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Outback Australia

by National Library of Australia Commons

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'Tis a hot day on patrol and water is scarce [outback mounted policeman pouring water into the top of his hat so his dog and horse can have a drink]

Les Holden's de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth biplane airliner G-AUHW 'Canberra' in a Qantas hangar is examined by crowd, Longreach, Queensland, 25 April 1929.

Aborigines and stockmen on horseback in front of de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth biplane airliner G-AUHW 'Canberra' wave goodbye to Les Holden and crew, Flora Valley, Western Australia, 23 April 1929.

Sheet iron building at homestead, Flora Valley, Western Australia, 19 April 1929.

Aerial view of small outback settlement, April 1929.

Aerial view of railway line winding from hills into outback plain, April 1929.

Aerial view of a smoke fire coming from rocks which was investigated during search for the 'Southern Cross', Kimberley region, Western Australia, 12 April 1929.

Aerial view, taken from a biplane at an altitude of 3500 feet, of a mountain range just north of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 7 April 1929.

Small crowd with truck examine Les Holden's de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth biplane airliner G-AUHW 'Canberra' on a field, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 7 April 1929.

Young man digging beside Dr Charles Duguid, Adelaide?, South Australia, 1939 [transparency].

Duguid family camping on the way to Ernabella, 1945? [transparency].

Creek in flood at Ernabella, South Australia, 1949 [transparency] /

Dry creek bed at Ernabella, South Australia, 1949 [transparency] /

Caterpillar's nest, west of Oodnadatta, South Australia, 1935 [transparency] /

Three camels walking across plain, Wyndham, Western Australia, 9 April 1929.

Truck towing iron hoop to clear field for use as an airfield, Bourke, New South Wales, 26 April 1929.

[Outback mail in Central Australia]

A bush home in Australia, ca. 1895

[Cobb and Co. coach travelling along a country road].