Transport Archives - Coober Pedy Historical Society

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Sue Britt2023-08-01T13:41:24+09:30

TR 00020 "Nullarbor Lifeline: Tea and Sugar Train - 1912 - 1996" by Kay Merry, History Matters, Vol 13 Number 1 February 2003

TR 00020Sue Britt2023-08-01T13:41:24+09:30

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Jenny Davison2023-04-12T15:16:09+09:30

Sign at 8 Mile on old Stuart Highway "Join Australian Roughriders - Ride the Stuart Highway" c.1979

TR 00019Jenny Davison2023-04-12T15:16:09+09:30

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Jenny Davison2023-02-11T20:53:04+10:30

Article "Completion of Stuart Highway" CPT March 1987

TR 00018Jenny Davison2023-02-11T20:53:04+10:30

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Jenny Davison2022-11-11T15:44:44+10:30

Article "A New Era Opens" from the South Australian Magazine (SAM) April 1987 re the opening of the new sealed Stuart Highway TR 00017

TR 00017Jenny Davison2022-11-11T15:44:44+10:30

Article "Experiencing the Sturt Highway" by Ray Schilling, Country Superintendent for St John's Ambulance re. a trip taken in May 1980 from Adelaide to Alice Springs and return, in wet conditions, the Stuart Highway at that time being most unsealed. Mentions; Glen Woods (Adelaide), Norm Lockhart (Co driver), Bill McDougall (Coober Pedy), Greg Oakley (Marla), Brian Males (Alice Springs) TR 00016

TR 00016Jenny Davison2022-05-04T15:28:11+09:30

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Jenny Davison2022-01-02T20:09:54+10:30

Jacob Santing's supply trucks 1930 From the book "E.O.Hoppe's Australia" by Graham Howe and Erika Esau. Caption; Fig 26. E.O.Hoppe 'The Supply Trucks, Coober Pedy 1930' (E.O. Hoppe second from left)

1930 0097Jenny Davison2022-01-02T20:09:54+10:30

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Sue Britt2021-09-07T14:57:06+09:30

'A Knight of the Road,' photo by Yolanda Szuk, Post 2/1/86

TR 00015Sue Britt2021-09-07T14:57:06+09:30

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Sue Britt2021-08-30T03:20:07+09:30

'On the Move,' BP commercial 1992, filmed at Manguri 1987, https://youtube.com 'Advert May be Richest filmed in SA,' The News 29/7/88

TR 00014Sue Britt2021-08-30T03:20:07+09:30

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Sue Britt2021-04-07T10:25:44+09:30

TR 00013 "IT'S HERE BITUMEN FROM ADELAIDE TO COOBER PEDY" Community invitation to celebrate Stuart Highway progress with the Minister for Transport, Wednesday 27th November 1985

TR 00013Sue Britt2021-04-07T10:25:44+09:30

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Sue Britt2020-01-17T00:17:44+10:30

TR 00012 Doug Whalan was a road train driver, mainly in the NT, in the 1950's. He worked at the Opal Inn in Coober Pedy when he retired from driving. Article by John Maynard 'Glory Days,' from Truckin' Life

TR 00012Sue Britt2020-01-17T00:17:44+10:30