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Members of railway work gang who worked on the change of grade between the S bend between Peecharra and Nantabibbie, 1903. Jim Kendell (far right) and Jack Teague (squatting third from right). The young boys provided water for the workers so that they could continue working. Photo by Ben Hucks.
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Camp for the railway workers who worked on the change of grade project between Nackara, Peecharra and Nantabibbie, 1903. The camp was near the Nantabibbie farm of Ben Hucks.
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Nantabibbie railway station, c. 1910s. The verandah faced the main Broken Hill road and the station itself was removed in 1930.
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Entering the Nantabibbie narrow gauge station yard from the Nackara end, c. 1920. The large rock dislodged during blasting for a cutting can be seen to the right of the train.
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Narrow gauge coal train passing through the cutting near Nantabibbie, c. 1920s
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The big ‘S’ curve on the narrow gauge line between Nackara and Nantabibbie, c. 1960s
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Nantabibbie narrow gauge station yard, c. 1960s
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Nackara – Nantabibbie narrow gauge section near the main road crossing, c. 1960s
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Entering the Nantabibbie railway yard from the Peecharra end, c. 1960s. The large rock to the left was lodged there during construction of the cutting when 10 charges of dynamite were used.
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On Ben Huck’s farm at Nantabibbie, May 1973. The humpy was used in 1903 by railway construction workers to store explosives when the 173 mile railway cutting was being deepened.
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Old railway 173 mile cutting near Nantabibbie, May 1973
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Remains of a narrow gauge railway cutting, possibly from the original track before the new line at Nantabibbie, 1974
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Paddy Shinnick and family loading sandalwood at Yunta, 1930. Shinnick Family Photo
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Paddy Shinnick (centre) loading sandalwood at Yunta, 1930. Shinnick Family Photo.
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Tennis players at Yunta c. 1930s (Photo supplied by T. Arthur)
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Ethel Penna of Yunta, 1917. Ethel’s father had the Post Office at Yunta where she also worked.
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Ding’s lorry out the front of his garage at Yunta, c.1930s (Photo from T. Arthur)
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Ding’s lorry for Euridina Station, c. 1930s. (Photo from G. Cunningham)
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Yunta Hotel and Ding’s Garage, 1947
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Yunta railway yard and overhead tank,1947
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Yunta railway station and goods shed,1947
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Yunta railway station and goods shed, 1947. Yunta Station Master Ian O’Brien’s son in front of the station office.
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Yunta railway station and goods shed, 1947. Door to the left is the entrance to the Station Master’s Office and Parcels Office.
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Yunta tennis team, c. 1940s (Photo supplied by T Arthur)
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Ding’s truck from Yunta at Cockburn, c. 1940s
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Three Yunta residents, c. 1940s
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Flooding under Yunta road bridge, 1947
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300 Class locomotive taking on water at Yunta, c. 1950s
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Ding’s roadhouse at Yunta, c. 1950s
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400 Class locomotive 409 taking on water at Yunta at the Peterborough end of the railway yard, 2 April 1961
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Remains of old narrow gauge bridge alongside the standard gauge bridge at Yunta, 1966
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Yunta standard gauge railway station, c. 1980s
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Entering the Yunta railway yard, 1984
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Yunta railway yard and station, March 1984
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Hearth and foundations of cottage being demolished in Yunta, August 1990
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Yunta railway yard and railway cottages being demolished, August 1990
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Yunta railway yard and railway cottages being demolished, August 1990
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Yunta railway yard and railway cottages being demolished, August 1990
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Yunta railway yard and railway cottages being demolished, August 1990
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