The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ern Bently of Bourke, NSW aged 10 years rowing a dinghy on the Darling River. Ern was ferrying two cyclists across the river in the dinghy and one of the them is standing directly behind Ern. The paddle-steamer Jandra can be seen in the backgound cruising down the river. Probably taken just north of Wilcannia, NSW. Published in "The Dreadnought of the Darling" in 1956 with caption "The steward was sent off in the dinghy to ferry them across". One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. The purpose of these trips was to research the wool industry of western NSW and the transportation and railway possibilities of the Darling River region. Photographs from the private collection of C. E. W. Bean held at AWM38 3DRL 6673.
NSW. c. 1908. Ern Bently of Bourke, NSW, aged 10 years standing on the deck of the paddle-steamer Jandra holding a plate. Ern was the steward and the kitchen hand. Several other passengers and crew of
A paddle-steamer moored and a barge beached on the bank of the Darling River seen form the paddle-steamer Jandra. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908
The paddle-steamer Jandra seen from the bank of the Darling River. Note the man climbing the bank, probably Walter Brown, and two men on the deck of the Jandra, possibly Ern Bentley and Herbert Brown.
The Darling River and bank seen from the paddle-steamer Jandra. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the
The Darling river seen from the paddle-steamer Jandra. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Mo
The Darling River seen from the paddle-steamer Jandra. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Mo
