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Jetty at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/149

The jetty and the extension of the wharf at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway engine sheds at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/151

The construction of the foundations for the East West (Trans Australian) railway engine sheds at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway workshops at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/152

The construction of the East West (Trans Australian) railway workshops at Conway Town, Port Augusta, South Australia.

Wharf at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/156

Rail wagons bringing stone for the construction of the wharf extension at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Rock mining near Port Augusta

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/158

Collecting rock for transport by rail to be used as ballast for the wharf extensions at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway viaduct on the East West railway near Port Augusta

1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/162

The viaduct supporting the East West (Trans Australian) railway line near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway workers at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/25

Railway workers at the railway yards, Port Augusta, South Australia.

The wharf at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/26

The wharf and railway complex at Port Augusta, South Australia; timber and bagged wheat wait in the open and a steamship is berthed nearby.

East-West Railway inauguration, Port Augusta

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/31

Turning the first sod ceremony for the East-West Railway at Port Augusta, South Australia conducted by Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia.

Railway train leaving Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/520

A 125 locomotive pulling a train leaving Port Augusta in South Australia.

Turning the first sod ceremony at Port Augusta

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/522

Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia, ceremoniously turning the first sod for the new Trans-Australian railway link from Port Augusta to Western Australia.

Travelling by rail from Port Augusta to Quorn

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/523

A passenger's view of his train travelling on its track between Port Augusta and Quorn in South Australia.

Travelling by rail between Port Augusta and Quorn

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/524

A passenger's view of his train travelling along its track between Port Augusta and Quorn in South Australia.

Steam train arriving at Port Augusta

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/526

A steam train arriving at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Destroyers at Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/531

Two destroyers dressed overall visiting Port Augusta, South Australia.

Resting camels in a stockyard at Port Augusta

1904, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/239

Resting camels in a stockyard at Port Augusta.

Sailing ship "Clenard" beached on dry land at Port Augusta

1908, Photograph, PRG 280/1/1/284

Sailing ship "Clenard" beached on dry land at Port Augusta.

A railway siding at Port Augusta

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/17

A railway siding at Port Augusta where coal waits for collection near a stationary locomotive, railway trucks, and reinforced culvert pipes; railway workers and a work horse are by the trucks.

The site where the first sod was turned to begin the construction of the East West Railway from Port Augusta

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/8/147

The site where the first sod was turned to begin the construction of the East West Railway from Port Augusta, looking from Jervois Street to Flinders Terrace.