Photographs of Thornycroft expedition to central Australia to recover aircraft Kookaburra and bodies of Keith Anderson and Henry Smith "Bobby" Hitchcock, including photographs of Indigenous Australians

PXA 7899

fonds

1929

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9682337

1 album (20 photographs) - album 13 x 18 cm
10 photographs - 11 x 15 cm or 15 x 11 cm

Photographs from the estate of William James Wrigley who was Secretary of the Thornycroft Truck Company in the 1930s. Reference Library correspondence file

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
1. Untrucking the Thornycroft
2. Loading up at Alice Springs
3. Turkey Bush & Turpentine Scrub
4. Safely over Moffat Creek
5. A well on the Overland Route
6. Climbing one of the many steep cuttings
7. Heading north to Newcastle Waters
8. Giant ant nests on the route
9. Crashing through the "Bulwaddy" country
10. Crossing the notorious Moffat Creek
11. On the Overland Telegraph Route
12. Safely over Moffat Creek
13. Preparing lunch at Renner Springs
14. More tyre repairs
15. Puncture repairs between Newcastle Waters & the Kookaburra
16. The Devil's Marbles
17. The Hoofprints in the desert
18. Petrol from the Kookaburra
19. Reloading for the return trip
20. A hasty meal before the return trip

LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS
21. [Group portrait of Indigenous Australian men Bobby, Tommy, Hughie and Jacky, with aircraft Kookaburra]
22. Message [photograph of rudder of aircraft Kookaburra with missing fabric which was used by Lieutenant Keith V. Anderson for a diary]
23. [Exhumation of Lieutenant Keith Anderson's body and transfer to a coffin]
24. [Exhumation of Lieutenant Keith Anderson's body and transfer to a coffin]
25. Anderson & Hitchcock [photograph of driver Les Miles syphoning petrol from the Kookaburra]
26. [The coffin containing the body of Mr R.F. Hitchcock being placed on the lorry for the return trip]
27. [Photograph of Constable Murray sitting on the wheel of the Kookaburra]
28. Kingsford Smith lost 2 flyers [Members of Thornycroft Expedition in front of aircraft Kookaburra]
29. [Group portrait of Indigenous Australian adults and children]
30. [Portrait of Indigenous Australian man]

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Photographs in album titled in image. Some loose photographs titled verso, titles in square brackets devised by cataloguer.

No. 27. Another copy of photograph held by the National Museum of Australia captioned: The truck party folded back the Kookaburra's wings to prevent possible damage in strong winds. This was the last photograph taken by Charles Berg before the Thornycroft party left the scene of the tragedy. Hitchcock's grave is marked by a stake, Constable Murray is sitting on the wheel

Reference:
Diary account of the Thornycroft Expedition into Central Australia to recover the bodies of aviators Anderson and Hitchcock in 1929 (National Museum of Australia, 1985.0027.0001.001)