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Old Customs House, Oontoo [B 32222/58] • Photograph

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Summary

OONTOO: The ruins of the old customs-house at Oontoo on the Queensland border; a man with a car in the foreground. The car is a Ford Model 'T', possibly about 1911. The body-work looks to be Australian made. The car is left-hand drive, therefore probably a direct import from the USA. [from information provided by a researcher]. Another researcher has provided the following information: The old customs house of Oontoo was taken from the name of the Yandruwandha tribe waterhole, called 'Nguntu', which is right on the border of Queensland and South Australia. It is situated just west along Cooper Creek from the Burke and Wills 'Dig Tree', and a little further east again is Nappamerrie station beside 'Ngapa Miri' waterhole, taken up by John Conrick in the early 1860s.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 20.2 x 13.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Collection

Part of Oontoo Collection

Subject

Customs administration -- South Australia -- Oontoo
Automobiles -- South Australia -- Oontoo

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Historical information

Information from a researcher: "Oontoo was derived from the local native name from the Yandruwandha tribe which is the waterhole on Cooper Creek called 'Nguntu'".

Digitisation information

Date

21/01/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,501 x 2,729 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.69 MB

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