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First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : motor cars

1917, Photograph, B 14102/23B

Motor cars (one a T Model Ford) meet party at Ooldea beginning of Nullarbor Plain.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Machinery and passengers

1917, Photograph, B 14102/25

Two photographs : a. Men working on machinery and b. Water storage tanks with 9 men (probably passengers) standing in front. To see individual photographs do a NUMBER search on B 14102/25a and b.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Machinery and passengers

1917, Photograph, B 14102/25B

Two photographs : Water storage tanks with 9 men (probably passengers) standing in front.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Hut and lounge car

1917, Photograph, B 14102/27

Two photographs : a. Wooden hut with signs 'Traffic' on walls. A man is sitting on the step and b. An Aboriginal man standing in front of the Lounge Car 27AF. To see individual photographs do a NUMBER search on B 14102/27a and b.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Lounge car

1917, Photograph, B 14102/27B

An Aboriginal man standing in front of the Lounge Car 27AF.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Hut and wild flowers

1917, Photograph, B 14102/29B

Wild flowers.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Coondambo station

1917, Photograph, B 14102/31

Two photographs : a. The train at Coondambo station. Passengers can be seen walking around the station and b. Around the station - houses can be seen in the background and wood (probably sleepers) and other equipment in the foreground. To see individual photographs do a NUMBER search on B 14102/31a and b.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Coondambo station

1917, Photograph, B 14102/31A

The train at Coondambo station. Passengers can be seen walking around the station.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Coondambo station

1917, Photograph, B 14102/31B

Around the station - houses can be seen in the background and wood (probably sleepers) and other equipment in the foreground.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : [menu]

1917, Photograph, B 14102/52

Menu for a luncheon in the train dining car.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : [menu]

1917, Photograph, B 14102/54

Menu for dinner in the train dining car.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : [menu]

1917, Photograph, B 14102/50

Menu for breakfast in the train dining car.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Camel team

1917, Photograph, B 14102/59

Camel team carting firewood to new condenser at 416 miles E. Div.

Three men sitting on a track inspection car

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/722

Three men sitting on a track inspection car with a warning flag attached travelling on the Trans-Australian Railway.

South Australian railways [cartographic material] : map to accompany time and fare tables November 1915

1915, Archival map/chart, C 976

Map of South Australia showing railways, the different gauge lines, lines under construction (Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie), the private line from Iron Knob, the northern lline to Oodnadatta, the Overland Telegraph Line, place and station names and some geographic features.

Railway Yard, Peterborough

c. 1926, Photograph, B 15763

Peterborough railway yard, showing the roundhouse in course of construction. The building is a large timber-framed structure built in a semicircle. It originally comprised 22 bays. A feature of each bay is the concrete pit used for inspecting and repairing rolling stock. The Roundhouse was built in 1925 as part of the Webb initiative to upgrade the South Australian Railways. It is one of the few surviving roundhouses in the state and certainly the largest. The building has a saw-tooth roof profile and is remarkable for its semi-circular design and construction. The nearby turnatable enabled several rails to cope with three gauges

Railway Celebrations

c. 1912, Photograph, B 34961

Railway workers celebrations for an 8 hour day.

Railway station, Port Augusta

c. 1917, Photograph, B 64212

PORT AUGUSTA: Tassie Street railway station on the east west line at Port Augusta, South Australia.

East west railway under construction

c. 1916, Photograph, B 64219

PORT AUGUSTA: Distant view of part of the new east west railway under construction north of Tassie Street, Port Augusta, South Australia.

East west railway under construction

c. 1916, Photograph, B 64220

PORT AUGUSTA: Construction work in progress on a side line of the east west railway near the Commonwealth Stores in Port Augusta, South Australia.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Storage tanks and motor cars

1917, Photograph, B 14102/23

Two photographs : a. Water storage tanks and b. Motor cars (one a T Model Ford) meet party at Ooldea beginning of Nullarbor Plain. To see individual photographs do a NUMBER search on B 14102/23a and b.

SA Railways float

1951, Photograph, B 70625/7

A float, prepared by the South Australian Railways, taking part in the 50th anniversay parade of federation. This float featured 'the state's first railway coach'.

SA Railways float

1951, Photograph, B 70625/8

A float, prepared by the South Australian Railways, taking part in the 50th anniversay parade of federation. This float featured a 'half size model of the new diesel electric locomotives now being built at the S.A. Railway's workshops, Islington'.

Ceremony for the East West Railway at Port Augusta

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/5

A moment during the turning of the first sod ceremony at Port Augusta for the East West Railway; Lord Denman, Governor of Australia and Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia are talking in the centre of the photograph.