Trip to Central Australia [B 64383] • Photograph
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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.
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Camel train in the far north
Camel train on the plains in the far north of South Australia.
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Camel train
Camel train on the gibber plains in the Northern Territory.
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Charlotte Waters in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station buildings, six miles north of the South Australian border.
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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.
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Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station, looking inside the courtyard.
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Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station in the Northern Territory
Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station buildings.
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Sub-artesian bore at Charlotte Waters
Sub-artesian bore and tanks at Charlotte Waters. The water is 1,000 feet below ground level.
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Aboriginal people in their shelter
Two Aboriginal women and a child sitting in front of their wurlie at Charlotte Waters.
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Aboriginal woman in her camp
An Aboriginal woman standing with her dog at Charlotte Waters.
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Aboriginal man by his shelter
An Aboriginal man standing in front of his wurlie at Charlotte Waters.
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Aboriginal people in their camp
Two Aboriginal women and a child with their dogs, in their camp at Charlotte Waters.
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Aboriginal people in their camp
Two Aboriginal women and a child with their dogs, in their camp at Charlotte Waters.
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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).
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New Crown Station, Central Australia
The tourist party cars in front of New Crown Station buildings in Central Australia.
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New Crown Station, Central Australia
The tourist party cars in front of New Crown Station buildings in Central Australia.
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Aboriginal workers receiving rations
Aboriginal workers receiving rations at New Crown Station in Central Australia.
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Finke River crossing at Crown Point
Scene at Crown Point in Central Australia where the Finke River can be crossed.
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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.).
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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.).
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Vehicle stuck in sandy creek bed
A buckboard vehicle stuck in the sandy creek bed on the Finke River.
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Yellow ochre cliffs near the Finke River
Yellow ochre cliffs along the Finke River, in the centre of Australia.
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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.
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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.
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Vehicle in sandy creek bed
The party's 1926 Studebaker 36 hp car in soft sand in the Finke River, with members looking on.
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Vehicle in sandy creek bed
The party's 1926 Studebaker 36 hp car in soft sand in the Finke River, with members looking on.
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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.
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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.
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Horseshoe Bend on the Finke River
Horseshoe Bend on the Finke River with its ochre coloured cliffs.
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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.