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Combined Cockburn and Mingary school picnic, 1909
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Picnic at Mingary, c. 1910s
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Load of wool bales at Mingary, c. 1950s
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Head on collision of two T Class locomotives at Mingary, c, 1910s. The accident happened near the water column in the Mingary yard. Harry Tripney of Petersburg was one of the enginemen. Photo from Mrs Huddleston.
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945
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Railway repair crane at Mingary, c. 1945
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Repairing derailment on Cockburn line near Mingary, c. 1945
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Railway employees at Mingary, c. 1947. Ben Graefe centre
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Railway employees at Mingary, c. 1940s. Dave Bradshaw (left), Ross Robb (right).
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Mingary railway yard, 1948
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Mingary railway cottages, c. 1950s. Peterborough engineman Lionel Noble slept on the kitchen floor in the cottage to the far right after a derailment on the 444 up in 1947. Norm Youngman also there and Bill Kelly guard.
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Mingary railway cottage, c. 1950s. Cottages of this type were used at Mingary, Olary, Mannahill, Winnininnie, Paratoo, Outalpa, Yunta and Nackara. They were also similar to those in Peterborough West.
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway, possibly near Mingary on the Cockburn line, c. 1945
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Washaway on the Cockburn line, possibly Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945
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This was the signalman hut from the Mingary yard and was used by diesel fitters when servicing the powerhouse at Mingary. This was photographed by the old Umberumaka – Radium Hill water main to the left hand side of the downtrack from Cockburn.
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600 Class unloading the first ballast at Mingary, c. 1965
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400 Class locomotive 408 taking on water at Mingary, 1955. Fireman Steve Terefelco on locomotive.
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Unloading the first ballast train at Mingary, c. 1965
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Peterborough guard Jack Hogg unloading the first ballast train at Mingary for the new standard gauge line, c. 1965
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Peterborough guard Danny van den Ende filling water tanks at Mingary, 1964
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700 Class locomotive 704 at Mingary, February 1974
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Gas pipes at Mingary for Moomba gas line, 1972
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600 Class Mingary pipe train, DR Cooke engineman, 1972
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Mingary 600 class Moomba gas pipe train. DR Cooke engineman, 1972
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Gas pipes for the Moomba gasline at Mingary, 1972
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Gas pipes for the Moomba gasline at Mingary, 1972
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Gas line infrastructure at Mingary, 1972
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Moomba gas line infrastructure at Mingary, 1972
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