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Woomera [PRG 1718/1/132] • Photograph

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Summary

Aerial photograph of Woomera, South Australia. The photographer provided the following information: 'The story behind the taking of the photo is interesting. I was taking a series of photos to update the Woomera postcards. I felt an aerial shot would be a key to the series. I made a number of approaches to security, the stumbling block was the fact that not far away the Americans had just started building Narrunga. Eventually I got permission, with strings attached. There was a guy in Woomera, can't remember his name, who owned a Tiger Moth. He agreed to fly me over the town to get the photo. Security were still nervous. We taxied to the end of the runway. A Commonwealth Policeman came to the end of the runway and watched as I loaded my Koni Omega camera with a roll of 120 Ektachrome transparency film. I took the photo. When we landed the Commonwealth Policeman met us again and watched as I unloaded the film and sealed the tag. He then took it from me and put it in a security bag that was sent to WRE Salisbury where the film was processed and returned to security in Woomera. They inspected the pictures, to make sure I did not have any pictures of Nurrungar, then returned them to me. I finished the series of postcards and stored them in my collection for about forty three years.'

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Physical description

1 photograph : colour

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1975

Photographer

Clark, Terry

Collection

Part of Woomera Collection

Subject

Woomera (S.A.)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

20/07/2017

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

29,921 x 22,647 pixels (677.6 MP)

Size

2.03 GB

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