WEST AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA & BEYOND
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1934 / 1935 - NULLUBOR EAST WEST ROAD CONSTRUCTION
The Old Highway Days facebook feature
Research - Davis Malcolm.
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1953 - WALTABBIE SHED TANKS
Australia Looking at Times Past facebook Photo feature
1953 - A Chevy Blitz truck parked up at the Waltabbie Shed Tanks on the Nullabor. Photo: Peter Latty.
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1954 - NULLARBOR CROSSING 48 Series Holden
The Old Highway Days facebook Photo feature
Don Law recalls: The Eyre Highway had soft edges when it rained. A lot of cars and trucks got bogged. We had 6 miles of Eyre Highway going through our property. In places during the winter the lakes of water would soak the edges of the road. They would slip off the road and end up bogged to the axles.
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1954 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Davis Malcomb's family
The Old Highway Days facebook Photo feature
Photo: Jenny N Steve Kranz collection.
Davis Malcom recalls: Our whole family made the crossing in November of 1954 from Whyalla to Esperance. The reason for this hook up was that the Rail gave us a price that was too dear. The van was home made in Whyalla. There were many newspaper stories about this journey.
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1956 - EYRE HIGHWAY
Australian Outback Photography Photo feature
20th July 1956 - On a trip from Sydney to Melbourne along the Eyre Highway at a low section of road near Tarcutta. Photographer: unknown.
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1959 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Eucla Roadhouse
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1950's - THE OLD NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE
1950's - Some travelers in the Customline were forced to stop to get some repairs to there caravan at the old Nullarbor Roadhouse. Photo: Davis Malcom collection.
1950's - A Rolls Royce Silver Shadow stops for fuel at the old Nullarbor Roadhouse while making its way across Australia. Photo: Davis Malcom collection.
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1950's late 1960's early - EUCLA PETROL STATION
Old Highway Days facebook Photo feature
1950's late 1960's early - Photo: Davis Malcolm collection.
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1962 - STUART HIGHWAY
The Old Highway Days facebook Photo feature
Peter Hart recalls: We broke our trailer axle on the way from Alice Springs before we turned off to the Rock. We loaded all the stuff from our trailer into the car and continued on. That was 50 years ago.
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1964 - NULLARBOR CROSSING
Stories From the Road Museum Australia facebook Pictorial feature
1964 - So this is the only Highway linking Western Australia to the East Coast in 1963. Research: Bruce Caterer.
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1960's early - NULLARBOR CROSSING CUSTOMLINE RAIL INSPECTORS
1960's early - A Commonwealth Railways Ford Customline inspection wagon passing through Reid. Photo: Walter Rowe collection.
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1965 - NULLARBOR CROSSING SHARON SMITH
Sharon Smith recalls: we did the trip in 1965 in a customline wagon, from Queensland to Western Australia. Just my mum, my older sister was seven, i was five, my younger sister was one.
I remember bathing under a water tower on the nullabor, no air con and lots of flies, The bravery of my mother to drive that far with three kids was phenomenal, what an adventure for us kids and hard work for mum, Dad joined us in Perth a while later.
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1966 - NULLARBOR CROSSING
1966 - Photographer: Lance Sturtzel.
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1966 - NULLARBOR CROSSING
Old Country WA facebook Photo feature
14th October 1966 - The Nullarbor somewere between Reid and Eucla. Photo: State Library of WA.
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1967 - NULLABOR CROSSING Frank Robins
FB EK Holden Owners and Enthusiasts facebook Photo feature
The trusty EK finding the bitumen on the West Australian side of the Nullabor in 1967. Went on to travel up the west coast to Darwin. Returned to Victoria via Alice Springs. 2 broken u bolts, no other issues. Photo: Frank Robins.
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1968 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Mundrbilla.
Old Country WA facebook Photo feature
1968 - Looks like a fresh grading job because the rai, with a side road built around a wash away. Photo: National Archives of Australia.
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1968 - NULLARBOR CROSSING MELBOURNE to PERTH
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1970 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Hillman Minx
1970 - unknown with his Hillman Minx.
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1970 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Trevor Dixon
In 1970 Trevor Dixon and his family crossed the Nullobore, Trevor was six at the time.
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1970 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Holden EH wagon
1970 - unknown family crossing the desert in the EH Holden wagon and the trailer. Photo: unknown.
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1970 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Ford Zephyr mk2
The Old Highway Days facebook Photo feature
1970 - The Zephyr ute in a bit of trouble on the soft edges of the Eyre Highway. Photographer: Dean Ransom.
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1971 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Gordon Mitchell
1971 - Gordon Mitchell towing his bug eye Sprite across the Nullarbor with a Simca Station Wagon that he paid $15.00 for to an early night race meeting at Oran Park and a second meeting at Warwick Farm. Photo: Gordon Mitchell collection.
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1973 - NULLARBOR CROSSING International Truck
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1973 - NULLABORE CROSSING Road Maintainance
Ceduna Old Photos facebook Pictorial feature
1973 - Photographer: unknown.
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1975 - NULLARBOR CROSSING BREAKDOWN
Photo: Gwyneth Muller collection.
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1976 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Grading team
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1978 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Charlie McGarva
Brett Petrie Photo feature
1978 - Charlie McGarva from Heddon Greta Speedway crossing the Nullarbor on his way to Claremont Speedway for the Australian Saloon Car Championship. Photographer: Brett Petrie.
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1970's late - NULLARBOR FLYOVER
Stephen Fleay Pictorial feature
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1988 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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2014 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Les Hunting
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2016 - NULLARBOR CROSSING 1927 Dodge Street Rod
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2016 - BRIAN & LINA MOYLE CROSSING BUNBURY WA TO COLANDRA QLD and RETURN
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2016 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Mick Moylan
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2018 - NULLARBOR CROSSING AT KIMBA SA
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2018 - NULLARBOR CROSSING
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2018 - NULLARBOR CROSSING Stingray Corvette
