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No.1 Dock, Port Adelaide [B 10313] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description A very busy scene at Number 1 dock as goods are unloaded from interstate and overseas vessels. A man poses with his cart drawn by two draught horses in front of an array of Sunshine agricultural equipment, including stripper harvesters. Warehouses are seen in the background and on the right is the Australian ship SS Mareeba at the dock. (The Mareeba came to a sad end in 1941, sunk by the German ship Kormoran on a voyage to Colombo) [On back of photograph] 'No. 1 Dock, Port Adelaide / August 1938 / Reproduced in the News, August 26th, 1938'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1938

Photographer

Mora Studio

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Cargo handling -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Docks -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

08/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,165 x 2,338 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

7.43 MB

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