Trip to Central Australia [B 64383] • Photograph
Tourist camp site
The tourist camp site: one of the party stands on the bumper bar of the 1926 Studebaker bus at left beside a 1926 Dodge car.
Camel train in the far north
Camel train on the plains in the far north of South Australia.
Camel train
Camel train on the gibber plains in the Northern Territory.
Charlotte Waters in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station buildings, six miles north of the South Australian border.
Blood's Creek store in the far north
The store at Blood['s] Creek, the last post in the far north of South Australia before the border with the Northern Territory.
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station, looking inside the courtyard.
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station buildings.
Sub-artesian bore at Charlotte Waters
Sub-artesian bore and tanks at Charlotte Waters. The water is 1,000 feet below ground level.
Aboriginal people in their shelter
Two Aboriginal women and a child sitting in front of their wurlie at Charlotte Waters.
Aboriginal woman in her camp
An Aboriginal woman standing with her dog at Charlotte Waters.
Aboriginal man by his shelter
An Aboriginal man standing in front of his wurlie at Charlotte Waters.
Aboriginal people in their camp
Two Aboriginal women and a child with their dogs, in their camp at Charlotte Waters.
Aboriginal people in their camp
Two Aboriginal women and a child with their dogs, in their camp at Charlotte Waters.
Vehicle crossing a creek bed
A vehicle crossing a dry creek bed, doubly exposed with an image of the bore at Charlotte Waters (B 64383/68).
New Crown Station, Central Australia
The tourist party cars in front of New Crown Station buildings in Central Australia.
New Crown Station, Central Australia
The tourist party cars in front of New Crown Station buildings in Central Australia.
Aboriginal workers receiving rations
Aboriginal workers receiving rations at New Crown Station in Central Australia.
Finke River crossing at Crown Point
Scene at Crown Point in Central Australia where the Finke River can be crossed.
Vehicle crossing the Finke River
A buckboard vehicle crossing a dry creek bed of the Finke River. (See B 64383/84 for details of vehicle.).
Vehicle crossing the Finke River
A buckboard vehicle crossing a dry creek bed of gleaming white sand on the Finke River. (No rain had been received here since 1921.).
Vehicle stuck in sandy creek bed
A buckboard vehicle stuck in the sandy creek bed on the Finke River.
Yellow ochre cliffs near the Finke River
Yellow ochre cliffs along the Finke River, in the centre of Australia.
Vehicle stuck in sandy creek bed
A buckboard vehicle (Graham Bros 23.8 hp truck) broken down and stuck in soft sand in the Finke River. Members of the tourist party are looking on.
Vehicle stuck in sandy creek bed
A buckboard vehicle (Graham Bros 23.8 hp truck) broken down and stuck in soft sand in the Finke River. The vehicle was registered to the Kuranalli Goldmining & Prospecting Syndicate of Adelaide at the time.
Vehicle in sandy creek bed
The party's 1926 Studebaker 36 hp car in soft sand in the Finke River, with members looking on.
Vehicle in sandy creek bed
The party's 1926 Studebaker 36 hp car in soft sand in the Finke River, with members looking on.
Vehicle in sandy creek bed
Members of the party pushing the 1926 Studebaker car across the sandy bed of the Finke River; it took 20 minutes to cross 150 yards.
Vehicle being pushed across sandy creek bed
Members of the party pushing the 1926 Studebaker car across the sandy bed of the Finke River; it took 20 minutes to cross 150 yards.
Horseshoe Bend on the Finke River
Horseshoe Bend on the Finke River with its ochre coloured cliffs.
Vehicle being pushed across sandy creek bed
Members of the party watch as one of their cars crosses the sandy bed of the Finke River.