The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. c. 1908. The main road through Wilcannia, NSW. Several horse drawn coachs can be seen at the side of the road in the right of the photograph. It is waiting to take the mail out to Cobar, NSW. Published in "The Dreadnought of the Darling" in 1956 with caption "Wilcannia is a pretty town, thanks to the pepper trees. (The coach in the foreground is waiting for a back-country mail)". 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. A four-wheeled, horsedrawn passanger coach, probably taken between Wilcannia, NSW and Cobar, NSW. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 a
A four wheeled passenger coach being drawn by four horses across a flat, treeless plain. Part of another coach can be seen in the right of the photograph. Probably taken between Wilcannia, NSW and Cob
NSW. c. 1908. Two horses, a four wheeled cart and a man standing outside a small tin hut. The hut was probably used by boundary riders of the area. Photograph was possibly taken between Wilcannia, NSW
A vertical lift span bridge over the Darling River, possibly at Wilcannia, NSW seen from the riverbank. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909
A paddle steamer and several barges moored to the bank of the Darling River at Wilcannia, NSW. Note the vertical lift bridge in the background. Bean's note on reverse of photograph reads "A river stea
Three men lifting dead trees into piles to be burnt. Several large fires of burning trees can be seen in the background. Possibly taken near Wilcannia, NSW. Published in "The Dreadnought of the Darlin
