Photograph album from shearing trips [PRG 1435/1] • Manuscript
Chrysler bogged near Innamincka
A soft topped Chrysler car bogged near Innamincka, with two men attempting to pull it out. May 1931.
Convoy near Mount Hopeless
Four cars pictured on the road near Mount Hopeless, May 1931.
Sandy Creek, Innamincka Station
A group of men attempting to move a car bogged in the dry bed of Sandy Creek, Innamincka Station, May 1931.
Grass, Innamincka Station
Two cars pictured in long grass at Innamincka Station, May 1931.
Bogged at Crossing Creek
A group of men attempting to pulled a bogged car out of Crossing Creek, at Murnepeowie near moutn Hopelss, May 1931.
Donkey team near Woltana
A donkey team pulling a large wagon on the treeless country near Woltana ['Wertaloona' pencilled below caption] with a car parked adjacent.
Border gate between Queensland and South Australia
A Dodge car about to go through the gate marking the division between Queensland and South Australia.
Creek between Wirrealpa and Willipa
View of gum trees and water in the creek between Wirrealpa and Willipa.
The water hole, Nappa Merri
View of an expanse of water in flat outback country, identified as the water hole at Nappa Merri.
'Blacks graves, Arrabury'
Two small mounds covered in branches, identified as Aboriginal graves.
Arrabury Station
View of Arrabury Station, showing a number of buildings in the distance.
Horse race at Arrabury
A group of men seated on a slight rise overlooking a flat area, where two horses are racing.
Breaking in a brumby camel at Arrabury
A camel, with a pack on its back, surrounded by a number of men; the caption identifies it as a brumby camel being broken in at Arrabury Station.
Nappa Merrie woolshed and scour
Two corrugated iron sheds at Nappa Merrie, identified as the woolshed and scour, with post a rail fencing in front.
Arrabury woolshed
Arrabury Station's woolshed, a galvanised iron structure with a domed roof, with bundles (bales of wool?) and a wooden structure beyond it.
Wirrealpa shed
Wirrealpa Station's woolshed, with wool bales lined up in front.
Young roo
A young kangaroo pictured at one of the outback stations.
Flinders Ranges near Wirrealpa
Two men pictured in the Flinders Ranges near Wirrealpa Station.
Huts, Wirrealpa
The shearers' quarters at Wirrealpa Station consisting of a number of huts; there is washing drying on a prop clothesline.
Arrabury racing camel
A camel with a man on its back; it is identified as an Arrabury racing camel.
Team Wirrealpa
A group of men photographed in front of a corrugated iron hut (probably part of the shearers' quarters - see B 70300/19). Identified as 'team Wirrealpa' it is presumably the shearing team working on the station in 1931.
Mashado Chrysler
A car parked in the street outside a brick suburban home, with four men posing beside it.
Burke's face, Fort Wills
Photograph of a man's face carved into a tree, with the initials ROH underneath it. A note near the photograph indicates that it was 'bought at Innamincka 1931'.
Mail coaches, Cobbler Desert
An old wooden coach hitched to a team of six camels is standing beside an early model car in the Cobbler Desert. A note near the photograph indicates that it was 'bought at Innamincka 1931'.
Loading Arrabury wool
An Afghan man loading a bale on wool onto a came, balancing the one already tied on. A note near the photograph indicates that it was 'bought at Innamincka 1931'.
Bottle heap, Innamincka
View of the bottle heap at Innamincka Station, stretching a considerable distance with buildings in the distance.
Burke Tree, Fort Wills
Two men standing in front of the Burke Tree, Fort Wills, on Coopers Creek (R.P. Nicholas on the left). Part of the stockade is on the right.
Burke Tree, Fort Wills
Jim Cowan (left) and R.P. Nicholas standing beside the Burke Tree, Fort Wills, on Coopers Creek.
Nappa Merri homestead
View across the landscape showing the Nappa Merri homestead and other buildings, taken by Jim Cowan.
Nappa Merrie huts
Three weatherboard buildings of various sizes, identified as 'Nappa Merri huts' (presumably the men's quarters), view taken by Jim Cowan.