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Survey party on Nullarbor plain [B 70626/6] • Photograph

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Summary

Survey party of 15 men pictured at a rock cairn with a pole on which a flag has been hoisted. Tripods, theodolite and other survey equipment is shown. This cairn possibly marks the border of SA/WA.

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Physical description

Slide (lantern); 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Subject

Surveying

Catalogue record

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General notes

Un-numbered slide. One of a set of 48 lantern slides showing early survey work, terrain, water sources, vegetation, camel transport, settlements and landmarks along routes under consideration for the transcontinental railway between Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta, 1901-1909. Slide matches photograph in John Gore Stewart papers PRG 561.

Historical information

Leader of the WA section of the 1908 survey was R. J. Anketell and leader of the SA section was J. T. Furner. See account in Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper 53 of 1909.

Digitisation information

Date

16/06/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,194 x 3,110 pixels (9.9 MP)

Size

29.83 MB

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