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Ceremonial wooden wheelbarrow used at the turning of the first sod at works on railways commenced at Port Augusta, Oodnadatta, Tarcoola and Alice Springs between 1912 and 2001

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CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
Type
Wheelbarrows
Date
1975
Place
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia; Tarcoola, South Australia, Australia; Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia; Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Materials
Metal - non specific, Paint - non specific, Wood
Collection
Australian National Railways Commission collection
Accession number
1998.0028.0017

Description

Wooden wheelbarrow with a green painted metal wheel and decorative scrolls. Panels of text painted in gold on the inside surfaces indicate that the wheelbarrow was used at the turning of the first sods at the commencement of the railways from Port Augusta, Oodnadatta, and Tarcoola between 1878 and 1975. 'Decorated by W. J. Spence Port Augusta 1975' is painted on the underside of the wheelbarrow.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:03:05 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-19. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.