Trucks • Find • State Library of South Australia

Perfection Ceilings truck at Mylor

c. 1940, Photograph, B 70719/10

Howell family members and friends on the back of the truck used in the family business 'Perfection Ceilings'. Taken on a blackberrying trip to Mylor they are (standing, from left) Gordon Grose, Betty, Faye, unidentified friend. Roy Roberts (squatting) and Gordon Roberts (standing at back of truck).

Ford truck converted for rail operation

c. 1930, Photograph, BRG 201/13/2/30

A Ford truck which has been converted for operation on the railways about to be delivered by horse drawn cart from the premises of Forwood Down & Co. Ltd. engineering firm in Hindley Street, Adelaide. This is a Ford Model TT truck chassis which appears to be a ca.1923/24 model, but not as late as the last of the T and TT which were built in 1927. (information provided by researcher).

Goolwa horse-drawn tram carriage being transported on a rail truck

c. 1954, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/470

Goolwa horse-drawn tram carriage being transported on a rail truck, its label reading 'First horse drawn railway carriage, S.A. 1854'. [Photo is dated 18 May 1954 when the centenary of the railway was celebrated. This is the replica of the first passenger truck being transported on the centenary train].

Fertiliser sales

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A.), 1957, Photograph, BRG 347/1098

Photograph of a fertiliser truck and trailer in a paddock on 10th September 1957. Truck is owned by L. Hood of Mount Schanck.

Railway trucks filled with passengers for a Silverton Tramway Co. picnic

c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/1017

A long line of railway trucks filled with adults and children. S.T.Co is likely to stand for Silverton Tramway Company. On New Years Day 1915, 40 open concentrate trucks were hired to transport 1200 people for the Picnic. It was attacked by two 'Turks', with four people killed, and the incident is referred to as the 'War at Broken Hill'.

Birdsville Mail

Williams, George, 1939, Photograph, B 72834/47

Copied from a Crombie family album, this image shows five men with H.E. Ding of Yunta's truck. Caption on back reads 'Ken, John, Gerald Tranees(?) and a chap that was doing up the P.O. (Birdsville Mail 1938-9)'. The mail truck with a load of wire for the dog fence.Ken Crombie standing with hat.

Sheep being loaded onto a ship called 'Parndana'

Huntley, Phyllis Jean, c. 1956, Photograph, B 71795/1-9

Series of photographs by Phyllis Jean Huntley of sheep being loaded loaded onto trucks on a property, and then, with help of a goat, being loaded onto the ship 'Parndana' at Venus Bay on the West Coast of South Australia. The negatives were in the possession of John Laurence Rehn who was involved in the transport business in South Australia prior to the late 1950s; and a note on the envelope read 'to be returned to PJ Huntley, Venus Bay PO, West Coast, SA'. See 'contents' for details of items.

Truck at Thargomindah

c. 1939, Photograph, B 72834/67

Copied from a Crombie family album, this image shows 'George and AEC Mammoth Mager at Thargomindah Hotel [with a load of] 2 tiers [of] stud rams. [In different hand] George at wheel - fiddling with a movie camera. Harry is coming out of Tharlgo Pub & took a photo of the "Ace"'.

Truck loaded with bales of wool

1974, Photograph, B 32301

View of a truck loaded with bales of wool, with a trailer (also loaded with bales of wool) attached. A man stands beside the truck. Location not known but probably in the Warooka area.

The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 arriving by truck, Lake Eyre

1963, Photograph, PRG 1711/3/5

Black and white photograph of Donald Campbell's Bluebird-Proteus CN7, sitting on a trailer pulled by an Army wrecker truck, at Lake Eyre. The truck is parked on the causeway built by the support crew to enable the Bluebird to go over the soft outer edges of the Lake and onto the hard centre.

Bedford truck leaflet: 'Special ultra-short wheel base Bedford for semi-trailer haulage'

GM Holden Ltd, 1951, Manuscript, BRG 213/62/4/8

Product leaflet on Bedford Model 'SA' Bedford-Scammell 86 inch wheel base tractor unit for cros combination weights up to 14 tons. Specially designed to be used coupled with Bedford-Scammell type trailers as a semi-trailer. Brochure contains illustrations, information, diagrams, and some features. The bodies for the English Bedford were manufactured in Australia by General Motors-Holden's Limited.

Bedford brochure: 'You'll find British Bedford will suit you best, 15/18 cwt. to 5 tons'

GM Holden Ltd, 1954, Manuscript, BRG 213/62/4/3

Product brochure on Bedford 'A' series trucks including the A2 Model 15/18 cwt. and 30 cwt. 119" wheel base, A3L Models 2 and 3 ton 143" wheel base, and A5L Model 5 ton 167" wheel base trucks. Contains illustrations, information, diagrams, mechanical features, and specifications. The bodies for the English Bedford were manufactured in Australia by General Motors-Holden's Limited.