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Ellis Bankin refuelling at a homestead on the track

Details:

Title

Ellis Bankin refuelling at a homestead on the track,

Photo number

PH0542/0045,

Collection

Richard Duckworth Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1936-01,

Description

Ellis Bankin refuelling at a homestead on the track. Bankin was a school teacher from Victoria who was doing a motorcycle tour of Central Australia. He became lost and died near Mount Connor in February 1936. Near the former Primary in Glenroy is a small white cross with a plaque. Inscription " In memory of our late teacher ELLIS BANKIN who died in central Australia",

Language

English,

Subject

men, women, motorcycles,

Digital format

3362 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 50.45Mb,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11882370 [Trove newspapers "Clothes found in desert." The Argus, 14 February 1936: p.9.], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/728737 [LANT PictureNT: Ellis Bankin at a garage, PH0542/0046, Richard Duckworth Collection], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/726371 [LANT PictureNT: Portrait of Ellis Bankin, PH0542/0038, Richard Duckworth Collection], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/726910 [LANT PictureNT: Bankin's motorcycle frequently careered off the road and came to rest in a rabbit warren, PH0542/0051, Richard Duckworth Collection], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/719960 [LANT PictureNT: Ellis Bankin's motorcycle, PH0542/0066, Richard Duckworth Collection],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/999,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/720721