Negatives related to the Summer Vacation Trip 1925-1926

Archive Collections / Cecil John Hackett / Negatives related to the Summer Vacation Trip 1925-1926
Date Range1925  -  1926
CollectionCecil John Hackett
Series IdentifierAA 122/06/01

CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL

Previously part accession 736

Previous series AA 122/09 and AA 122/01

During the 1925 summer vacation CJ Hackett took a break from his medical studies at the University of Adelaide. He took a steam train to the Oodnadatta terminus and travelled on, by truck, to Alice Springs. Between December 1925 and January 1926 CJ Hackett travelled with local water-drilling contractor, ES Horwood, from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs and back again.

Nitrate Negatives

  • Nitrate negatives removed from Negative Album (AA122/8/1).

  • Nitrate negatives individually numbered.

  • The nitrate negatives have not been scanned/digitised.

  • No inventory yet available see Index below for negative description.

  • No photographs have been sighted or matched.

  • The nitrate negatives located in the nitrate compacters awaiting digitisation.

Index

  • Negative album (AA122/8/1) indexed as below (note the numerical gaps).:

1 Algebuckina camp & bridge

2 William Creek

6 Quorn Railway Station

11 Terowie

12 Quorn

13 From train

14 Hawker

21 Hookina bend in railway

23 Train

24 Railway cottages

25 Miss Connor's house Oodnadatta

26 Standing outside Fogarty's store

31 Near the Alberga further annotated "Mr Horwood & his ???"

32 Bloods Creek further annotated "probably Johansens & Horwood's car"

33 Mr F Lynn's & Johansens cars further annotated "J - H" with arrow

34 Johansen at SANT border

35 At Sharpe's Well

36 Camels at (Sharpe's Well)

41 Sand ??????? On way to Sharpe's Well from Charlotte Waters

42 Charlotte Waters TS

43 Tree marked by natives, Goyder

44 "Smoko Avenue

45 No annotation

46 At Dinny Whites water hole further annotated "J - H"

51 "Horwoods" Base camp Emily Plain

52 Stuart (Alice Springs)

53 Camels resting

54 #54 crossed out/scratched through - Double exposure

56 Temple Bar Creek

61 Todd River, Stuart

62 Heavitree Gap

63 In front of Alice Springs TS

64 Mt Gillen

65 On way to Jay Creek

71 Behind Jay Creek

72 Behind Jay Creek

74 Jay Creek

75 Mr Horwood near Ooraminna

76 Ooraminna Ranges from N

82 Well at Mt Undoolya Station

83 On way to Mt Undoolya from Alice Springs

84 Royal Mail camels further annotated "???? Last trip"

85 Royal Mail camels further annotated "???? Last trip"

86 Camel string

91 Mt Gillen from Stuart

92 Mt Undoolya from West

93 Mt Undoolya from East

94 On way to Arltunga

95 On way to Arltunga

96 On way to Arltunga

101 On way to Arltunga - no neg sighted but written up in index

102 On way to Arltunga

106 #106 not indexed; Negative sighted but not indexed

111 On way to Arltunga

112 On way to Arltunga

113 Mad Frank full face

114 Mad Frank profile

115 Battery Arltunga

116 "+" "Skinny Wilke" & Skulls

122 On way from Arltunga  ?? Stuart

123 On way from Arltunga  ?? Stuart

125 On way to/from Lone's Creek

126 On way to/from Lone's Creek

131 On way to/from Lone's Creek

132 On way to/from Lone's Creek

133 On way to/from Lone's Creek & Rep climbing further annotated "Horwoods"

134 On way to/from Lones Creek

135 On way from Contorted Rocks

136 On way from - view from Contorted Rocks

142 ? On way from Alice Springs TS to Stuart

143 From Arltunga to Stuart

144 No annotation

151 Sharpe's & Big String

152 Long string of camels

153 As above

154 Index Number 154 & "Self" scratched through - no neg sighted

155 Index Number 155 & "Self" scratched through - no neg sighted

156 Head just before Heavitree Gap

161 Heavitree Gap

162 Heavitree Gap

163 Heavitree Gap

164 Natives on Todd River & Perinthee

165 Natives on Todd River & Perinthee

166 Natives on Todd River & Perinthee no neg sighted but written up in index

171 Ooraminna Ranges from South

172 Desert Oaks near Deep Well

173 Near Deep Well & Curlew

174 Maryvale

175 Maryvale interior

176 Maryvale Messrs  Morley & Grey

181 Two desert oaks beside track

182 Crossing Hugh

183 Bathing in Dinny Whites WH

184 Old Crown Point & near Finke

185 Old Crown Point & near Finke

186 Old Crown Point & near Finke

191 Crossing Finke  Mats (Afghan Crossing)

192 Crossing Finke  Mats (Afghan Crossing)

193 Afghan Crossing

196 Donkeys at Old Crown Point

201 OCP homesstead & Mrs Summerfield

202 Young camel at OCP

203 Old Crown Point from homestead

204 Old Crown Point from homestead

205 Old Crown Point from homestead

206 Stony plain

211 Oodnadatta Bore & Railway Station

212 Oodnadatta Bore & Railway Station

213 Miss Connor's house and street in Oodnadatta

214 Miss Connor's house and street in Oodnadatta

215 Lightning at Oodnadatta

216 Lightning at Oodnadatta