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Negative - Ballarat East, Victoria, 1916
Reg. No: MM 001963
![[A decorated troop train carrying soldiers from Ballarat to Geelong, Ballarat, 1916.]](/collections/itemimages/154/299/154299_Large.jpg)
- Description Of Content:
- The Dd-class steam locomotive No.66 which was used to transport troops from Ballarat to Geelong. The locomotive has been decorated for the occasion with flags, decorative paintwork and the phrase 'Australia for the Empire'. Two railways staff, probably
the loco crew, posed beside the locomotive. - Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Margaret & Noel Dooley, 1985
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | advertising, decorations, drivers, flags, military, railway lines, railway yards, steam railway locomotives, workers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RAIL TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Railways - Steam Power |
| Tertiary Classification: | steam locomotives |
| People Depicted: | Powell, G.; Morrison, Mr |
| Organisations Depicted: | Locomotive DP-66 |
| Model Name/Number: | Dd class; Dd |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1916 |
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