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First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Condensing plant

1918, Photograph, B 14102/91A

Condensing plant at Cook.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Scenes on route

1918, Photograph, B 14102/91B

Scene en route W.A. side.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Water tanks

1918, Photograph, B 14102/91C

Water tanks for loco purposes.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : Nullarbor Plain

1918, Photograph, B 14102/91D

View from train while crossing the Nullarbor Plain.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : autographs

1917, Photograph, B 14102/14

Autographs of travellers on the train.

First passenger journey Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie : newspaper cuttings

1917, Photograph, B 14102/57

Continuation of B 14102/56. Newspaper cutting 'Trans-Australian Railway. First train reaches Kalgoorlie. Thousands of spectators. Scene on station platform. Warm reception of Sir John Forrest' (continues on 58).

The 'Moonta' at Port Augusta

c. 1946, Photograph, B 70719/16

View of the 'Moonta' moored at the wharf at Port Augusta during a November 1946 Gulf trip.

Track layer on the Port Augusta-Kalgoorlie railway line

c. 1917, Photograph, B 71027

Workmen with a track layer, believed to be on the Port Augusta-Kalgoorlie railway line.

Spencer Gulf near Port Augusta

c. 1950, Photograph, B 60896

View of Spencer Gulf - 'drive in to 5AU, and view from front of house. Rex's head in foreground. Spencer Gulf and hills in this view'.

5AU studio

c. 1950, Photograph, B 60899

'5AU looking at the side of the house - the wires coming out the window are feeding the wireless mast.'

5AU mast

c. 1950, Photograph, B 60902

'5AU mast with Ray Ford in the foreground.'

Sylvia Young and a friend

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/697

A studio portrait of Sylvia Young (formerly French) and a friend at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Sketches by Babbage : Port Augusta

Babbage, Benjamin Herschel, c. 1858, Photograph, PRG 404/19/3/35A

Babbage's expedition to Lake Torrens. Handwritten notes for PRG 404/19/3/36.

Sketches by Babbage : Port Augusta

Babbage, Benjamin Herschel, c. 1858, Photograph, PRG 404/19/3/54A

Babbage's expedition to Lake Torrens. Handwritten notes for PRG 404/19/3/55.

Wrecked trucks after a railway accident near Port Augusta

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/17

Piled up railway trucks after an accident near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Clearing wreckage after a railway accident near Port Augusta

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/19

Wreckage being cleared away by a crane and workmen after a railway accident near Port Augusta.

Wreckage after a railway accident near Port Augusta

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/21

Two boys stand on piled up wreckage caused by a railway accident near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Railway accident near Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/27

Piled up wreckage from a railway accident near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Train leaving a railway siding for Port Augusta, South Australia

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/28

Caption reads 'A train leaving a railway siding on its way to Port Augusta in South Australia'. Information from a researcher: 'Locomotive 'G 11' on the under-construction standard-gauge Trans-Australia line, with a workers' train'.

Wreckage after a railway accident near Port Augusta

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/165

Upturned carriages and wagons wrecked after a railway accident near Port Augusta with workmen standing nearby.

Flinders Ranges scenery near Port Augusta

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/16/61

Panoramic view of Flinders Ranges scenery near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Guests at the opening of the East West railway line

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/26/109

Men arriving by open car for the 'turning of the first sod' ceremonies associated with the opening of the East West railway line at Port Augusta; two of the men are identified by Searcy as Sir John Forrest, politician, and Senator Fraser.

The SS 'Ascot' leaving Port Augusta

c. 1910, Photograph, PRG 280/1/43/300

The SS 'Ascot' leaving Port Augusta with a tug escort.

S.S.'Governor Musgrave' at Port Augusta, South Australia

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/113

The S.S.'Governor Musgrave' at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Guests aboard the S.S.'Governor Musgrave'

1916, Photograph, PRG 280/1/12/115

Party aboard the S.S.'Governor Musgrave' at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Sylvia Young and a friend

1914, Photograph, PRG 280/1/14/696

A studio portrait of Sylvia Young (formerly French) and a friend at Port Augusta, South Australia.

Lord Denman arriving at Port Augusta, South Australia

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/525

Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia, standing on a flag decorated platform presiding at the ceremonies associated with turning the first sod for the new Trans-Australian railway link from Port Augusta to Western Australia.

Pichi Richi Pass, near Port Augusta

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/44/528

Part of the Pichi Richi Pass, near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Turning the first sod ceremony, Port Augusta, Trans Australian Railway

1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/291

Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia present at the turning of the first sod ceremony for the Trans Australian Railway from South Australia to Western Australia; he is pushing the wheelbarrow much to the amusement of the large crowd.

Implements used to turn the first sod for the opening of the East West railway

c. 1912, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/368

The wheelbarrow and shovel used to turn the first sod at the opening ceremony for the East West railway construction from Port Augusta.

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