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Glass plate negative - Members of vice-regal party standing around three Dort cars, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1923

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Glass plate negative - Members of vice-regal party standing around three Dort cars, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1923
Description
Members of the vice-regal expedition to central Australia in 1923: (from left) Herbert Basedow, Captain Hambleton (aide-de-camp to the governor), Murray Aunger the owner of the three modified Dort four-cylinder cars used for the expedition, Sir Tom Bridges (Governor of South Australia), William Webb (Chief Commissioner of the South Australian Railways), Sir Henry Barwell (Premier of South Australia), Thomas McCallum (Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia) and Norris Bell (Commonwealth Railways Commissioner). Taken by an unknown photographer using Basedow's camera at an Unknown place. Reproduced from a glass plate negative. Governor Bridges was keen to encourage the opening up of Central and Northern Australia by building a north-south railway, and decided to inspect the region himself. The expedition left Adelaide by train on 15 June 1923 for Oodnadatta, and collected the cars at Terowie. The party drove to Alice Springs via Hamilton Bore, Charlotte Waters, Horseshoe Bend, and the Depot Sandhills. Side trips were made from Alice Springs to Central Mount Stuart, the Arltunga Goldfields, and Hermannsburg Mission, before the group once again entrained for the return trip to Adelaide on 5 July 1923, after covering 2300 kilometers.
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Unknown
Subject
Glass plate negatives
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Basedow, Dr Herbert
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Bridges, Sir George Tom Molesworth
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Barwell, Sir Henry Newman
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Webb, Mr William Alfred
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Bell, Mr Norris Garrett
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McCallum, Thomas
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Aunger, Mr Horace Hooper Murray
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South Australian Railways
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Commonwealth Railways
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South Australian Government
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Murray Aunger Ltd
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Item is held by the National Museum of Australia
Collection or series
Dr Herbert Basedow collection
Date or place
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia
Date or place
Terowie Station, South Australia, Australia
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Hamilton Creek Bore, South Australia, Australia
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Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia
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Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, Australia
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Depot Sandhills, Northern Territory, Australia
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Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
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Central Mount Stuart, Northern Territory, Australia
Date or place
Arltunga Goldfield Historical Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
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Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia
Date or place
1923
Rights
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the National Museum of Australia.
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