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Elephant at the Adelaide Zoo

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DecriptionElephant rides for children were immensely popular at Adelaide Zoo for decades. This image taken in the late 1920s shows children riding Mary Ann, the zoo's second elephant, who had arrived from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1904 aged 8. Every afternoon between 2pm and 4.30pm, children could ride on her back for 3d. The headkeeper, Mr Bradshaw, led her around a circular track. The rides were so popular that Mary Ann paid for her own upkeep, and earned more in a day than Bradshaw earned in a week. Mary Ann died in 1934.
From left to right are cousins Violet Trenarden (likely Trenorden, b1918), Gwen Sherrah (b1918), Merna Zollner (b1919) and Jean Sherrah (b1920). Gwen and Jean were daughters of Moses Sherrah, chief photographer at the SA Government Photolithographic Department.
The Adelaide Zoo first opened on 23 May 1883, occupying 6.5 hectares (16 acres) (now 8 hectares (20 acres)) of land granted by the Government. It was founded by the South Australian Acclimatization and Zoological Society. The society later became the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia after a Royal Charter was granted by King George VI in 1937.
(See Patricia Sumerling, Elephants and Egotists: In search of Samorn of the Adelaide Zoo, Wakefield Press, 2016; C E Rix, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia 1878-1978, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, 1978.)
Similar photos are at GNO4369, GNO4370, GNO4380, GNO7657, GNO7659CreatorMoses SherrahLocationnot specifiedKeywordschildrenDate of Creation1920Catalogue NumberGN04373

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Photographer(Image)Moses SherrahCopyright(Image)out of copyrightLicense(Image)Public Domain

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SubjectsAdelaide ZooCollectionSouth Australia Through the LensWhen we were youngAnimal companions

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