2000 0028

2023-08-29T08:50:04+09:30

Kalman 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 [...]

2000 00282023-08-29T08:50:04+09:30

1988 0032

2023-08-28T21:26:39+09:30

Yolanda 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 [...]

1988 00322023-08-28T21:26:39+09:30

BK 00110

2023-08-03T13:59:14+09:30

Book "Opals - The Beautiful Gem Of Passion" By Len Cram Mentions Nikola Kolic - Opal Buyer & Wholesale Lightning Ridge

BK 001102023-08-03T13:59:14+09:30

GI 40020

2023-06-25T14:22:35+09:30

Article "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

GI 400202023-06-25T14:22:35+09:30

GI 13007

2023-06-25T14:28:06+09:30

Article "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

GI 130072023-06-25T14:28:06+09:30

1961 0245

2023-06-27T19:53:00+09:30

An 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

1961 02452023-06-27T19:53:00+09:30

1961 0244

2023-06-27T19:52:31+09:30

The 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

1961 02442023-06-27T19:52:31+09:30

1961 0243

2023-06-27T19:51:32+09:30

Tour 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

1961 02432023-06-27T19:51:32+09:30

1961 0242

2023-06-27T19:51:07+09:30

The 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

1961 02422023-06-27T19:51:07+09:30

1961 0241

2023-06-27T19:50:40+09:30

Dr HH Penny, work party leader recording George Morousen's life story 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

1961 02412023-06-27T19:50:40+09:30
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