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Jenny Davison2023-09-11T21:33:07+09:30Magnetic advertising on water truck for Dave and Carol Arnold's water supply business, operating from late 1979 to early 1982
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Jenny Davison2023-08-29T08:50:04+09:30Kalman and Yolanda Szuk in front of their workshop, Szuk Engineering which had the tail end of a plane "crashed" into its roof. Yolanda and Kalman moved from Whyalla to Andamooka in the early 1960's where Kalman started manufacturing mining ladders and reinforced mining buckets as well as mining himself In 1973 they moved to Coober Pedy, where they lived in front of their workshop, Szuk Engineering, on Hutchison Street, now the Tyre Centre. Szuk's Engineering Shop was well known for their trade in sharpening picks, tungsten tipped augers, mining ladders, reinforced mining buckets, tumblers, reinforced blower pipes as well as [...]
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Jenny Davison2023-08-28T21:26:39+09:30Yolanda Szuk working on mining ladders manufactured in the Szuk Engineering workshop on Hutchison Street. Yolanda worked with her husband Kalman in the workshop. Yolanda and Kalman moved from Whyalla to Andamooka in the early 1960's where Kalman started manufacturing mining ladders and reinforced mining buckets as well as mining himself In 1973 they moved to Coober Pedy, where they lived in front of their workshop, Szuk Engineering, on Hutchison Street, now the Tyre Centre. Szuk's Engineering Shop was well known for their trade in sharpening picks, tungsten tipped augers, mining ladders, reinforced mining buckets, tumblers, reinforced blower pipes as well [...]
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Jenny Davison2023-08-03T13:59:14+09:30Book "Opals - The Beautiful Gem Of Passion" By Len Cram Mentions Nikola Kolic - Opal Buyer & Wholesale Lightning Ridge
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Jenny Davison2023-06-25T14:22:35+09:30Article "Australia's Opal Fields" - Walkabout January 1st 1935 by Charles Henry "Visits to the white cave-dwellers of Coober Pedy and the black opal fields of Lightning Ridge." with photos Mentioned: Opal buyer Percy Marks GI 40020
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Jenny Davison2023-06-25T14:28:06+09:30Article "An Outback Gem" Australian Geographic November-December 2012 Story by Quentin Chester - Photography by Vincent Long "Once famed for its dugouts and abundance of opals, Coober Pedy is today rich in other gems: culturally diverse folk who keep the spirit of the outback frontier town alive." Mentions George Kountouris, Vince Crisa, Tom and Mary's Taverna, Mila Kovacek, Steve Baines, Wayne Borrett, Pete Murray, Chris Warrior, Katrina Williams, Shanaka Hewage, Susie Crisa, Dean Walker, Greg Carrol, Marcus Hammermeister, Keith & Shirley Wreford, Pastor Deane Clee, Debbie Clee, Lionel & Carol Jones, Val & Colin Palmer GI 13007
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Jenny Davison2023-06-27T19:53:00+09:30An Aboriginal camp on the Flat Series of 32 photos (1961 0214 to 1961 0245) from Adelaide University/Adelaide Teachers College work project on the Coober Pedy Aboriginal Reserve, August 1961, donated by David Hewitt Read story of Work Camp at GI 70025
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Jenny Davison2023-06-27T19:52:31+09:30The work party before departing Coober Pedy on 15th August 1961 with John Millar, director of SA Aboriginal Department (on left) Series of 32 photos (1961 0214 to 1961 0245) from Adelaide University/Adelaide Teachers College work project on the Coober Pedy Aboriginal Reserve, August 1961, donated by David Hewitt Read story of Work Camp at GI 70025
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Jenny Davison2023-06-27T19:51:32+09:30Tour operator David Feitz's Land Rover leaving for Adelaide on the Government truck Series of 32 photos (1961 0214 to 1961 0245) from Adelaide University/Adelaide Teachers College work project on the Coober Pedy Aboriginal Reserve, August 1961, donated by David Hewitt Read story of Work Camp at GI 70025
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Jenny Davison2023-06-27T19:51:07+09:30The worker's morning tea on the reserve Series of 32 photos (1961 0214 to 1961 0245) from Adelaide University/Adelaide Teachers College work project on the Coober Pedy Aboriginal Reserve, August 1961, donated by David Hewitt Read story of Work Camp at GI 70025
