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Fettler's cottage, Finke Siding
A Fettler's cottage on the Finke railway siding. The notice on the gate reads, 'Passengers requested not to pick flowers'.
Fettlers dwellings
The railway Fettlers dwellings at Abminga.
Railway fettlers at work
Railway Fettlers scooping foundation for deviation across Strangways Creek at 545 miles on the Great Northern Line.
Fettlers assisting passengers
Fettlers assisting passengers, from an East West Line train, across a washout between Karonie and Kalgoorlie.
Railway fettler with a track inspection vehicle
GENERAL: A railway fettler standing with a track inspection vehicle, location unknown.
Railway fettlers' cottages in South Australia
Two railway fettlers' cottages built alongside the rail tracks in South Australia.
Railway employees housing
The Fettler's house and the ballast train crew's dwelling on the right at Ilbunga.
William Creek
Building a new cottage for railway fettler staff.
Railway Motor Tricycle
Railway motor tricycles were introduced in approximately 1910 for use as fettlers' transport. These two wheelers were powered by a 2-stroke petrol engine. They were also known a "Chase-Me-Charlies" due to their habit of running away once the engine was fired.
Railway Motor Tricycle
Railway motor tricycles were introduced in approximately 1910 for use as fettlers' transport. These two wheelers were powered by a 2-stroke petrol engine. They were also known a "Chase-Me-Charlies" due to their habit of running away once the engine was fired.
Ruins near Beltana
View of some ruins, six miles from Beltana in South Australia's north. These are the remains of the Puttapa Gap railway siding fettlers cottages 6 miles from Beltana. [Information provided by Glenys Aird].
Fettlers camp at Zanthus
A house, trees and a building with a sign reading 'Zanthus' on it. Zanthus is a remote rail crossing loop about 200km east of Kalgoorlie on the Trans Australian rail line.
Heinrich family album
Heinrich family album, compiled by Ilona Oppenheim from loose family photographs. Notes found on the verso of photographs are noted in the caption in inverted commas. Topics include life at Hermannsburg Mission in the Northern Territory in the nineteen twenties, with photographs of some Aboriginal people and visitors to Hermannsburg, including scientists, government officials and tourists. Photos 293-295 are restricted from view pending assessment of Aboriginal content. These images include 293. Ceremonial tjuringa stones of the Hermannsburg area (restricted); 294. 'Manangananga' sacred cave (restricted); 295. 'Holy cave 17 April 1929 (Dad's birthday)'. Large group of Aboriginal people from the Hermannsburg Mission gathered at a sacred spot (restricted). Photos 296-302 have not been digitised. These are duplicated elsewhere in other Heinrich albums or lantern slides.