The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pioneer Beach, NT. c. June 1943. Men of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the nackeroos at the camp at Bynoe Bay, west of Darwin. A rough shelter, perhaps a canteen or mess area is to the left constructed of rough hewn logs for poles and seats and sheets of bark for the roof. A larger tent with logs as poles and a tarpaulin over the roof is to the right. The water of the bay is in the distance beyond the trees.
Katherine, NT. 1942. Informal portrait of 2/242912 Corporal (Cpl) Theo (Tip) Carty of NSW, 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the nackeroos. Cpl Carty is wearing a band
Horsemen and horsebreakers of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), known colloquially as the nackeroos, at the horse camp. From left to right: unknown, Bluey Campbell of Moree, NSW; 440005
Pioneer Beach, NT. 28 June 1943 or 6 June 1943. Men of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the Nackeroos came to the assistance of the pilot of Spitfire A58-467 whic
Pioneer Beach, NT. c. June 1943. Horses of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) at the horse camp at Bynoe Bay, west of Darwin. (Donor T. Carty)
The best horsemen and horsebreakers of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) mounted on their horses tidy up their parade ground drill before the inspection by General ? of the local brumbie
Members of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) stand at ease, rifles held to the ground, taken shortly after their arrival in the Northern Territory. From left to right: Jack Williams of S
