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Men about to leave Oodnadatta by motor car for Darwin [PRG 280/1/28/58] • Photograph

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Summary

Photo taken prior to the departure of the Sectional Committee at Oodnadatta. The Committee was set up by the Commonwealth Government to investigate possibilities for improving the overland transport route from Adelaide to Darwin, and consisted of Senator Newland, Senator Foll and a Mr Jackson. They were accompanied by Gerald Whitelaw, G.A. Hobler and JJ. Waldron. The 10 men are shown standing in front of the three six cylinder Buick tourers assigned for the inspection trip.

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Physical description

photograph: 8 x 10 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Automobile drivers -- South Australia -- Oodnadatta
Automobiles -- South Australia -- Oodnadatta

Catalogue record

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General notes

Faded black and white reproduction.

The Sectional Committee.

References to this trip can be found in 'Buick : the Australian story' by Eric North & John Gerdtz (2008) and 'Documentation of the history of transport routes in Central Australia' by Bruce W. Strong (1996).

Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,002 x 2,235 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.72 MB

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