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A group of miners with visitors, Dr W Walker (front left) and his wife  Mollie (front right), playing cards and listening to a prize fight on 5CL on the radio in a miner's dugout in 1927. Arthur Alp (seated on left), Ben Mohr (standing left), Bill Oliver (standing middle), Bob Koska (standing right), Tom Scanlon, and Scotty Boa (identities unknown) From Dr Walker's collection -  catalogued as AA357 in the South Australian Museum Archives A guide to the collection found at http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/aa357/

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Bob Hughes and wife Mollie on a camel Martin Hughes believes that his great-uncle Bob Hughes carted water by camel, probably before 1920.

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Joe Fitzgerald Extract from Wilful Murder in the Outback by Arch Burnett Constable Copeland is mentioned.

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Story written by George Burford and Mick Hackendorf Names of people in Coober Pedy underlined Supplied by Mrs A Harcourt, (then Mrs T Halliday) from book 'Coober Pedy 65 years Young' by Kerry Medway click to view GI 30003

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Extract from book 'Central Australia' by CT Madigan Describes motoring through Coober Pedy c.1929, p 270-271 Jim O'Neill mentioned, p 108 click to view GI 30001

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Transcontinental (Port Augusta) article Friday 26 January 1923 'Coober Pedy Opal Field' re Water in Underground tank and cost Hot weather conditions Improved mail arrival &  departure Cessation of Progress committee No action from Hospital committee

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Transcontinental (Port Augusta) article Friday 22 June 1923 'Coober Pedy Opal Fields' re opal buyers T & P Brady visit to the field and retirement of one of the town's storekeeper, Mr H Dawes. Mr Dawes sold his stock to the Alp brothers now running both post office and store. Report on condition of country and new prospecting technique  

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Obituary for Will Hutchison by D. Donovan, SPCB Annual

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page from The Observer, Adelaide 6-6-1925 "What The Camera Saw On The Parliament Trip Into The Interior" re inspection of the survey line of the proposed railway line between Kingoonya and Alice Springs From the National Library of Australia https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19334704 click to view

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