Glass plate negative - Members of vice-regal
party standing around three Dort cars, central
Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow,
1923
- Title
- 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.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Subject
- Glass plate negatives
- Subject
- Basedow, Dr Herbert
- Subject
- Bridges, Sir George Tom Molesworth
- Subject
- Barwell, Sir Henry Newman
- Subject
- Webb, Mr William Alfred
- Subject
- Bell, Mr Norris Garrett
- Subject
- McCallum, Thomas
- Subject
- Aunger, Mr Horace Hooper Murray
- Subject
- South Australian Railways
- Subject
- Commonwealth Railways
- Subject
- South Australian Government
- Subject
- Murray Aunger Ltd
- Managed by
- Item is held by the National Museum
of Australia
- Collection or series
- Dr Herbert Basedow collection
- Date or place
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Date or place
- Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia
- Date or place
- Terowie Station, South Australia,
Australia
- Date or place
- Hamilton Creek Bore, South Australia,
Australia
- Date or place
- Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory,
Australia
- Date or place
- Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory,
Australia
- Date or place
- Depot Sandhills, Northern Territory,
Australia
- Date or place
- Alice Springs, Northern Territory,
Australia
- Date or place
- Central Mount Stuart, Northern Territory,
Australia
- Date or place
- Arltunga Goldfield Historical Reserve,
Northern Territory, Australia
- Date or place
- 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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