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Service personnel at Edward Creek railway station [PRG 1435/4/5] • Photograph

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Summary

Service personnel at Edward Creek railway siding, during transfer to Darwin - with the photograph taken from the top of one of the carriages looking along the length of the train. The photographs numbered 3-11 are collectively labelled by the photographer as 'cattle - 1st class to Darwin'. A researcher has commented : The photograph was taken at Edward Creek railway siding on the Central Australia Railway [between Marree and Oodnadatta]. Edward Creek was an important stopping point for locomotives and passenger carriages to take on water until the last 'Ghan train' ran in 1980.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8 cm x 10.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1945

Photographer

Nicholas, R. P

Subject

World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia, Northern
Transportation, Military

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the photographs from an album compiled by R.P. Nicholas, relating to his war service with the 87th Squadron, which was based at the Coomalie Creek base about 100 km south of Darwin. Other photographs from the album may be viewed by doing a number search on PRG 1435/4.

Digitisation information

Date

25/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,066 x 2,032 pixels (6.2 MP)

Size

18.72 MB

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