house at Ewell Vineyards, Morphett Road, Adelaide.
Historical Images
DOREEN HAMILTON (nee Chambers)
Wife of Frank (Eric) Hamilton, mother of Robert Hamilton, grandmother of Mark Hamilton. Dorren was a member of the pioneering Chambers family which had extensive brewery and hotel interests through Chambers & Blade, the forerunner of the South Australian Brewing Company.
Robert Hamilton
Robert Hamilton (second from left) and Jack Doolan (far left) toasting the success of Hamilton's wines at a Melbourne wine promotion 1955. Robert was Hamilton's Victorian State Manager (1951-57) and Jack was State Sales Manager.
Frank (Eric) Hamilton
Chairman and Managing Director of Hamilton's Wines between 1918 and1968, Frank (Eric) Hamilton was the consummate businessman. Pictured here as a young man, he was husband of Doreen and grandfather of Mark Hamilton.
Suzie McTaggart and Robert Hamilton as children
Suzie McTaggart (nee Hamilton) and brother Robert Hamilton circa 1930. Robert is probably wearing his Queen's College uniform, a school now defunct, on Barton Terrace, North Adelaide.
Exporting Hamiltons 1960s
1960s Exporting Hamilton's wines to the world by air.
Exporting Hamiltons 1960s
1960s Exporting Hamilton's wines to the world by air.
BRIDGEWATER MILL BEFORE RESTORATION BY HAMILTON'S EWELL VINEYARDS
The old Bridgewater Mill, historic landmark of the Adelaide Hills, was purchased by Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards in the 1960s to be used as a whisky bond, as the climate of the hills district perfectly suited maturation of whisky or brandy.
BRIDGEWATER MILL BEFORE RESTORATION BY HAMILTON'S EWELL VINEYARDS
The waterwheel is one of the few of its type in the world measuring 36 feet in diameter weighing 17.5 tons and requiring a flow of 6500 gallons of water a minute to drive it.
BRIDGEWATER MILL BEFORE RESTORATION BY HAMILTON'S EWELL VINEYARDS
No repairs had been carried out to the mill since it was built one hundred years earlier in 1860. Hamilton's renovations were extensive, adding spacious floors for bond storage.
Bottles
In the past Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards made a wide selection of products ranging from spirits and fortified wines to table wines as well as frequently winning awards.
Original winery & vineyards
A 1930s birds eye view of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards original vineyards first planted by Richard Hamilton in 1838 near Glenelg, South Australia.
Original winery & vineyards. Closer
A 1930s birds eye view of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards original vineyards first planted by Richard Hamilton in 1838 near Glenelg, South Australia.
Hogheads
Circa 1930. Filling 65 Gallon (330 litre) Hogsheads with wine in the original Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards winery near Glenelg, South Australia.
Large Vat
Circa 1952. Maurice Ou, a Frenchman and senior winemaker of Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards 1946-1979, in front of what was the largest wooden vat in the Southern Hemisphere (234, 000 litres).
Bridgewater Mill
Circa 1960. The Bridgewater Mill was used as a Whiskey & Brandy Store by Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards in the 1960s and 1970s until the sale of the company to Mildara in 1979. Now a restaurant and sparkling wine cellar owned by Petaluma Wines.
Truck
Circa 1930. Loading barrels of wine for export in the 1930s at the original Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards winery near Glenelg, South Australia.
Harvest time original vineyard
Circa 1880s. The original Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards, Glenelg, South Australia at vintage time.
Puss Moth (Circa 1930s)
Eric Hamilton and friend in his Puss Moth aeroplane. Eric and Syd Hamilton were members of the South Australian Aero Club and they used to regularly fly with people like Kingsford Smith, MacRobertson Miller and Amy Johnson.
Grand Prix
Robert Hamilton (leading car in photo) competing in the 1948 Australian Grand Prix in South Australia.