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Large survey team on the Nullarbor Plain [B 70626/8] • Photograph

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Summary

Team of 28 men in front of a row of tents. Image shows survey equipment, cyclometer and tripod. Survey team is possibly pictured at the border of SA/WA 1908.

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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

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.

Historical information

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

Digitisation information

Date

16/06/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,257 x 3,273 pixels (10.7 MP)

Size

32.01 MB

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