Searle, E.W. (Edward William) Part of the E.W. Searle collection of photographs.; Title devised by cataloguer based on caption, accompanying information and reference sources.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4659765. Persistent URL nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4659765
To commemorate the centenary of military aviation in Australia (1914 to 2014) I am writing a six-part series on the key stages of the RAAF: The Early Years – 1914 to 1939 (World War One and t…
The traveller and explorer Michael Terry on his riding camel, Dick, in 1933. This camel was capable of covering sixty miles a day. (Nat Library of Aust)
While the First World War witnessed the development of modern, technological warfare, it also made unprecedented demands on what we might see as archaic methods of campaigning. Despite the tanks,…
Horses weren't the only animals to play a part in the First World War. Here are 10 photos of the Imperial Camel Corps cameliers and their trusty steeds.
Learn about the thousands of Afghani and Pakistani cameleers played an important role in shaping the Australian outback.
Dr C T Madigan and an Aboriginal man called 'Sandy' loading camels for Madigan's crossing of the Simpson Desert in June 1939. This was the first broadcast from central Australia. ABC Reference ID: abc.net.au/photo/DP040217
To commemorate the centenary of military aviation in Australia (1914 to 2014) I am writing a six-part series on the key stages of the RAAF: The Early Years – 1914 to 1939 (World War One and t…
Patrolling the wild outback on camels, the Finke Police District officers of the Northern Territory, were the far-reaching arm of the law.
"ACROSS-THE-COUNTRY CAMEL TEAM, WEST AUS." Photograph of a camel team in Leonora, Western Australia, with members of the Kilties. One of a series of photographs from an album of the Kilties' world tour.
Scan of negatives of old family photos, possibly taken 1930's at Burrowye, NE Victoria,most likely Grandfather was the photographer. Old man leading a camel and a steer drawn cart, possibly a part of a Circus passing by.
BDB Pelican in camel mode.
• Until the railways came in the 1880s, everything was hauled on drays by bullocks, donkeys or camels. • After that, the animals were still needed to get goods to and from the railway stations until motor transport took over. State Library of South Australia B27398 Bullock team at Hammond 1910, with stacks of bagge
Thousands of historic photos of Australia's Gold Coast have been shared on Facebook and show iconic stretches of beach before the high rise apartment buildings were built.
It's official: People in the cavalry were INSANE--and we've got proof. Check out this craziness.... At cavalry school, riders learned many important skills, like jumping while holding a lance overhead... ...or jumping a four-foot fence with two horses and a loaded machine gun pack--that doesn't seem unsafe AT ALL! Sometimes, if actual jumps weren't available,...
1921 "C.M. Hambidge on camel at the southern S.A.W.A. survey camp" View a detailed account of the 1921 WA/NT Border determinations compiled by KHS from... www.kununurra.org.au/research/1921-wa-nt-border-determinations Hambidge Family Collection - Courtesy of former Surveyor General of SA, John Porter and Chris Jordan. KHS Digital Archive No. KHS-2011-15-20-P2-D www.kununurra.org.au/ Digitised and documented by KHS Volunteers with the assistance of a grant from the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley In 1921 the WA and SA government astronomers determined the WA/NT border on the ground using radio time signals, which then, was a new technology. At this point in time the earth had not been thoroughly measured and these determinations were at the forefront of that movement, to find where the degrees of the compass lay, by fixed positions. In 1927 the Kimberley Obelisk was erected by the WA Lands and Surveys Department to officially mark the WA/NT border (129 degrees east), on the ground. A line run north and south to the 26th parallel, through a cross marked in a copper plug, embedded into the top centre of the Kimberley Obelisk, officially marks the WA/NT border on the ground, although due to early inaccuracies, the 129th Meridian is actually some distance west of this point. This point on the border also marks part of the Argyle Downs/Rosewood Station boundary. Read more about the WA/NT Border and these events on the KHS Web Site.
• Until the railways came in the 1880s, everything was hauled on drays by bullocks, donkeys or camels. • After that, the animals were still needed to get goods to and from the railway stations until motor transport took over. State Library of South Australia B27398 Bullock team at Hammond 1910, with stacks of bagge
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Animals were used in World War I on a scale never before seen—and never again repeated. Horses by the millions were put in service as cavalry mounts and beasts of burden, but they were not the only animals active in the war. Mules, dogs, camels, and pigeons all played vital roles, as well as many others—all at great risk, and with heavy cost.
Horses weren't the only animals to play a part in the First World War. Here are 10 photos of the Imperial Camel Corps cameliers and their trusty steeds.
