Echidna Maps

Organisations

Organisations connected to mapped places.

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Amalgamated Workers' Association

Trade union

published

Rural labour organisation later linked to the formation of the Australian Workers' Union.

Associated Equipment Company (AEC) / Hardy Motors

Vehicle manufacturer

published

Manufacturer of the Australian Government Roadtrain unit.

Australian Workers' Union

Trade union

published

Large Australian union whose institutional lineage absorbed several late nineteenth-century rural labour organisations.

British Overseas Mechanical Transport Committee

Transport committee

published

Committee that commissioned the Government Roadtrain design.

Commonwealth Railways

Railway operator

published

Federal railway system associated with inland railheads that reshaped camel and dray freight patterns.

Department of the Interior

Government department

published

Australian Commonwealth department that operated the Government Roadtrain.

Elder Smith & Co.

Pastoral and mercantile firm

published

Pastoral and mercantile firm associated with camel-backed inland supply and exploration support.

Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd

Iron-ore mine, rail and port operator

published

Pilbara iron-ore mine, rail and port operator

Hancock Prospecting

MINING COMPANY

published

Private mining, royalties and pastoral company associated with the Hancock family.

Hanwright

PROSPECTING PARTNERSHIP

published

Prospecting partnership of Lang Hancock and Peter Wright.

Mount Mulligan Royal Commission

Royal commission

published

Queensland Royal Commission appointed after the 19 September 1921 Mount Mulligan coal mine disaster.

National Road Transport Hall of Fame (Alice Springs)

Museum

published

Transport museum preserving the surviving AEC 8x8 Government Roadtrain.

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