Organisations
Organisations connected to mapped places.
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Amalgamated Workers' Association
Trade union
Rural labour organisation later linked to the formation of the Australian Workers' Union.
Associated Equipment Company (AEC) / Hardy Motors
Vehicle manufacturer
Manufacturer of the Australian Government Roadtrain unit.
Australian Workers' Union
Trade union
Large Australian union whose institutional lineage absorbed several late nineteenth-century rural labour organisations.
British Overseas Mechanical Transport Committee
Transport committee
Committee that commissioned the Government Roadtrain design.
Commonwealth Railways
Railway operator
Federal railway system associated with inland railheads that reshaped camel and dray freight patterns.
Department of the Interior
Government department
Australian Commonwealth department that operated the Government Roadtrain.
Elder Smith & Co.
Pastoral and mercantile firm
Pastoral and mercantile firm associated with camel-backed inland supply and exploration support.
Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd
Iron-ore mine, rail and port operator
Pilbara iron-ore mine, rail and port operator
Hancock Prospecting
MINING COMPANY
Private mining, royalties and pastoral company associated with the Hancock family.
Hanwright
PROSPECTING PARTNERSHIP
Prospecting partnership of Lang Hancock and Peter Wright.
Mount Mulligan Royal Commission
Royal commission
Queensland Royal Commission appointed after the 19 September 1921 Mount Mulligan coal mine disaster.
National Road Transport Hall of Fame (Alice Springs)
Museum
Transport museum preserving the surviving AEC 8x8 Government Roadtrain.
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