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An army convoy

1942, Photograph, B 70024/38

A view taken from the back of an army truck travelling along a road in Syria, with another following behind.

Shearing sheds and wool bales near Yunta

Cantwell, Loris Joseph, c. 1920, Photograph, B 70058

A collection of four photographs of shearing sheds near Yunta with trucks and bales of wool being loaded. To see individual images do a NUMBER search on B 70058/1-4.

Loading wool bales at Koonamore Station

Cantwell, Loris Joseph, c. 1920, Photograph, B 70058/2

Truck with load of bales of wool at Koonamore Station, near Yunta, with the rest of the bales on a wooden platform behind. (One of a group of four pictures; for a summary of this group do a NUMBER search on B 70058.).

Detail of truck

1985, Photograph, B 69530/5

Detail of a tray and some engine parts.

Contractors laying pipes at Sunlands

Tilley, Ron, 1961, Photograph, B 70117

Truck delivering pipes to uncultivated land at Sunlands in the Riverland.

Willow Roadhouse, Chain of Ponds

Tilley, Ron, c. 1960, Photograph, B 70133

An oversized load on a truck outside the Willow Roadhouse, built by Ron Tilley at Chain of Ponds.

Repairs on the road

1985, Photograph, B 69530/25

A man with and armchair and various bit of equipment (inlcuding a spade) in the desert; a bogged truck and dinghy are visible in the background.

Transporting wool

1930, Photograph, B 69530/34

Two trucks, one large and one small, both heavily loaded with bales of wool.

Three men in the outback

1930, Photograph, B 69530/50

Three men squatting on the ground with parts of a truck adjacent.

Royal Mail truck

1930, Photograph, B 69530/68

Two men standing on the running boards of the vehicle carrying the title 'Royal Mail'. According to a researcher, the man in the jacket and tie may be K.M. (Rex) Hall.

Repairs en route

1930, Photograph, B 69530/83

A stock transport truck undergoing repairs en route, with one of the front wheels at a peculiar angle.

At Mungarannie bore drain

1930, Photograph, B 69530/87

Water from the Mangarannie bore, on the Marree - Birdsville track flowing over the desert; two maen are standing near the heavily ladened mail truck in the distance.

Outback photographic composite

1930, Photograph, B 69530/88

Photographic composite, possible from a book, featuring: loading sheep at an outback station; Glasson's Motors fleet arriving at Broken Hill Railway Station with the wool from the outback; and unloading wool from outback stations into railway trucks at Broken Hill.

On the shore, Glenelg, Adelaide, S.A

Valentine Publishing Co. (Melbourne & Sydney, Aust.), c. 1917, Photograph, B 70240

Photograph in postcard format of a yacht at water's edge, surrounded by a curious crowd. There are two jetties in the background, which were works jetties to support the construction of the Glenelg Breakwater from 1914 until around 1918. The closer jetty has concrete caissons on rails along its decking. The casting plant for the caissons can be seen on the right of the photograph, which was located in the 'works depot', situated in part of Wigley Reserve. A third jetty was constructed about 1916 to accommodate a locomotive and trucks for the carriage of rubble to the breakwater site, and shovelled into the concrete caissons by hand [information supplied by a researcher].

Workmen on North Terrace

1939, Photograph, B 70375

Two workmen standing by as a load of gravel is tipped out of a truck from the City Engineer Department; two other men look on. [Annotations on the back of the photograph suggest that the workers were employed under a job sharing scheme as a result of the depression.] The footpath work is being undertaken outside the Art Gallery with a wheel barrow and public seats in the foreground; a sign for the museum, a tram and the statue of Venus are all visible in the background.

Students in Prosh procession

c. 1947, Photograph, B 70380/13

Students on a truck float, with a banner 'The Egg and I' at the end of the tray back. (This was the name of a film released in 1947 starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.) Buildings looking down towards the Gawler Place corner can be seen along North Terrace.

At the Barossa Air Show

Giles, Stephen, 2007, Photograph, B 69282/392

Official group standing on the back of a restored antique truck at the Barossa Air Show at Rowland Flat, 15 April 2007. Squadron leader Bob Cowper is third from left.

Panorama of Moonta street

c. 1936, Photograph, B 27809

Panorama of a Moonta street created from three consecutive photographs, which show the premises of W.H. Causer's Ice & Aerated Water at the intersection of two streets, a truck, a car, several men, a boy and a dog are all included in the image. According to a researcher, this image is taken from the corner of Ryan and Henry Streets looking back towards George Street and the Town Hall. The Aerated water factory has since been demolished.

Line of Amscol ice cream vans

Collett, Richard Ernest, 1929, Photograph, B 70544

A line of Amscol ice cream vans, decorated with streamers, and with their drivers standing beside them, ready for a charity carnival in 1929.

Line of AMSCOL ice cream vans

c. 1950, Photograph, B 70545

A line of Amscol ice cream vans parked in a line on the Torrens Parade Ground, with their drivers standing nearby.

Man beside bore hole

1930, Photograph, B 69530/115

Tom Kruse sitting on the ban of a bore hole pond; with a truck and metal drums (some in the water) in the background.

View across flooded plain

1930, Photograph, B 69530/117

View from the cabin of a truck which is moving across a flooded plain. [Duplicate of B 47089/145.]

9 Mile crossing on Bluff track

1930, Photograph, B 69530/118

View of a loaded truck bogged on a track, with another vehicle in the background. An annotation on the image indicates that this is '9 Mile Crossing - Bluff track'.

George Aiston

1930, Photograph, B 69530/121

A man photographed in front a truck which is being unloaded; he is standing with his hands in his pockets and a pipe in his mouth. According to a researcher, the man is George Aiston, Mulka storekeeper and ex-policeman from Mungerannie Police Station.