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Royal Mail vehicle in the Northern Territory [B 53556] • Photograph

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Summary

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Royal Mail "caterpillaring" across the Finke, leather "belts" were used in order to travel over sandy areas. This vehicle took three days for its run replacing the three weeks taken by the original camel mail.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1928

Collection

Part of Northern Territory Collection

Subject

Postal service -- Northern Territory
Trucks -- Northern Territory

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Digitisation information

Date

03/07/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,358 x 1,990 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.69 MB

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