005872 Accession Number: 005872

Description

SOLLUM. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CARRIED THE PRIME MINISTER MR ROBERT MENZIES ACROSS THE WESTERN DESERT. SHOWS THE HALFAYA (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS `HELLFIRE') PASS WHICH CARRIES TRAFFIC FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN TO THE LIBYAN PLATEAU ON TOP OF THE ESCARPMENT. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).

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Accession Number

005872

Photographer

War Correspondent and Photographer Damien Peter Parer MID

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

c February 1941

Place Made

Egypt

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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