Family photos by George Williams • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

William (Bill) Crombie and his wife Susan (nee Scobie)

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/1

William (Bill) Crombie with his wife Susan (nee Scobie) and two of their children, Ken and Ruby.

William (Bill) Crombie

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/2

Formal portrait of William John (Bill) Crombie.

William Pearce's camel team

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/3

A camel team, identified as 'William Joseph Henry Pearce's camel team'.

William Pearce's camel team

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/4

A camel team pulling a wagon loaded with wool bales, and with a couple of saddled horses tied to the wagon. On the back it is identified as 'William Pearce's camel team' with a subsidiary note 'This one for camel driver'. See also B 72834/2.

Crombie family graves

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/5

View of the Crombie family plot at Mungerannie Station, with monuments for William James Alexander Crombie (1915), William John Crombie (1925) and Susan Martha Crombie (1929).

Collecting firewood

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/6

Three men collecting wood, with the front of a truck visible on the right hand side. Identified on the back as 'Knob wood / Jack, Jardine & self'. The three men are George Williams, driver, Jack Jardine, son of the Mirra Mitta Jardines and another on a return trip after delivering rams to Milo, Queensland. The truck is Harry Ding's AEC Mammoth Major.

Transporting wool

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/7

Two men standing beside a truck loaded with bales of wool at Olary. Notation on the back reads 'Olary A.E.C. 'Monarch' / Callabity Roo shooter and cook'.

Beside the fireplace

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/8

Photograph taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in July 1939, this image shows three men and a woman seated on bentwood chairs beside a fireplace. According to a researcher, the people are Ken Crombie, Birdsville mail driver, George Williams (nephew), mail offsider, Vera O'Donouhue, passenger, and station hand Tommy. They are inside the old homestead at Cannuwaukalanna (Cannuwaukaninna) while bogged. The lighting is a camel dung and fat lamp.

Loaded truck in a grassed area

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/9

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows a truck loaded with boxes and other containers, partially covered by a tarpaulin, viewed across an area of grass. It is on the outside track, heading north.

Running repairs on the road

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/10

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939. Gearbox trouble near Pandie Pandie. Max Shepley, Ken Crombie and George Williams filing down the outside diameter of a replacement clutch plate.

H. E. Ding's truck on the Birdsville Track

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/11

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image is of five men and another person on or near a loaded truck, identified as belonging to H.E. Ding of Yunta. The truck is stuck in sand, a wooden pole between the dual wheels for traction. Two poles were standard equipment and carried on the truck under the tray.

Ode to bull ants

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/12

An adjunct to a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image is of a hand drawn 'cover' to a poem, describing an event at Goyder's Lagoon and Bore, July 1939. See also B 72834/13-14. (12, 13 and 14 are one folding unit). The photo and the poem are by Lionel Walpole, also known as Saxa Sam.

Ode to bull ants

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/13

The verso of the cover 'Ode to bull ants' (see B 72834/12) this image is a bush poem by George Williams, describing an event at Goyder's Lagoon and Bore, July 1939. See also B 72834/12 and 14. (12, 13 and 14 are one folding unit). An adjunct to a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939.

Goyders' Lagoon and Bore

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/14

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows Goyder's Lagoon and Bore, and features in the 'Ode to bull ants' (see B 72834/11-12). (12, 13 and 14 are one folding unit).

Bogged truck on the Birdsville Track

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/15

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows the rear of a loaded truck which has become bogged on the Birdsville Track between Koonchera and Deadman's Sandhills on Outside Track, heading for Nunn's camp.

Bogged truck on the Birdsville Track

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/16

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows four men standing around a loaded truck which has become bogged on the Birdsville Track in Mosquito Creek. Offsider George Williams at front wearing flying cap, driver Ken Crombie at back wheel.

Still stuck in Mosquito Creek area - bogged truck on the Birdsville Track

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/17

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows two men contemplating a loaded truck which has become bogged in the Mosquito Creek area.

H.E. Ding's truck on the Birdsville Track

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/18

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows a truck for carrying sheep; the driver can be seen through the windscreen. The truck is one of Harry Ding's Leylands which were used out of Olary and Yunta.

H.E. Ding's stock truck

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/19

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows sheep being loaded onto H.E. Ding's truck, an AEC Manmmoth Major, into rough bush yards at Killabity Sation.

Carrier truck in station yard

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/20

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows three men standing beside a loaded truck, which is parked near some outback station buildings.

Maud Williams feeding dog

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/21

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows Maud Williams at the Williams' house in Marree. She is wearing a print dress covered by an apron, feeding a dog. They are standing outside a covered area and beyond a picket fence.

Breaking in a horse

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/22

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows two men in a yard with a bucking horse; another man on the far side of the post and rail fence. The men are at Cannuwaukalanna, killing time cattle marking while waiting for the Track to dry out. George Williams is on the left.

Working with a calf

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/23

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows a steer with a rope around on leg in a yard, with two men on the far side of the post and rail fence. The men are killing time at Cannuwaukalanna.

Five men outside a galvanised iron building

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/24

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows five men standing outside a galvanised iron building at Cannuwaukalanna. They are Lionel Walpole (passenger also known as Saxa Sam), Fred Donaldson (manager Cannuwaukalanna), Ken Crombie (mail driver), Otto Anderson (passenger) and George Williams (mail offsider). There is a variety of dress from what appears to be a flying helmet and jacket, to jackeroo attire and a suit.

Gearbox trouble near Pandie Pandie

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/25

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939. This image shows Max Shepley on right, George Williams filing, Ken Crombie and Lionel Walpole on left with gearbox trouble near Pandie Pandie.

Truck driving through water

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/26

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows a partially loaded truck, a Diamond T, wading across flats near Seven Mile Bore. The wooden poles used to to extract the truck from bogs can be seen in their spot sticking out from under the tray. A number of people are riding on the load on the tray of the truck.

Having a chat with locals

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/27

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows men having a chat with locals on the Birdsville side of the Clayton Bore drain. The cars are Abby Kite's Dodge 4 ute and Ken Crombie's Chrysler.

Near Mosquito Creek

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/28

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows H.E. Ding's truck bogged on the '___th [obscured] side of Mosquito Creek, July 1939'. A further caption in the top right corner reads '"What's that you're calling it George?" / "---!!!---!!!---!!! ---" / "Yeah, it sure is".

At Cannuwalkalanna

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/29

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows three men and a woman beside a partially unloaded truck. Verse on the image reads: 'Our cobber George will cook the damper / While Kennie stirs the stew / Otto thinks of Ted Wade's hamper ' and the lady passenger just looks blue. / Saxa Sam - Cannuwalkalanna - July 1939'. The people are (L-R) George Williams, Ken Crombie, Vera O'Donouhue and Otto Anderson. An aerial from the transmitter is on the driver's seat. The radio could send messages to Yunta but could not receive.

'Aerial' view of truck and car

Williams, George, c. 1923-1939, 1960, Photograph, B 72834/30

One of a series of 38 photographs taken during a trip along the Birdsville Track in 1939, this image shows a truck parked beside a car, both beside a body of water. The photograph has been taken looking down on the vehicles.

Family photos by George Williams [B 72834] • Photograph