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Trip to Central Australia
Album of photographs taken by Theodor Bray, a reporter with 'The Register', during the first tourist bus trip to Central Australia, organised by Percy Bond in June 1927. There were 14 paying tourists and Theodor Bray; the party camped by the side of the buses in dry river beds or wherever they could find a place to pitch tents. The 3-week trip went to Oodnadatta and then on to the Overland Telegraph Station at Barrow Creek. They then returned south, becoming the first vehicles to cross the desert due south of Alice Springs to Coober Pedy. The fleet consisted of two Studebaker 'charabanc' cars with 6 passenger seats, one a 1925 29.4 hp model, the other a 1926 36 hp model, both registered to A.G. Bond of Unley Road, Kingswood. A woman was among the passengers. During the trip Theodor Bray coined the description 'Centralia' for the areas they had visited, a word taken up later by other writers.
Tourist bus at country town
Studebaker charabanc car at country town 1927.
Alec Holborn's photograph album
Album of photographs mostly taken about 1926 by Alexander Harrold (Alec) Holborn. Includes views of Victor Harbor and buildings, Granite Island and environs, visit of the Prince of Wales to Adelaide in 1926, SA Amateur Swimming Association activities at Glenelg and on the Torrens, Adelaide and environs, and the Holborn family. Some pages have over-arching captions, including PAGE 10 (49-53) 'views on Hindmarsh River 1926';.
Early vehicle
Photograph of early bus or charabanc with approximately thirteen women passengers. There is no roof on the vehicle.
Holiday-makers at Brighton beach, South Australia
A busy holiday scene at Brighton beach where holiday-makers are on the sands and strolling along the foreshore; horses are attached to hitching posts near their parked carriages and a charabanc packed with visitors passes in the foreground.
Picnic party in the Adelaide Hills
A happy picnic party stopping at a kiosk in the Adelaide Hills; some of the group are seated in a open topped charabanc parked near others with their motor cars.
Insurance association picnic, ca.1920
Uncaptioned, formal photograph of a large group of men, women and children gathered in front of three charabancs at an unidentified woodland park or reserve, probably for an insurance association picnic or sporting event. Boys in front are posed with sporting gear including tennis rackets and cricket bat.