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Daisy Bates conversing with the Duke of Gloucester

Sydney Morning Herald, 1934, Photograph, B 70071

Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Daisy Bates conversing at Ooldea during the Duke's tour by train in 1934.

Aboriginal child near Ooldea

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1930, Photograph, B 70884/39

An Aboriginal child near Ooldea seated on the ground beside a hole he has been digging.

Daisy Bates at a railway station

West Australian Newspapers, 1934, Photograph, B 70070

Daisy Bates standing on the platform of a railway station in 1934. The caption provided had the railway station as Ooldea, on the occasion of the visit of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. According to a researcher, however, 'Ooldea station building was the standard Commonwealth Railways' one-roomed building without a raised platform. This scene is possibly a railway station in South Australia, but not Ooldea.' The 'Advertiser', 11 October 1934, however, reports that 'There was a longer halt at Ooldea, where the Duke spent half an hour riding, and met Mrs Daisy Bates O.B.E. whose work among the natives has made her famous.'

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.

Views of Ooldea : Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)

1920, Photograph, B 45287/25

Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) and eggs, Ooldea, 11 December 1920'.

Views of Ooldea : bilby

1920, Photograph, B 45287/27

Photograph of a bilby at Ooldea.

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.

Aboriginal woman standing on train tracks

c. 1920, Photograph, B 78157

An Aboriginal woman with a child and a baby in a sling stands on the railway track of the Transcontinental railway at Ooldea.

Well Inspection

c. 1945, Photograph, B 49316

Thought to be a well inspection at Ooldea Mission.

A shelter of brush and sticks

c. 1945, Photograph, B 49317

A shelter of brush and sticks at Ooldea.

Vehicle in bush country

c. 1945, Photograph, B 49321

Vehicle in bush country near Ooldea.

Summit of Ooldea Range cutting

c. 1912, Photograph, B 24829

Summit of Ooldea Range, 895 feet above sea level and 57,000 cubic yards of cutting.

Ooldea Paradise

Waters, Joseph, c. 1912, Photograph, B 39178/42

Ooldea Paradise.

Ooldea Well Sandhills

Waters, Joseph, c. 1912, Photograph, B 39178/43

Ooldea Well sandhills.

Views of Ooldea

c. 1900, Photograph, B 45287

An album of photographs (apparently) collected by A.G. Bolam, station master at Ooldea in the early years following the completion of the east-west railway.

Views of Ooldea : locomotive

c. 1920, Photograph, B 45287/9

View of a locomotive.

Views of Ooldea : Locomotive

c. 1920, Photograph, B 45287/10

View of a locomotive.

Views of Ooldea : hole in the ground

c. 1921, Photograph, B 45287/15

View of a naturally occurring hole in the middle of a stony area.

Views of Ooldea : rocks

c. 1921, Photograph, B 45287/17

A pile of small rocks(?) with some sort of accretion on them.

Views of Ooldea : hopping mouse

1920, Photograph, B 45287/24

Photograph of a South Australian hopping mouse.

Views of Ooldea : hopping mouse

1920, Photograph, B 45287/26

Photograph of a South Australian hopping mouse.

Views of Ooldea : caterpillar

1920, Photograph, B 45287/28

Photograph of a caterpillar.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : newspaper cuttings

1917, Photograph, B 14102/44

Newspaper cutting 'Ooldea via the east-west railway' by Capt. S.A. White, M.B.O.U. from The Register 16th November 1917.

Daisy Bates conversing with the Duke of Gloucester

Sydney Morning Herald, 1934, Photograph, B 70072

Daisy Bates, with gloved left arm raised, conversing with the Duke of Gloucester alongside a Commonwealth of Australia train. Four men are standing behind them.

Ooldea Soak

c. 1905, Photograph, B 70626/38

Well with windlass and two men with horses and buggy thought to be at Ooldea Soak. Slide is badly damaged.

Filling water casks at Ooldea

c. 1905, Photograph, B 70626/37

Filling water casks and a chance to do some washing Ooldea Soak.

Marram tanks near Ooldea

c. 1905, Photograph, B 70626/36

Horses drinking at a trough at Marram tanks near Ooldea. Slide is damaged.

Aboriginal dwellings

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1930, Photograph, B 70884/37

Dwellings made of dry brushwood. Location is unknown, possibly near Ooldea.

Photographs of life on the Trans-Australian Railway Line

York, John Henry, c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 625/1/1-121

Photographs of the construction of the Trans Australian Railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie together with portraits of people, many of whom are family members. The series contains 121 contact print enlargements, most of which are uncaptioned. See 'contents' for details of items.

Album of photographs of Nullarbor caves exploration

Watson, Howard Gwynn, 1934, Photograph, B 47686/1-172

Photographs taken by H.G. Watson of Ceduna of trips of exploration to the caves of the Nullarbor Plain in 1935. Also includes scenes of the Duke of Gloucester's train visit to Ooldea in 1934, his meeting with Daisy Bates and a corroboree performance arranged for him by local Aboriginal people. (NOTE: captions used for 143-149 are those from the album and do not reflect current appropriate use of language.) At the back of the album is a manuscript account of 'Trip to Eucla', a 'Chronicle' newspaper report of the 1935 cave exploration, and a newspaper cutting photograph from The Mail, Saturday 3 April 1937 (page 2) showing a cave with members of an exploration party headed by Mr H. Gwynn Watson. For more photographs and papers of Howard Watson and his family see PRG 1527.

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